Session Topics / CFP

UPDATE: All proposal submissions are now closed.

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Participation Guidelines
Please read the complete CFP - Guidelines and Procedures before submitting a proposal.

Members may present only one paper per conference. Papers may not be read in absentia. Please, no multiple submissions of the same paper to different sessions. You may submit different proposals to different sessions, but be sure to inform each presiding officer, so that they will know.

It is not necessary to be a member of PAMLA in order to submit a paper proposal. However, all presenters must be current on their PAMLA dues by May 1, 2010, or they will not be included in the program. In addition to paying your PAMLA dues, you must pay the separate conference fee itself (by September 15, 2010 at the very latest) in order to be included in the conference. This year you may pay for both PAMLA membership and the conference fee at one time, if you wish to do so. For membership information consult the Membership page on the website. For conference information, contact PAMLA Executive Director Craig Svonkin at svonkin@netzero.com. For technical website questions, contact Heather Wozniak at webmaster@pamla.org.

Click on the session title for more information about that session. All special sessions and some standing sessions have descriptions.

Session Topic Presiding Officer Email Session Status
"Would That Never": Ships, Shipwrecks, and Sea Travel in Classical Literature Sarah C. Stroup, University of Washington (contact) Closed
(Re)Writing Memory in Contemporary Italian Cinema Chiara Ferrari, California State University, Chico (contact) Closed
Aesthetics of Mountain-Climbing Sean Ireton, University of Missouri (contact) Closed
African American Literature Allison E. Francis, Chaminade University of Honolulu (contact) Closed
American Detective Paul Tayyar, Golden West College (contact) Closed
American Literature after 1865 I Sarita Cannon, San Francisco State University (contact) Closed
American Literature after 1865 II Sarita Cannon, San Francisco State University (contact) Closed
American Literature before 1865 Cheryl Edelson, Chaminade University of Honolulu (contact) Closed
Ancient-Modern Relations Jon Solomon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (contact) Closed
Asian American Literature Nan Ma, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Asian Literature Joon Ho Hwang, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea (contact) Closed
Autobiography Jaime Cleland, Ohio University (contact) Closed
Beowulf and Related Topics Kristin Noone, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Capital's Drive and the De-territorialization of "Islands in the Stream" Michel Valentin, University of Montana (contact) Closed
Chaucer and Related Topics John M. Hill, U.S. Naval Academy (contact) Closed
Children's Literature Monica Sabahi, California State University, Fullerton (contact) Closed
Classics (Greek) Thomas Walsh, University of California, Santa Cruz (contact) Closed
Classics (Latin) Seán Easton, Gustavus Adolphus College (contact) Closed
Comparative Literature Eva Revesz, Claremont McKenna College (contact) Closed
Comparative Media James Tobias, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Composition and Rhetoric Kristin Brunnemer, Pierce College (contact) Closed
Contemporary Italian Cinema Fulvio Orsitto, California State University, Chico (contact) Closed
Creative Writing: Poetry and Fiction Maxine Chernoff, San Francisco State University (contact) Closed
Critical Theory Molly Desjardins, University of Northern Colorado (contact) Closed
East-West Literary Relations Mike Sugimoto, Pepperdine University (contact) Closed
Ecocriticism Kevin Hutchings, University of Northern British Columbia (contact) Closed
English Literature (1700 to present) Stephani Pierce, San Francisco State University (contact) Closed
English Literature (to 1700) Hilda Ma, St. Mary's College of California (contact) Closed
Ethics of Racial Identity Adebe DeRango-Adem, York University (contact) Closed
Exploring Young Adult Literature Sara M. Hines, University of Edinburgh (contact) Closed
Film and Literature James R. Aubrey, Metropolitan State College of Denver (contact) Closed
Film Studies Matthew Snyder, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Folklore and Mythology Victor Castellani, University of Denver (contact) Closed
Food and Culture: Between Local Identities and Transnational Perspectives Sonia Massari, Siena University - Gustolab Center for Food and Culture Rome (contact) Closed
French and Francophone Literature Monique Manopoulos, California State University, East Bay (contact) Closed
French Gastronomy and Cultural Identity France Lemoine, Scripps College (contact) Closed
From Ideal City to Cyberspace: Architecture and Urban Space in Utopian/Dystopian Literature and Film Andre Schuetze, University of California, Los Angeles (contact) Closed
Gay and Lesbian Literature Kim Palmore, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Germanics Andrea Gogrof-Voo..., Western Washington University (contact) Closed
Gloomy Malaise? Re-evaluating Nostalgia in Literature and Cultural Studies Erika Wright, University of Southern California (contact) Closed
Gothic Victorian Ghosts: Heathcliff’s Romantic Role and Class Transcendence Marilyn Virginia ..., Coastline Community College (contact) Closed
Indigenous Literatures ku'ualoha ho'oman..., University of Hawai'i at Manoa (contact) Closed
Interdisciplinary Conventions: Literature and Philosophy Jonathan Lee, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Islands in Children's and Adolescent Literature Jerry Griswold, San Diego State University (contact) Closed
Italian I Rosetta Giuliani ..., Auburn University (contact) Closed
Italian II Rosetta Giuliani ..., Auburn University (contact) Closed
Jewish American Literature and Culture: Insider/Outsider Hilene Flanzbaum, Butler University (contact) Closed
Jewish Literature and Culture in "Trans-Iberia": Spain, Portugal, and Latin America Maria Elva Echenique, University of Portland (contact) Closed
Latin American Cinema and Literature Hector Cavallari, Mills College (contact) Closed
