<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Arabic-L: Mon 28 Feb 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: MLA 2012 Call (deadline March 1)<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 28 Feb 2011<br>From: Karin Ryding <<a href="mailto:rydingk@georgetown.edu">rydingk@georgetown.edu</a>><br>Subject: MLA 2012 Call (deadline March 1)<br><br>Dear Colleague,<br><br>I write to invite you to join me at the 2012 MLA Annual Convention, which will take place in Seattle, 5–8 January. I also invite you to consider participating, by presenting a paper, joining a roundtable discussion, or organizing a session. The MLA Program Committee especially welcomes session proposals in formats that highlight teaching experience, creative work, and civic engagement and encourages you to view an invitation from the committee at <a href="http://www.mla.org/proposal_invite">www.mla.org/proposal_invite</a>.<br><br>To be included in the convention program, search (<a href="http://www.mla.org/cfp_search">www.mla.org/cfp_search</a>) or browse (<a href="http://www.mla.org/cfp_browse">www.mla.org/cfp_browse</a>) the calls for papers already posted on the MLA Web site. Through 1 March 2011, you may also submit your own call for papers at <a href="http://www.mla.org/cfp_main">www.mla.org/cfp_main</a>. As the session organizer, you are responsible for acknowledging all submissions and inquiries regarding your call for papers. We recommend posting a submission deadline of not later than 15 March. <br><br>Please keep in mind that a call for papers is not a session proposal but a way to solicit paper submissions for creating a session proposal. Proposal forms for the 2012 convention will be available at <a href="http://www.mla.org/ssp_main">www.mla.org/ssp_main</a> in early March. <br>Completed proposal forms must be submitted by 1 April 2011. The MLA Program Committee will determine which session proposals are accepted.<br><br>All participants in convention sessions must be MLA members by 7 April 2011, and members should review other guidelines for the MLA convention (<a href="http://www.mla.org/conv_procedures">www.mla.org/conv_procedures</a>) before responding to or submitting calls for papers.<br><br>The MLA Annual Convention is an exciting intellectual and professional event. I hope you will consider participating, and I look forward to seeing you in Seattle.<br><br>Cordially,<br><br>Russell A. Berman<br>MLA President<br>Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University<br><br><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 28 Feb 2011</div></body></html>