MLA Panels and K-SAA Awards Dinner
This year’s MLA convention in New York will host two K-SAA-sponsored panels, due to take place before the K-SAA’s awards dinner and reception. The first panel, “Romantics at Two Hundred: 2018 Reads 1818,” will be held on Friday, 5 January, 3:30 PM-4:45 PM at Central Park East (Sheraton). Papers include:
“Hazlitt’s People: 1818 and 2018,” Frances Ferguson (U of Chicago)
“Taming Austen: 1817–21 and 2018?,” William H. Galperin (Rutgers U, New Brunswick)
“The Anthologies of 1818 and 2018: Endymion, Frankenstein, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage III,” Susan J. Wolfson (Princeton U)
The second panel, “South Asia and Romanticism,” takes place on Saturday, 6 January 1:45 PM-3:00PM, Central Park East (Sheraton) and is co-sponsored with the Forum on South Asian Diasporic Literatures. Papers will be given by:
Manu Samriti Chander (Rutgers U, Newark, Newark)
Christopher Kelleher (U of Toronto, Toronto)
Gaura Shankar Narayan (Purchase C, State U of New York, Purchase, NY)
Υin Yuan (Boston C, Boston)
Respondent: Daniel E. White (U of Toronto, Toronto)
The panels will be followed by our annual awards dinner and reception. Members and their guests are invited to attend the Association's
Annual Awards Dinner
Honoring Alan Bewell and Lisa Vargo
Saturday, January 6, 2018, 7:00-9:30 PM
3 West Club
3 West 51st St.
New York, NY 10019
Dinner, including wine, $65 ($35 for students & contingently employed faculty)
Cash bar, 5:30-7:00 PM at same location, open to all.
Reservations are officially closed but those seeking a ticket might contact the organizer, Sonia Hofkosh (sonia.hofkosh@tufts.edu). Please also take a moment to submit nominations for future distinguished scholar awards on the back of your Membership Renewal Form or by email (info@k-saa.org). List the name, affiliation, and a brief reason for your nomination. A record of past honorees can be found on our website.