CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Topics are open to all studies relating to world languages and cultures, both modern
and classical, including linguistics, literature and film in translation, and English-language
products of culture exploring themes related to cross-cultural and cross-linguistic
encounters. Panel proposals are welcome.
Special Session on Poetry in Translation
MIFLC 2024 will host a special session for the reading of original poetry in two languages. If you are interested in participating in this session, please submit up to two poems written in a foreign language that have been translated to English or, conversely, that have been written in English and translated to a foreign language. The poetry reading will be followed by a conversation about all aspects of the translation of creative writing.
We are especially interested in papers dealing with the following:
African American and African Diaspora Studies
Afro-Latino Studies
American Sign Language / Deaf Studies
Asian Studies
Classics
Digital Humanities
Eco-Criticism
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
English as a Second Language
Film Studies
Francophone Studies
Hispanic Literatures and Cultures
Italian Literature & Culture
Immigration Studies / Diaspora Studies
Jewish Studies
K-12 World Language Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
Latin American Studies
Linguistics
Luso-Brazilian Studies
Pedagogy
Community-Engaged Learning
Slavic Studies
Study Abroad
Translation & Interpretation Studies
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: JUNE 28, 2024
María Paz Moreno
Dr. Moreno is a poet, essayist and literary critic. She is Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at the University of Cincinnati. Moreno holds a Licenciatura in Spanish Philology from the Universidad de Alicante and a Ph.D. In Spanish Literature from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on Spanish contemporary poetry, women´s writing, and the cultural importance of gastronomical literature, in particular cookbooks. She is the author of landmark works on the writer Juan Gil-Albert, among them El culturalismo en la poesía de Juan Gil-Albert (2000), the edition of his complete poetry with Editorial Pre-Textos (2004), and the edited volume Cartas a Juan Gil-Albert. Epistolario selecto(2016), and the anthology Concha Zardoya, Antología poética (2008). In the area of Spanish food studies, she is the author of De la página al plato. El libro de cocina en España(2012), and Madrid: A Culinary History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), and edited the monographic issue of Cincinnati Romance Review Writing About Food: Culinary Literature in the Hispanic World (2012), considered by critics to be groundbreaking studies on the topic of Spanish food studies. She has published ten books of poetry and has been included in a number of anthologies. Her most recent poetry books are Amiga del monstruo (Renacimiento, 2020) and The Belly of an Iguana/ El vientre de las iguanas (Valparaíso Eds., 2021). More info about her publications can be found at https://www.mariapazmoreno.com/