Literature abounds with monsters - from the dragons that plague medieval towns to the vampires that rise from nineteenth-century graves to the aliens, cyborgs, and zombies that serve as the basis of our contemporary nightmares. The prevalence of these creatures prompts literary critics to ask why they haunt us. What can we learn from a closer examination of these fictional monsters?

Critical Perspectives on Ecopoetics

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)

Detroit, Michigan

June 20-24, 2017

“Interrogating Discourses and Representations of Anger”

Graduate Conference at The Ohio State University

February 25, 2017

Due Date for Abstracts: November 4, 2016

Contact Email: ego.osu@gmail.com

Call for Papers
ChLA Diversity Committee’s Annual Sponsored Panel
Children's Literature Association Conference 2017
Tampa, Florida, June 22-24, 2016
http://www.childlitassn.org/2017

This panel considers the centrality of the space of the sea in the contemporary global migrant/refugee crisis. We invite papers that explore the complexities of the current crisis by addressing issues such as global capitalism, national violence and religious persecution, race and gender, sexual trafficking, precarious labor, and migratory law.  Papers may address current and historical crossings, and they may consider various bodies of water, such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea, etc.  Papers that take a cross-disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach are welcome.

To submit an abstract, please go to the NeMLA site:

The Bright Side of English - 12/8/2016