First International and Eleventh National MELUS Conference
Multi-Ethnic Literatures Across the Americas and the Pacific:
Exchanges, Contestations, and Alliances
The University of Hawai'i at Manoa April 18-20, 1997 Hosted by
the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature; the Center
for Pacific Island Studies; the East-West Center; and the
Department of Ethnic Studies
The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the
United States (MELUS) will hold its first international
conference at the University of Hawai'i in 1997, in
acknowledgement of both Hawaii's central location between East
and West and the increasingly complex relationship between the
Pacific and the Americas. We invite proposals for papers, panels,
etc. (less than 500 words). In addition to papers on the
multi-ethnic literatures of North America, we welcome comparative
perspectives that address the growing cultural or textual
connections between America and the Pacific, as well as
comparative perspectives on postcolonial and American ethnic
literatures.
possible topics:
new frontiers?
american ethnic literatures * immigrant literatures * border
identities *
critical regionalism * new directions in feminism what about
europe? * multiculturalism
emerging literatures & languages
pacific island literatures * literatures of hawai'i * creole
languages cultures * protest & resistance literatures * why
standard english? * theorizing asian/pacific literature *
cultural nationalism * the languages of dance * non-u.s. ethnic
literatures
narrating north america & the pacific
oral literatures & popular traditions * film & theater *
representations of indigenous culture * colonialism,
neo-colonialism, post-colonialism * transnationalism & cultural
production * representations of hong kong 1997 * tourism & homo
ludens * sovereignty & first nation movements * the black
atlantic and the asian pacific
reconfiguring american literary & cultural studies african
american literature * asian american literature * chicano/a
literature * euro-american literature * native american
literature * the critique of nation & nationalism * cnn, www, &
capitalist world culture *cultural transmigrations &
transformations
The conference will advertise internationally. Special sessions
scheduled=
for K-12 teachers. Reduced registration rates for high school
teachers, students, and international scholars. Presenters should
be members of MELUS.
For conference information, contact 1997 MELUS Conference Chair,
University of Hawai'i, Manoa Department of English, Honolulu HI
96822; fax (808) 956-3083; e-mail: rhsu@hawaii.edu
For MELUS membership information, contact Dr. Arlene Elder,
English Dept., University of Cincinnatti, Cincinnatti, OH 45221
(513) 556-5924.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: October 15, 1996