News and Announcements

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Our schedule for the 50th Anniversary Convention is now online!

Please email any questions to support@nemla.org.

Posted November 13, 2018

Join NeMLA at the Modern Language Association! This year, members of NeMLA have developed the following session for the January 2019 meeting of the MLA in Chicago.

Pitch to Page: Teaching the Publication Process

Saturday, January 5, 2019, 8:30-9:45 AM, Columbus H (Hyatt Regency)

Presenters: Amanda Lagji (Pitzer College), Ellen M. Scheible (Bridgewater State University), Tina Yih-Ting Chen (Penn State University Park), Claire Sommers (Graduate Center, CUNY)

Professors have been advised to “publish or perish” for nearly 100 years. First coined in 1927, this phrase warns professors that in order to maintain their jobs, they must publish their work. Publishing has always been central to academia, as it is the primary vehicle through which scholars share their research with a larger audience.

This session explores how academic departments, organizations, and publishers can best teach and support the publishing process. Members from NeMLA will also discuss our Publishing Mentorship Program.

NeMLA also will host a table with other Regional MLA, with information about our upcoming 50th Anniversary Convention in Washington, DC!

And we’d love to hear from NeMLA members presenting or chairing at the MLA: tell us about your session on Twitter, Facebook, or via email at support@nemla.org.

We can’t wait to see you in Chicago!

Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2018

It's never too early to submit revised essays in the CAITY Caucus Essay Award! Along with a $100 cash prize, the winning essay will automatically be considered for publication by Modern Language Studies, NeMLA's peer-reviewed journal.

If you are an independent scholar or faculty who are contingent, adjunct, or teach at a two-year institution, please consider revising your presentation from our 2018 Pittsburgh convention and turn it into your essay submission.

For more information, please email CAITY@nemla.org.

Posted May 16, 2018

• Women's and Gender Studies Caucus Essay Award: If you presented at the 2017 or 2018 convention on a women's and gender studies topic, please consider revising your presentation and submitting it for the annual Caucus Essay Award. If you chaired a panel, please be sure to remind your panelists to submit for this award. More information how to submit is available here. Deadline: November 15
• Nominations now being accepted for elected positions: Positions in the WGSC are available for Secretary and Board Representative. Please email self-nominations with a 350-word statement to wgsnemla@gmail.com by May 21. More information how to nominate and about the responsibilities for each position is available here. 
• NeMLA WGSC Facebook Page: Follow the WGSC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116025735090649/

Posted August 14, 2017

Dear NeMLA Members:

Since Friday, the Executive Board of NeMLA has watched in sheer horror as ghastly events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have unfolded. White supremacists, who stand for racism, anti-Semitism, and violent intimidation of immigrants, ethnic minorities and so many other human beings, cannot be tolerated. Their loathsome rhetoric and vile activities are anathema to the mission and values of NeMLA. As an academic organization, NeMLA champions the dissemination of scholarship and the advancement of teaching in modern languages. This championing requires open dialogue, freedom of expression, and also a freedom of inquiry and collaborative exchange that uncompromisingly supports all its members, no matter their color, religious beliefs, geographic origin, gender, sexual identity, or social class.

We therefore encourage you to stand with us and to remain in communication with us as our collective semesters begin. Let us not remain silent but stand in united resistance to the normalized forms of intolerance and violent bigotry that surround us.

Sincerely,
NeMLA Executive Board

Posted July 27, 2017

Boydell & Brewer, which publishes a wide range of titles on literature and language, is partnering with NeMLA to add new books to your home library at discounted prices! These books include many in Medieval and Renaissance studies.

Some books that Boydell & Brewer publishes include:

• Representing the Dead: Epitaph Fictions in Late-Medieval France by Helen J. Swift
• The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts edited by William J. Purkis and Matthew Gabriele
• Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England: Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450 edited and translated by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Thelma Fenster, and Delbert W. Russell
• Telling the Story in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Evelyn Birge Vitz edited by Kathryn A. Duys, Elizabeth Emery, and Laurie Postlewate
• Writing China: Essays on the Amherst Embassy (1816) and Sino-British Cultural Relations edited by Peter J. Kitson & Robert Markley

NeMLA members can receive a discount of 30% off of these titles with the code BB419 when ordering online at https://boydellandbrewer.com. NeMLA members also can order by calling Boydell & Brewer at 585-275-0419 and mentioning the code when ordering.

If you have any questions about this offer, please email us at support@nemla.org.

Posted on May 23, 2017

On behalf of the Executive Committee and membership, the Northeast Modern Language Association has written to the Provost of Stony Brook University, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to express our shock and deep concern about the recommended suspension of the Doctoral programs in Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, and Hispanic Languages and Literatures, and the proposed closing of its undergraduate majors in Comparative Literature, Cinema and Cultural Studies, and Theatre Arts. 

We encourage you to read this letter from our Executive Board and Executive Director, which urges Stony Brook University to reconsider its proposal in light of its local and global ramifications, and to engage in a dialogue with Stony Brook's faculty and students to find solutions that would enhance, rather than weaken and significantly imperil, the future, and renown of this institution.

Posted November 18, 2016

Dear NeMLA Members,

As a professional organization dedicated to the scholarly study of modern languages and cultures, NeMLA fully embraces and celebrates the vast cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity of the United States. Certainly, this rich aspect of our society is thoroughly explored, both at the theoretical and the experiential levels, during our annual conference that gathers over 2,000 scholars and researchers from the northeast coast in the United States and Canada.

At NeMLA we believe that the diversity that constitutes the core fabric of our society is what makes us strong and unique. Each group's lives, stories, cultural practices, along with their current and historical struggles, all make of the United States the  culturally-wealthy nation that it is today.

