<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">— Apologies for cross-posting —</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear All, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Modern Language Association convention in 2020 will take place in Seattle, WA, on January 9-12.</div><div class="">Below is a CFP for our guaranteed panel. We look forward to receiving proposals from many of you. Please email me with any questions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kyoko</div><div class="">MLA Language, Literature, and Culture Forum “Japanese since 1900” executive committee</div><div class=""><div class="">....................<br class="">Kyoko Omori<br class=""><br class="">Associate Professor of Japanese<br class="">East Asian Languages and Literatures Department<br class="">*************<br class="">Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, USA<br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">CFP MLA 2020 Panel Theme LLC Japanese since 1900 <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Guaranteed Panel</span></b><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">“At the Borders of the Human in Japanese Literature and Culture since 1900”</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Following the 2020 MLA Presidential Theme of “Being Human,” the LLC Forum "Japanese since 1900" executive committee invites submissions for proposals for our guaranteed panel: “<b class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">At the Borders of the Human in Japanese Literature and Culture since 1900.</span></b>” <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Some of the questions to reflect on include, but are not limited to: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">What distinguishes the human from the non-human? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">How can we think productively about the human/animal dichotomy? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">How is human depicted in science fiction, or tales of ghosts, spirits, and other post-human forms? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">What do technological interfaces and digital portals tell us about the borders/limits of human perception? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">What happens to humanity in times of conflict? <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">How are “borders” established and maintained in the form of group identity?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">Please send 250-word abstract and CV to </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;"><b class="">Kyoko Omori</b> (</span><a href="mailto:komori@hamilton.edu" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">komori@hamilton.edu</span></b></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">) </span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">by March 15, 2019</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;">. Presenters must be MLA members.</span></p></div></body></html>