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Special Session: Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Narratives (co-sponsored by the International Association for Robin Hood Studies) (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference)

San Francisco, CA
Organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)
Event: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference
Categories: Postcolonial, American, Hispanic & Latino, Comparative, Interdisciplinary, British, Genre & Form, Popular Culture, Gender & Sexuality, World Literatures, African-American, Colonial, Revolution & Early National, Transcendentalists, 1865-1914, 20th & 21st Century, Medieval, Early Modern & Renaissance, Long 18th Century, Romantics, Victorian, 20th & 21st Century, Adventure & Travel Writing, Children's Literature, Comics & Graphic Novels, Drama, Narratology, Poetry, Aesthetics, Anthropology/Sociology, Classical Studies, Cultural Studies, Environmental Studies, Film, TV, & Media, Food Studies, History, Philosophy, African & African Diasporas, Asian & Asian Diasporas, Australian Literature, Canadian Literature, Caribbean & Caribbean Diasporas, Indian Subcontinent, Eastern European, Mediterranean, Middle East, Native American, Scandinavian, Pacific Literature
Event Date: 2025-11-20 to 2025-11-23 Abstract Due: 2025-05-15

Robin Hood and other outlaw figures exist as polymorphous, shifting, persistent presences across space and time, inhabiting storyworlds that respond to and reflect the needs of the society in which the outlaw emerges. The Robin Hood tradition is a rich and varied one, appearing across many forms of media and numerous adaptations; outlaw heroes—or anti-heroes, protagonists, or even antagonists—can be found in cultures from the medieval to the present, spanning the globe.

For this special allied session, the International Association for Robin Hood Studies invites papers and presentations which explore the myriad faces and evolutions and representations of the outlaw, from the medieval to the modern, in various cultural traditions and media. This year’s overall PAMLA conference theme is “Palimpsests: Memory and Oblivion,” and particular attention will be given to proposals which incorporate these concepts, but we are certainly open to all outlaw-related proposals regardless of theme—in keeping with the greenwood community spirit!

Potential topics might include:

· Adaptations of Robin Hood or other outlaw tales across various media

· Cultural memory, history, and the invention of tradition

· The need for returns, retellings, and memories of Robin Hood and other outlaw figures

· Lesser-known or forgotten outlaws or adaptations

· Rhetoric, imagery, and deployment of the outlaw narrative

· Representations of gender and sexuality in outlaw figures

· Representations of difference and diversity in outlaw narratives

· Audience reception and perceptions of history

· Discussions of creative work adapting or retelling the Robin Hood legend

· And more!

Submissions: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19616

https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19616

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Kristin Noone