This call seeks paper proposals for a panel at the 2026 MLA convention that explores the intersections between American literature and various emergent or developing technologies during the period of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The panel is sponsored by the MLA Forum on Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature.

Participants with accepted papers must be members of the MLA by April 7, 2025.

The 2026 MLA Convention will be held in Toronto, Canada, on January 8-11, 2026.

Please send a 250-word abstract and brief bio to Heather.Ostman@sunywcc.edu by March 15, 2025.