42nd Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
April 7-10, 2011
New Brunswick, NJ – Hyatt New Brunswick
Host Institution: Rutgers University
Keynote Speaker: Junot Diaz
This panel welcomes papers on any aspect of Persian/Iranian literature, of any time period, defined to include not only work written in Iran and works in translation, but also work written in Persian by Iranian writers in exile, in English by Iranian American writers, in French (Marjane Satrapi) and/or in any other language in which people of Iranian descent choose to write. Please submit 250-300 word proposals to Richard Jeffrey Newman at richard.newman@ncc.edu
Deadline: September 30, 2010
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)
The 42nd Annual Convention will feature approximately 360 sessions, as well as pre-conference workshops, dynamic speakers and cultural events. Details and the complete Call for Papers for the 2011 Convention will be posted in June: www.nemla.org.
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable. Do not accept a slot if you may cancel to present on another session
