CFP: Midwest Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (2 Jan; 20-21 Mar; Dekalb, Illinois))

The 17th annual Midwest Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM) will be held March 20-21, 2009 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
MCLLM invites papers on all areas of literary, language, and media studies, especially proposals that interrogate identity and its representation through the prism of literature, language, or media in all their diverse contexts.

Deadline for submission: January 2, 2009.
Please include a cover page with your name, affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address.
Accepted contributions will be notified via e-mail by January 19, 2009.
Please submit your 250 word (one page) abstract as an attachment to mcllm2009@gmail.com

Proposals are being solicited for fifteen minute papers from scholars at all career stages, from beginning graduate students to established and senior scholars.

Individual or panel proposals are welcome.

Contact Conference Co-Chairs: Alisa Smith-Riel, Ellen Stuart, and Paul Petrovic
Graduate Department of English
Northern Illinois University
Email: mcllm2009 at gmail com
Visit the website at http://www.engl.niu.edu/mcllm/