[Mendele] Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements--Call for Papers for an MLA Session: "Memory in Modern Jewish Literature."

[Victor Bers]

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January 29, 20100

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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:52:28 -0600
From: Victoria Aarons <vaarons at trinity.edu>
Subject:MLA session: Memory in Modern Jewish Literature


Call for Papers for an MLA Session: "Memory in Modern Jewish Literature." 
The American Association of Professors of Yiddish/Conference on Modern 
Jewish Studies is seeking participants for an MLA session on the theme and 
use of memory in modern Jewish literature in Yiddish, English or other 
languages.

The MLA is being held in Seattle, January 5-8, 2012.

Please send a 200-word abstract before March 15, 2010, by e-mail to the 
session chair: Victoria Aarons, Trinity University, San

Antoniovaarons at trinity.edu


Dr. Victoria Aarons
O.R. & Eva Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Literature & Chair
Department of English Trinity University
1 Trinity Place San Antonio, TX 78212
210-999-7574 vaarons at trinity.edu

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