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CALLFORPAPERSAfricanAmericanLiteratureandCultureSociety
AmericanLiteratureAssociation28thAnnualConference
May24-27,2018HyattRegencySanFrancisco
5EmbarcaderoSanFrancisco,CA
TheAfricanAmericanLiteratureandCultureSocietyinvitesabstracts(ofnomorethan250words)forpresentationsattheannualconferenceoftheAmericanLiteratureAssociation(http://americanliteratureassociation.org/).Wewillalsoconsideralimitednumberofpanelproposals(ofnomorethan500words).Inourcurrentsocialandpoliticalmoment,protest,activism,andtheirdiscontentspresentchallengesofinterpretation,historiography,andnarrative.2018markstheanniversaryofanumberofcriticalmomentsinthehistoryofblackprotestinAmerica,includingtheassassinationofDr.MartinLutherKingJr.andthe1968studentprotestleadingtothecreationofthefirstblackstudiesdepartmentatSanFranciscoStateUniversity.Inresponsetotheseevents,thisyearwewillbefocusingonthemesofactivismandprotestinAfricanAmericanliteratureandculture,inandoutsidetheacademy.Topicsinclude,butarenotlimitedtothefollowing:-WritingRespectabilityPolitics:TheNineteenthCenturyandToday-WritingProtestbeforetheBlackArtsMovement:TheHarlemRenaissanceandthe1940s-TheBlackArtsMovement&Its21stDescendants-BlackWomen’sRhetoricandRepresentationoftheCivilRightsmovementLiteraryandCulturalMemoriesofblackAssassinations(suchasMalcolmX,MedgarEvers,MartinLutherKingJr.,BobbyHutton,FredHampton)-ReadingIconicCollectiveActionoftheCivilRightsMovementintheAgeof#blacklivesmatter(includingthesit-in,themarch,theriot,andmorerecently,kneeling)-DiasporicImaginationsofMartinLutherKingJr.-SanFrancisco’s“MissionDistrict”:InterracialcoalitionsandLiteratureofProtest-UmbraandUmbra:Latin/Soul(aliteraryjournalandpoetsupportgrouppublishedinNYCinthe1960sandCaliforniainthe1970s)-LiteraryCollaboration,Cross-pollination,andInteractionsbetween“ThirdWorld”Writers-ActivismintheAcademy:DiscoursesoftheBlackStudiesProgramWhilewewelcomepapersontheabovethemesandsubthemes,wealsostronglyencouragesubmissionsonanytopicrelatedtoAfricanAmericanliteratureandculture.PleasesendabstractsorproposalstoBelindaWaller-Peterson([email protected])andJean-PhilippeMarcoux([email protected])nolaterthanJanuary7,2018.Presentersmustbe
membersofAALCSbythetimeoftheconference.InformationabouttheSocietycanbefoundattheAALCSwebsite:https://aalcsblog.wordpress.com/