Event

Modern Language Association’s 124th Annual Convention

Dates

December 27 — 30, 2008

Venue

Hilton San Francisco, San Francisco Marriott, Fairmont San Francisco, San Francisco, US

Organizer

Modern Language Association

Keynote speakers

* Rita Felski, professor of English, University of Virginia, US

* Matthew Gary Kirschenbaum, associate professor of English, University of Maryland, US

* Galway Kinnell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor of creative writing, New York University, US

* Alexander C. Y. Huang, assistant professor of comparative literature, Pennsylvania State University, US

Professional development workshop

Teaching the Central Move of Academic Writing

Forums

* Scholarly Editing in the 21st Century: Digital Media and Editing

* The Way We Teach Now

* Grace Paley Writing the World: Literature and Legacy

Topics

* American Literature

* English Literature

* Comparative Studies

* Genre Studies

* Bibliography and Textual Studies

* Classical Studies and Modern Literature

* Cognitive Approaches to Literature

* Computer Studies in Language and Literature

* General Linguistics

* Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society

* Lexicography

* Other Languages & Literatures

* Teaching

Pre-registration deadline

December 1, 2008

Registration fees

* Regular members — $125 (received by December 1)， $150 (received after December 1)

* Nonmembers — $170 (received by December 1)， $190 (received after December 1)

Contact

Tel: 646 576-5263

E-mail: convention@mla.org

For more information, go to www.mla.org