NORTHEAST MODERNM LANGUAGLE ASSOACIATION Northeast Modern Language Association 46th Annual Convention April 30 – May 3, 2015 TORONTO, ONTARIO Local Host: Ryerson University Administrative Sponsor: University at Buffalo www.buffalo.edu/nemla Northeast-Modern_language Association-NeMLA #NeMLA2015 CONVENTION STAFF Executive Director Marketing Coordinator Carine Mardorossian Derek McGrath University at Buffalo Stony Brook University, SUNY Associate Executive Director Local Liaisons Brandi So Alison Hedley Stony Brook University, SUNY Ryerson University Andrea Schofield Administrative Coordinator Ryerson University Renata Towne University at Buffalo Webmaster Jesse Miller Chair Coordinator University at Buffalo Kristin LeVeness SUNY Nassau Community College Fellows CV Clinic Assistant Fellowship and Awards Assistant Indigo Erikson Angela Wong Northern Virginia Community College SUNY Buffalo Chair and Media Assistant Professional Development Assistant Caroline Burke Erin Grogan Stony Brook University, SUNY SUNY Buffalo Convention Program Assistant Promotions Assistants W. Dustin Parrott Adam Drury SUNY Buffalo SUNY Buffalo Allison Siehnel Declan Gould SUNY Buffalo SUNY Buffalo Exhibitor Assistants Schedule Assistant Jesse Miller Iven Heister SUNY Buffalo SUNY Buffalo Brandi So Stony Brook University, SUNY Travel Awards Assistant Travis Matteson SUNY Buffalo 2 3 Board of Directors Welcome to Toronto and NeMLA’s much awaited return to Canada! This multicultural and President multilingual city is the perfect gathering place to offer our convention Daniela B. Antonucci | Princeton University attendees a vast and diversified selection of cultural attractions. While First Vice President in Toronto, enjoy a performance of W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Benjamin Railton | Fitchburg State University Bondage at the Soul Pepper Theatre, with tickets discounted thanks to Second Vice President the negotiations of NeMLA and our host, Ryerson University. Also while in Hilda Chacón | Nazareth College Toronto, stroll around Chinatown, then take a tour of the Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of Toronto, the largest repository Past President Ellen Dolgin | Dominican College of Blauvelt of publicly accessible rare books and manuscripts, and admire the architecture of the library thought to be the model for the secret library Anglophone Literatures Director—American Jennifer Harris | University at Waterloo in Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose. Visit, at a discounted NeMLA price, the Art Gallery of Ontario, one of the largest galleries in North Anglophone Literatures Director—British America, which includes more than 80,000 works spanning the first Susmita Roye | Delaware State University century to the present, as well as the largest collection of Canadian Comparative Languages & Theory Director art. During our convention, this gallery will feature a special exhibition Gillian Pierce | Boston University and first-ever thematic examination of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work. Cultural Studies & Media Director For music lovers, the Canadian Opera Company will offer a Saturday Barry Spence | University of Massachusetts Amherst performance of Barber of Seville. French Languages & Literatures Director Anna Rocca | Salem State University On Thursday, April 30, we are very privileged to host M. NourbeSe German Languages & Literatures Director Philip and Madeleine Stratford, renowned Toronto poets and our Lynn Marie Kutch | Kutztown University opening speakers, who will read from their works at 6:30 PM in the Italian Languages & Literatures Director Imperial Room at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The keynote event and Gloria Pastorino | Fairleigh Dickinson University reception—scheduled for May 1, from 7 to 9 PM in the Imperial Room—is NeMLA’s first interdisciplinary keynote address, which will include opera Pedagogy and Professional Director Suha Kudsieh | College of Staten Island, SUNY and a multi-media presentation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by Christopher Innes and Brigitte Bogar. We appreciate this opportunity to Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Literatures Director Maria Matz | University of Massachusetts Lowell host an exciting presentation that demonstrates NeMLA’s commitment to innovative practices in language and literature. CAITY Caucus President and Representative Emily Lauer | Suffolk County Community College, SUNY Our convention will also feature Special Events in each area, such Member-At-Large: Creative Writing, Publishing, and Editing Director as a reading by Sri Lankan-Canadian writer Shyam Selvadurai, who Christina Milletti | University at Buffalo will read from his novel The Hungry Ghosts (2013); the Women’s & Member-At-Large: Diversity Gender Studies Caucus Shakespeare’s Sister mentoring breakfast; the Vetri Nathan | University of Massachusetts Boston Cultural Studies & Media Studies and Interdisciplinary