60th Annual RMMLA Convention
Tucson, AZ ~ October 12-14, 2006
Preliminary Convention Program by Day
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Wednesday | Ballroom Foyer |
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Thursday | Ballroom Foyer |
| Exhibits | Book/Media Review Table and Exhibits - Thursday | Ballroom Foyer |
| Asian Studies | Asian Comparative Literature and Film* | Cottonwood |
| Classical Studies | Classical Rhetoric in Modern Contexts* | Palo Verde |
| English-British Studies | Comparative Hebraism* | Bonsai |
| English-British Studies | English Renaissance Literature | Salon H |
| English-Postcolonial Studies | Caribbean Literature (non-French)* | Boojum |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Early American Literature | Salon G |
| General Topics | Drama | Salon E |
| General Topics | Early Modern Witchcraft on Trial* | Ironwood |
| General Topics | Literature and Religion* | Redwood |
| General Topics | Oral and Traditional Arts | Salon C |
| Linguistics | American Dialect Society (ADS)+ | Salon D |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Medieval Spanish Literature* | Salon A |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Monique Wittig's Legacy* | Salon B |
| Writing Programs | Teaching Creative Writing in China* | Salon F |
| English-British Studies | English Nineteenth-Century Literature-II* | Salon B |
| English-British Studies | Old and Middle English | Ironwood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Association for Mormon Letters+ | Palo Verde |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Deadwood: Critical Responses* | Salon C |
| French-Francophone Studies | Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean | Salon D |
| Gender Studies | African American Women Writers* | Redwood |
| General Topics | Autobiography* | Boardroom |
| General Topics | Literature and Other Arts | Boojum |
| Germanic Studies | German Literature before 1900-II* | Basswood |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Culture | Bonsai |
| Pedagogy | Teaching English Composition | Salon E |
| Pedagogy | Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges | Cottonwood |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Asociacion de Literatura Femenina / Letras Femeninas+ | Salon G |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Deleuze and Guattari* | Salon H |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Rhetorical Approaches to Literature* | Salon F |
| No Group | Lunch Break - Thursday | --- |
| Special Events | RMMLA Executive Board Meeting (Closed Meeting) | Cactus Rose Restaurant |
| Asian Studies | The Theme of War in Japanese Literature and Film* | Boojum |
| English-British Studies | English Nineteenth-Century Literature | Salon C |
| English-British Studies | Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance Drama | Salon H |
| English-Postcolonial Studies | Caribbean Identity and the Diaspora* | Redwood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Seeing the Work before Us* | Salon F |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Sympo(e)sium: Poe's Influence on Writers & Artists, Contemporary/Subsequent, American/International | Palo Verde |
| Gender Studies | Gender and Race in Literature and Film* | Bonsai |
| General Topics | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Caucus Seminar | Salon E |
| General Topics | Problems of Translation from Foreign Languages | Boardroom |
| General Topics | Undergraduates Unplugged* | Salon D |
| Germanic Studies | German Literature before 1900 | Basswood |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Language | Ironwood |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Early Modern Spanish Writers* | Salon B |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Latin American Literature and Other Cultural Expressions* | Salon G |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Technical and Professional Communication in the Classroom | Cottonwood |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Monique Wittig: Former Students Share their Experiences* | Salon A |
| Classical Studies | The Interpretation and Influence of Greek Myths | Salon A |
| English-British Studies | English Literature since 1900 | Basswood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Flannery O'Connor* | Boojum |
| French-Francophone Studies | French Literature before 1800 | Palo Verde |
| Gender Studies | Gender and Race in Literature and Film-II* | Bonsai |
| Gender Studies | Popular Women's Fiction in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries* | Salon E |
| General Topics | Language of Play/Play of Language* | Salon F |
| General Topics | RMMLA Prose Authors Read Their Works* | Salon D |
| General Topics | Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Film | Salon B |
| General Topics | Sigma Tau Delta | Salon H |
| Italian Studies | American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS)+ | Boardroom |
| Linguistics | Sociolinguistics in the Middle Ages* | Ironwood |
