South Central Modern Language Association
Call for Special Sessions - Dallas, Texas 2006
Theme: "Cultural Roundup"

Return Call to:  Piers Frazier, SCMLA, University of Oklahoma, 104 Fourth Street, Baker House B46, Norman, OK 73019-2032; Phone: (405) 325-6011; FAX: (405) 325-3720; Email: scmla@ou.edu;  http://www.ou.edu/scmla.

SCMLA invites Special Session proposals for the Dallas 2006 conference, October 26-28, 2006 at the Rennaisance Hotel. You may focus on the conference theme -- “Cultural Roundup” -- but proposals on any topic are welcomed.

The idea of a Cultural Roundup reflects the western past and the cosmopolitan present of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, the site of the 63rd annual meeting of the SCMLA. The Dallas/Fort Worth area is a site where the frontier is a changing landscape, an appropriate location for us to take stock of our own disciplines' cultural heritages and visions for our cosmopolitan future. We encourage proposals that explore the roundup of any and all literary or linguistic cultures. Papers might range from analyses of cultures within texts from the standpoint of gender, religion, race, ethnicity, and sexuality to explorations of how popular and canonical culture intersect. Whatever their form, SCMLA invites your presentations for our "cultural roundup."

To propose a Special Session, you must be an SCMLA member in good standing; to issue a Call for Papers, return the form to the SCMLA office by May 15, 2005 for posting in the Special Sessions Call for Papers section of the Summer 2005 Newsletter or by November 19, 2005 for posting in the Special Sessions Call for Papers section of the Winter 2005 Newsletter. We will continue to post “Calls” on our website as they are received. The “Due Date” indicates the date by which you would like to receive abstracts or papers for consideration; please keep the final proposal deadline in mind when choosing a due date.

Upon receipt of the Call for Papers Form, you will be sent a 5-page Final Special Session Proposal Form, to be returned by February 20, 2006. Completed panels, whether or not they are listed in the Call for Papers, must be submitted on an SCMLA Special Session form by that date. This form will include a detailed description of your panelists’ papers. These proposal forms will be refereed by the SCMLA Program Committee. Proposers of Special Sessions accepted for Dallas 2006 will be notified in March 2006. 
 

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Abstracts or Papers Required?______________________ Due Date_________________________________________

Name Proposer and school address to receive papers.  Proposers of Special Sessions (but not Regular Sessions) may read in their session. No one may present more than one paper or chair more than one session at conference.

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NOTE: Session call will include address and email only (or Fax/phone if email is not provided)