Call for Proposals (due February 5, 2011)
We invite paper, panel, and roundtable proposals on theoretical, critical, or pedagogical approaches to texts, topics, and authors, including any of the following:
LGBTQ literature across histories and genres; Race and Sexual Identity; Interraciality and Same Sex Desire; Masculinity; Community; Sexuality, Desire, and The Harlem Renaissance; Homophobic Expressions; Critiques of Heteronormativity; Intersectionality; Comedy; Nationalism, Sexuality and The Black Arts Movement; James Baldwin; Richard Bruce Nugent; Marci Blackman; Ann Allen Shockley; Audre Lorde; E. Lynn Harris; Owen Dodson; Michelle Cliff; Cheryl Clarke, Alexis DeVeaux, Melvin Dixon, Thomas Glave; Shay Youngblood, April Sinclair; Alice Moore Dunbar Nelson; Gloria Naylor; James Earl Hardy; Gayl Jones; Wallace Thurman; G. Winston James; Brian Keith Jackson; Samuel R. Delany; Helen Elaine Lee; Sharon Bridgforth; Jewelle Gomez; Jacqueline Woodson; Alice Walker; June Jordan; Carolivia Herron; Sapphire; and others.
The program committee has concluded the call for proposals effective February 5, 2011. During April 2011 the submitters of abstracts will receive e-mail notification regarding abstract acceptance. Important note: Persons whose abstracts are accepted should register for the conference by August 15, 2011.
Questions regarding proposals should be sent to:
Lovalerie King, e-mail: luk13@psu.edu or
Shirley Moody, e-mail: scm18@psu.edu
Department of English
The Pennsylvania State University
Note that accepted proposals will be shared with participants by means of the conference website before and during the conference.
