For this guaranteed session of the January 2026 MLA convention, the Transdiscipinary Connections Religion and Literature forum invites proposals that focus on literatures of Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora, especially in their engagements with religion, interfaith encounters, justice, and liberation movements. As members of the MLA debate institutional responses to the Gaza genocide, we seek to amplify scholarship in our transdisciplinary field that bears witness to the struggle for just peace and Palestinian liberation. 

Please submit 250-word proposal and CV by Mary 15, 2025 to Cynthia Wallace, forum chair: cwallace [at] stmcollege.ca.