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56th Annual RMMLA Convention, Scottsdale, AZ


October 10-12, 2002

Program Summary by Session Type

ASIAN STUDIES
 
Asian American Literature*Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMDesert Room

Gender and Modernity in Asia*Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMDesert Room

The Queen, the Fag Hag, and the Straight Man*Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMFiesta Room I

The Question of Nation in Chinese Film and Literature-I*Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMDesert Room

The Question of Nation in Chinese Film and Literature-II*Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMDesert Room

CLASSICAL STUDIES
 
Classical Language and Literature: GreekSaturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMFiesta Room I

Classical Language and Literature: LatinFriday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMGranada Room I

The Interpretation and Influence of Greek MythsThursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMFiesta Room I

ENGLISH-BRITISH STUDIES
 
D.H. Lawrence's New Mexico Works*Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMMohave Room III

English Eighteenth-Century LiteratureSaturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMFiesta Room II

English Literature 1800-1899Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMMohave Room I

English Literature Since 1900Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMMohave Room III

English Renaissance LiteratureThursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMMohave Room II

English Seventeenth-Century LiteratureSaturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMGranada Room I

Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance DramaFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMBarcelona Room

Mary Shelley*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMGranada Room I

Old and Middle EnglishThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMEncanto Room II

Shakespeare*Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMFiesta Room II

ENGLISH-POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
 
Caribbean Literature (Non-French)*Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMGranada Room I

ENGLISH-US & CANADIAN STUDIES
 
American HumorSaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMKiva Room III

American Literature After 1900Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMEncanto Room II

Early American LiteratureSaturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMKiva Room I

Ethnic LiteratureSaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMFiesta Room II

Flannery O'Connor*Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMGranada Room II

Frank Waters Society+Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMBoardroom 409

John Steinbeck: A Centennial Perspective*Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMGranada Room I

Margaret Atwood: Texts and Contexts*Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMKiva Room I

Mystery and Detective Fiction in the Western US and Canada*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMMohave Room II

Native American LiteratureThursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMEncanto Room II

Nineteenth-Century American LiteratureFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMGranada Room II

Owen BarfieldThursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMMohave Room I

Re-Imagining Prairie Space*Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMFiesta Room I

Robinson Jeffers: His Place in Twentieth-Century American Poetry*Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMBarcelona Room

The Politics and Poetics of Loss: The Form of Elegy*Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMMohave Room III

The Western*Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMEncanto Room II

The Works of Audre Lorde: The Intersection of Poetics and Politics*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMMohave Room III

Western and Southwestern LiteratureThursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMMohave Room III

EXHIBITS
 
Book/Media Review TableFriday, 8:30AM - 5:00PMRegistration Area

FILM STUDIES
 
Beneath the Down Under: Australian Film and Literature*Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMDesert Room

British Hitchcock: His Silent and Early Sound Films*Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMBarcelona Room

Contemporary Film Theory and CriticismThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMBarcelona Room

Film (Open Topic)Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMBarcelona Room

Filmed Lives*Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMBarcelona Room

Gender and Race in Literature and Film*Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMBarcelona Room

FRENCH-FRANCOPHONE STUDIES
 
Conseil international d'études francophonesSaturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMBarcelona Room

Eros et politique dans la littérature française du vingtième siècleFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMEncanto Room I

Francophone Immigrant Literature in Quebec/Littérature migrante francophone au Québec*Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMEncanto Room I

Francophone Literature of Africa and the CaribbeanThursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMEncanto Room I

French Cultural and Literary Theory*Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMEncanto Room I

French Literature After 1800Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMEncanto Room I

French Literature Before 1800Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMKiva Room III

Société des professeurs français et francophones en AmériqueSaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMArizona Room

Women in French - IThursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMCactus Room

Women in French - IIThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMMohave Room II

GENDER STUDIES
 
Late Medieval Women Writers 1500-1700*Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMGranada Room II

Popular Women's Fiction in the 18th and 19th Centuries*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMDesert Room

Women in/and Literature-IFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMGranada Room II

