Call for Individual Papers and Pre-formed Panels (Louisville Conference)

Deadline: 11:59 P.M. EST on September 15, 2024
Contact: David Anderson, Associate Professor of English, University of Louisville
Email: david.anderson2@louisville.edu

Deadline Extended to Friday, October 18, 2024

The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment will be sponsoring a panel at the 52nd Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, to be held virtually on February 17-18, 2025, and in-person at the University of Louisville on February 20-22, 2025.

We invite proposals for papers or panels (critical, creative, or mixed critical and creative) on a variety of literature and media, as well as differing subjects and critical approaches.

  • Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Kinds of literature or media (eco-lit, cli-fi, dystopian or utopian texts, children’s or YA texts, autobiography/life writing)
  • Race, Gender, and Environmental justice
  • Environmental Histories and Cultures
  • Ecocritical Approaches

Submission Process:
E-mail submissions to david.anderson2@louisville.edu
Please use subject line: LCLC52 Submission [Kind of submission—individual, panel]
Deadline for submissions is extended to 11:59 P.M. EST on October 18, 2024

Individual Critical / Critical-Creative Submissions:
Please send as 2 separate attachments: 1) Cover sheet: Name as it is to appear in the program with any institutional affiliation, Paper Title, and a biographical statement (250 words). 2) Abstract: 250-300 words. Be sure to omit all references to the author and the author’s name.

Full Panels, Roundtables and Societies Sessions (single panels or streams) Submissions:
Sessions are to be designed for a 90-minute time slot.
The organizer should submit the following documents: Please send as 2 separate attachments: 1) Cover Sheet: Name as it is to appear in program with any institutional affiliation, Title of Work Submitted, and a biographical statement (250 words). 2) Abstracts: 250-300 words.

Posted on September 2, 2024