This is a special panel proposed for MLA Conference 2026 in Toronto, Canada (Scheduled from January 8 – 11). This panel focuses on the entangled legacies of colonialism, environmental degradation, and forced migration in contemporary literature and cinema. It interrogates how literary texts reimagine the relationship between ecological crises and human displacement, foregrounding the uneven impacts of climate change, resource extraction, and border regimes on postcolonial subjects.

Abstract should focus on the following areas (not limited to):

Postcolonial ecologies

Postcolonial disasters and indigenous knowledge

Postcolonial borders and geopolitics

Decolonialization and resistance

Postcolonial futurities

Resource extraction and resource curse

Climate change and forced migration

Final accepted papers will be considered for an edited volume of a Routledge series. Submit your abstracts of 250- 300 words and your short bio (100 word) to noor.zahidhasan@gmail.com. For further interest, check the MLA website here: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webprogrampreliminary/Paper30278.html