Building Community in the Face of Crisis in the Work of Langston Hughes and His Contemporaries (American Literature Association (ALA))
Boston, MA
Organization: Langston Hughes Society
Event: American Literature Association (ALA)
The Langston Hughes Society is pleased to invite proposals for the following panel to be held at the 36th Annual American Literature Association (ALA) Conference in Boston, MA:
Throughout his career, Langston Hughes worked to cross boundaries – national, racial, cultural, generational – because he understood community to be central to struggles against oppressive power structures. He of course was not alone in this belief and commitment. As one example, Hughes’s work to save the Scottsboro Boys involved building trust with the wrongly accused teens, engaging with their legal team, and finding venues to publish and spread the word to a larger public. Along different lines, many artists joined collectives or organizations such as the John Reed Clubs or began journals or theatre companies. We ask you to explore the varied methods artists used to build communities or support marginalized communities.
The Langston Hughes Society welcomes proposals on the work of Langston Hughes and his contemporaries that engages in the question of community building.
Please send proposals of no more than three hundred words to Dr. Richard Hancuff (lhsociety.president@gmail.com) no later than January 29, 2025. Note that presenters must be members of the Langston Hughes Society by the time of the conference in order to present. Please indicate any AV equipment needs in your e-mail.
For more information on the Langston Hughes Society and our ongoing work, please visit our website at www.LangstonHughesSociety.org.
Richard Hancuff