Therefore, we want to express our repudiation of recent events of violence, hatred, bullying, and degrading behaviors that have taken place in higher education institutions across the United States after the election.

NeMLA stands in solidarity with those who have been/are being targeted by such heinous acts of hatred and harm. We stand with our members, their students and staff members at their institutions who have been subjected to such lamentable manifestations of intolerance and white privilege; we stand against the pretentious entitlement of national, ethnic, and class supremacy over "others."

Therefore, we abhor all forms of harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and we stand against any attempt of committing acts of physical or emotional harm against those who may somehow be perceived as "different."

As scholars, professors, and administrators, we take inspiration from the powerful and living legacies of literary, artistic, and political resistance to white supremacy, colonialism, and gender and reproductive violence that inform our academic work. Before this election and definitely after it, NeMLA is committed to the ongoing scholarly initiatives that strive for a just future for everyone.

Now more than ever, the topic of our next conference, "Translingual and Transcultural Competence: Toward a Multilingual Future in the Global Era," has become significantly more relevant. (Please visit our NeMLA 2017 conference site.)

We look forward to counting with your voice at our annual forum.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President
María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President
Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President
Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President
Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director
Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

We, the Executive Board of NeMLA, declare that we stand together with refugees and immigrants from all corners of the globe. In the face of growing and bold anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric and an Executive Order banning refugees from seven Muslim majority countries to the United States, we solidly affirm the need to foster peace, diplomacy and, above all, deep mutual understanding and respect among diverse peoples. We respect the rule of law, but we cannot and will not tolerate the targeting of any human being because of their nation of origin, the religion they practice, their ethnicity, race or the language(s) they speak. We declare: no human being is illegal.

We as scholars, professors and researchers denounce anti-democratic pronouncements that go against the very moral and ethical founding of the United States, and we stand firm with our colleagues, our students and all of our brothers and sisters in the global community who strive for unity over division.

In consideration of those affected by the travel ban, NeMLA is taking the following steps:

1.     Implementing a provisional policy for allowing those affected by the ban to present their papers in absentia. For reasons central to the discussion and exchange that are the hallmark of a lively NeMLA session, our policy is to not allow papers read in absentia. We will make an exception for those presenters impacted.

2.     NeMLA Executive Board officers will introduce an open forum in which attendees can discuss, respond to, contextualize, and strategize about the recent Executive Orders on immigration. This special Roundtable Discussion, titled “NeMLA Forum on the Executive Orders on Immigration,” will take place on Saturday, March 25, at 4:45 PM in Grand Ballroom VI.

We welcome your thoughts and contributions on these issues as we prepare for our 2017 Convention.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President

María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President

Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President

Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President

Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director

Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

Posted June 20, 2016

The Northeast Modern Languages Association stands in solidarity with its LGBTQ colleagues as well as with their Orlando-based friends, family, neighbors. In the wake of the tragedy of the Pulse shootings in Orlando, Florida, we wish to express our shared grief with the victims' families and loved ones. As an academic and scholarly organization, NeMLA upholds individuals' freedom of thought and expression, and we assert the rights of all people to live freely and peacefully in communities that support diversity and inclusion. While we cannot tolerate intolerance, we affirm the value of the human in the humanities.

The Board of Directors of NeMLA

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Our schedule for the 50th Anniversary Convention is now online!

Please email any questions to support@nemla.org.

Posted November 13, 2018

Join NeMLA at the Modern Language Association! This year, members of NeMLA have developed the following session for the January 2019 meeting of the MLA in Chicago.

Pitch to Page: Teaching the Publication Process

Saturday, January 5, 2019, 8:30-9:45 AM, Columbus H (Hyatt Regency)

Presenters: Amanda Lagji (Pitzer College), Ellen M. Scheible (Bridgewater State University), Tina Yih-Ting Chen (Penn State University Park), Claire Sommers (Graduate Center, CUNY)

Professors have been advised to “publish or perish” for nearly 100 years. First coined in 1927, this phrase warns professors that in order to maintain their jobs, they must publish their work. Publishing has always been central to academia, as it is the primary vehicle through which scholars share their research with a larger audience.

This session explores how academic departments, organizations, and publishers can best teach and support the publishing process. Members from NeMLA will also discuss our Publishing Mentorship Program.

NeMLA also will host a table with other Regional MLA, with information about our upcoming 50th Anniversary Convention in Washington, DC!

And we’d love to hear from NeMLA members presenting or chairing at the MLA: tell us about your session on Twitter, Facebook, or via email at support@nemla.org.

We can’t wait to see you in Chicago!

Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2018

It's never too early to submit revised essays in the CAITY Caucus Essay Award! Along with a $100 cash prize, the winning essay will automatically be considered for publication by Modern Language Studies, NeMLA's peer-reviewed journal.

If you are an independent scholar or faculty who are contingent, adjunct, or teach at a two-year institution, please consider revising your presentation from our 2018 Pittsburgh convention and turn it into your essay submission.

For more information, please email CAITY@nemla.org.

