You are invited to submit a paper to the session "Passing Novels Now and Then:Gender, Class" at the 123rd Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Languagae Association (PAMLA) conference in Seatlle, WA from Nov. 12-15, 2026.

Description:

Depending on what definition of passing one applies or what kind of passing it thematizes, the passing novel is an old genre, but it continues to bring forth new iterations of itself. The session invites readings of individual passing novels and also assessments of the genre at large: Have the reasons for passing shifted? What is passing supposed to accomplish? Do the novels themselves endorse or condemn passing, and has there been a shift concerning whether they are more likely to do one than the other? What does the continued attraction to passing as a theme mean?

Please submit at this link

https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20094

or go to pamla.org and navigate to submissions to 

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association's (PAMLA) 123rd Annual Conference in Seattle, WA from Nov. 12-15, 2026.

Any questions? Please contact Martin Japtok at mjaptok@palomar.edu