The Graduate Student Caucus of the Modern Languages

We are glad to start our call for papers for the MLA 2022 (Washington D.C. 6 - 9 Jan).
Title: Cognitive Approaches to Contemporary Latin American & Iberian Cultural productions.
Description & Requirements: This panel focuses on cognitive approaches to literatures/cultures of Iberia/Latin America. Topics may include, but not limited to: narratology; evolutionary literary theory; embodiment; theory of mind; narrative empathy, and immersion. Send abstracts (250 words) to: [email protected]
Submission Deadline: March 19, 2021
Type: Graduate Student Caucus

Dear members of the Graduate Student Caucus,

Is one of your New Year resolutions to be more involved in academia? The Graduate Student Caucus can help you start the year fresh, with an opportunity to develop your CV and gain experience in academic professionalization. We are currently seeking applications for the Second Vice-President of the executive council and encourage our members to apply.

The Second Vice-President position requires a two-year commitment. Therefore, graduate students early in their careers are encouraged to apply.

The position begins in March 2020. The Second Vice-President will be promoted to First Vice President in January 2021, eventually becoming President in January 2022.

To apply, please send a CV and letter of interest to [email protected] by March 23.
For more information please email [email protected]
Enjoy the rest of the semester!
Best,

Vanessa Fanelli
First Vice President, Graduate Student Caucus of the Modern Languages
Department of French and Italian
The University of Texas at Austin

We are glad to start our call for papers for the MLA 2020 (Seattle 9-12 Jan).

Title: Re-evaluating Environmental Agency in literature, film, and visual arts.

Description & Requirements: This panel seeks grad-students’ contributions on the post-anthropocentric cohabitation between human/subjects and non-human/objects in nature as made visible in most media. Send abstracts (250 words) on the renewed relation between nature and human to [email protected]

Submission Deadline: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Type: Graduate Student Caucus

An interesting conference for graduate students that has extended its deadline!:

Home, Community, and Culture
3rd Annual Languages and Literature Conference
Comparative Literature Graduate Association
Louisiana State University

March 29 - 30, 2019

What is “home”? Is it the physical space where you live or a metaphysical state of mind? What or who do we associate with it? Is it something you run to or is it something you try to leave behind? Positively or negatively, consciously or subconsciously, home, community, and culture shape us: our art, how we think, and – most importantly – how we view and interact with the world.

Searching for, journeying to, escaping from, and/or fighting for home, community, and culture are prevalent themes in literary texts from around the world. This conference invites papers that explore these and other concepts by considering the motivations, representations, and intersections of home, community, and culture in texts that reflect a variety of disciplines, genres, and linguistic traditions.

This conference is open to both graduate and undergraduate participants. We encourage submissions that address the conference theme through presentations on literature, film, music, performance, etc. Abstracts of 300-500 words should

be sent as a Word Document to [email protected] by February 1.

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MLA 2019 was a success! Congratulations to our VP #1 for organizing a great panel on “Revolt, Resistance, and Hope in European Cinema”.

Opportunity to contribute for graduate students:

The Library of Glissant studies is a bibliographic tool which aims to index the oeuvre of Edouard Glissant (and its translations) as well as record the works about Edouard Glissant in every language. It is led by Louisiana State University, where Edouard Glissant taught and directed the CFFS from 1988 until 1992, and is supported by Emory University, the University of the Antilles, the Centro de Estudios del Caribe de la Casa de las Américas.

To contribute to the project, check the pilot website below or email [email protected].

Library of Glissant Studies

The new year brings new leadership to the GSC! We would like to thank our past President Jeanne Jégousso and welcome our new 2nd Vice President Vanessa Fanelli!

Call for paper for the 2019 MLA:

Call for Papers: Revolt, resistance and hope in European cinema Details on a particular CFP. Actual requests go to dynamic URL mapped to this page.

Call for Graduate Student Caucus position!

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