CFP: [American] Kate Chopin International Society: ALA Panels
Call for Papers
The Kate Chopin International Society at
The American Literature 17th Association Annual Conference
22-25 May 2008
San Francisco, CA
The Kate Chopin International Society invites submissions focusing on “New
Directions in Chopin Scholarship†for two panels at the ALA Conference in
San Francisco in May. Approaches may include but are not limited to:
• Chopin and New Southern Studies, such as reconsiderations of
subjectivity, objectivity, nationality, regionalism, identification and
selfhood.
• Chopin and transnational Southern studies, especially connections to
Caribbean literature
• Chopin and the grotesque
• Chopin and disability studies