60th Annual RMMLA Convention
Tucson, AZ ~ October 12-14, 2006
Preliminary Convention Program by Session Type
| Asian Comparative Literature and Film* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Cottonwood |
| Asian Comparative Literature and Film-II* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Palo Verde |
| Chinese Literature and Film since 1900* | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon A |
| Chinese Literature and Film since 1900-II* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon A |
| Modern Chinese Poetry* | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Salon D |
| The Theme of War in Japanese Literature and Film* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Boojum |
| The Theme of War in Japanese Literature and Film- II* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Bonsai |
| Classical Language and Literature: Greek | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon A |
| Classical Language and Literature: Latin | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon B |
| Classical Rhetoric in Modern Contexts* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Palo Verde |
| The Interpretation and Influence of Greek Myths | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon A |
| Ben Jonson in the Twenty-first Century* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Basswood |
| Comparative Hebraism* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Bonsai |
| English Eighteenth-Century Literature | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon F |
| English Eighteenth-Century Literature-II* | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon D |
| English Literature since 1900 | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Basswood |
| English Nineteenth-Century Literature | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon C |
| English Nineteenth-Century Literature-II* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon B |
| English Nineteenth-Century Literature-III* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon C |
| English Renaissance Literature | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon H |
| English Seventeenth-Century Literature | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon H |
| Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance Drama | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon H |
| Irish Literature and Film* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon D |
| Mary Shelley | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Boojum |
| Milton* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon C |
| Old and Middle English | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Ironwood |
| Owen Barfield | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Basswood |
| Shakespeare | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Palo Verde |
| Shakespeare and Philosophies of the Spirit* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Basswood |
| ENGLISH-POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES | | |
| Caribbean Identity and the Diaspora* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Redwood |
| Caribbean Literature (non-French)* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Boojum |
| ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES | | |
| African American Literature | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Redwood |
| American Humor | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Cottonwood |
| American Literature after 1900 | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon E |
| American Literature: Mid-Twentieth-Century Canonical Voices* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Cottonwood |
| Association for Mormon Letters+ | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Palo Verde |
| Deadwood: Critical Responses* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon C |
| Early American Literature | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon G |
| Flannery O'Connor* | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Boojum |
| Frank Waters Society+ | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon F |
| Hispanic Southwest - La Memoria Histórica* | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Redwood |
| Literature of the North: Canada and Alaska* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon B |
| Margaret Atwood: Recent Works* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon H |
| Margaret Atwood: Texts and Contexts* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon B |
| Native American Literature | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon G |
| Nineteenth-Century American Literature | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Salon F |
| Seeing the Work before Us* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon F |
| Southern Literature | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon H |
| Sympo(e)sium: Poe's Influence on Writers & Artists, Contemporary/Subsequent, American/International | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Palo Verde |
| Western and Southwestern Literature | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Redwood |
| Western Poets* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Ironwood |
| Book/Media Review Table and Exhibits - Friday | Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM | Ballroom Foyer |
| Book/Media Review Table and Exhibits - Saturday | Saturday, 8:00AM - 12:00PM | Ballroom Foyer |
| Book/Media Review Table and Exhibits - Thursday | Thursday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM | Ballroom Foyer |
| Contemporary Film Theory | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Boojum |
| Film (Open Topic) | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon B |
| FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES | | |
| Conseil international d'études francophones+ | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon F |
| Conseil international d'études francophones+-II* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon H |
| Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon D |
| French Literature before 1800 | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Palo Verde |
| French Literature since 1800 | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Palo Verde |
| Octave Mirbeau: From Life to Fiction* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon C |
| Pi Delta Phi Luncheon (Private) | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Cactus Rose Patio |
| Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society+ (Open Meeting) | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon F |
