NeMLA 2012, CFP: "Narrating Europe=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=(Dis)integration in Literature, Cinema, and Speech"

[Sabina Perrino]

CALL FOR PAPERS: "Narrating Europe’s (Dis)integration in Literature, Cinema,
and Speech"

PANEL ABSTRACT
In recent years policies and ideologies promoting European integration have
been under scrutiny from many quarters. Some argue that such policies are
utopian because they fail to recognize Europe’s lack of social and cultural
cohesion. Others note how such integration has been complicated by new
foreign migration into Europe. In opposition to policies of European
integration and in particular to new waves of foreign migration into Europe,
a number of conservative, nationalistic political parties have emerged, such
as the Danish People’s Party  (Dansk Folkeparti, DF), the Finnish 'True
Finns' (Perussuomalaiset), the French 'National Front' (Front National), the
Italian ‘Northern League’ (Lega Nord), the Swiss People’s Party
(Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP), and others.
This panel seeks papers that explore the discursive and ideological aspects
of anti-integration movements and nationalist resurgence throughout the
European continent. In particular, this session approaches these political
movements through an empirical study of their discourses, be they political
speeches in rallies and televised debates, or political discourses in
movies, in literary works, or in circulating print and media texts like
political party flyers and materials on web-sites. Also of possible interest
are oral narratives told by party members and supporters at political
rallies and recounted in casual conversations. This panel approaches these
discursive artifacts not as elements of a single, monolithic discourse or
social movement, but as fragments of large-scale debates that take place in
various media or that are produced by various speakers.

Please send an abstract to sperrino at umich.edu following the directions here
below:

Deadline:  September 30, 2011
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)

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43nd Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 15-18, 2012
Rochester, New York – Hyatt Rochester
Host Institution:  St. John Fisher College

The 43rd annual convention will be held March 15-18th in Rochester, New York
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown, located minutes away from convenient
air, bus, and train transportation options for attendees. St. John Fisher
College will serve as the host college, and the diverse array of area
institutions are coordinating with conference organizers to sponsor various
activities, such as celebrated keynote speakers, local events, and fiction
readings.

Building upon the excellence of past NeMLA conferences, the association
continues to grow as a vibrant community of scholars, thanks to the wide
array of intellectual and cultural opportunities at every venue. Compact yet
diverse, Rochester also boasts important historical connections; it is the
site of the home, publication operations, and orations of Frederick
Douglass, where he edited the North Star, as well as his eponymous
periodical, and delivered the speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of
July?". Visitors can explore the houses of abolitionist, suffragette, and
reformer Susan B. Anthony and the inventor of devices popularizing
photography, George Eastman, as well as shopping and eateries; attendees
will also be within reach of the beautiful Finger Lakes region, known for
its local wineries.

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Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session;
however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention
participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative
session or participate in a roundtable.