Yearly Archives: 2025

The PAMLA 2025 Conference will be held at the elegant InterContinental San Francisco in San Francisco, California. The conference will begin on Thursday, November 20, and continue through November 23, 2025.

This session, Adaptations of Atwood (co-sponsored by the Margaret Atwood Society), seeks papers on adaptations of Margaret Atwood’s work, including television, film, graphic novels, song, opera, theatre, and ballet. We welcome proposals both related to the conference theme, “Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion,” and those not related.

Send abstracts and a short bio to Karma Waltonen, kjwaltonen@ucdavis.edu, by 30 April 2025.

https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19463

MMLA Nov 14 – 16, 2025
Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

40 Years of The Handmaid’s Tale

In 1985, Margaret Atwood’s sixth novel was published. The Handmaid’s Tale was a finalist for the Booker Prize and won the inaugural Arthur C. Clarke Prize. Impressive, yes, but the novel would not reach the height of its cultural relevance until decades later. The Handmaid’s Tale has been reimagined in numerous ways, including a 1990 film (with Natasha Richardson and Elizabeth McGovern), as an opera, a stage play, a streaming series (a format unimaginable at the time of the novel’s release), a ballet choreographed by Lila York, art and immersive exhibits, and a graphic novel adapted by Renée Nault. And it compelled Atwood to write its sequel, published 34 years later.

This panel invites papers that explore the rich and varied imprints The Handmaid’s Tale has made on the humanities: how audiences interact with it, how it inspires conversation and protest, and what parts of its legacy have yet to be written.

Please submit your 250-word abstract and brief biography to Denise Du Vernay, dduvernay@luc.edu, by April 15.