Latina/o Literature and Culture Lysa Rivera, Western Washington University (contact) Closed
Lilo's 'Ohana: Mainland and Pacific Children meet through Media Tiffany S. Teofilo, Ohio University (contact) Closed
Linguistics Marina Gorlach, Metropolitan State College of Denver (contact) Closed
Literature and Psychology Lorna Martens, University of Virginia (contact) Closed
Literature and Religion Cassandra Van Zandt, Biola University (contact) Closed
Literature and Science Roswitha Burwick, Scripps College (contact) Closed
Literature and the Other Arts Erin Callahan, Drew University (contact) Closed
Literature/Philosophy: vertigo, trauma, silence David Sullivan, Metropolitan State College of Denver (contact) Closed
Maritime Novel Beverly Voloshin, San Francisco State University (contact) Closed
Medieval Literature Thomas Schneider, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Memoires, journal, letters: le "je" dans l'ecriture Catherine Montfort, Santa Clara University (contact) Closed
Modern Austrian Literature Richard Sperber, Carthage College (contact) Closed
Modernism En/counters Postmodernism Melissa Fabros, University of California, Berkeley (contact) Closed
Nation and the Mother Tongue(s) Regina Yung Lee, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture Catherine Cronqui..., University of California, Berkeley (contact) Closed
Oceanic Literatures and Cultures Stanley Orr, University of Hawaii, West Oahu (contact) Closed
Paradise and Its Discontents: 19th and early 20th century European and American Representations of Polynesian and Melanesian Culture and Society Kevin Swafford, Bradley University (contact) Closed
Performing “Home”: Domestic, National, & Transnational Longing & Belonging Shelley I. Salame..., University of California, Los Angeles (contact) Closed
Poetry and Poetics I: Culture and Identity in Post-WW II Poetry Steven Axelrod, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Poetry and Poetics II: Oceania Steven Axelrod, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Poetry and Poetics III: Bodies and Forms Steven Axelrod, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Poetry and Poetics IV: The Intimate Public Sphere Steven Axelrod, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Poetry and Poetics V: Toward a Postmodernist Practice Steven Axelrod, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Post-Colonial Literature I Ana Maria Rodrigu..., Washington State University (contact) Closed
Post-Colonial Literature II Ana Maria Rodrigu..., Washington State University (contact) Closed
Radicalism(s) Reloaded Richard E. Hishmeh, Palomar College (contact) Closed
Reconceptualization of National Identity in Diasporic Literature Lilit Manucharyan, California State University, Northridge (contact) Closed
Rethinking Post-war American Poetry Craig Svonkin, Metropolitan State College of Denver (contact) Closed
Rhetorical Approaches to Literature Rise B. Axelrod, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Romance and Colonial Conflicts in Literature by Women Lisa M. Thomas, University of California, San Diego (contact) Closed
Romanticism Adriana Craciun, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Scandinavian Literature Erla Maria Martei..., University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
Science Fiction Melissa Axelrod, University of New Mexico (contact) Closed
Sea Inside: Representations of "el mar" in Spain 1400-2010 Jasmina Arsova, Pomona College (contact) Closed
Shakespeare I: Source Studies and Comparative Approaches Bill Gahan, Rockford College (contact) Closed
Shakespeare II: Non-Elites and the Nation Bill Gahan, Rockford College (contact) Closed
Shifting Sense of Self: Metamorphosis, Identity, and Memory in Chinese Literature Alexei Ditter, Reed College (contact) Closed
Spanish and Portuguese (Latin American) Alicia Rico, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (contact) Closed
Spanish and Portuguese (Peninsular) Juan M. Godoy, San Diego State University (contact) Closed
Stories and Histories: Narratives in Literature and Historiography Jeremiah Axelrod, Occidental College (contact) Closed
Teaching with the Internet and Technology Andrew Wallis, Whittier College (contact) Closed
Travel and Literature I Carlton Floyd, University of San Diego (contact) Closed
Travel and Literature II Carlton Floyd, University of San Diego (contact) Closed
Travel and Tourism in German Culture Imke Meyer, Bryn Mawr College (contact) Closed
Virginia Woolf Martha E. Klironomos, San Francisco State University (contact) Closed
Women in Literature Terri Baker, University of Calgary (contact) Closed
Women's Narratives and History Valerie Solar, University of California, Riverside (contact) Closed
World Meets Image: The Graphic Novel John D. Schwetman, University of Minnesota Duluth (contact) Closed
Anti-Documentary Impulse in Asian American Photography Warren Liu, Scripps College (contact) Cancelled
Connections and Mobilities: German Literature on the Move Brigitte Prutti, University of Washington (contact) Cancelled
Envisioning Europe Karin Bauer, McGill University (contact) Cancelled
Images of Islands in German Literature and Film Lorely French, Pacific University (contact) Cancelled
Invasion! Images of America’s Attack, Occupation, and Downfall in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture Kenneth C. Hough, University of California, Santa Barbara (contact) Cancelled
Metaphor in Public Discourse Man-Hua Jen, University of New Mexico (contact) Cancelled
Music Is Voice Kathryn Stevenson, University of California, Riverside (contact) Cancelled
Reclaiming Territory: Literary Depictions of Social Protest on/about Public Space Kimberly S. Drake, Scripps College (contact) Cancelled
Role of French Radio and Television in High and Low Culture Dalton Krauss, Scripps College (contact) Cancelled
Social Media and Literary Analysis Heather Wozniak, University of California, Los Angeles (contact) Cancelled
Toward a West (& West Coast) Poetics Jeffrey Gray, Seton Hall University (contact) Cancelled
Transgendered Oceania and Asia Tomoko Inoue Snyder, California State University, San Bernardino (contact) Cancelled
Trends, Trials, and Techniques in ESL and Foreign Language Pedagogy Thierry Boucquey, Scripps College (contact) Cancelled