61st Annual RMMLA Convention
Calgary, Alberta, Canada ~ October 4-6, 2007
Preliminary Convention Program by Day
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Wednesday | South Foyer |
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Thursday | South Foyer |
| Exhibits | Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table - Thursday | Grand Foyer |
| Asian Studies | Modern Chinese Literature* | Lakeview |
| English-British Studies | English Renaissance Literature | Eau Claire North |
| English-British Studies | Owen Barfield | Brownlee |
| English-British Studies | Samuel Beckett in Context* | Aberhart |
| English-Postcolonial Studies | Caribbean Identity and the Diaspora* | Reid |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Association for Mormon Letters (AML)+ | Lake Louise |
| Film Studies | Film (Open Topic) | Rideau |
| General Topics | Autobiography* | Barclay |
| General Topics | Literature and Religion - I* | Banff |
| General Topics | Medieval Romance* | Bonavista |
| Germanic Studies | Literature of the Holocaust* | Mount Royal |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Language - I | Nakiska |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Artes Visuales, Literatura y Movimientos Culturales en la España del Siglo XX* | Mayfair |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Literary Criticism | Eau Claire South |
| Asian Studies | Chinese Literature and Film since 1900 - I | Lakeview |
| English-British Studies | Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance Drama | Lougheed |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Western and Southwestern Literature | Eau Claire South |
| French-Francophone Studies | Traditions and Transformations in French-Language Narratives | Aberhart |
| General Topics | Early Modern Witchcraft on Trial* | Banff |
| General Topics | Literature and Religion - II* | Reid |
| General Topics | Romanticism | Nakiska |
| Pedagogy | Teaching English Composition | Lake Louise |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Peninsular Spanish Literature - I | Bonavista |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Representation of Woman in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature* | Eau Claire North |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Technical and Professional Communication in the Classroom | Mount Royal |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Comparative Literature (Open Topic) | Barclay |
| Special Events | RMMLA Executive Board Meeting (Closed) | Essence Restaurant |
| Asian Studies | Modern Chinese Poetry - I* | Mount Royal |
| English-British Studies | English Nineteenth-Century Literature | Eau Claire South |
| English-British Studies | Old and Middle English - I | Lougheed |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | African American Literature | Aberhart |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | American Humor | Brownlee |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | American Literature after 1900 | Eau Claire North |
| Film Studies | Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Cinema* | Mayfair |
| General Topics | Poetry and Poetics* (Open Topic) | Lakeview |
| General Topics | Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Film | Reid |
| Germanic Studies | German Crime Fiction and Film* | Barclay |
| Linguistics | General and Applied Linguistics | Lake Louise |
| Other Foreign Language Studies | Hungarian Studies (Open Topic)* | Rideau |
| Pedagogy | Teaching Foreign Languages - I | Banff |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Peninsular Spanish Literature - II* | Bonavista |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Deleuze and Guattari - II* | Manning |
| Special Events | RMMLA Executive Board Meeting (Closed Meeting) | Jasper Boardroom |
| Asian Studies | Asian Comparative Literature and Film - I* | Mayfair |
| Conjoint Meetings | Owen Barfield Society+ (Closed Meeting) | Manning |
| English-British Studies | Shakespeare | Nakiska |
| English-British Studies | The Atlantic in Transatlantic Romanticism* | Barclay |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | American Nineteenth-Century Literature | Eau Claire North |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Jewish American Literature* | Aberhart |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Margaret Atwood | Mount Royal |
| French-Francophone Studies | Women in French | Banff |
| General Topics | Ethnic Studies | Reid |
| General Topics | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Caucus Seminar | Lougheed |
| General Topics | Literature and Science | Brownlee |
| Germanic Studies | New Perspectives on the German Past* | Rideau |
| Linguistics | Foreign Language Linguistics | Lakeview |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Spanish American Literature | Bonavista |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Ecocriticism | Eau Claire South |