Humanities film Graduate Student Caucus Representative screening of the stunning From the Ground Tier to a Sparrow Batch Marie-Eve Monette | McGill University by environmental artist and poet Marlene Creates; Gerald Hartwig’s Women’s & Gender Studies Caucus Representative presentation on his award-winning graphic novel autobiography Rita Bode | Trent University Chämeleon; and the Annual Creative Writers and Editors Special Event Editor of Modern Language Studies sponsored by our very own journal, Modern Language Studies. Laurence Roth | Susquehanna University 4 5 These events and receptions are available to conference registrants for free. In addition, members can enroll, for a small fee, in a number of Thursday, April 30 exciting and interactive small-group workshops related to teaching in the humanities, pedagogy and professionalization, and creative writing. We 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM will conclude the convention with our usual membership brunch and the Registration call for proposals for NeMLA 2016. Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room Our host institution, Ryerson University, located in the heart of Toronto, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM has offered considerable support in the planning and success of our Workshop: Composition/Pedagogy convention. In particular, we want to thank Dean Jean Paul Boudreau Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, Northwestern University, and Jennifer and professors Dennis Denisoff and Marco Fiola for leading the Brandt, Highpoint University collaborative efforts of Ryerson and our NeMLA staff. Ryerson University “Writing in the Humanities: Curriculum Development Workshop.” student representatives, Alison Hedley and Andrea Schofield, also Pre-registration is required: http://www.regonline.com/NeMLA deserve a round of applause for researching Toronto’s attractions and Light lunch will be served enriching the conference program by securing discounted rates for Fairmont Royal York, Quebec NeMLA attendees for these attractions. Workshop: Creative Writing Our annual conference would not be as successful as it has been, Shelagh Patterson, Montclair State University without your contributions, our members. You are what makes “Live Writing NeMLA 2015: The Poetry of Taking Notes.” our organization the very special and unique gathering that it has Pre-registration is required: http://www.regonline.com/NeMLA become. Indeed, the friendly atmosphere together with the fascinating Light lunch will be served interdisciplinary discussions and conversations you generate make Fairmont Royal York, Confederation 3 NeMLA one of the most welcoming and supportive scholarly events in the North America today, as evidenced by the number of returning Workshop: Digital Humanities members from beyond the northeast. Experiencing NeMLA means “Digital Word/Play.” returning to it, again and again! Moderator: Dennis Denisoff, Ryerson University’s Centre for Digital Humanities. Speakers: Carolyn Guertin, York University; Kevin Kee, Enjoy Toronto! Brock University Pre-registration is required: http://www.regonline.com/NeMLA Daniela Bisello Antonucci Carine Mardorossian Pre-registration includes two hands-on training sessions (“Enlivening President NeMLA Executive Director Digital Humanities Projects with Omeka” and “Creating Hypermedia Princeton University University at Buffalo Works with Twine”) Light lunch will be served Future Conventions Fairmont Royal York, Confederation 5 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM 2016 | March 17-20 Exhibit Hall HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room Host: University of Connecticut 2:15 PM – 4:15 PM Track 2: Seminars 2017 | March 24-27 Fairmont Royal York BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 6 7 Special Event: “Publishing Monographs and Critical Editions” Meet at 9:30 AM at Union Station (adjacent to the Fairmont Royal York) Sponsored by CAITY, Graduate Caucus, and Pedagogy and to begin Robarts tour at 10:00 AM Professional Area Robarts Library: 130 Street George St. / Fisher Library: 120 St. George Fairmont Royal York, Quebec Street NeMLA Price: Free 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Pre-registration is required: http://www.regonline.com/NeMLA Track 3: Sessions Fairmont Royal York 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hands-On Workshop: “Enlivening Digital Humanities Projects with 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Omeka” Reading & Welcome Reception: Sally Wilson, Fangmin Wang, and MJ Suhonos, Ryerson University M. NourbeSe Philip and Madeleine Stratford Library Association Reception to follow Pre-registration is required: http://www.regonline.com/NeMLA Fairmont Royal York, Imperial Room Pre-registration includes one workshop (“Digital Word/Play”) and another hands-on training sessions (“Creating Hypermedia Works 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM with Twine”) Graduate Student Caucus Meet & Greet