The MLA 2021 logo features a rainbow diamond from red to blue next to the text MLA 2021 CONVENTION on a white and yellow horizontally divided background.

MLA 2021

The 2021 Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association begins today, January 7, and runs through January 10. We’ve compiled a conference guide here. Up today: 9:15-10:30AM38 – Telling Trauma and Disability 12:45-2:00PM76 – Where’s the Body? Disability, Reading, and the Senses 4:15-5:30PM164 – Spenser and Disability
A multicolored Edmund Spenser looks at the event information (all of which is replicated in the event post).

Getting Started with Spenser

The International Spenser Society announces #GettingStartedWithSpenser, a workshop on developing inclusive teaching resources for reading Spenser in terms of race, gender, class, ecocriticism, and more. Speakers include Susanne Wofford, Debapriya Sarkar, Dennis Britton, Morgan Souza, and Ross Lerner. Ayesha Ramachandran is the moderator.  The event takes place on December 15th, 9am PST/12pm EST/5pm GMT. Sign up…