| Pedagogy | Teaching English | Salon C |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Spanish American Literature | Salon G |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace and Beyond | Cottonwood |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Ecocriticism | Redwood |
| Special Events | Plenary Session & Keynote Speech | Salon D |
| Special Events | Opening Night (Drop-In) Reception | Pool Area |
| Special Events | Thursday Film Showing - El Bola (Pellet) | Boojum |
| Special Events | Thursday Film Showing - Tsotsi | Bonsai |
| Special Events | Continental Breakfast | Ballroom Foyer |
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Friday | Ballroom Foyer |
| Exhibits | Book/Media Review Table and Exhibits - Friday | Ballroom Foyer |
| Asian Studies | The Theme of War in Japanese Literature and Film- II* | Bonsai |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | American Literature after 1900 | Salon E |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Margaret Atwood: Recent Works* | Salon H |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Western Poets* | Ironwood |
| French-Francophone Studies | Women in French | Salon G |
| General Topics | Fashion and Aesthetics* | Palo Verde |
| General Topics | Literature of the Holocaust* | Salon C |
| General Topics | Representations of Europeans/European Americans in Literary and Filmic Texts* | Salon B |
| Linguistics | Second Language Acquisition | Cottonwood |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Film | Boojum |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature | Salon F |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Postmodern Tendencies in Latin American Literature and Culture* | Salon D |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Comparative Literature (Open Topic) | Salon A |
| Writing Programs | Writing Across the Curriculum | Redwood |
| Classical Studies | Classical Language and Literature: Greek | Salon A |
| English-British Studies | Ben Jonson in the Twenty-first Century* | Basswood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | African American Literature | Redwood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Literature of the North: Canada and Alaska* | Salon B |
| French-Francophone Studies | French Literature since 1800 | Palo Verde |
| General Topics | Horror Film* | Salon C |
| General Topics | Literature and Religion-II* | Salon G |
| General Topics | Romanticism | Salon F |
| Germanic Studies | Germany since 1990* | Salon H |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Literary Studies Abroad and Travel Classes* | Boojum |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Peninsular Spanish Literature | Salon D |
| Special Events | CV Help Session (by reservation only) | Salon E |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Wayne Booth and Ethical Criticism* | Cottonwood |
| Writing Programs | Writing Programs | Bonsai |
| Special Events | Luncheon in Hotel Garden (Ticket is incl. in PRE-Registration Fees - Payment by October 1) | Hotel Garden |
| Asian Studies | Chinese Literature and Film since 1900* | Salon A |
| English-British Studies | English Eighteenth-Century Literature-II* | Salon D |
| English-British Studies | Owen Barfield | Basswood |
| English-British Studies | Shakespeare | Palo Verde |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Hispanic Southwest - La Memoria Histórica* | Redwood |
| Film Studies | Film (Open Topic) | Salon B |
| French-Francophone Studies | Conseil international d'études francophones+ | Salon F |
| General Topics | Ethnic Studies | Ironwood |
| General Topics | Literature of Trauma* | Salon C |
| General Topics | Poetry and Poetics* (Open Topic) | Salon G |
| Germanic Studies | Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association (MALCA)+ | Salon H |
| Other Foreign Language Studies | Romania's Contributions to International Heritage | Boojum |
| Special Events | Graduate Student Forum | Salon E |
| Special Events | Special Session on the MLA Bibliography, given by Barbara Chen | Bonsai |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Forces of Change in Technical and Professional Communication | Cottonwood |
| Asian Studies | Chinese Literature and Film since 1900-II* | Salon A |
| English-British Studies | English Eighteenth-Century Literature | Salon F |
| English-British Studies | Irish Literature and Film* | Salon D |
| English-British Studies | Shakespeare and Philosophies of the Spirit* | Basswood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Western and Southwestern Literature | Redwood |
| French-Francophone Studies | Octave Mirbeau: From Life to Fiction* | Salon C |
| General Topics | Literature for Children and Young Adults | Ironwood |
| General Topics | Poetry and Politics* | Salon E |
| Germanic Studies | Germany since 1990-II* | Boojum |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Representation of Woman in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature* | Salon G |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Theory and Research in Technical and Professional Communication | Cottonwood |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Bibliography and Textual Criticism* | Bonsai |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | French Cultural and Literary Theory | Salon H |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Literary Criticism | Salon B |
