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Understanding the Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Violence in the Public Imagination Conference: CFP

Call for Proposals: Understanding the Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Violence in the Public Imagination Conference September 21 – 23, 2022 Metropolitan State University of Denver Call for Papers, Panels, Roundtables, and Presentations Keynote Speakers: Susan Neiman, PhD (Einstein Forum, Germany) Donald Fixico (Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Muscogee Creek and Seminole), PhD (Arizona State University, USA)

21 Unsolicited Pieces of Advice for Novice PAMLA Conference Attendees/Presenters

21 Unsolicited Pieces of Advice for Novice PAMLA Conference Attendees/Presenters A lot of this year’s PAMLA conference is online. So, whether you are attending PAMLA 2021 in-person, or virtually, or both, you will need to create a Whova account to access our virtual events and sessions, and probably download the Whova app. Otherwise, you’ll be

PAMLA 2021 Goes Live on Whova!

PAMLA is proud to announce that we are going live for our inaugural virtual conference, which will be taking place between Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14 on our virtual hub, Whova. Whova is our virtual platform that we are using for our conference schedule and portal to all of our virtual sessions. To

PAMLA Presents: A Creative Conversation with John Bowers on Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer

PAMLA invites all of its conference attendees to join us for one of many highlights of this year’s PAMLA Conference: “A Creative Conversation with John Bowers on Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer,” which is scheduled for Friday, November 12 (1:40 – 3:10 PM PST) in Congo III/IV at the Sahara Convention Center! You might also be able

PAMLA Presents: Creative Writers Spotlight

PAMLA invites all of its conference attendees to join us for the first of many highlights of this year’s PAMLA Conference: the PAMLA 2021 Welcome Event! This year's welcome event is yet another fascinating Creative Writers Spotlight, which is scheduled for Thursday, November 11 (8:45 - 9:45 AM PST) in Congo III/IV at the Sahara

PAMLA 2021 Forum

PAMLA invites all of its conference attendees to join us for one of the virtual highlights of this year’s PAMLA Conference: the PAMLA 2021 Forum! This year's forum, "How Stories Take Place: Narrative, Community, and Spatial Imagination" is scheduled for Sunday, November 14 (12:20 PM – 2:20 PM PST) on our Whova platform! Our 2021

PAMLA Presents: Colin Cloud, The Real Life Sherlock Holmes

PAMLA invites all of its conference attendees to join us for one of the virtual highlights of this year's PAMLA Conference: Colin Cloud's "The Real Life Sherlock Holmes," at the Virtual Welcome Event on Saturday, November 13 (11:00 AM - 11:40 AM PST) in Virtual Room 1 on our Whova platform! Colin will deduce everything

PAMLA 2021 Conference Reception

We are excited to invite all of PAMLA's in-person conference attendees to our PAMLA 2021 Conference Reception! Please join us for our fabulous, outdoor PAMLA Azilo Reception, at the Sahara's lovely, spacious, outdoor Azilo Ultra Pool (no swimming will take place). Join us for delicious free hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar, plus great conversation,

PAMLA Presents: Cities and Simulacra, An Interactive (Comics) Destruction

PAMLA invites all of its in-person conference attendees to join us for one of the highlights of this year's PAMLA Conference: Frank Quitely and Laurence Grove's "Cities and Simulacra: An Interactive (Comics) Destruction," on Thursday, November 11 (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM) in Congo III/IV at the Sahara Las Vegas Hotel! Frank Quitely was born

PAMLA Presents: The 118th Annual Presidential Address

PAMLA invites all of its in-person conference attendees to join us for one of the highlights of this year's PAMLA Conference, Martin Kevorkian's Presidential Address, "Deceitful Above All Things: Genres of Conversion and the Heart of the City," on Thursday, November 11 (5:15 PM - 6:25 PM ) in Congo III/IV at the Sahara Las

PAMLA Presents: The 118th Annual Plenary Address

PAMLA invites all of its in-person conference attendees to join us for one of the highlights of this year's PAMLA Conference, John Hay's Plenary Address, "The Postapocalyptic Imagination in the American Southwest," on Friday, November 12 (3:20 PM - 4:40 PM) in Congo III/IV at the Sahara Las Vegas Hotel! Our plenary speaker, John Hay,

