Call for Papers: Rewriting and Reinventing the American West in German  
Culture

41st Anniversary Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association  
(NeMLA)
April 7-11, 2010
Montreal, Quebec - Hilton Bonaventure

Deadline:  September 30, 2009

Germans have had a long love affair with the American West. This panel  
will explore how the American West was rewritten and reimagined in German  
literature, film and popular culture. Invited are papers that  
investigate representations of cowboys, Indians and European settlers  
in America, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to Indians as a  
pop cultural phenomenon in Germany. Also welcome are investigations of  
race and gender and the politics of authenticity and representation.

Please send one-page abstracts to Maureen Gallagher, University of  
Massachusetts-Amherst, [log in to unmask]

Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation

Email address

Postal address

Telephone number

A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee)

Deadline:  September 30, 2009

The 41st Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions,  
as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events.  Details and the  
complete Call for Papers for the 2010 Convention will be posted in  
June: www.nemla.org.

Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA  
session; however panelists can only present one paper (panel or  
seminar).  Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and  
also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.


Travel to Canada now requires a passport for U.S. citizens.  Please  
get your passport application in early.

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