Across English and related fields, graduate students are developing engaging, inventive, and transformative projects that envision their disciplines in new and exciting ways. In an effort to highlight this “next-gen scholarship,” this session will feature eight (8) 5-minute lightning round presentations to offer a snapshot of where the field is headed. (Please visit the MLA website for more information on innovative sessions at the MLA annual convention.)

Examples include, but are not limited to: 

• Community-centered projects

• “Next-gen” and multimodal dissertations

• Collaborative work

• Interdisciplinary projects, including those bridging humanities or STEM disciplines

• Critical-creative and genre-bending projects

• Public-facing/publicly-engaged projects

We invite MA and PhD students at all stages to submit 250-word abstracts on their innovative projects. Please send submissions to Ayanni Cooper at the Modern Language Association (acooper@mla.org) no later than Monday, 25 March 2024.

This session is being organized in partnership with the Association of Departments of English (ADE).