Access the online program for the 2020 MLA convention to discover exciting sessions—like a tribute to Toni Morrison that includes Imani Perry and Tayari Jones—to learn about special events, and much more. The online program allows you to save your own itinerary, which you can view from any device. Not yet registered for the convention? Register now!
Publication Spotlight
Teaching Octavia E. Butler
Discover ways to teach Butler's works of science fiction in a variety of contexts and from a range of perspectives in this new MLA volume.
MLA Convention Travel Grants Available
MLA members who are graduate students, non-tenure-track faculty members, unemployed, or living outside the US and Canada may be eligible for $400 grants to help cover travel expenses for the 2020 convention. Apply by 1 December 2019.
Get the Fall MLA Newsletter Online
MLA members can access the fall MLA Newsletter and read a tribute to Toni Morrison as well as an article on the groundbreaking work of the Cave Canem Foundation, a quick guide to the 2020 convention, and more.
Volunteer at the 2020 MLA Convention
Graduate students who are not presenting can volunteer at the 2020 convention. Volunteers will receive a registration waiver and other benefits. Apply today!
Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
If you've taught Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, share your experience: take a survey and consider proposing an essay for a volume in development.
Events
24–26 Oct.: Association for Political Theory conf., Irvine
7–10 Nov.: Historical Poetics Now symposium, Austin
15–17 Nov.: South Atlantic Modern Language Association conference, Atlanta
Calls
CfP: Conference on James Baldwin and Beauford Delaney, due 1 Nov.