| Samuel Beckett* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Boojum |
| Traditions and Transformations in French-Language Narratives* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon B |
| Women in French | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon G |
| African American Women Writers* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Redwood |
| Gender and Race in Literature and Film* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Bonsai |
| Gender and Race in Literature and Film-II* | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Bonsai |
| Popular Women's Fiction in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries* | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon E |
| Women in/and Literature | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Salon H |
| Women's Caucus Luncheon and Guest Speaker+ | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Cactus Rose North |
| Women's Caucus Seminar | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Boojum |
| Women's Voices in Poetry | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon E |
| Autobiography* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Boardroom |
| Drama | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon E |
| Early Modern Witchcraft on Trial* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Ironwood |
| Early Modern Witchcraft on Trial-II* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon C |
| Ethnic Studies | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Ironwood |
| Fashion and Aesthetics* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Palo Verde |
| Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Caucus Seminar | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon E |
| Horror Film* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon C |
| Language of Play/Play of Language* | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon F |
| Literary Representations of Sexual Violence* | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Basswood |
| Literature and Fashion* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon A |
| Literature and Other Arts | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Boojum |
| Literature and Religion* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Redwood |
| Literature and Religion-II* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon G |
| Literature and Science | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Salon A |
| Literature and War* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Bonsai |
| Literature for Children and Young Adults | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Ironwood |
| Literature of the Holocaust* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon C |
| Literature of Trauma* | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon C |
| Medieval Romance* | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Salon C |
| Oral and Traditional Arts | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon C |
| Poetry and Poetics* (Open Topic) | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon G |
| Poetry and Politics* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon E |
| Problems of Translation from Foreign Languages | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Boardroom |
| Representations of Europeans/European Americans in Literary and Filmic Texts* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon B |
| RMMLA Poets Read their Works | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Salon G |
| RMMLA Prose Authors Read Their Works* | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon D |
| Romanticism | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon F |
| Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Film | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon B |
| Sigma Tau Delta | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon H |
| Undergraduates Unplugged* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon D |
| Undergraduates Unplugged-II* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon E |
| German Crime Fiction and Film* | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon F |
| German Literature before 1900 | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Basswood |
| German Literature before 1900-II* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Basswood |
| German Literature since 1900 | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Salon B |
| Germany since 1990* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon H |
| Germany since 1990-II* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Boojum |
| Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association (MALCA)+ | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon H |
| Poetry Reading by German-American Poets* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon D |
| American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS)+ | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Boardroom |
| American Dialect Society (ADS)+ | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon D |
| English Linguistics | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Cottonwood |
| General and Applied Linguistics | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Bonsai |
| Second Language Acquisition | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Cottonwood |
| Sociolinguistics in the Middle Ages* | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Ironwood |
| Lunch Break - Thursday | Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | --- |
| OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES | | |
| Romania's Contributions to International Heritage | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Boojum |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Culture | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Bonsai |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Film | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Boojum |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Language | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Ironwood |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Literary Studies Abroad and Travel Classes* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Boojum |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Literature | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon A |
| Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare* | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Redwood |
| Teaching English | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon C |
| Teaching English Composition | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon E |
| Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Cottonwood |
