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[NeMLA 2026] Innovative Criticism and the (Re)Generation of Knowledge

updated: 
Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 2:50pm
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

It is our conviction that existing models of criticism privilege and sustain prevailing hegemonies—and thus that critical form is in urgent need of intervention and innovation.

   — Jenny Cookson and Emma Gomis

 

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: Psychedelic Approaches to Medieval Objects (ICMS 2026)

updated: 
Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 2:28pm
International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo) 2026
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, September 15, 2025

This panel explores the potential convergences between 1960s psychedelia and medieval material culture, including surreal imagery, animation, bright colors, and the cross-pollination of disparate media attempting to evoke a hallucinogenic or heightened response in the viewer. 

Translation Studies

updated: 
Thursday, July 24, 2025 - 2:28pm
NeMLA, March 5-8, 2026
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Using examples from various national literatures, we would like to investigate the key concepts behind a “faithful translation”: what are the obligations of the translator to the source text, and what is the relationship between the original and the translation? Papers focusing on self-translations done by bilingual authors are also welcome. Please submit your abstract through the official Nemla portal only at https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21947

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