"Voices in Constraint, Languages in Confinement"
Northeast Modern Language Association 57th Annual Convention 2026
March 5-8, 2026 Pittsburgh, PA
"Voices in Constraint, Languages in Confinement"
This panel explores how language restrictions operate across spatial, social, and systemic boundaries, and defines who can speak, what can be spoken, and where. It invites abstracts that examine the forms and consequences of such restrictions. Submissions may address suppressed or minoritized languages, restricted expressions, and the reception of silenced voices in public and private life.