The Northeast Modern Language Association will hold its 49th annual convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the historic Omni William Penn.
NeMLA is proud to have as its keynote speaker Rob Nixon, the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor in the Humanities and the Environment at Princeton University. He is the author of four books, most recently Dreambirds: the Natural History of a Fantasy and Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor, which won numerous awards, including the 2012 Sprout prize from the International Studies Association for the best book in environmental studies.