CFP: British Women Writers Conference 2022

British Women Writers Conference 2022 May 19-21, 2022 | Baylor University PAMLA's friend, the British Women Writers Association, invites papers and panel proposals for the 2022 British Women Writers Conference (BWWC), interpreting the theme of “Borders” in 18th- and 19th-century British women’s writing. In response to the 2021 BWWC “Reorientations,” panels and papers on topics

PAMLA 2021 Elections

2021 PAMLA Election Nominee Statements October 8, 2021 Dear PAMLA members, The time has come for our annual PAMLA elections for new officers of our Executive Committee. If you are current with your PAMLA membership, within the next week you will receive an emailed ballot link to vote for new officers. Your PAMLA Executive

PAMLA Presents: “Las Vegas, Subverting the Myth”

PAMLA is proud to present the special event “Las Vegas, Subverting the Myth”! From “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” to “The Goldfinch” and “Casino” to “The Hangover,” the image of Las Vegas as a low-brow zone of excess, lawlessness, and wild abandon has been firmly established in literature and film. While—like all stereotypes—these popular

The PAMLA Merch Store is Live!

PAMLA Merch is back, friends! We are so excited to share these fantastic artistic donations with our community, in the form of cool t-shirts, dad hats, phone cases, mugs, and even (if we may be so bold), home decor accoutrements, including printer posters, clocks, shower curtains, and coasters. Move over IKEA, PAMLA Merch is here

PAMLA 2021 Schedule

The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) is pleased to announce that our 2021 conference schedule is now live! You can explore the full schedule (https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Webforms/Schedule.aspx); however, it is a tentative schedule, so there still might be a few kinks in the system. It is, after all, a hybrid schedule, one part in-person panel

PAMLevents Presents: “The Gimmick as Aesthetic Judgement & Capitalist Form”

Cal State LA Department of English presents the David L. Kubal Memorial Lecture, featuring Dr. Sianne Ngai Monday, October 4, 6 p.m. PST (on Zoom; register for free here: The David L. Kubal Memorial Lecture) Cal State LA’s Department of English welcomes Dr. Sianne Ngai (University of Chicago) as the 2021 presenter in our long-running

In Memoriam: Ron Miland

In Memoriam: Ron Miland By Shefali Rajamannar Ron Miland deeply cared about the environment and all things sciencey, and both loved and lived his favorite lines from Stephen Hawking: “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes

A PAMLA Thank You: Richard Sperber

PAMLA would like to thank Richard Sperber (Carthage College) for his fantastic service as Pacific Coast Philology Co-Editor from 2016-2021. His insightful contributions as co-editor of Pacific Coast Philology helped to make the journal and our publishing community that much more engaged and rigorous. For your dedicated and thoughtful work on behalf of PAMLA and

A PAMLA Thank You: Nanette Hilton

PAMLA would like to give a special thanks to Nanette Hilton (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) for providing this year's PAMLA conference theme artwork, which we are keen on using for PAMLA 2021 merch, including masks, tote-bags, and t-shirts! Cheers, Nanette! Nanette Rasband Hilton teaches composition and literature at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

PAMLA 2021: Final Call for Submissions

PAMLA Final Call is Open The PAMLA Conference in November is sure to be a real treat, whether you are going in-person (November 11 and 12, at the Las Vegas Sahara), or participating in the virtual sessions (November 13 and 14, Online). Most sessions are now full and closed, but if you missed our initial

PAMLA’s Last Call for 2021 Submissions

PAMLA's Last Call for paper proposals and submissions is here! Get a submission in by July 31st, or when the sessions fill. The PAMLA November 11-14, 2021 Conference (at the Sahara Las Vegas and Online) will be in-person on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 11 and 12, and online on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 and

PAMLA 2021 Conference Scholarships

PAMLA is pleased to announce that our annual conference graduate student scholarship application system is now open for submissions. From now until August 10th, PAMLA graduate student members joining this year's conference (with an accepted abstract) are eligible to apply for the Graduate Student Scholarship and the German Studies Grant. Both applications can be found

