General Information

Special thanks to our local hosts:

• University of New Mexico
  • UNM College of Arts & Sciences
  • UNM Provost's Office
  • UNM Office of Graduate Studies
  • Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures
  • Department of Spanish & Portuguese
  • Department of English
• New Mexico Tech - Department of Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences
• New Mexico State University at Carlsbad

Our keynote speaker at this year's convention was Howard Goldblatt, Research Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame and 2009 winner of the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize for his translation of The Boat to Redemption by Chinese author Su Tong. Goldblatt has translated more than thirty novels and story collections by writers from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, including The Taste of Apples by Huang Chunming and The Execution of Mayor Yin by Chen Ruoxi. His translation (with Sylvia Li-chun Lin) of Notes of a Desolate Man by the Taiwanese novelist Chu T'ien-wen, won the 1999 "Translation of the Year Award" given by the American Translators Association. He has also authored and edited half a dozen books on Chinese literature. The founding editor of the scholarly journal Modern Chinese Literatur, he serves on the editorial and advisory boards of many scholarly and literary magazines, and has contributed essays and articles to The Washington Post, The Times of London, TIME Magazine, World Literature Today, and The Los Angeles Times, as well as scholarly books and journals.

Dancers in front of San Felipe de Neri Church	Call for Papers Our CALL FOR PAPERS for the convention is always online in mid-November.

Special Topic Sessions Every year we invite RMMLA members to propose Special Topic Sessions, especially those highlighting the West and/or Rocky Mountain topics. Click "Special Topic Sessions - How To" for information on how to propose an STS and the approval process.

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Museum of Art & History (near hotel)

Paper Proposals March 1 is the deadline for submission of one-page paper proposals to session chairs of all Regular, Special and Affiliate Sessions listed in the CFP.

Chairs are asked to notify all those who submitted proposals of their acceptance or rejection by March 30. Scheduling, Computer and Audio-Visual Equipment requests MUST be made by May 1 (email rmmla@wsu.edu). Visit General Convention Guidelines for more info.

Ballon Festival (Early October)

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Mark your calendars every year in October for the exciting RMMLA conventions and check this web site regularly for updates on events.

Petroglyph Nat'l Monument

RMMLA is an organization for its members. You are asked to be current in your dues by April 1 to attend the convention, present a paper, or have your name included in the convention program. Thank you in advance for your support of this policy.

Panorama of Albuquerque