Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM)

NIU's campus in DeKalb, Illinois 
March 30-31, 2012

This year’s theme is Evolution-How Does the Old Create the New? We encourage research examining the influences of language and literature that have significantly altered the humanities and people’s lives. We invite proposals for fifteen-minute papers from scholars at all stages of their career. Individual or panel (three to four people) proposals are welcome.

In previous years, MCLLM has hosted professors, graduate students, and independent scholars from all over the United States and around the globe. Last year, we had the honor of hosting Emily Auerbach, professor of English at the University of Wisonsin-Madison, as the keynote speaker.

Our keynote speaker this year is Cary Nelson, American Association of University Professors President, 2006-Present, and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Nelson is a major authority on American Modernist and Post-Modernist Poetry, and author of over 150 articles and ten books, most recently, No University is an Island: Saving Academic Freedom.

Proposals should be submitted electronically as attachments to mcllm@niu.edu by February 1, 2012. Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and should include a cover page with your name, affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address. For additional information, please e-mail us or visit our website: http://www.engl.niu.edu/mcllm/index.html.