CFP: NCS 2026

This roundtable seeks to host a discussion of Chaucer’s position in the study of Anglophone literature beyond the North Atlantic and Australia. We will hear about the institutional and vocational challenges faced by Chaucerians in what Braj Kachru called “the expanding circle,” i.e. countries in which English serves as a major second language. How is Chaucer scholarship beginning to take hold, or even spreading, in new ways and in new contexts? What opportunities do these contexts present for the teaching and study of Chaucer and Middle English? What role do translations of Chaucer play in teaching and scholarship? Participants will open with brief prepared remarks in order to allow ample time for conversation and discussion.