Posted May 16, 2018

• Women's and Gender Studies Caucus Essay Award: If you presented at the 2017 or 2018 convention on a women's and gender studies topic, please consider revising your presentation and submitting it for the annual Caucus Essay Award. If you chaired a panel, please be sure to remind your panelists to submit for this award. More information how to submit is available here. Deadline: November 15
• Nominations now being accepted for elected positions: Positions in the WGSC are available for Secretary and Board Representative. Please email self-nominations with a 350-word statement to wgsnemla@gmail.com by May 21. More information how to nominate and about the responsibilities for each position is available here. 
• NeMLA WGSC Facebook Page: Follow the WGSC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116025735090649/

Posted August 14, 2017

Dear NeMLA Members:

Since Friday, the Executive Board of NeMLA has watched in sheer horror as ghastly events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have unfolded. White supremacists, who stand for racism, anti-Semitism, and violent intimidation of immigrants, ethnic minorities and so many other human beings, cannot be tolerated. Their loathsome rhetoric and vile activities are anathema to the mission and values of NeMLA. As an academic organization, NeMLA champions the dissemination of scholarship and the advancement of teaching in modern languages. This championing requires open dialogue, freedom of expression, and also a freedom of inquiry and collaborative exchange that uncompromisingly supports all its members, no matter their color, religious beliefs, geographic origin, gender, sexual identity, or social class.

We therefore encourage you to stand with us and to remain in communication with us as our collective semesters begin. Let us not remain silent but stand in united resistance to the normalized forms of intolerance and violent bigotry that surround us.

Sincerely,
NeMLA Executive Board

Posted July 27, 2017

Boydell & Brewer, which publishes a wide range of titles on literature and language, is partnering with NeMLA to add new books to your home library at discounted prices! These books include many in Medieval and Renaissance studies.

Some books that Boydell & Brewer publishes include:

• Representing the Dead: Epitaph Fictions in Late-Medieval France by Helen J. Swift
• The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts edited by William J. Purkis and Matthew Gabriele
• Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England: Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450 edited and translated by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Thelma Fenster, and Delbert W. Russell
• Telling the Story in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Evelyn Birge Vitz edited by Kathryn A. Duys, Elizabeth Emery, and Laurie Postlewate
• Writing China: Essays on the Amherst Embassy (1816) and Sino-British Cultural Relations edited by Peter J. Kitson & Robert Markley

NeMLA members can receive a discount of 30% off of these titles with the code BB419 when ordering online at https://boydellandbrewer.com. NeMLA members also can order by calling Boydell & Brewer at 585-275-0419 and mentioning the code when ordering.

If you have any questions about this offer, please email us at support@nemla.org.

Posted on May 23, 2017

On behalf of the Executive Committee and membership, the Northeast Modern Language Association has written to the Provost of Stony Brook University, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to express our shock and deep concern about the recommended suspension of the Doctoral programs in Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, and Hispanic Languages and Literatures, and the proposed closing of its undergraduate majors in Comparative Literature, Cinema and Cultural Studies, and Theatre Arts. 

We encourage you to read this letter from our Executive Board and Executive Director, which urges Stony Brook University to reconsider its proposal in light of its local and global ramifications, and to engage in a dialogue with Stony Brook's faculty and students to find solutions that would enhance, rather than weaken and significantly imperil, the future, and renown of this institution.

Posted November 18, 2016

Dear NeMLA Members,

As a professional organization dedicated to the scholarly study of modern languages and cultures, NeMLA fully embraces and celebrates the vast cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity of the United States. Certainly, this rich aspect of our society is thoroughly explored, both at the theoretical and the experiential levels, during our annual conference that gathers over 2,000 scholars and researchers from the northeast coast in the United States and Canada.

At NeMLA we believe that the diversity that constitutes the core fabric of our society is what makes us strong and unique. Each group's lives, stories, cultural practices, along with their current and historical struggles, all make of the United States the  culturally-wealthy nation that it is today.

Therefore, we want to express our repudiation of recent events of violence, hatred, bullying, and degrading behaviors that have taken place in higher education institutions across the United States after the election.

NeMLA stands in solidarity with those who have been/are being targeted by such heinous acts of hatred and harm. We stand with our members, their students and staff members at their institutions who have been subjected to such lamentable manifestations of intolerance and white privilege; we stand against the pretentious entitlement of national, ethnic, and class supremacy over "others."

Therefore, we abhor all forms of harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and we stand against any attempt of committing acts of physical or emotional harm against those who may somehow be perceived as "different."

As scholars, professors, and administrators, we take inspiration from the powerful and living legacies of literary, artistic, and political resistance to white supremacy, colonialism, and gender and reproductive violence that inform our academic work. Before this election and definitely after it, NeMLA is committed to the ongoing scholarly initiatives that strive for a just future for everyone.

Now more than ever, the topic of our next conference, "Translingual and Transcultural Competence: Toward a Multilingual Future in the Global Era," has become significantly more relevant. (Please visit our NeMLA 2017 conference site.)

We look forward to counting with your voice at our annual forum.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President
María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President
Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President
Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President
Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director
Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

We, the Executive Board of NeMLA, declare that we stand together with refugees and immigrants from all corners of the globe. In the face of growing and bold anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric and an Executive Order banning refugees from seven Muslim majority countries to the United States, we solidly affirm the need to foster peace, diplomacy and, above all, deep mutual understanding and respect among diverse peoples. We respect the rule of law, but we cannot and will not tolerate the targeting of any human being because of their nation of origin, the religion they practice, their ethnicity, race or the language(s) they speak. We declare: no human being is illegal.

We as scholars, professors and researchers denounce anti-democratic pronouncements that go against the very moral and ethical founding of the United States, and we stand firm with our colleagues, our students and all of our brothers and sisters in the global community who strive for unity over division.

In consideration of those affected by the travel ban, NeMLA is taking the following steps:

1.     Implementing a provisional policy for allowing those affected by the ban to present their papers in absentia. For reasons central to the discussion and exchange that are the hallmark of a lively NeMLA session, our policy is to not allow papers read in absentia. We will make an exception for those presenters impacted.

