MCLC: MLA 2014 East Asian--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Alexander Huang <acyhuang at gwu.edu>
Subject: MLA 2014 East Asian--cfp
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Call for Papers / 2014 MLA Convention in Chicago
 
Division: East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900

 
Members of Executive Committee of the Division of East Asian Languages and
Literatures after 1900, of the Modern Language Association (MLA), make
this Call for Papers and invite proposals in the form of a 250-word
abstract, to be sent directly to the Organizer of the respective sessions.
Inquiries should also be directed to the session organizer. The deadline
for submission is March 10, 2013.

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Session: Representations of Disaster in Contemporary Asia
 
Papers that consider issues of representation of recent disasters
throughout Asia, such as earthquakes, famine, tsunami, or nuclear
meltdown, in a variety of media.

 
Organizer:  Doug Slaymaker <dslaym at uky.edu>
 
250-word abstract
by March 10, 2013
 

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Session: Asia and the Nobel Prize in Literature

Papers exploring the cultural, linguistic, literary, and political
meanings of this prize and the works of the surprisingly few Asian
laureates and nominees.

Organizer:  Melek Ortabasi <mso1 at sfu.ca>

250-word abstracts
by March 10, 2013.
 

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(joint panel with the Translation Discussion Group)
Session: Thinking Fanlation
 

Papers that explore the theoretical or political ramifications of
fanlation, scanlation, fansubbing, or other forms of unauthorized and/or
crowdsourced translation in a global media context.
 

Organizer:  Michael Emmerich <maikerue at gmail.com>
 

250-word abstract
by March 10, 2013