| Asian Studies | Late Qing and Early Republican Chinese Literature and Thought* | Mount Royal |
| English-British Studies | English Literature since 1900 - I | Eau Claire North |
| English-British Studies | Milton* | Lougheed |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Sympo(e)sium - I* | Brownlee |
| Film Studies | Horror Film - I* | Mayfair |
| Gender Studies | Popular Women's Fiction in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries* | Nakiska |
| General Topics | Drama | Eau Claire South |
| General Topics | RMMLA Prose Authors Read their Works | Barclay |
| General Topics | The Meaning of Food* | Lakeview |
| General Topics | Undergraduates Unplugged* | Reid |
| Germanic Studies | German Literature before 1900 - I | Lake Louise |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Film | Banff |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Early Modern Spanish Writers* | Bonavista |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Postmodern Tendencies in Latin American Literature and Culture* | Manning |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Forces of Change in Technical and Professional Communication | Rideau |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Rhetorical Approaches to Literature* | Aberhart |
| Special Events | Opening Night (Drop-In) Reception | Belaire |
| Special Events | Film Showing - Thursday Evening - A World without Thieves (2004) | Mayfair |
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Friday | South Foyer |
| Exhibits | Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table - Friday | Grand Foyer |
| Classical Studies | The Interpretation and Influence of Greek Myths | Brownlee |
| English-British Studies | English Literature since 1900 - II* | Aberhart |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Mystery and Detective Fiction in the Western US and Canada* | Reid |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Native American Literature | Lougheed |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Southern Literature | Barclay |
| French-Francophone Studies | Conseil international d'études francophones+ | Rideau |
| Gender Studies | Women in/and Literature | Eau Claire South |
| General Topics | Literature and Other Arts | Mayfair |
| General Topics | Literature for Children and Young Adults - I | Manning |
| General Topics | War in Literature and Film* | Lakeview |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Languages - III* | Bonavista |
| Pedagogy | Technology and Distance Education | Banff |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature | Mount Royal |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Ethical Criticism* | Lake Louise |
| English-British Studies | English Literature since 1900 - III* | Aberhart |
| English-British Studies | Irish Literature and Film* | Barclay |
| English-British Studies | Old and Middle English - II* | Manning |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Canadian Literature and Film (Open Topic) | Lakeview |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club and Beyond - I* | Brownlee |
| Gender Studies | African American Women Writers* | Lougheed |
| Germanic Studies | German Literature before 1900 - II* | Lake Louise |
| Other Foreign Language Studies | Romania's Contributions to International Heritage | Banff |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Culture | Mayfair |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Asociacíon Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica (AILFH)+ | Bonavista |
| Special Events | 'A Pall of Orthodoxy': Academic Freedom in the Classroom | Eau Claire North |
| Special Events | Interview Etiquette | Rideau |
| Special Events | RMMLA Overview | Nakiska |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace and Beyond | Mount Royal |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Deleuze and Guattari - I* | Reid |
| Special Events | Luncheon Banquet & Keynote Speech by Elizabeth George | Britannia/Belaire |
| Asian Studies | Gender, Physiognomy, and Memory: The Crossing of Genres in Premodern Chinese Literature* | Manning |
| English-British Studies | English Eighteenth-Century Literature - I | Rideau |
| English-British Studies | Mary Shelley | Lougheed |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club and Beyond - II* | Brownlee |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Flannery O'Connor | Bonavista |
| French-Francophone Studies | French Literature since 1800 | Lake Louise |
| Germanic Studies | Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association (MALCA)+ | Reid |
| Other Foreign Language Studies | Russian Language and Literature - I* | Mayfair |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Language - II* | Barclay |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Literary Studies Abroad and Travel Classes - II* | Banff |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Gender and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Fiction* | Aberhart |
