Panel: Ecocriticism (standing session) co-sponsored by ASLE

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Fri May 15, 2026

Submission link: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20111.

Conference: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)

Conference Theme: "Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict”

Location and Date: Seattle, Washington (USA), Nov 12-15

The 123rd Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference will take place this November in Seattle, Washington, from November 12-15. This allied session, co-sponsored by the Association for the Study of Literature & Environment (ASLE), investigates any aspect of ecocriticism, including (but not limited to):

• ecocritical theory

• environmental ethics

• environmental humanities (e.g., blue humanities, energy humanities, plant humanities)

• environmental justice

• colonial and postcolonial ecologies

• gender and ecology

• literary representations of environmental realities or of non-human beings

• interdisciplinary investigations of literature and environmental science 

Papers are encouraged to connect ecocriticism to the conference theme of "Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict," but are not required to do so. We welcome diverse and varied presenters to propose abstracts, including proposals making use of a wide range of methodologies, focusing on a diversity of topics, ideas, and media, and from authors of varied identities and backgrounds, including graduate students, professors, non-tenure-track faculty, independent scholars, and artists.

Please email the panel presiding officers/organizers, Molly Porter at mep430@uw.edu and Christina Shiea at cshiea@uw.edu, with questions or concerns. The deadline to submit abstracts for our panel is Fri, May 15. 

Submit CFPs to the Ecocriticism panel here: ​​https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20111.