PAMLA Statement on Dedication to Kindnesss

PAMLA Statement on Community Dedication to Kindness, with Expectations for Comportment at Events PAMLA affirms a scholarly community built on respect, a respect that embraces complexity. We strive to recognize together a complexity that fosters dialogue across and within our fields of study; that protects individual freedom while working towards equity and

PAMLA 2021 Live From The Sahara Las Vegas Hotel

We are proud to announce our partnership with the Sahara Las Vegas Hotel for the 118th annual PAMLA conference in Las Vegas, Nevada this November! For more information, visit our 2021 accommodations page for more info! Make your reservations via this link to receive the special PAMLA rate: https://book.passkey.com/e/50198899 [Note: Some Sahara room nights may

PAMLA Lightning Round: Proposals Welcome Until June 30 (Or Sessions Are Filled)

For all of our aspiring PAMLA presenters who may have missed the initial abstract submission deadline, don’t fret! We are pleased to announce that we have extended our deadline for a host of open sessions that are still in need of a thoughtful proposal. Step on up, test your mettle, and join us for our

PAMLevents Presents: “Higher Than Flames Will Go”: A Zoom Film Screening

PAMLevents is featuring a special Zoom film screening on Thursday, April 29th at 4:00pm (PST)/ 7:00pm (EST) of the film festival award-winning film, Higher Than Flames Will Go, presented by PAMLA's own Dr. Peter Schulman, and the Graduate Society for International Studies at Old Dominion University. In this cinematic tour de force, Monique LeBlanc brings

“We Have Always Dreamed of (Afro)Futures” with Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas: A National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature Lecture

Please join us for our latest PAMLevents online lecture: “We Have Always Dreamed of (Afro)Futures” with Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas: A National Center for the Study of Children's Literature Lecture Thursday, April 14, Noon Pacific Time. Please register ahead of time. We are in a cultural moment where speculative storytelling reigns supreme. In “We Have

Spotlight Art: The Importance of Contemporary Art in Our Daily Lives

PAMLevents would like to share an exciting event sponsored by Old Dominion University, and hosted by PAMLA's own Peter Schulman (Professor of French and International Studies): Spotlight Art: The Importance of Contemporary Art in Our Daily Lives, Monday, April 12 from 4:10- 7 PM (PST). Dr. Schulman will be joined by Brooklyn artist Sacha Zabotin;

Pacific Coast Philology Outstanding Article Award (2020)

On behalf of PAMLA’s Pacific Coast Philology Award Committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of PAMLA’s Pacific Coast Philology Outstanding Article Award for 2020: Leila Silvana May’s “All the Reflected Light We Cannot See: (Ghastly) Mirror Imagery in Victorian Fiction” (Volume 54, Issue 2, 2019; in the “Ways of Seeing: Visuality, Visibility, and

Welcome to PAMLevents!

PAMLA is excited to announce that we are branching out in exciting ways online with our new PAMLA Events Page (PAMLevents), where we will advertise events, virtual or in-person, that are sponsored or co-sponsored PAMLA, or sponsored by friends of PAMLA. On this new PAMLevents page (which is up in our main menu bar above),

PAMLevents Presents: “On the New Native American Literature Renaissance”

PAMLevents would like to invite our PAMLA community to join the Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry (D-Phi) and award winning authors Dr. Brandon Hobson and Dr. David Heska Wanbli Weiden for their March 31 talk entitled, "On the New Native American Literature Renaissance." Whether it be the Irish literary revival at the end of the

“Unhappily Ever After: When Fairytales End Badly”: A National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature Lecture

We are kicking off our new PAMLevents project by inviting you to join a National Center for the Study of Children's Literature Lecture. The lecture will take place on March 18th, starting at 12 pm PST. Folklorist, poet, and scholar Neil Philip will deliver his lecture titled "Unhappily Ever After: When Fairytales End Badly"; the

“Promised Land, Hallowed Ground”: A PAMLA-ISLA Event

We are kicking off our new PAMLevents project by inviting you to join the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles (ISLA) and Occidental College's Scholar in Residence, Alison Rose Jefferson, M.H.C., Ph.D., for a March 20 symposium titled "Promised Land, Hallowed Ground: Commemorative Justice and Making Change in Community Heritage Preservation in Southern California."

PAMLA 2021: CFPs for Abstracts Open!