| Teaching Feminist Perspectives in the Classroom | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Palo Verde |
| Teaching Foreign Languages | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Palo Verde |
| Technology and Distance Education | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Palo Verde |
| The Politics of 'Alignment' Between High School and College English* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon D |
| Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Saturday | Saturday, 7:30AM - 12:00PM | Ballroom Foyer |
| Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Friday | Friday, 7:30AM - 5:00PM | Ballroom Foyer |
| Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Thursday | Thursday, 7:30AM - 5:00PM | Ballroom Foyer |
| Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Wednesday | Wednesday, 3:00PM - 6:00PM | Ballroom Foyer |
| SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES | | |
| Artes Visuales, Literatura y Movimientos Culturales en la España del Siglo XX* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Cottonwood |
| Asociacion de Literatura Femenina / Letras Femeninas+ | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon G |
| Asociacion de Literatura Femenina / Letras Femeninas+-II | Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon D |
| Early Modern Spanish Writers* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon B |
| Latin American Literature and Film | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Bonsai |
| Latin American Literature and Other Cultural Expressions* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon G |
| Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon F |
| Medieval Spanish Literature* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon A |
| Peninsular Spanish Literature | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon D |
| Postmodern Tendencies in Latin American Literature and Culture* | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon D |
| Representation of Woman in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon G |
| Spanish American Literature | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon G |
| Continental Breakfast | Friday, 7:00AM - 9:00AM | Ballroom Foyer |
| Continental Breakfast | Saturday, 7:00AM - 9:00AM | Ballroom Foyer |
| CV Help Session (by reservation only) | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon E |
| Excursion to Mission San Xavier del Bac & Tubac (By reservation only) | Saturday, 2:00PM - 7:00PM | Depart at Hotel Entrance |
| Friday Film Showing - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Friday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Boojum |
| Friday Film Showing - Children of Heaven | Friday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Bonsai |
| Graduate Student Forum | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon E |
| Luncheon in Hotel Garden (Ticket is incl. in PRE-Registration Fees - Payment by October 1) | Friday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Hotel Garden |
| Opening Night (Drop-In) Reception | Thursday, 6:00PM - 7:30PM | Pool Area |
| Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society+ (Closed Business Meeting) | Saturday, 2:00PM - 6:00PM | Cottonwood |
| Plenary Session & Keynote Speech | Thursday, 5:00PM - 6:00PM | Salon D |
| Poetry Reading by Luci Tapahonso* | Friday, 8:00PM - 9:30PM | Cottonwood |
| Publishing Forum with William Germano | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon G |
| RMMLA Editorial Board Meeting (Closed Meeting) | Saturday, 8:00AM - 10:00AM | Cactus Rose Restaurant |
| RMMLA Executive Board Meeting (Closed Meeting) | Thursday, 12:00PM - 5:00PM | Cactus Rose Restaurant |
| RMMLA Open Forum & Business Meeting (Open Meeting) | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Bonsai |
| Saturday Film Showing - C.R.A.Z.Y. | Saturday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Bonsai |
| Saturday Film Showing - Born into Brothels | Saturday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Cottonwood |
| Special Session on the MLA Bibliography, given by Barbara Chen | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Bonsai |
| Thursday Film Showing - El Bola (Pellet) | Thursday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Boojum |
| Thursday Film Showing - Tsotsi | Thursday, 9:00PM - 11:00PM | Bonsai |
| TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION | | |
| Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)+ | Friday, 5:00PM - 6:30PM | Ironwood |
| Forces of Change in Technical and Professional Communication | Friday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Cottonwood |
| Technical and Professional Communication in the Classroom | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Cottonwood |
| Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace and Beyond | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Cottonwood |
| Theory and Research in Technical and Professional Communication | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Cottonwood |
| THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES | | |
| Bibliography and Textual Criticism* | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Bonsai |
| Comparative Literature (Open Topic) | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon A |
| Deleuze and Guattari* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon H |
| Ecocriticism | Thursday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Redwood |
| Ecocriticism and Environmental Justice* | Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Salon G |
| French Cultural and Literary Theory | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon H |
| Literary Criticism | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Salon B |
| Monique Wittig's Legacy* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon B |
| Monique Wittig: Former Students Share their Experiences* | Thursday, 1:30PM - 3:00PM | Salon A |
| Rhetorical Approaches to Literature* | Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon F |
| Wayne Booth and Ethical Criticism* | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Cottonwood |
| Creative Writing - Issues* | Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Salon A |
| Creative Writing - Pedagogy | Friday, 3:15PM - 4:45PM | Palo Verde |
| Teaching Creative Writing in China* | Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Salon F |
| Writing Across the Curriculum | Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AM | Redwood |
| Writing Programs | Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AM | Bonsai |
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