2.     NeMLA Executive Board officers will introduce an open forum in which attendees can discuss, respond to, contextualize, and strategize about the recent Executive Orders on immigration. This special Roundtable Discussion, titled “NeMLA Forum on the Executive Orders on Immigration,” will take place on Saturday, March 25, at 4:45 PM in Grand Ballroom VI.

We welcome your thoughts and contributions on these issues as we prepare for our 2017 Convention.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President

María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President

Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President

Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President

Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director

Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

Posted June 20, 2016

The Northeast Modern Languages Association stands in solidarity with its LGBTQ colleagues as well as with their Orlando-based friends, family, neighbors. In the wake of the tragedy of the Pulse shootings in Orlando, Florida, we wish to express our shared grief with the victims' families and loved ones. As an academic and scholarly organization, NeMLA upholds individuals' freedom of thought and expression, and we assert the rights of all people to live freely and peacefully in communities that support diversity and inclusion. While we cannot tolerate intolerance, we affirm the value of the human in the humanities.

The Board of Directors of NeMLA

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Our schedule for the 50th Anniversary Convention is now online!

Please email any questions to support@nemla.org.

Posted November 13, 2018

Join NeMLA at the Modern Language Association! This year, members of NeMLA have developed the following session for the January 2019 meeting of the MLA in Chicago.

Pitch to Page: Teaching the Publication Process

Saturday, January 5, 2019, 8:30-9:45 AM, Columbus H (Hyatt Regency)

Presenters: Amanda Lagji (Pitzer College), Ellen M. Scheible (Bridgewater State University), Tina Yih-Ting Chen (Penn State University Park), Claire Sommers (Graduate Center, CUNY)

Professors have been advised to “publish or perish” for nearly 100 years. First coined in 1927, this phrase warns professors that in order to maintain their jobs, they must publish their work. Publishing has always been central to academia, as it is the primary vehicle through which scholars share their research with a larger audience.

This session explores how academic departments, organizations, and publishers can best teach and support the publishing process. Members from NeMLA will also discuss our Publishing Mentorship Program.

NeMLA also will host a table with other Regional MLA, with information about our upcoming 50th Anniversary Convention in Washington, DC!

And we’d love to hear from NeMLA members presenting or chairing at the MLA: tell us about your session on Twitter, Facebook, or via email at support@nemla.org.

We can’t wait to see you in Chicago!

Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2018

It's never too early to submit revised essays in the CAITY Caucus Essay Award! Along with a $100 cash prize, the winning essay will automatically be considered for publication by Modern Language Studies, NeMLA's peer-reviewed journal.

If you are an independent scholar or faculty who are contingent, adjunct, or teach at a two-year institution, please consider revising your presentation from our 2018 Pittsburgh convention and turn it into your essay submission.

For more information, please email CAITY@nemla.org.

Posted May 16, 2018

• Women's and Gender Studies Caucus Essay Award: If you presented at the 2017 or 2018 convention on a women's and gender studies topic, please consider revising your presentation and submitting it for the annual Caucus Essay Award. If you chaired a panel, please be sure to remind your panelists to submit for this award. More information how to submit is available here. Deadline: November 15
• Nominations now being accepted for elected positions: Positions in the WGSC are available for Secretary and Board Representative. Please email self-nominations with a 350-word statement to wgsnemla@gmail.com by May 21. More information how to nominate and about the responsibilities for each position is available here. 
• NeMLA WGSC Facebook Page: Follow the WGSC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116025735090649/

Posted August 14, 2017

Dear NeMLA Members:

Since Friday, the Executive Board of NeMLA has watched in sheer horror as ghastly events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have unfolded. White supremacists, who stand for racism, anti-Semitism, and violent intimidation of immigrants, ethnic minorities and so many other human beings, cannot be tolerated. Their loathsome rhetoric and vile activities are anathema to the mission and values of NeMLA. As an academic organization, NeMLA champions the dissemination of scholarship and the advancement of teaching in modern languages. This championing requires open dialogue, freedom of expression, and also a freedom of inquiry and collaborative exchange that uncompromisingly supports all its members, no matter their color, religious beliefs, geographic origin, gender, sexual identity, or social class.

We therefore encourage you to stand with us and to remain in communication with us as our collective semesters begin. Let us not remain silent but stand in united resistance to the normalized forms of intolerance and violent bigotry that surround us.

Sincerely,
NeMLA Executive Board

Posted July 27, 2017

Boydell & Brewer, which publishes a wide range of titles on literature and language, is partnering with NeMLA to add new books to your home library at discounted prices! These books include many in Medieval and Renaissance studies.

Some books that Boydell & Brewer publishes include:

• Representing the Dead: Epitaph Fictions in Late-Medieval France by Helen J. Swift
• The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts edited by William J. Purkis and Matthew Gabriele
• Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England: Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450 edited and translated by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Thelma Fenster, and Delbert W. Russell
• Telling the Story in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Evelyn Birge Vitz edited by Kathryn A. Duys, Elizabeth Emery, and Laurie Postlewate
• Writing China: Essays on the Amherst Embassy (1816) and Sino-British Cultural Relations edited by Peter J. Kitson & Robert Markley

NeMLA members can receive a discount of 30% off of these titles with the code BB419 when ordering online at https://boydellandbrewer.com. NeMLA members also can order by calling Boydell & Brewer at 585-275-0419 and mentioning the code when ordering.

If you have any questions about this offer, please email us at support@nemla.org.

Posted on May 23, 2017

On behalf of the Executive Committee and membership, the Northeast Modern Language Association has written to the Provost of Stony Brook University, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to express our shock and deep concern about the recommended suspension of the Doctoral programs in Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, and Hispanic Languages and Literatures, and the proposed closing of its undergraduate majors in Comparative Literature, Cinema and Cultural Studies, and Theatre Arts. 

