CALL FOR PAPERS

The Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM)  
is hosting its sixteenth annual conference on February 29 and March  
1, 2008.   The conference will be held at Northern Illinois  
University in DeKalb, Illinois. We are soliciting proposals for  
fifteen- to twenty-minute papers from scholars at all career stages,  
from beginning graduate students to established and senior scholars.

The confirmed keynote speakers for this year's conference are:

David Bevington, professor emeritus in the Humanities, English  
Language and Literature, and Comparative Literature at the University  
of Chicago, specialist in Shakespeare and in British drama of the  
early modern period, and

Russ Castronovo, professor of English and American Studies at  
University of Wisconsin, Madison, specialist in African American  
literature, American Studies, and cultural theory and popular culture.

MCLLM invites papers on all areas of literary, language, and media  
studies, ranging from Medieval and Renaissance studies to popular  
culture and technology studies.   This year, we especially welcome  
proposals for papers that innovatively address topics congruent with  
the expertise of our speakers: early modern British drama and gender  
studies, or American literature with an emphasis on African-American  
studies, globalism, militarism, or trade history.  Individual or  
panel (three to four people) proposals are welcome.

The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2007.  Please include a  
cover page with your name, affiliation, mailing address, and email  
address.   Accepted contributors will be notified via email by  
December 10, 2008.

Please submit your 250-word (one page) abstracts as an attachment to:
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Additional information can be found at the conference website:
http://www.engl.niu.edu/mcllm/.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the conference.

Elizabeth Bowman and Christina Gilleran


Co-Chairs, MCLLM 2008
Department of English
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

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