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CFP and Online Submission System for 2015 PAMLA Open

Submitted by Craig Svonkin, Metropolitan State University of Denver on April 6, 2015 - 8:58am

We are pleased to announce that the CFP page, with almost 150 approved sessions listed, and the online paper proposals submissions system, are up and running. Please consider proposing a paper for the 2015 PAMLA conference in Portland: http://www.pamla.org/2015

If you could, also help us to spread the word about the many exciting sessions for this year's PAMLA conference.

The paper proposal deadline is May 15.

Congratulations to PAMLA Member Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt for Her Recent Publication

Submitted by Craig Svonkin, Metropolitan State University of Denver on April 6, 2015 - 8:51am

Congratulations to PAMLA member, Iris-Aya Laemmerhirt, for her publication of Embracing Differences: Transnational Cultural Flows between Japan and the United States (2013, Transcript and Columbia UP).

New Publication By PAMLA Member Živilė Gimbutas

Submitted by Craig Svonkin, Metropolitan State University of Denver on April 6, 2015 - 8:38am

Congratulations to PAMLA member Živilė Gimbutas, who has published Artistic Individuality, A Study of Selected Artist Novels ca. 1910-2010 (Bloomington, In:  Xlibris, 2013). 

CFP: "Familiar Spirits" Essays for Special Pacific Coast Philology Issue

Submitted by Craig Svonkin, Metropolitan State University of Denver on January 9, 2015 - 10:56am

CALL FOR ESSAY SUBMISSIONS

 “Familiar Spirits”

 SPECIAL ISSUE OF PACIFIC COAST PHILOLOGY

 JOURNAL OF THE PACIFIC ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (PAMLA)

Proposing a Special Session for 2015 PAMLA Conference in Portland

Submitted by Craig Svonkin, Metropolitan State University of Denver on January 2, 2015 - 1:47pm

We have extended the deadline for proposals for special sessions for the 2015 PAMLA Conference in Portland, Oregon (to be held at Portland State University and the Hilton Portland on Friday, November 6 – Sunday, November 8, 2015). You now have until midnight on Thursday, January 15, 2015, to send in your proposal to PAMLA First VP, John Ganim: john.ganim@ucr.edu 

Congratulations to PAMLA 2014 Election Winners

Submitted by PAMLA Webmaster, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association on November 19, 2014 - 9:27pm

Here are the results of the PAMLA 2014 elections:

Second Vice-President
Andrea Gogröf, Western Washington University

Executive Committee
Jane J. Lee, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Lysa Rivera, Western Washington University

Graduate Student Representative
Sarah Whitcomb Lozier, University of California, Riverside

 

Job Posting: Professor of Spanish, Mexican Literature Specialist

Submitted by Craig Svonkin, Metropolitan State University of Denver on October 20, 2014 - 8:00pm

California State University, Fresno

Assistant Professor of Spanish, Mexican Literature Specialist

Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

PAMLA 2014 Elections

Submitted by PAMLA Webmaster, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association on October 5, 2014 - 9:50pm

The PAMLA 2014 Election ballot will be emailed on October 6 to all members who are current in dues for the 2014 calendar year.  Voting must be completed by midnight, October 20, 2014.  If you were expecting a ballot but did not receive an email, please contact webmaster@pamla.org.

Students/faculty from sponsoring institutions may attend PAMLA 2014 for free*

Submitted by PAMLA Webmaster, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association on October 4, 2014 - 10:49pm

Students and faculty of sponsoring institutions may attend PAMLA 2014 for free, as long as they are not presenting or chairing a session.  Sponsoring institutions include:

  • University of California, Riverside
  • La Sierra University
  • Riverside City College
  • California Baptist University
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • Chaffey College

Conference presenters and chairs must pay membership and conference fee.

Keynotes and Special Events at PAMLA 2014

Submitted by PAMLA Webmaster, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association on August 26, 2014 - 8:02pm

We've added information about keynote speakers and special events at the upcoming conference in Riverside.  Speakers include Cheryl Edelson (Chaminade University of Honolulu), Juan Delgado and Thomas McGovern (California State University, San Bernandino), David Skal (film historian), Imke Meyer (University of Illinois at Chicago), Kate Thomas (Bryn Mawr College), and Sangita Gopal (University of Oregon).  Special events include a Halloween Cash Bar and Candy Feast, Conference Reception, and Tour of Tio's Tacos.

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