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    • MLA 2026 CFP

    February 22, 2025 / Leave a comment

    MLA 2026: Toronto, 8–11 January 2026, CFP:

    The circle game

    We invite proposals on Atwood’s work and impact engaging with the theme of Families—broadly defined, including lineage, kinship, inheritance, found families, cross-species bonds, intertextuality and literary genealogies. 250-word abstract and CV due 3/23.

    Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 23 March 2025

    Lee Frew, York U (leefrew@yorku.ca)

    NeMLA CFP

    August 12, 2024 / Leave a comment

    NeMLA 2025 (Philadelphia, March 6-9)

    Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2024

    Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Conference – Philadelphia, March 6-9, 2025

    Contact email: riley.thomas@temple.edu

    Title: Themes of (R)evolution in Atwood’s Works and Adaptations

    The “Themes of (R)evolution in Atwood’s Works and Adaptations” panel at NeMLA 2025 (March 6-9, Philadelphia) invites proposals for 20-minute papers exploring themes of revolution and evolution in Margaret Atwood’s texts, adaptations, and real-life crossovers. In what ways has Atwood’s works sparked revolutionary change—or not? What role does evolution play in her texts?

    Please submit an abstract (250-300 words) and a brief bio (<100 words) by September 30th through the NeMLA portal for consideration: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21213. Please reach out to Riley Thomas at riley.thomas@temple.edu with any questions.

    MLA 2024 CFP

    January 30, 2023 / Leave a comment

    Dressing the Part: Fashion in Atwood’s Works and Adaptations
    The Margaret Atwood Society invites papers on depictions of fashion in Atwood’s works and adaptations, understood broadly as relating to clothing, style, or expressions of socio-political or technical change. 250-word abstract and bio due 3/15.
    Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
    Lauren Rule Maxwell, The Citadel (lauren.maxwell@citadel.edu ) Lee Frew, York U (leefrew@yorku.ca )

    MLA 18 Call for Papers

    February 4, 2017 / Leave a comment

    “Renegades and Revenge: Hag-Seed &/or The Heart Goes Last.” 250-300 word abstract and a short bio by 15 March 2017; Eleonora Rao (erao@unisa.it)

    Call for Papers: MAS Special Issue on Ageism and Aging

    June 11, 2016 / Leave a comment

    Margaret Atwood Studies invites submissions of articles that focus on ageism and aging in Atwood’s works or in the works of both Atwood and other authors, such as Doris Lessing, another prolific and influential woman writer who examines these themes. This special issue aims to explore the ways these writers present the passing of time in relation to life experiences and self-consciousness. Articles might discuss the works’ depictions of what it means to come of age, how age and the aging process change how we see ourselves, when and how one becomes old, ways that gender affects the aging process, and how age discrimination shapes societies and individuals.
    UPDATED: Submissions due 1 December 2016.