Women in/and Literature-IIFriday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMGranada Room II

Women's Caucus Luncheon and Guest Speaker+Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMEncanto Room

Women's Caucus Seminar+Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMEncanto Room

Women's Voices in PoetryThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMGranada Room II

Women's Voices in ProseThursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMGranada Room II

GENERAL TOPICS
 
Astronomy and Literature*Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMFiesta Room II

Autobiography and Biography*Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMMohave Room II

DramaThursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMCactus Room

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Caucus SeminarThursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMMohave Room III

Literature and Other ArtsThursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMDesert Room

Literature and ScienceFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMMohave Room III

Problems of Translation from Foreign LanguagesFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMMohave Room II

RMMLA Poets Read their Works*Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMGranada Room I

RomanticismFriday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMEncanto Room II

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Film*Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMCactus Room

Sigma Tau DeltaFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMBoardroom 409

Text and Illustration - I*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMBarcelona Room

Text and Illustration-II*Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMBarcelona Room

Travel Literature*Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMMohave Room I

GERMANIC STUDIES
 
Autobiography and Memoirs in Twentieth-Century Germany-I*Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMGranada Room II

Autobiography and Memoirs in Twentieth-Century Germany-II*Saturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMGranada Room II

German Literature Before 1900 - IIISaturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMKiva Room II

German Literature Before 1900-IThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMEncanto Room I

German Literature Before 1900-IIFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMEncanto Room II

German Literature Since 1900Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMEncanto Room I

Poetry Reading by German-American Poets*Friday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMMohave Room II

ITALIAN STUDIES
 
American Association for Italian Studies+Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMBoardroom 409

LINGUISTICS
 
American Dialect Society+Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMDesert Room

General and Applied Linguistics - IISaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMGranada Room I

General and Applied Linguistics IFriday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMFiesta Room II

Linguistics - Asian LanguagesFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMGranada Room I

Linguistics - EnglishThursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMFiesta Room II

Linguistics-Second Language AcquisitionThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMFiesta Room II

Linguistics-Spanish & PortugueseFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMFiesta Room I

OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES
 
Discursive Construction of the Middle East since the Mid-20th Century*Thursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMFiesta Room I

Romania and Its Contributions to the International Heritage*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMFiesta Room I

Slavic LiteratureFriday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMMohave Room I

PEDAGOGY
 
Computers in Literatures and LanguagesFriday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMBarcelona Room

Creative WritingFriday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMFiesta Room I

Practical Approaches to Teaching Culture*Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMCactus Room

Practical Approaches to Teaching Film*Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMArizona Room

Practical Approaches to Teaching Language*Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMCactus Room

Practical Approaches to Teaching Literature*Friday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMDesert Room

Teaching EnglishFriday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMFiesta Room II

Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges*Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMGranada Room II

Teaching Foreign LanguagesThursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMFiesta Room I

Teaching Slavic LanguagesThursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMMohave Room I

Technology and Distance EducationThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMDesert Room

Writing Across the Curriculum - IThursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMMohave Room II

REGISTRATION
 
Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - FridayFriday, 7:30AM - 6:00PMWest Foyer

Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - SaturdaySaturday, 7:30AM - 1:30PMWest Foyer

Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - ThursdayThursday, 7:30AM - 6:00PMWest Foyer

Convention Check-In, On-Site Registration, and Exhibits - WednesdayWednesday, 3:00PM - 6:00PMWest Foyer

SPANISH & PORTUGUESE STUDIES
 
Analyzing Chicana/o and Latina/o Language Practices in the Southwest*Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMGranada Room II

Asociacion de Literatura Femenina / Letras Femeninas+Friday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMMohave Room II

Feministas Unidas*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMGranada Room II

Latin American Literature and Other Cultural Expressions*Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMDesert Room

Latin American Literature and the Cultural Context*Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMCactus Room

Luso-Brazilian Language and LiteratureFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMMohave Room I

Peninsular Spanish LiteratureSaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMKiva Room I

Poets of the Early Modern Spanish Period*Thursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMEncanto Room II

