The MLA LLC 17th-Century French Forum invites proposals for two guaranteed sessions for the annual convention in Los Angeles, January 7-10, 2027. Please email 250-word abstracts to the indicated contact person by March 15, 2026.
Early Modern Ecologies
New approaches to blue humanities, climate, decolonial ecology, ecocriticism, or ecohistoricism across language traditions and geographies, especially as intersecting with disability, gender, Indigeneity, empire, race, or sexuality in the early modern period.
Caitlin Dahl, cdahl1@utk.edu
Resilience
We welcome reflections on the theme of resilience in the early modern, with a focus on French-language and cross-linguistic traditions. Panelists might consider how resilience intersects with issues of resistance, community, crisis, precarity and sovereignty.
Rupinder Kaur, rkaur@vassar.edu