On Feb. 25, 2021, I posted information regarding a call-for-papers for a special session panel I co-organized with my colleague Rachel Warner for MLA’s 2022 Annual Convention. I posted an update on Sept. 7, 2021 regarding the fact that our panel was accepted by MLA, to be held at the 2022 annual MLA Convention.
Unfortunately, we were not able to hold our panel in January of 2022 due to complications from COVID. Our panel, along with many others, was delayed until the 2023 annual MLA Convention, which will take place Jan. 5-8, 2023 in San Francisco, CA.
Our panel was inspired by our joint interest in the health humanities and in our combined work as Co-Directors of UNC’s Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC). Our panel, titled “Health, Medicine and Literature: Critical Intersections,” is scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, January 7. I will serve as the Presider of the panel, and Rachel will serve as the Respondent for the panel.
I want to begin by expressing my gratitude for Rachel’s invitation to join her as Co-Director for the LMCC back in late 2019. This opportunity would not be happening without her.
Here is some more information about the convention as a whole as well as the main website for the 2023 annual convention; here is more information regarding our specific panel.
Rachel and I are excited and grateful for this opportunity and look forward to collaborating with other scholars in this field and then sharing these experiences with our colleagues at UNC, especially the other members of the LMCC! (We also want to thank Professors Jane Thrailkill and Kym Weed for their inspiration, guidance, and assistance in this process! We also want to thank the excellent scholars who submitted papers to us, especially the three amazing scholars selected for our panel! We look forward to meeting them and discussing their work with them soon.)
I will be sure to post updates regarding this event in the future.
Paul E. Blom 