Interrogating the Natural: A Society for Critical Exchange session at the Northeast Modern Language Association Convention

Papers concerned with nature or the natural as posited, articulated, assumed, critiqued, attacked, resuscitated, etc. in literary, critical, philosophical, political, or other discourses.

Abstracts for 20-minute presentations due 15 Sept. 2007 to Scott DeShong, spdes@conncoll.edu (preferred) or alternatively Quinebaug Valley Community College , 742 Upper Maple St. , Danielson CT 06239, USA .

Besides the abstract, a proposal must include the following:

Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (or an indication that no A/V will be required)

The complete Call for Papers for the 2008 Convention will be posted in June at www.nemla.org . Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA panel; however, panelists can only present one paper. Convention participants may present at a paper session panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.