The 2020 MLA Annual Convention takes place in Seattle, 9–12 January, at the Washington State Convention Center and the Sheraton Grand Seattle. Sessions will begin at 12:00 noon on 9 January, with workshops at 8:30 and 11:45 a.m. The last sessions will end at 3:00 p.m. on 12 January.
The 2020 American Literature Society sponsored panels are as follows:
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States of the Field: The 1921 Prize in American Literature
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 9, 2020
Washington State Convention Center-611
Speakers
Helane Androne, Miami U, Oxford
Michaela Bronstein, Stanford U
Elizabeth Duquette, Gettysburg C
Christopher Pexa, U of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Claudia Stokes, Trinity U
Jane F. Thrailkill, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Presider
Laura L. Mielke, U of Kansas
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American Archival Absences
5:15 PM–6:30 PM Jan 10, 2020
Washington State Convention Center-611
Presentations
1: The Missing Muslims in Antebellum Slave Narratives
Leila Mansouri, U of California, Berkeley
2: At the Juncture of Stasis and Change: Black Divas, Scrapbooks, and Archival Methods
Kristin Moriah, Queen’s U
3: Archiving AIDS
Christine Cynn, Virginia Commonwealth U
4: This Is How We Do It: The Making and Unmaking of Johns Hopkins University’s Black Americana Collection
Gabrielle Dean, Johns Hopkins U, MD
Presider
Alisha Gaines, Florida State U
Respondent
Miriam Thaggert, U at Buffalo, State U of New York
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Editor’s Roundtable: Futures of American Literary Scholarship
10:15 AM–11:30 AM Jan 11, 2020
Washington State Convention Center-608
Speakers
Nathan Grant, St. Louis U
Gordon N. Hutner, U of Illinois, Urbana
Samantha Pinto, U of Texas, Austin
Marion Leeson Rust, U of Kentucky
Gary Totten, U of Nevada, Las Vegas
Priscilla B. Wald, Duke U
Presider
Derrick R. Spires, Cornell U
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MLA Awards Ceremony
7:00—8:00PM – Saturday January 11th
Sheraton Grand A
(Includes presentation of American Literature Society’s Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement to Lauren Berlant)
Presiding: Simon Gikandi, Princeton U, MLA President