CFP MLA 2026 Guaranteed Panel: The Afterlives of Protest: Representations of Protest in the Sinophone World
MLA Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature Executive Committee seeks submissions for a guaranteed panel for MLA 2026 in Toronto.
In the 2010s, Hong Kong and Taiwan emerged into the international spotlight as a result of large scale protests, from the Umbrella Movement, to the Sunflower Movement, to the 2019 anti-security law protests in Hong Kong, largely youth led demonstrations have pushed back against legislative overreach and unpopular legislation. In the ensuing years have enabled directors, writers, and artists to record, reflect upon, and contextualize these events.
This panel aims to spotlight scholarship that examines the emerging body of novels, documentaries, and scholarship on these protests.
Desired topics include but are not limited to: documentaries that record the protests, novels or memoirs depicting the protests, protest songs and art and other artifacts of protest culture.
Please submit a 150 word presentation proposal, CV, and indicate whether you are currently a member of the MLA (you must be an MLA member by April 7, 2025) to Clara Iwasaki ciwasaki@ualberta.caby March 15, 2025
