Call For Papers (deadline May 31)
PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Annual Meeting: Shifting Perspectives
Portland, OR, Oct 26-29 2023. www.pamla.org/pamla2023/
PAMLA, founded as the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast in 1899, and the western affiliate of the Modern Language Association, is dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of ancient and modern languages, literatures, and cultures and regularly includes sessions dedicated to ancient Greek and Roman topics. The theme for this year's conference is Shifting Perspectives.
Deadline for submitting abstracts is May 31. Submit by going to https://pamla.
18822. Classics (Greek) (Panel / In-Person)
Ancient and Medieval
Presiding Officer: Ellen Finkelpearl (Scripps College)
This session welcomes proposals of papers on any topic related to the ancient Greek world, whether disciplinary, inter-, or multidisciplinary, in humanities including film studies or in human/social sciences. Special consideration will be given to papers that deal directly with PAMLA’s theme “Shifting Perspectives.”
18818. Classics (Latin) (Panel / In-Person) Ancient and Medieval/Shifting Perspectives
Presiding Officer: Victor Castellani (University of Denver)
Any paper proposal on Classical Latin literature or culture is welcome, with particular consideration granted to papers that engage with the conference theme of "Shifting Perspectives."
18893. Reception and Transformation of Greek and Roman Classics (Panel / In-Person)
Ancient and Medieval / Shifting Perspectives
Presiding Officer: Catherine Connors (University of Washington - Seattle Campus)
Lorna Hardwick and Christopher Stray explain that Classical Reception Studies is devoted to examining "the ways in which Greek and Roman material has been transmitted, translated, excerpted, interpreted, rewritten, re-imaged and represented." In recent years there has been increasing attention to the ways that such transformations can express challenging and vital new perspectives, ideas, or aspirations. This session considers ways in which Classical Greek or Roman art, texts, plays, or culture have been adapted, translated, portrayed, and/or represented by post-Classical authors, artists, filmmakers, musicians, and others.
18889. Ancient-Modern Relations (Panel / In-Person)
Ancient and Medieval / World Literatures and Comparative Studies
Presiding Officer: Tim Watson (California State University - Northridge)
The Ancient-Modern Relations session is open to all paper proposals that explore some aspect of the relationship between ancient and modern texts and cultures. We are particularly interested in papers that relate to the conference theme "Shifting Perspectives."
18806. Bible and Literature (Panel / In-Person)
Ancient and Medieval / Genres and Audiences
Presiding Officer: Nathan Bonar (Claremont Graduate University)
This session welcomes papers about the Bible and Literature that will ideally connect to the conference theme of “Shifting Perspectives” and touch on:
• Jewish biblical or post-biblical works
• Canonical or non-canonical Christian scriptures
The conference theme of "Shifting Perspectives" connects in a variety of ways to Jewish and Christian texts, where each parsha, book, scroll, or gospel continually shifts the perspectives found in earlier biblical texts. We are also interested in papers that explore how post-biblical, apocryphal, and Talmudic texts shift perspectives from biblical texts. We are also open to papers that explore shifting hermeneutic practices or interpretations of particular biblical narratives. “Shifting perspectives” is not an immediate symptom of cultural change; therefore, papers may well concern a chronological view of the shift.
