We sponsor the following calls for the MLA Convention that will take place in Chicago in 2019:
Henry James and Humor
Paper proposals are invited on any aspect of James’s sense of humor – its social functions, ethical bearings, and/or stylistic manifestations. Titles, short bios and 300-word abstracts by 26 March 2018 to Oliver Herford (o.herford@bham.ac.uk) or Greg Zacharias (gwzach@creighton.edu) .
Transactional Henry James
Roundtable discussion of James and the transactional, broadly construed: commerce, finance, diplomacy, intimacy, sexuality, textuality, authorship, and others. Titles, short bios and outlines for 5-10 minute presentations by 26 March 2018 to Oliver Herford (o.herford@bham.ac.uk) or Greg Zacharias (gwzach@creighton.edu).