| Spanish & Portuguese Studies | Latin American Literature and Film | Lakeview |
| Special Events | CV Help Session (by reservation only) | Jasper Boardroom |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Theory and Research in Technical and Professional Communication | Mount Royal |
| Writing Programs | Creative Writing Roundtable with Elizabeth George | Eau Claire North |
| Asian Studies | Modern Chinese Poetry - II* | Banff |
| Classical Studies | Classical Rhetoric in Modern Contexts* | Lakeview |
| English-British Studies | English Seventeenth-Century Literature | Lougheed |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | A Passion for Freedom: Alice Munro and Alice Walker* | Nakiska |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Sympo(e)sium - II* | Brownlee |
| Film Studies | Australian Film and Literature: Beneath the Down Under | Aberhart |
| Film Studies | Horror Film - II* | Rideau |
| French-Francophone Studies | Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean | Barclay |
| Gender Studies | Race and Gender in Literature and Film* | Mayfair |
| General Topics | RMMLA Poets Read their Works | Reid |
| Linguistics | English Linguistics | Mount Royal |
| Linguistics | Spanish and Portuguese Linguistics | Lake Louise |
| Other Foreign Language Studies | Russian Language and Literature - II* | Manning |
| Special Events | Panel Discussion on Academic Freedom | Eau Claire North |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE)+ | Bonavista |
| Special Events | Meet the University of Calgary Department of English | Belaire |
| Germanic Studies | Creative Writing in German - Readings by Authors* | Banff |
| Special Events | Film Showing - Friday Evening - | Mayfair |
| Registration | Convention Check-In & On-Site Registration - Saturday | South Foyer |
| Special Events | Continental Breakfast in Bonavista Room, 7:30-9:00 AM | Bonavista |
| Exhibits | Book/Media Exhibits & Book Review Table - Saturday | Grand Foyer |
| Asian Studies | Asian Comparative Literature and Film- II* | Mayfair |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Literature of the North: Canada and Alaska* | Brownlee |
| Film Studies | The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock* | Rideau |
| French-Francophone Studies | Octave Mirbeau: From Life to Fiction* | Lakeview |
| Gender Studies | Women's Voices in Poetry | Barclay |
| General Topics | Fashion and Aesthetics* | Mount Royal |
| Pedagogy | Teaching Feminist Perspectives in the Classroom | Banff |
| Pedagogy | Visible Knowledge Project* | Lake Louise |
| Special Events | RMMLA Open Forum & Business Meeting (Open Meeting) | Eau Claire North |
| Theory/Criticism/Comparative Studies | French Cultural and Literary Theory | Eau Claire South |
| English-British Studies | Ben Jonson in the Twenty-first Century* | Brownlee |
| English-British Studies | The Question of the Animal in Victorian and Edwardian Literature and Culture* | Aberhart |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Western Poets* | Barclay |
| Gender Studies | Women's Caucus Seminar | Rideau |
| General Topics | Literature and Trauma* | Mount Royal |
| General Topics | Literature for Children and Young Adults - II* | Lakeview |
| Germanic Studies | Germany since 1990* | Lake Louise |
| Italian Studies | Italian-American Writers | Waterton |
| Pedagogy | Practical Approaches to Teaching Literary Studies Abroad and Travel Classes - I* | Mayfair |
| Pedagogy | Teaching Foreign Languages - II* | Banff |
| Technical and Professional Communication | Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)+ | Eau Claire North |
| Writing Programs | Writing Programs | Eau Claire South |
| Gender Studies | Women's Caucus Luncheon and Guest Speaker+ | Bonavista |
| Special Events | RMMLA Editorial Board Meeting (Closed Meeting) | Essence Restaurant |
| Asian Studies | Chinese Literature and Film since 1900 - II* | Banff |
| Classical Studies | Classical Language and Literature: Latin | Aberhart |
| English-British Studies | English Eighteenth-Century Literature - II* | Brownlee |
| English-US & Canadian Studies | Women Writers and the North American Frontier* | Rideau |
| General Topics | Disability Studies Approaches to Modernist Literature* | Barclay |
| General Topics | Literature and Fashion* | Mount Royal |
| General Topics | Problems of Translation from Foreign Languages | Lake Louise |
| Germanic Studies | German Literature since 1900 | Eau Claire South |
| Linguistics | Second Language Acquisition | Lakeview |
| Pedagogy | Teaching English | Mayfair |
| Special Events | Graduate Student Forum | Eau Claire North |
| Special Events | Excursion - Banff w/Optional High Tea at Banff Springs Hotel (By reservation only) | Hotel Lobby |
| Special Events | Excursion - Calgary City Tour (By reservation only) | Hotel Lobby |
| Special Events | Film Showing - Saturday Evening - The Lives of Others (2006) | Mayfair |
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