The Kate Chopin International Society is seeking individual proposals for two sponsored panels at the 2020 American Literature Association conference in San Diego, California, May 21–24, 2020.

The first panel, a roundtable on “Teaching Kate Chopin,” seeks short (seven- to eight-minute) papers/remarks that address an aspect of or strategy for teaching Chopin’s life or work. Proposals should include a title, your name and affiliation, and a paragraph about your proposed remarks. The second panel seeks proposals relating to any aspect of Chopin’s life or work. Proposals for presentations no longer than 20 minutes should include a title, your name and affiliation, and a 200- to 400-word abstract.  Send submissions for both the roundtable and the open session on or before 15 January 2020 to both Anna.Elfenbein (anna.elfenbein@mail.wvu.edu) (West Virginia University) and Kate O’Donoghue (odonogk@sunysuffolk.edu) (Suffolk County Community College).