Individual Session Listings with Chair Contact Information

Please note: An asterisk (*) after a session title indicates a Special Topic Session. A plus sign (+) indicates the meeting of an Affiliate Organization; these meetings are open to all RMMLA members.


Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies

Cross-Cultural and Contrastive Rhetoric: Issues in Language Analysis and Teaching* (see under Linguistics)

Translation Studies: Theory and Practice (see under General Topics)

Visual Rhetoric* (see under General Topics)

Film Theory and Criticism (see under Film Studies)

French Cultural and Literary Theory (see under French-Francophone Studies)

Southeast Asian Languages and Literatures: Theoretical and Practical Approaches* (see under Asian Studies)

Comparative Literature (Open Topic)
Alan Blackstock, PO Box 372, Neola, UT 84053; 435-722-1735; fax 435-722-5678; alanb@ext.usu.edu

Current Research in Literary Theory*
Joe Hughes, 601 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN 55414; 612-940-9940; joephughes@gmail.com

Deleuze and Guattari*
Joe Hughes, 601 SE Main St, Minneapolis, MN 55414; 612-940-9940; joephughes@gmail.com

Ecocriticism
Albrecht Classen, 301 Learning Services Building, 1512 E. First Street, Tucson, AZ 85721; 520-621-1395; fax 520-626-8268; aclassen@u.arizona.edu
Description: Inspired by the growing membership in international chapters of ASLE and the global effects of climate change and social injustice, this panel seeks papers with an international and cross-cultural ecocritical perspective.

Ethical Criticism*
Rebecca Robinson, 1915 NE Terre View Dr, Pullman, WA 99163; 208-360-1823; robinson.rebecca.j@gmail.com

Literary Criticism
James Caufield, 743 Levering, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2745; 310-208-2531; caufield@ucla.edu
Description: Open with a focus on modernities

Rhetorical Criticism*
Glenn Dayley, 965 Boulder St., Calhan, CO 80808; 719-347-2534; gtdayley@gmail.com
Description: This session focuses on the analysis and interpretation of a wide range of rhetorical artifacts from the perspective of rhetorical theory

Rhetorical Theory*
Gary Hatch, 237 West 850 North, American Fork, UT 84003; 801-422-2402; fax 801-422-0221; gary_hatch@byu.edu
Description: Theoretical approaches to rhetoric and rhetorical practice

Spatiality: Open Spaces, Closed Spaces, Hybrid 'Third' Spaces'*
Sura Rath, Central Washington University, 400 University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926; 509-963-1590; fax 509-963-1561; raths@cwu.edu
Description: Seeking papers dealing with any aspect of spatiality.

The Event and the Space of Literature*
Nozomi Irei, Southern Utah University, Department of English, Cedar City, UT 84720; 435-586-7840; nozomiirei@suu.edu
Description: This panel seeks to interrogate the specificity of what is called Literature. The guiding thought will be Maurice Blanchot’s notion of writing as an event that opens up this space. We invite all papers that take up aspects of this problematic.


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