43rd Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) March 15-18, 2012 Rochester, New York, held at Hyatt Regency Rochester Host Institution: St. John Fisher College

The panel welcomes proposals that examine Australian and New Zealand Bildungsromans What are the differences between bildungsromans published at the beginning of the twentieth century and bildungsromans published later? How do aboriginal authors employ the genre? What is the role of post-colonial and postmodern studies on Australian and New Zealand bildungsromans? How does the genre delineate urban and rural spaces? E-mail 250-400 word abstracts in body of email to Elizabeth Abele (AbeleE_at_ncc.edu) or Suha Kudsieh (kudsieh_at_gmail.com)

Please include with your proposal the following info:

Name and Affiliation
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A/V requirements (if any; the payment of $10 handling fee is required with registration)

The 43rd Annual Convention will feature approximately 360 sessions, as well as pre-conference workshops, dynamic speakers and cultural events. Details and the complete Call for Papers for the 2012 Convention will be posted on: http://www.nemla.org/convention/2012/

Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Presenters are expected to pay NeMLA's convention registration and membership fees before Dec. 2011. For more details, please check: http://www.nemla.org/about/information/membership.html