PAMLA is officially kicking off its annual call for papers, with abstracts due by April 15. This November, we will be offering virtual sessions, which you can search for today, alongside important deadlines, membership details and conference fees. Top tip: when you log in and enter the Call for Papers portal, remember that you have

University of Portland Director of Studies Abroad

The University of Portland's Director of Studies Abroad leads the University’s education abroad programming by fostering inclusive access, supporting academic excellence, upholding measurable learning outcomes, and ensuring the health and safety of students, faculty, and staff participating in all overseas programs. This position is responsible for the daily management and on-going process enhancements of the

PAMLA 2021 Special Session Deadline Extension

From PAMLA HQ, we all would like to send out our happy new year wishes across the world to you and yours! Indeed, we hope that this new year can usher in a healthier, safer, and more encouraging year for PAMLA, our members, and our many communities in need. With that being said, we would

PAMLA Donations

Some friends of PAMLA asked if they could donate to PAMLA's General Fund during these difficult times via a Paypal donation. And after a bit of research, we have a yes for you all! If you can, please donate via our donation, membership, and registration Website, since that helps us to keep the best records.

Thank-You to Roswitha Burwick

The PAMLA Executive Board and General Members would like to offer our our deepest gratitude and thanks to Roswitha Burwick for ten years of dedicated service as editor of our beloved Pacific Coast Philology journal. The job of PCP co-editor is a very difficult, thankless, and essential volunteer role that has truly helped the PAMLA

Welcome to PAMLA’s New Website

We are proud to present our new PAMLA website. Our pamla.org address remains the same, but as you will notice, we are working on a new, more user-friendly and helpful PAMLA website. If you have any questions or comments, email PAMLA Executive Director Craig Svonkin (director@pamla.org) and Assistant Director David Boyd (assistant@pamla.org).

Job Search: University of Portland Ethnic Studies Position

The University of Portland is conducting a search for a full-time, tenure-track associate or professor rank faculty position in ethnic studies, beginning in fall 2021 (see full description at website link below). The successful candidate will lead the formation and establishment of a new ethnic studies undergraduate major and minor that works across disciplines. We

A Podcast of Interest

We at PAMLA headquarters were excited to receive an email from Gabriel Rodriguez, a student at the University of Redlands, fan of Latinx and Latin American literature, and the creator of his own interesting podcast, "On the Road to Joy & Freedom." Rodriguez had read an essay published in our journal, Pacific Coast Philology, and thought it

An Important Letter from PAMLA Executive Director Craig Svonkin

Dear Friend of PAMLA, I hope this message finds you and your loved ones well. I write to request your help. The PAMLA Board made the difficult but necessary decision to postpone the 2020 PAMLA conference until November of 2021. It was the right decision, but as a result our membership numbers and finances have

PAMLA Announcement: Conference Postponed Until 2021

Dear PAMLA Friends and Members, In order to protect our members during the current pandemic, the PAMLA Board has voted to postpone the PAMLA conference until the fall of 2021. This was not an easy decision to make, but the health and safety of our members is the most important thing. As a result, we

Election Results (2020): Congrats to All!

The PAMLA community would like to congratulate all our election winners and wish them well in their new posts! We'd also like to thank all of our members who participated in the election including our nominees, Nomination Committee, and of course, our voters! We'd also like to give a round of applause to the 2019

Call-For-Special Sessions [Postponed]: PAMLA 2021 Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada)

PAMLA 2021 LAS VEGAS: “CITY OF GOD, CITY OF DESTRUCTION” (TBD, November 2021) Please propose your special sessions to pamla.ballastacademic.com by December 31, 2020. Please take a look at the bottom of this page* for a list of General/Standing Sessions, and be sure your special session proposal does not replicate the topics of PAMLA’s General/Standing

2019 Pacific Coast Philology Award

On behalf of PAMLA’s Pacific Coast Philology Award Committee, we are honored to inform our community that there were two winners of PAMLA’s Pacific Coast Philology Outstanding Article Award for 2019: Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod’s “Mutiny…

Freedom of Travel Resolution

President Donald J. Trump initiated Executive Order 13780 on March 6, 2017, restricting the citizens of six Muslim-majority nations including Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entry into the United States of America…