1. S E V E N T Y - S E V E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I O N
of the COLLEGE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
April 5-8, 2017 Columbia, Missouri
C A L L F O R
A B S T R A C T S
LiteraturesLanguagesin
Diversity
andand
interdisciplinARYStudies
π HUMANITIES AND DIGITAL HUMANITIES: TOWARD A NEW ERA TO INTERPRET
AND TEACH LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
π INTERPRETING CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS BEYOND CULTURAL AND LITERARY
THEORY AND CRITICISM
π POSTCOLONIALISM, DE-COLONIALITY, AFRO-DECOLONIALITY,
AFRO-EPISTEMOLOGY, AFRICANA CRITICAL THEORY: THEORIES OF LIBERATION
π AFRO-LATIN AMERICAN DE-COLONIALITY THROUGH LANGUAGES, LITERATURES,
AND FILMS
π AFRICAN/DIASPORA DE-COLONIALITY THROUGH SELF-REPRESENTATIONS IN
MANUALS, MUSIC, FILMS, ART, LANGUAGES, LITERATURES
π FROM FRANCE TO FRANCOPHONIE: DIVERSITY IN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES,
AND FILMS
π AFRO-GERMAN TEXTS FOR THE BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED
GERMAN-LANGUAGE CLASSROOM
π AFRO-GERMAN STUDIES: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
π DIVERSITY IN THE AFRICAN/DIASPORA IMMIGRANT WORKS:
LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, U.S.
π DIALOGUES BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN AND THE U.S.--
CROSS APPROACHES OF THE BLACK ATLANTIC THROUGH NICOLÁS GUILLÉN AND
LANGSTON HUGHES
π APPROACHES TO THE WORKS OF JAMAICA KINCAID AND DAVID MILLS
Send Individual and Panel Proposals to:Send Individual and Panel Proposals to:Send Individual and Panel Proposals to:Send Individual and Panel Proposals to:
Dr. Jervette Ward (ENGLISH AREA REPRESENTATIVE)
Englishrep@clascholars.org
Dr. Matthew Pettway (FOREIGN LANGUAGES Area REPRESENTATIVE)
Foreignrep@clascholars.org
Send Special Session Proposals to:
(For Allied Organizations listed below and CLA Standing Committees ONLY)
Dr. Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper
Vicepresident@clascholars.org
Deadline September 15, 2016
Convention LocationConvention Location
Host InstitutionHost Institution UNIVERSITY of MISSOURI Columbia, MO
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group of Black scholars and educators, is an organization
of college teachers of English and foreign languages,
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they represent. Since 1957 the Association has published
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scholarly research and reviews of books in the areas of
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ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS
The Langston Hughes Society
The Middle Atlantic Writers Association
The Zora Neale Hurston Society
The Richard Wright Circle
The Charles W. Chesnutt Association
The Alice Childress Society
The Georgiana Simpson Society
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
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Life $1000
Retiree $55
Institutional $200
PRE-REGISTRATION $140
Students/Retirees $125
ON-SITE REGISTRATION $160
Students/Retirees $145
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MEMBERSHIPDUESSHOULDBEPAIDBYFEBRUARY1,2017FORPARTICIPANTS’NAMESTOAPPEARONTHEPROGRAM.
COLLEGE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
www.clascholars.org
2017 Banquet Speaker
Jamaica Kincaid, writer
2017 Langston Hughes Society Luncheon Speaker
David Mills, poet/dramatist
CLA Journal
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CELEBRATING80YEARS
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EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHI
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