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RMMLA: English Nineteenth-Century Literature Panel

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - 4:41pm
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
English Nineteenth-Century Literature Panel
October 8-10, 2026
Ogden, Utah
Abstract Deadline: April 1, 2026

The 2026 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association welcomes abstracts related to English Nineteenth-Century Literature. Ranging from the Regency to the Victorian era, the Nineteenth Century was an eclectic time facing significant social, political, and economic changes. Considering this period of change (and perhaps even how our own time is one of change) we invite abstracts dealing with how 19th Century British Literature explored topics such as, but not limited to:

MMLA Religion and Literature Permanent Section

updated: 
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - 4:40pm
Midwest Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, April 25, 2026

This year’s convention theme, “After the Archive,” lends itself well to the study of Religion and Literature. The cultural importance of folklore and sacred stories means that keeping an archive of them for posterity through written and oral storytelling is imperative. However, the nature of that archive is unique in that these stories are ever-changing as they are retold and adapted over the generations.

 

Evidence, Experience, and Authority in Contested Knowledge

updated: 
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - 4:40pm
Matteo Polato
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, May 15, 2026

Evidence, Experience, and Authority in Contested Knowledge

International Interdisciplinary Workshop 

Online | 27 - 28 August 2026

When we want to convince others of our beliefs, we usually offer arguments, and, crucially, evidence. Sometimes this evidence is mundane and undisputed; more often it is complex, contested, or ambiguous. But what happens when claims concern phenomena that, by their very nature, resist empirical verification?