Deadline: 02/28/2018 – Communication, History, Leadership Speakers Needed on 01/03/2019 for Chicago, Illinois for 2019 MLA Annual Convention
01/03/2019 through 01/06/2019
Chicago, Illinois
2019 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention
Preferred Meeting Topics:
Communication, History, Leadership
Booking Deadline for Speaker: 02/28/2018
Demographic Mix of the Audience:
50% Male
50% Female
Age Group(s) Expected in Audience:
20+
Number of Attendees Expected
800+
Special Details About This Meeting/Audience:
Human beings have long lived, told stories, danced, cried, written, made art, learned, taught, debated, and theorized in moments of insecurity caused by events as varied as war, plague, famine, conquest, and enslavement. States of insecurity, in fact, have animated some of our most enduring cultural productions and informed our values.
This theme invites reflection on how our intellectual, artistic, and pedagogical work in the humanities offers strategies for navigating the crises of our time: political volatility, fluctuating financial markets, fear-mongering media, and increasingly hateful acts and rhetoric that contribute to a general sense of malaise. #States of Insecurity asks those in the academy to draw from their experiences to identify and denaturalize the elements that contribute to states of insecurity. How can faculty members, administrators, students, and staff members strengthen our institutions; reaffirm the value of open inquiry and dialogue; and secure academic access and freedom for all, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, class, and immigration status? We can begin by reexamining our own epistemologies, disciplines, technologies, and organizational and governing structures. What does the pursuit of knowledge mean when students are indebted and faculty members lack job security? How do we conduct research in a political and media climate in which facts don’t matter?
The academy cannot be separate from the political, economic, and ideological turmoil of our time: #States of Insecurity calls on academia to uphold its commitment to critical and historical reflection, inquiry, and intervention.
Scope of the Overall Organization:
Local, National, Global
Name of Meeting Organizer:
Hagar Bermudez
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