| Writing Programs | Creative Writing - Pedagogy | Palo Verde |
| Asian Studies | Modern Chinese Poetry* | Salon D |
| English-British Studies | Mary Shelley | Boojum |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Nineteenth-Century American Literature | Salon F |
| Gender Studies | Women in/and Literature | Salon H |
| General Topics | Literary Representations of Sexual Violence* | Basswood |
| General Topics | Literature and Science | Salon A |
| General Topics | Medieval Romance* | Salon C |
| General Topics | RMMLA Poets Read their Works | Salon G |
| Germanic Studies | German Literature since 1900 | Salon B |
| Linguistics | English Linguistics | Cottonwood |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare* | Redwood |
| Pedagogy | Technology and Distance Education | Palo Verde |
| Special Events | RMMLA Open Forum & Business Meeting (Open Meeting) | Bonsai |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)+ | Ironwood |
| Special Events | Poetry Reading by Luci Tapahonso* | Cottonwood |
| Special Events | Friday Film Showing - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Boojum |
| Special Events | Friday Film Showing - Children of Heaven | Bonsai |
| Special Events | Continental Breakfast | Ballroom Foyer |
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Saturday | Ballroom Foyer |
| Exhibits | Book/Media Review Table and Exhibits - Saturday | Ballroom Foyer |
| Special Events | RMMLA Editorial Board Meeting (Closed Meeting) | Cactus Rose Restaurant |
| Classical Studies | Classical Language and Literature: Latin | Salon B |
| English-British Studies | English Seventeenth-Century Literature | Salon H |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | American Literature: Mid-Twentieth-Century Canonical Voices* | Cottonwood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Native American Literature | Salon G |
| French-Francophone Studies | Samuel Beckett* | Boojum |
| Gender Studies | Women's Voices in Poetry | Salon E |
| General Topics | Early Modern Witchcraft on Trial-II* | Salon C |
| General Topics | Literature and Fashion* | Salon A |
| General Topics | Literature and War* | Bonsai |
| Germanic Studies | German Crime Fiction and Film* | Salon F |
| Pedagogy | Teaching Feminist Perspectives in the Classroom | Palo Verde |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Asociacion de Literatura Femenina / Letras Femeninas+-II | Salon D |
| English-British Studies | English Nineteenth-Century Literature-III* | Salon C |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Southern Literature | Salon H |
| French-Francophone Studies | Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society+ (Open Meeting) | Salon F |
| French-Francophone Studies | Traditions and Transformations in French-Language Narratives* | Salon B |
| Gender Studies | Women's Caucus Seminar | Boojum |
| Linguistics | General and Applied Linguistics | Bonsai |
| Pedagogy | Teaching Foreign Languages | Palo Verde |
| Pedagogy | The Politics of 'Alignment' Between High School and College English* | Salon D |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Artes Visuales, Literatura y Movimientos Culturales en la España del Siglo XX* | Cottonwood |
| Special Events | Publishing Forum with William Germano | Salon G |
| Writing Programs | Creative Writing - Issues* | Salon A |
| Asian Studies | Asian Comparative Literature and Film-II* | Palo Verde |
| English-British Studies | Milton* | Salon C |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | American Humor | Cottonwood |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Frank Waters Society+ | Salon F |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Margaret Atwood: Texts and Contexts* | Salon B |
| Film Studies | Contemporary Film Theory | Boojum |
| French-Francophone Studies | Conseil international d'études francophones+-II* | Salon H |
| French-Francophone Studies | Pi Delta Phi Luncheon (Private) | Cactus Rose Patio |
| Gender Studies | Women's Caucus Luncheon and Guest Speaker+ | Cactus Rose North |
| General Topics | Undergraduates Unplugged-II* | Salon E |
| Germanic Studies | Poetry Reading by German-American Poets* | Salon D |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Literature | Salon A |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Latin American Literature and Film | Bonsai |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Ecocriticism and Environmental Justice* | Salon G |
| Special Events | Excursion to Mission San Xavier del Bac & Tubac (By reservation only) | Depart at Hotel Entrance |
| Special Events | Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society+ (Closed Business Meeting) | Cottonwood |
| Special Events | Saturday Film Showing - C.R.A.Z.Y. | Bonsai |
| Special Events | Saturday Film Showing - Born into Brothels | Cottonwood |
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