APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 15, 2026

Submissions are now being accepted for Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)'s Disability Studies session, which meets at the 123rd annual conference, Nov. 12-15, 2026 in Seattle, Washington.

Disability Studies is a vibrant, interdisciplinary field that examines the ways disability is constructed across society, culture, and history. This session engages with texts from a wide range of genres, media, cultures, and historical periods, analyzed through the lens of disability theory and/or lived experiences of disability. Papers explore physical, sensory, cognitive, and/or mental disabilities, as well as issues related to pain, chronic illness, and invisible disabilities.

In keeping with the conference theme, Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict, papers explore how disability intersects with literatures, archives, and histories. Possible topics might include disabled histories; disability activism and protests; hierarchies of disability; stigma, ableism, and audism, as well as overlaps with discourse and rhetoric; and disability communities and crip identities.

Beyond the theme, works may address intersectionality and coalitional politics in disability studies; disability in pre-modern or non-Western texts and cultures; and emergent theories, models, and methodologies in disability studies.

To apply or for more information about the conference, submit directly at https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/CFP