[KS] Call for Papers: 2014 MLA Convention in Chicago / East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900

[Henry Em]

*Call for Papers / 2014 MLA Convention in Chicago*

*Division: *East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900



Members of Executive Committee of the Division of East Asian Languages and
Literatures after 1900, of the Modern Language Association (MLA), make this
Call for Papers and invite proposals in the form of a 250-word abstract, to
be sent directly to the Organizer of the respective sessions. Inquiries
should also be directed to the session organizer. The deadline for
submission is March 10, 2013.



*Session: Representations of Disaster in Contemporary Asia***



Papers that consider issues of representation of recent disasters
throughout Asia, such as earthquakes, famine, tsunami, or nuclear meltdown,
in a variety of media.



Organizer:  doug slaymaker <dslaym at uky.edu>



250-word abstract

by March 10, 2013



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*Session: Asia and the Nobel Prize in Literature*


Papers exploring the cultural, linguistic, literary, and political meanings
of this prize and the works of the surprisingly few Asian laureates and
nominees.

 Organizer:  Melek Ortabasi <mso1 at sfu.ca>


250-word abstracts
by March 10, 2013.



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(joint panel with the Translation Discussion Group)

*Session: Thinking Fanlation***



Papers that explore the theoretical or political ramifications of
fanlation, scanlation, fansubbing, or other forms of unauthorized and/or
crowdsourced translation in a global media context.



Organizer:  Michael Emmerich <maikerue at gmail.com>



250-word abstract

by March 10, 2013



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Henry Em
Associate Professor
East Asian Studies, NYU
41 East 11th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY.  10003-4602

Cell:  734-846-2500
Office:  212-998-3826
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