We encourage you to read this letter from our Executive Board and Executive Director, which urges Stony Brook University to reconsider its proposal in light of its local and global ramifications, and to engage in a dialogue with Stony Brook's faculty and students to find solutions that would enhance, rather than weaken and significantly imperil, the future, and renown of this institution.

Posted November 18, 2016

Dear NeMLA Members,

As a professional organization dedicated to the scholarly study of modern languages and cultures, NeMLA fully embraces and celebrates the vast cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity of the United States. Certainly, this rich aspect of our society is thoroughly explored, both at the theoretical and the experiential levels, during our annual conference that gathers over 2,000 scholars and researchers from the northeast coast in the United States and Canada.

At NeMLA we believe that the diversity that constitutes the core fabric of our society is what makes us strong and unique. Each group's lives, stories, cultural practices, along with their current and historical struggles, all make of the United States the  culturally-wealthy nation that it is today.

Therefore, we want to express our repudiation of recent events of violence, hatred, bullying, and degrading behaviors that have taken place in higher education institutions across the United States after the election.

NeMLA stands in solidarity with those who have been/are being targeted by such heinous acts of hatred and harm. We stand with our members, their students and staff members at their institutions who have been subjected to such lamentable manifestations of intolerance and white privilege; we stand against the pretentious entitlement of national, ethnic, and class supremacy over "others."

Therefore, we abhor all forms of harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and we stand against any attempt of committing acts of physical or emotional harm against those who may somehow be perceived as "different."

As scholars, professors, and administrators, we take inspiration from the powerful and living legacies of literary, artistic, and political resistance to white supremacy, colonialism, and gender and reproductive violence that inform our academic work. Before this election and definitely after it, NeMLA is committed to the ongoing scholarly initiatives that strive for a just future for everyone.

Now more than ever, the topic of our next conference, "Translingual and Transcultural Competence: Toward a Multilingual Future in the Global Era," has become significantly more relevant. (Please visit our NeMLA 2017 conference site.)

We look forward to counting with your voice at our annual forum.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President
María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President
Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President
Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President
Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director
Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

We, the Executive Board of NeMLA, declare that we stand together with refugees and immigrants from all corners of the globe. In the face of growing and bold anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric and an Executive Order banning refugees from seven Muslim majority countries to the United States, we solidly affirm the need to foster peace, diplomacy and, above all, deep mutual understanding and respect among diverse peoples. We respect the rule of law, but we cannot and will not tolerate the targeting of any human being because of their nation of origin, the religion they practice, their ethnicity, race or the language(s) they speak. We declare: no human being is illegal.

We as scholars, professors and researchers denounce anti-democratic pronouncements that go against the very moral and ethical founding of the United States, and we stand firm with our colleagues, our students and all of our brothers and sisters in the global community who strive for unity over division.

In consideration of those affected by the travel ban, NeMLA is taking the following steps:

1.     Implementing a provisional policy for allowing those affected by the ban to present their papers in absentia. For reasons central to the discussion and exchange that are the hallmark of a lively NeMLA session, our policy is to not allow papers read in absentia. We will make an exception for those presenters impacted.

2.     NeMLA Executive Board officers will introduce an open forum in which attendees can discuss, respond to, contextualize, and strategize about the recent Executive Orders on immigration. This special Roundtable Discussion, titled “NeMLA Forum on the Executive Orders on Immigration,” will take place on Saturday, March 25, at 4:45 PM in Grand Ballroom VI.

We welcome your thoughts and contributions on these issues as we prepare for our 2017 Convention.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President

María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President

Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President

Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President

Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director

Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

Posted June 20, 2016

The Northeast Modern Languages Association stands in solidarity with its LGBTQ colleagues as well as with their Orlando-based friends, family, neighbors. In the wake of the tragedy of the Pulse shootings in Orlando, Florida, we wish to express our shared grief with the victims' families and loved ones. As an academic and scholarly organization, NeMLA upholds individuals' freedom of thought and expression, and we assert the rights of all people to live freely and peacefully in communities that support diversity and inclusion. While we cannot tolerate intolerance, we affirm the value of the human in the humanities.

The Board of Directors of NeMLA

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Our schedule for the 50th Anniversary Convention is now online!

Please email any questions to support@nemla.org.

Posted November 13, 2018

Join NeMLA at the Modern Language Association! This year, members of NeMLA have developed the following session for the January 2019 meeting of the MLA in Chicago.

Pitch to Page: Teaching the Publication Process

Saturday, January 5, 2019, 8:30-9:45 AM, Columbus H (Hyatt Regency)

Presenters: Amanda Lagji (Pitzer College), Ellen M. Scheible (Bridgewater State University), Tina Yih-Ting Chen (Penn State University Park), Claire Sommers (Graduate Center, CUNY)

Professors have been advised to “publish or perish” for nearly 100 years. First coined in 1927, this phrase warns professors that in order to maintain their jobs, they must publish their work. Publishing has always been central to academia, as it is the primary vehicle through which scholars share their research with a larger audience.

This session explores how academic departments, organizations, and publishers can best teach and support the publishing process. Members from NeMLA will also discuss our Publishing Mentorship Program.

NeMLA also will host a table with other Regional MLA, with information about our upcoming 50th Anniversary Convention in Washington, DC!

And we’d love to hear from NeMLA members presenting or chairing at the MLA: tell us about your session on Twitter, Facebook, or via email at support@nemla.org.

We can’t wait to see you in Chicago!

Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2018

It's never too early to submit revised essays in the CAITY Caucus Essay Award! Along with a $100 cash prize, the winning essay will automatically be considered for publication by Modern Language Studies, NeMLA's peer-reviewed journal.

If you are an independent scholar or faculty who are contingent, adjunct, or teach at a two-year institution, please consider revising your presentation from our 2018 Pittsburgh convention and turn it into your essay submission.

For more information, please email CAITY@nemla.org.

Posted May 16, 2018

• Women's and Gender Studies Caucus Essay Award: If you presented at the 2017 or 2018 convention on a women's and gender studies topic, please consider revising your presentation and submitting it for the annual Caucus Essay Award. If you chaired a panel, please be sure to remind your panelists to submit for this award. More information how to submit is available here. Deadline: November 15
• Nominations now being accepted for elected positions: Positions in the WGSC are available for Secretary and Board Representative. Please email self-nominations with a 350-word statement to wgsnemla@gmail.com by May 21. More information how to nominate and about the responsibilities for each position is available here. 
• NeMLA WGSC Facebook Page: Follow the WGSC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116025735090649/

Posted August 14, 2017

Dear NeMLA Members:

Since Friday, the Executive Board of NeMLA has watched in sheer horror as ghastly events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have unfolded. White supremacists, who stand for racism, anti-Semitism, and violent intimidation of immigrants, ethnic minorities and so many other human beings, cannot be tolerated. Their loathsome rhetoric and vile activities are anathema to the mission and values of NeMLA. As an academic organization, NeMLA champions the dissemination of scholarship and the advancement of teaching in modern languages. This championing requires open dialogue, freedom of expression, and also a freedom of inquiry and collaborative exchange that uncompromisingly supports all its members, no matter their color, religious beliefs, geographic origin, gender, sexual identity, or social class.

We therefore encourage you to stand with us and to remain in communication with us as our collective semesters begin. Let us not remain silent but stand in united resistance to the normalized forms of intolerance and violent bigotry that surround us.

Sincerely,
NeMLA Executive Board

Posted July 27, 2017

Boydell & Brewer, which publishes a wide range of titles on literature and language, is partnering with NeMLA to add new books to your home library at discounted prices! These books include many in Medieval and Renaissance studies.

Some books that Boydell & Brewer publishes include:

• Representing the Dead: Epitaph Fictions in Late-Medieval France by Helen J. Swift
• The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts edited by William J. Purkis and Matthew Gabriele
• Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England: Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450 edited and translated by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Thelma Fenster, and Delbert W. Russell
• Telling the Story in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Evelyn Birge Vitz edited by Kathryn A. Duys, Elizabeth Emery, and Laurie Postlewate
• Writing China: Essays on the Amherst Embassy (1816) and Sino-British Cultural Relations edited by Peter J. Kitson & Robert Markley

NeMLA members can receive a discount of 30% off of these titles with the code BB419 when ordering online at https://boydellandbrewer.com. NeMLA members also can order by calling Boydell & Brewer at 585-275-0419 and mentioning the code when ordering.

If you have any questions about this offer, please email us at support@nemla.org.

Posted on May 23, 2017

On behalf of the Executive Committee and membership, the Northeast Modern Language Association has written to the Provost of Stony Brook University, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to express our shock and deep concern about the recommended suspension of the Doctoral programs in Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, and Hispanic Languages and Literatures, and the proposed closing of its undergraduate majors in Comparative Literature, Cinema and Cultural Studies, and Theatre Arts. 

We encourage you to read this letter from our Executive Board and Executive Director, which urges Stony Brook University to reconsider its proposal in light of its local and global ramifications, and to engage in a dialogue with Stony Brook's faculty and students to find solutions that would enhance, rather than weaken and significantly imperil, the future, and renown of this institution.

Posted November 18, 2016

Dear NeMLA Members,

As a professional organization dedicated to the scholarly study of modern languages and cultures, NeMLA fully embraces and celebrates the vast cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity of the United States. Certainly, this rich aspect of our society is thoroughly explored, both at the theoretical and the experiential levels, during our annual conference that gathers over 2,000 scholars and researchers from the northeast coast in the United States and Canada.

At NeMLA we believe that the diversity that constitutes the core fabric of our society is what makes us strong and unique. Each group's lives, stories, cultural practices, along with their current and historical struggles, all make of the United States the  culturally-wealthy nation that it is today.

Therefore, we want to express our repudiation of recent events of violence, hatred, bullying, and degrading behaviors that have taken place in higher education institutions across the United States after the election.

NeMLA stands in solidarity with those who have been/are being targeted by such heinous acts of hatred and harm. We stand with our members, their students and staff members at their institutions who have been subjected to such lamentable manifestations of intolerance and white privilege; we stand against the pretentious entitlement of national, ethnic, and class supremacy over "others."

Therefore, we abhor all forms of harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and we stand against any attempt of committing acts of physical or emotional harm against those who may somehow be perceived as "different."

As scholars, professors, and administrators, we take inspiration from the powerful and living legacies of literary, artistic, and political resistance to white supremacy, colonialism, and gender and reproductive violence that inform our academic work. Before this election and definitely after it, NeMLA is committed to the ongoing scholarly initiatives that strive for a just future for everyone.

Now more than ever, the topic of our next conference, "Translingual and Transcultural Competence: Toward a Multilingual Future in the Global Era," has become significantly more relevant. (Please visit our NeMLA 2017 conference site.)

