MLA 2027 Panel: Beyond Emancipation? Stages of Protest, Resistance, and Agency for the 21st Century
deadline for submissions:
March 20, 2026
full name / name of organization:
Modern Language Association
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How might theatre and performance come to confront the global rise of populism, while setting the stage for, and potentially provoking a reconceptualization of, emancipatory ways of being in the world? Please send 250-word abstracts and brief bios to Rüstem Ertuğ Altınay, University of Milan (ertug.altinay@unimi.it) and Sharon Lois Mazer, Auckland University of Technology (sharon.mazer@aut.ac.nz)