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Future Conventions

Anna Chang — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:55:52 +0000

The MLA is pleased to announce that in 2015 the MLA Annual Convention will be held for the first time in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 8 to 11 January. In January 2018, the meeting will return to New York City, where the first MLA convention was held, back in 1883. The locations for the 2016 and 2017 conventions have yet to be determined. We hope to see you at these meetings and in Chicago for the 2014 convention!

1 April Deadline for 2014 Convention Program Forms

Anna Chang — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:28:00 +0000

Planning a session for the 2014 MLA Annual Convention in Chicago? Forms for submitting program copy and for proposing sessions are available on the MLA Web site and are due by 1 April. Special-session proposals and nonguaranteed-session proposals will be reviewed by the Program Committee at its meeting in May, and organizers will be informed of the committee’s decision by early June. Please note that all session participants must be MLA members by 7 April or have received a waiver of membership (applications for which are included with the program-copy forms). For more information about organizing or participating in a session, please visit Planning Your Convention Session or contact convention@mla.org.

Reflections on the 2013 Convention

Anna Chang — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:01:27 +0000

Thank you to all those who made the 2013 MLA Annual Convention a success. Nearly 8,000 people attended the Boston convention, and, in a postconvention survey, 67% of attendees rated Boston as an excellent convention city, and 27% as a good choice. We hope that you will continue to share your thoughts about the 2013 meeting by commenting on sessions in the online Program and participating in discussions on MLA Commons—and that you will join us in Chicago in 2014!

Invitation for 2014 Presidential Theme: Vulnerable Times

Anna Chang — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:56:41 +0000

Marianne Hirsch, MLA president in 2013, has now issued an invitation for session proposals on the presidential theme of the 2014 convention: Vulnerable Times. Vulnerable Times addresses the vulnerability of life, the planet, and our disciplines, as well as the acts of imagination and forms of resistance that promote social change—in our time and throughout history. Please consider this theme an invitation to think about how the arts and the humanities (and the textual, historical, theoretical, and activist work that we do in the framework of the MLA) can contribute to social, political, and scientific analyses of the vulnerabilities we share collectively and those that are socially imposed on particular individuals and groups. Members are encouraged to submit forum proposals, roundtables, division and discussion group programs, and special sessions that engage with this theme. Session proposal forms for the 2014 convention will be available online by early March.

Convention Guide and Convention Daily

Anna Chang — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:59:23 +0000

The Convention Guide and the first issue of the Convention Daily for the 2013 convention in Boston are now online and will be available on-site at MLA information centers. The Guide provides general information about convention services, a map of the locations of the convention hotels, and floor plans for meeting venues. The three issues of the Daily, which will be distributed on-site and online during the convention, list updates to sessions, exhibit hall events, and other timely information; attendees may also view updates to sessions at www.mla.org/program or mla13.org (for mobile devices).

Mobile Convention Program

Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:41:22 +0000

The Program for the 2013 MLA Annual Convention is now available in a version optimized for mobile devices. Users can search the mobile Program by keyword or subject as well as browse sessions by day, participant, location, and event type; view a map of the convention area; and find general convention information. The mobile Program can be browsed off-line and is updated automatically whenever you have a connection. To use it, visit mla13.org on your mobile device. To see comments and annotations by session organizers, go towww.mla.org/program.

Convention Registration Deadline

Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:27:51 +0000

Registration rates for the 2013 MLA Annual Convention in Boston will increase by $30 after 7 December. Register now to avoid paying the higher fee for late registration. After you have registered, you can book your hotel reservation, sign up for MLA cultural excursions, and make travel arrangements at discounted prices.

2013 Convention Presidential Theme

Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:18:22 +0000

The presidential theme of the 2013 MLA Annual Convention in Boston is Avenues of Access. Information on the speakers featured in the Presidential Forum and its linked sessions is now available in the Presidential Forum brochure. To view a full list of presidential theme sessions, visit the online Program.

Your MLA Convention

Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:19:06 +0000

Start planning your 2013 convention by browsing session lists and other resources from MLA members. To share a list of sessions in your field, tweet the link using the convention hashtag (#mla13).