We look forward to counting with your voice at our annual forum.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President
María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President
Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President
Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President
Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director
Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

We, the Executive Board of NeMLA, declare that we stand together with refugees and immigrants from all corners of the globe. In the face of growing and bold anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric and an Executive Order banning refugees from seven Muslim majority countries to the United States, we solidly affirm the need to foster peace, diplomacy and, above all, deep mutual understanding and respect among diverse peoples. We respect the rule of law, but we cannot and will not tolerate the targeting of any human being because of their nation of origin, the religion they practice, their ethnicity, race or the language(s) they speak. We declare: no human being is illegal.

We as scholars, professors and researchers denounce anti-democratic pronouncements that go against the very moral and ethical founding of the United States, and we stand firm with our colleagues, our students and all of our brothers and sisters in the global community who strive for unity over division.

In consideration of those affected by the travel ban, NeMLA is taking the following steps:

1.     Implementing a provisional policy for allowing those affected by the ban to present their papers in absentia. For reasons central to the discussion and exchange that are the hallmark of a lively NeMLA session, our policy is to not allow papers read in absentia. We will make an exception for those presenters impacted.

2.     NeMLA Executive Board officers will introduce an open forum in which attendees can discuss, respond to, contextualize, and strategize about the recent Executive Orders on immigration. This special Roundtable Discussion, titled “NeMLA Forum on the Executive Orders on Immigration,” will take place on Saturday, March 25, at 4:45 PM in Grand Ballroom VI.

We welcome your thoughts and contributions on these issues as we prepare for our 2017 Convention.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President

María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President

Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President

Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President

Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director

Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

Posted June 20, 2016

The Northeast Modern Languages Association stands in solidarity with its LGBTQ colleagues as well as with their Orlando-based friends, family, neighbors. In the wake of the tragedy of the Pulse shootings in Orlando, Florida, we wish to express our shared grief with the victims' families and loved ones. As an academic and scholarly organization, NeMLA upholds individuals' freedom of thought and expression, and we assert the rights of all people to live freely and peacefully in communities that support diversity and inclusion. While we cannot tolerate intolerance, we affirm the value of the human in the humanities.

The Board of Directors of NeMLA

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Our schedule for the 50th Anniversary Convention is now online!

Please email any questions to support@nemla.org.

Posted November 13, 2018

Join NeMLA at the Modern Language Association! This year, members of NeMLA have developed the following session for the January 2019 meeting of the MLA in Chicago.

Pitch to Page: Teaching the Publication Process

Saturday, January 5, 2019, 8:30-9:45 AM, Columbus H (Hyatt Regency)

Presenters: Amanda Lagji (Pitzer College), Ellen M. Scheible (Bridgewater State University), Tina Yih-Ting Chen (Penn State University Park), Claire Sommers (Graduate Center, CUNY)

Professors have been advised to “publish or perish” for nearly 100 years. First coined in 1927, this phrase warns professors that in order to maintain their jobs, they must publish their work. Publishing has always been central to academia, as it is the primary vehicle through which scholars share their research with a larger audience.

This session explores how academic departments, organizations, and publishers can best teach and support the publishing process. Members from NeMLA will also discuss our Publishing Mentorship Program.

NeMLA also will host a table with other Regional MLA, with information about our upcoming 50th Anniversary Convention in Washington, DC!

And we’d love to hear from NeMLA members presenting or chairing at the MLA: tell us about your session on Twitter, Facebook, or via email at support@nemla.org.

We can’t wait to see you in Chicago!

Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2018

It's never too early to submit revised essays in the CAITY Caucus Essay Award! Along with a $100 cash prize, the winning essay will automatically be considered for publication by Modern Language Studies, NeMLA's peer-reviewed journal.

If you are an independent scholar or faculty who are contingent, adjunct, or teach at a two-year institution, please consider revising your presentation from our 2018 Pittsburgh convention and turn it into your essay submission.

For more information, please email CAITY@nemla.org.

Posted May 16, 2018

• Women's and Gender Studies Caucus Essay Award: If you presented at the 2017 or 2018 convention on a women's and gender studies topic, please consider revising your presentation and submitting it for the annual Caucus Essay Award. If you chaired a panel, please be sure to remind your panelists to submit for this award. More information how to submit is available here. Deadline: November 15
• Nominations now being accepted for elected positions: Positions in the WGSC are available for Secretary and Board Representative. Please email self-nominations with a 350-word statement to wgsnemla@gmail.com by May 21. More information how to nominate and about the responsibilities for each position is available here. 
• NeMLA WGSC Facebook Page: Follow the WGSC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116025735090649/

Posted August 14, 2017

Dear NeMLA Members:

Since Friday, the Executive Board of NeMLA has watched in sheer horror as ghastly events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have unfolded. White supremacists, who stand for racism, anti-Semitism, and violent intimidation of immigrants, ethnic minorities and so many other human beings, cannot be tolerated. Their loathsome rhetoric and vile activities are anathema to the mission and values of NeMLA. As an academic organization, NeMLA champions the dissemination of scholarship and the advancement of teaching in modern languages. This championing requires open dialogue, freedom of expression, and also a freedom of inquiry and collaborative exchange that uncompromisingly supports all its members, no matter their color, religious beliefs, geographic origin, gender, sexual identity, or social class.

We therefore encourage you to stand with us and to remain in communication with us as our collective semesters begin. Let us not remain silent but stand in united resistance to the normalized forms of intolerance and violent bigotry that surround us.

Sincerely,
NeMLA Executive Board

Posted July 27, 2017

Boydell & Brewer, which publishes a wide range of titles on literature and language, is partnering with NeMLA to add new books to your home library at discounted prices! These books include many in Medieval and Renaissance studies.