Spanish American LiteratureThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMCactus Room

Un Panorama Global Sobre la Obra Litteraria de Justo S. AlarcónFriday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMBoardroom 409

Women in Spanish Literature*Thursday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMGranada Room I

SPECIAL EVENTS
 
ACLS / NEH Drop-In Information SessionSaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMKiva Room II

ACLS / NEH Information SessionFriday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMCactus Room

Announcement of Huntington, Farr, Davis and Travel Grant Award Winners (Friday Luncheon Banquet)Friday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMBanquet Hall

Announcement of Raffle Winners (Friday Luncheon Banquet)Friday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMBanquet Hall

Book/Media Review TableSaturday, 8:30AM - 1:30PMRegistration Area

Book/Media Review TableThursday, 8:30AM - 5:00PMRegistration Area

Curriculum Change and Program Survival.Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMMohave Room I

CV Help SessionFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMBoardroom 409

Dramatization of Virginia Woolf's The WavesFriday, 8:00PM - 10:00PMCactus Room

Excursion to Taliesin West and Desert Botanical GardensSaturday, 2:00PM - 6:00PMDeparture from hotel.

Friday Evening Film Showing - IFriday, 7:00PM - 9:00PMBarcelona Room

Friday Evening Film Showing - IIFriday, 7:00PM - 10:00PMDesert Room

Friday Evening Film Showing - IIIFriday, 9:00PM - 11:00PMBarcelona Room

Graduate Student ForumFriday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMMohave Room II

Interview EtiquetteSaturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMArizona Room

Keynote Speech by Elaine Kim, UC Berkeley, PLUS Luncheon BanquetFriday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMWest Patio

No Host Participation in Scottsdale ARTWALKThursday, 7:00PM - 9:00PMMain St/Marshall Way area

Nordstrom Department Store - For MenFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMEncanto Room I

Nordstrom Department Store - For WomenFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMFiesta Room I

Opening Night ReceptionThursday, 9:00PM - 10:30PMWest Patio

Overview of RMMLA Services and PublicationsFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMFiesta Room II

Publishing ForumFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMCactus Room

Readings by Alberto RiosFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMMohave Room I

Readings by Margarita Cota CardenasSaturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMKiva Room II

Readings by Ofelia ZepedaSaturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMPaloma Room I

RMMLA Editorial Board MeetingSaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMDesert Room

RMMLA Executive Board MeetingThursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMBoardroom 409

RMMLA Open Forum & Business MeetingThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMGranada Room I

RMMLA Opening Night ReceptionThursday, 9:00PM - 10:30PMWest Patio

Saturday Evening Film Showing - ISaturday, 7:00PM - 9:00PMBarcelona Room

Saturday Evening Film Showing - IISaturday, 9:00PM - 11:00PMBarcelona Room

Tenure and PromotionSaturday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMFiesta Room I

Thursday Evening Film ShowingThursday, 7:00PM - 9:00PMBarcelona Room

TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
 
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)+Saturday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMEncanto Room

Forces of Change in Technical Professional CommunicationFriday, 8:30AM - 10:00AMCactus Room

Technical and Professional Communication in the ClassroomSaturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMCactus Room

Technical and Professional Communication in the Workplace and BeyondThursday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMBarcelona Room

Theory and Research in the Technical and Professional CommunicationThursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMCactus Room

THEORY/CRITICISM/COMPARATIVE STUDIES
 
Bibliography and Textual Criticism*Friday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMBoardroom 409

Comparative Literature (Open Topic)Thursday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMFiesta Room II

Ecocriticism: Literature and the Environment*Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMKiva Room III

Literary Criticism - IThursday, 1:45PM - 3:15PMMohave Room III

Literary Criticism - IIFriday, 3:30PM - 5:00PMMohave Room III

Narrative Theory and the Teaching of Narrative*Thursday, 12:00PM - 1:30PMFiesta Room II

Rhetorical Approaches to Literature*Saturday, 10:15AM - 11:45AMFiesta Room I


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