Literature, Language and Culture

The Midwest Modern Language Association (M/MLA) is a non-profit organization of teachers and scholars of literature, language, and culture. A regional affiliate of the Modern Language Association, the M/MLA provides a forum for disseminating scholarship and improving teaching in the fields of literary and cultural criticism. Building on its rich history, Loyola University Chicago supports the mission of the M/MLA by serving as its institutional host.

Support the Mission: The M/MLA Capital Campaign

The Capital Campaign for the Midwest Modern Language Association is ongoing. For more than 50 years, the M/MLA has provided its members with publishing, presentation and networking opportunities. This year more than every the M/MLA needs your support. To support and continue the mission, donate today.

2012 Informal Convention Theme is:
Debt

Possible sub-themes include:

• indebtedness and influence
• borrowers and lenders
• bonds and contracts
• economies of lack
• states of debt
• oaths and promises
• gift-giving
• cultures of expenditure
• Occupy literature
• trans-cultural capital
• deferring
• symbolic economies
• ecological materialism
• rethinking civic missions/practices
• forgiveness
• gratitude
• literature of demand
• emotional obligation
• debts of affect
• student loans

54th Annual M/MLA Convention

Learn, Share, and Encourage

The 54th Annual Convention will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio from November 8-11, 2012 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza.

Convention registration and hotel reservations are now open.

We are currently accepting Special Session proposals. The extended deadline to submit proposals is April 23, 2012. Click here for the appropriate form.