[EDLING:1241] CFP: The Language(s) of Multiculturalism

[Francis M. Hult]

Call for papers for the Multicultural Literature in the Classroom:
Politics and Pedagogy section of the Midwest Modern Language Association;
the conference will be held in Chicago, IL on November 9-12,
2006:

Multicultural Literature in the Classroom: Politics and
Pedagogy: The Language(s) of Multiculturalism.  This panel
seeks to explore the complex relationship between multiculturalism and
language. Although all papers dealing with language-related issues are
welcome, submissions addressing the following topics are strongly
encouraged: translation and multiculturalism; mono-, bi-, or
multi-lingualism and multiculturalism; multiculturalism within foreign
language literatures (i.e., Afro-Hispanic literature within Spanish,
North African immigrant or Beur literature within French) or within
departments of foreign languages in the academy; the English-only
movement in the U.S. and multiculturalism. Keith Alan Sprouse,
Hampden-Sydney College, ksprouse at hsc.edu