Some books that Boydell & Brewer publishes include:

• Representing the Dead: Epitaph Fictions in Late-Medieval France by Helen J. Swift
• The Charlemagne Legend in Medieval Latin Texts edited by William J. Purkis and Matthew Gabriele
• Vernacular Literary Theory from the French of Medieval England: Texts and Translations, c.1120-c.1450 edited and translated by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Thelma Fenster, and Delbert W. Russell
• Telling the Story in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Evelyn Birge Vitz edited by Kathryn A. Duys, Elizabeth Emery, and Laurie Postlewate
• Writing China: Essays on the Amherst Embassy (1816) and Sino-British Cultural Relations edited by Peter J. Kitson & Robert Markley

NeMLA members can receive a discount of 30% off of these titles with the code BB419 when ordering online at https://boydellandbrewer.com. NeMLA members also can order by calling Boydell & Brewer at 585-275-0419 and mentioning the code when ordering.

If you have any questions about this offer, please email us at support@nemla.org.

Posted on May 23, 2017

On behalf of the Executive Committee and membership, the Northeast Modern Language Association has written to the Provost of Stony Brook University, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to express our shock and deep concern about the recommended suspension of the Doctoral programs in Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, and Hispanic Languages and Literatures, and the proposed closing of its undergraduate majors in Comparative Literature, Cinema and Cultural Studies, and Theatre Arts. 

We encourage you to read this letter from our Executive Board and Executive Director, which urges Stony Brook University to reconsider its proposal in light of its local and global ramifications, and to engage in a dialogue with Stony Brook's faculty and students to find solutions that would enhance, rather than weaken and significantly imperil, the future, and renown of this institution.

Posted November 18, 2016

Dear NeMLA Members,

As a professional organization dedicated to the scholarly study of modern languages and cultures, NeMLA fully embraces and celebrates the vast cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity of the United States. Certainly, this rich aspect of our society is thoroughly explored, both at the theoretical and the experiential levels, during our annual conference that gathers over 2,000 scholars and researchers from the northeast coast in the United States and Canada.

At NeMLA we believe that the diversity that constitutes the core fabric of our society is what makes us strong and unique. Each group's lives, stories, cultural practices, along with their current and historical struggles, all make of the United States the  culturally-wealthy nation that it is today.

Therefore, we want to express our repudiation of recent events of violence, hatred, bullying, and degrading behaviors that have taken place in higher education institutions across the United States after the election.

NeMLA stands in solidarity with those who have been/are being targeted by such heinous acts of hatred and harm. We stand with our members, their students and staff members at their institutions who have been subjected to such lamentable manifestations of intolerance and white privilege; we stand against the pretentious entitlement of national, ethnic, and class supremacy over "others."

Therefore, we abhor all forms of harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and we stand against any attempt of committing acts of physical or emotional harm against those who may somehow be perceived as "different."

As scholars, professors, and administrators, we take inspiration from the powerful and living legacies of literary, artistic, and political resistance to white supremacy, colonialism, and gender and reproductive violence that inform our academic work. Before this election and definitely after it, NeMLA is committed to the ongoing scholarly initiatives that strive for a just future for everyone.

Now more than ever, the topic of our next conference, "Translingual and Transcultural Competence: Toward a Multilingual Future in the Global Era," has become significantly more relevant. (Please visit our NeMLA 2017 conference site.)

We look forward to counting with your voice at our annual forum.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President
María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President
Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President
Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President
Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director
Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

We, the Executive Board of NeMLA, declare that we stand together with refugees and immigrants from all corners of the globe. In the face of growing and bold anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric and an Executive Order banning refugees from seven Muslim majority countries to the United States, we solidly affirm the need to foster peace, diplomacy and, above all, deep mutual understanding and respect among diverse peoples. We respect the rule of law, but we cannot and will not tolerate the targeting of any human being because of their nation of origin, the religion they practice, their ethnicity, race or the language(s) they speak. We declare: no human being is illegal.

We as scholars, professors and researchers denounce anti-democratic pronouncements that go against the very moral and ethical founding of the United States, and we stand firm with our colleagues, our students and all of our brothers and sisters in the global community who strive for unity over division.

In consideration of those affected by the travel ban, NeMLA is taking the following steps:

1.     Implementing a provisional policy for allowing those affected by the ban to present their papers in absentia. For reasons central to the discussion and exchange that are the hallmark of a lively NeMLA session, our policy is to not allow papers read in absentia. We will make an exception for those presenters impacted.

2.     NeMLA Executive Board officers will introduce an open forum in which attendees can discuss, respond to, contextualize, and strategize about the recent Executive Orders on immigration. This special Roundtable Discussion, titled “NeMLA Forum on the Executive Orders on Immigration,” will take place on Saturday, March 25, at 4:45 PM in Grand Ballroom VI.

We welcome your thoughts and contributions on these issues as we prepare for our 2017 Convention.

In solidarity and peace,

Hilda Chacón, NeMLA President

María DiFrancesco, NeMLA Vice President

Simona Wright, NeMLA Second Vice President

Ben Railton, NeMLA Past President

Carine Mardorossian, NeMLA Executive Director

Brandi So, NeMLA Associate Executive Director

Posted June 20, 2016

The Northeast Modern Languages Association stands in solidarity with its LGBTQ colleagues as well as with their Orlando-based friends, family, neighbors. In the wake of the tragedy of the Pulse shootings in Orlando, Florida, we wish to express our shared grief with the victims' families and loved ones. As an academic and scholarly organization, NeMLA upholds individuals' freedom of thought and expression, and we assert the rights of all people to live freely and peacefully in communities that support diversity and inclusion. While we cannot tolerate intolerance, we affirm the value of the human in the humanities.

The Board of Directors of NeMLA