MCLC: Petition to start SE Asian and Diasporic Forum at MLC

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Petition to start SE Asian and Diasporic Forum at MLC
Attention list-members who are also members of the MLA:
Building upon successful efforts to foster a stronger presence in East Asian literatures and cultures at the Modern Language Association's Annual Convention through the creation of new permanent forums (largely thanks to Prof. Christopher Lupke), there is now a movement to establish an MLA Forum for Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian Diasporic Literature and Culture (the only Asia not represented by a permanent MLA forum). In recent years, there have been several collaborative panels and roundtables initiated by those working in both Sinophone and Anglophone literatures from SE Asia, and we are now trying to broaden the spectrum through greater collaboration across the language divisions of the many literary and cultural traditions of SE Asia.
If you are an MLA member, please sign the petition supporting the creation of this forum HERE. Also, please consider joining the group if you are interested in participating in or putting together any SE Asia-related special sessions/roundtables for future MLA conventions. Thank you for your support, and Happy Year of the Monkey!
Brian Bernards <bernards at usc.edu>
University of Southern California
by denton.2 at osu.edu on February 12, 2016
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