ACLA at MLA 2006

 

ACLA Sessions and Events at the 2006 MLA in Philadelphia

Wednesday, 27 December

20. (Re)Producing Ourselves? Preparing the Next Generation of Comparatists
5:15-6:30 p.m., Congress C, Loews
Special session for the ADPCL
Presiding: Elizabeth Merle Richmond-Garza, Univ. of Texas, Austin

1. "Comparative Literature and Translation: Projects for the Future," Sandra Bermann, Princeton Univ.

2. "Reinventing the Wheel with Comparative Literature at the Hub," Gail E. Finney, Univ. of California, Davis

3. "Homes for Our Graduates: Comparative Literature PhDs in Today's Job Market," Ross Shideler, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

Thursday, 28 December

176. History and Comparative Literature: The Past
12:00 noon-1:15 p.m., 203-A, Convention Center
Program arranged by the American Comparative Literature Association
Presiding: Kathleen Lenore Komar, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

1. "Mine(s): Comparative Literature as Chronotope," Elizabeth Merle Richmond-Garza, Univ. of Texas, Austin

2. "Historiography in Comparative Literature," Caroline D. Eckhardt, Penn State Univ., University Park

3. "Comparative Literature as Philosophy of History: A Model of A-disciplinarity," David Marno, Stanford Univ.

4. "Folklore," C.P. Haun Saussy, Yale Univ.

294. Cash Bar and Reception Arranged by the School of Criticism and Theory Jointly with the ACLA
5:15-6:30 p.m., 402-403, Philadelphia Marriott

Saturday, 30 December

755. History and Comparative Literature: The Future
1:45-3:00 p.m., Commonwealth Hall D, Loews
Program arranged by the American Comparative Literature Association
Presiding: Eric R. J. Hayot, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson

1. "Influence after Narrative: Literary Annalism and the Search Function," Daniel Alan Fried, National Central Univ.

2. "What We Don't Know," Eric R. J. Hayot, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson

3. "Cyberspace, Electronic Texts, and the Future of Comparative Literature," Kathleen Lenore Komar, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

 

Programs Arranged by the Division on Comparative Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature:

Thursday, 28 December

196. War's Others
12:00 noon-1:15 p.m., Commonwealth Hall D, Loews
Presiding: Margaret R. Higonnet, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs

1. "Innocent Monsters: The Kindertransport," Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern Univ.

2. "Lost Memories: Lesbians under the Third Reich," William J. Spurlin, Univ. of Sussex

3. "Radiation Victims as War's Others in Recent Documentary Film," Lisa Lynch, Catholic Univ. of America

Respondent: Kristine Ann Byron, Michigan State Univ.

Friday, 29 December

513. Spectacles of Violence
3:30-4:45 p.m., Congress A, Loews
Presiding: Natasha B. Barnes, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

1. "Beyond the Spectacle of Terrorism: Rethinking Politics in the Image of Society," Henry Giroux, McMaster Univ.

2. "The Culture Industries of Northern Ireland: Specularity, Violence, and the Conviction Plays," Sarah Brouillette, Syracuse Univ.

3. "Did World War I Foster a 'Spectatorial Attitude' in American Writers?" Michael Davidson West, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

4. "Transnationalist Regimes of Violence: Brooklyn, Fort-Dimache and the Duvalierist State," Jana Evans Braziel, Univ. of Cincinnati

Respondent: Susan H. Lurie, Rice Univ.

611. The Lure and Violence of Globalized Digital Culture
9:00-10:15 p.m., Congress C, Loews
Presiding: Marcel H. Cornis-Pope, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.

1. "Information, Terror, and the Poetics of Noise," Mark Nunes, Southern Polytechnic State Univ.

2. "'Staring It Straight in the Eye': A Look at the Network," Christian Moraru, Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro

3. "Hypertext: Between the Violence of the Void and the Lure of the System," Rodica C. Ieta, Murray State Univ.

4. "E-cadie: An Acadian Cybernation," Nicole Boudreau, Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette