Call For Proposals: French Heritage Women and Their “Hidden” Contributions (NeMLA 2013)

45th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) April 3-6, 2014
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Host: Susquehanna University

book-stackThis panel will explore the relationships between space and place and the ways French heritage women rethink place as a potential for personal and social creation, for transformation and connection. Some themes to consider: how is the virtual site of the page a place where narrator and reader connect? How do old memories and new geographical place interact and connect? How do urban environment, nature, gender, sexuality or class affect the reconfiguring of place? Send 200/300w abstracts in English or French to Carole Salmon Carole_Salmon@uml.edu and Anna Rocca arocca@salemstate.edu

Deadline: September 30, 2013
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)

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