We are thrilled to confirm Dr. Siham Bouamer as Keynote Speaker for the 2022 Vernacular Symposium (CFP below)! Dr. Bouamer is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Sam Houston State University. Her research focus is francophone and postcolonial studies in North African literature, with interdisciplinary interests in Gender and Queer studies, Cultural studies, and Arabic studies. She is one of the founding organizers of the “Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum” (DDFC) collective.
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Call For Papers
“Global Performativities: From Within and Without”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Siham Bouamer, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
4-5 March 2022
University of Tennessee-Knoxville & Virtual
The graduate students in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville are pleased to announce the Fourth Vernacular Symposium which is scheduled to take place as a hybrid event, with options for in-person or virtual participation. We invite submissions from all areas of French, German, and Spanish Studies that widely interpret and investigate questions related to the conference theme.
We are interested in research which engages one or more of the following issues in modern foreign language, literature, and cinema:
- Borders and binaries
- Performativity and gender
- Language and performance
- Transnational Studies
- Transcultural and Intercultural Studies
- Literature, performance, performativity
- Noncanonical authors and artists
While our journal is limited to graduate students, we invite both graduate students and faculty to submit a 250-word abstract for Vernacular symposium. Panel proposals are also welcome; please include an abstract and short bio for each presenter on the panel. Submissions are not limited to the conference theme, but should be related to French, German, or Spanish Studies. For inquiries and submissions, contact Mallory Nischan at mnischan@vols.utk.edu by December 31, 2021. Please indicate whether you intend to present virtually or in-person. Participants will be notified by mid-January.
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