20170228 – Communication, History, Leadership Speakers Needed on 01/04/2018 for New York, New York for 2018 MLA Annual Convention – Free Speaker Bureau Expert Wanted

01/04/2018 through 01/07/2018
New York Hilton Midtown, Sheraton New York Times Square, and the Marriott Marquis
New York, New York
2018 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention

 

Preferred Meeting Topics:
Communication, History, Leadership

Booking Deadline for Speaker: 02/28/2017

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:

The presidential theme of the 2018 MLA convention is #States of Insecurity, which I hope will inspire thoughtful and productive conversations at our meeting in New York.

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:
Matt Applegate

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