NeMLA (Northeeast Modern Language Association) 2009 Convention

Du 26 Février 2009 au 1 Mars 2009
À : Boston -
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Publié le 28 janvier 2009 par Bérenger Boulay (Source : Northeeast Modern Language Association)

NeMLA (Northeeast Modern Language Association) 2009 Convention

40^ème conférence de la "Northeast Modern Language Association": de nombreuses conférences dans toutes les disciplines.

Programme complet et informations complémentaires à cette adresse : www.nemla.org/convention/program109.html

Full Schedule 40^th Annual Convention - Northeast Modern Language Association
February 26-March 1, 2009, Boston, MA

Thursday, February 26 Noon - 6:00PM Registration

1:00 and 3:00 Tour of Boston Athenaeum (Acteva reservation required) 10 Beacon Street

(Meet in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency 20 minutes in advance)

2:15-4:15 Session 1: Seminars

CAITY Caucus Event Plymouth Room

"From Dissertations to Books"

Chair: Suha Kudsieh, Trent University

Panelists:

Sharmila Sen, Harvard University Press

Harry Keyishian, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Marilyn Gaddis-Rose, Binghamton University

Michael Kiskis, Elmira College Steve Scipione, Bedford/St. Martin's

CAITY Reception and meeting following, Plymouth Room

4:30-6:00 Session 2

6:30 p.m. Poetry Reading and Welcoming Reception

Rosanna Warren, Boston University Wine and cheese served Ballroom

8:30 p.m. Dim Sum Dinner/Graduate Student Meet & Greet Emperor Garden, 690 Washington Street

Friday, February 27

8:00-5:00 Registration

8:00-5:00 Book Exhibits, Adrienne de Lafayette Salon

8:00-9:00 Continental breakfast served, Adrienne de Lafayette Salon

8:30-9:45 Session 3

10:00-11:30 Session 4

11:45-1:15 Session 5

1:00 -2:00 Afternoon snack served, Adrienne de Lafayette Salon

1:30-2:45 Session 6

3:00-4:30 Session 7

4:45-6:15 Session 8

6:45 p.m. Keynote Address

"Literary Neo-Confederates and the Civil Rights"

John Stauffer, Harvard University

Ballroom B

7:45-9:00 p.m. Keynote Reception: Hors d'oeuvres buffet Ballroom A and Ballroom Foyer

7:30 pm Sponsored Local Event

Opera Boston: The Nose (Acteva registration required)

Cutler Majestic Theater; 219 Tremont Street

Saturday, February 28

7:00-8:15 Women's Caucus Breakfast, Private Dining Room

8:00-5:00 Registration

8:00-5:00 Book Exhibits, Adrienne de Lafayette Salon

8:00-9:00 Continental breakfast served, Adrienne de Lafayette Salon

8:30-10:00 Session 9

10:15-11:20 Session 10

11:45-1:00 Session 11

12:45-1:15 Afternoon snack served, Adrienne de Lafayette Salon

1:15-2:45 Session 12: Panels and Special Events

Spanish Language Special Event Marquis Room

"El Mundo Literario De Jeronimo Lopez Mozo: Homenaje al escritor y su obra"

Chair: Enrique Ruiz-Fornells, University of Alabama

Panelists:

John Gabriele, The College of Wooster

Eileen Doll, Loyola University-New Orleans

Response: Jer nimo L pez Mozo

Popular Culture Special Event Presidential Suite (22nd Floor)

"The Gay Brown Beret Suite: Queer and Chicano, Sexuality and Ethnicity--Bedfellows, an Intimate Pillow Talk"

Rigoberto Gonzalez, Rutgers University

Co-Sponsored by the GLBTQ Caucus

Poetry Reading by Maggie Dietz and Todd Hearon Ballroom B

3:00-4:30 Session 13

American Literatures Special Event Ballroom B

"Early African-American Literature and the Archive"

Chair: Paul Erickson, American Antiquarian Society and Jason Haslam, Dalhousie University

Panelists:

Lois Brown, Mount Holyoke College, AAS-NeMLA fellow, 2000-01

Jeannine DeLombard, University of Toronto, AAS-NeMLA fellow, 2001-02

Lloyd Pratt, Michigan State University, AAS-NeMLA fellow, 2008-09

4:45-6:15 Session 14

4:45 - 7:00 Spanish Language Event and Reception Marquis Room

"Reading Spanish Poetry Today"

Chair: Alan Smith, Boston University

Poets:

Graciela Baquero

Jose Luis Gallero

Jose Mar a Parre o

Poets sponsored by The Humanities Foundation, Boston University; The Consulate of Spain, Boston; The Geddes Fund, Boston University

Reception sponsored by Dept. of Romance Languages, Boston University

6:30 - 7:45 Session 15: Section Events and Receptions

German Language Event and Reception Plymouth Room

A Reading by Hansj rg Schertenleib

French Language Event and Reception Duxbury Room

"What is French Cinema?"

T. Jefferson Kline, Boston University

Italian Language Event and Reception Dedham Room

"Yalta e la crisi degli anni '70 in Italia / Yalta and the Crisis in Italy in the '70s"

Enrico Palandri

Comparative Literatures Event and Reception Sturbridge Room

Bina Sharif

Co-Sponsored by American Literatures Section

Women's Caucus Event Ballroom B

"Caribbean Women and the Black Radical Intellectual Tradition"

Carol Boyce Davies

Writers' and Editors' Reception Ipswich Room

Reception for creative writers and editors working in creative writing programs, and in English and Modern Language departments.