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Rebellious Women (Midwest Modern Language Association annual convention)

Chicago
Organization: Women in Literature permanent section
Event: Midwest Modern Language Association annual convention
Categories: Postcolonial, American, Hispanic & Latino, Comparative, British, Gender & Sexuality, Literary Theory, Women's Studies, 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, 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: 2026-11-12 to 2026-11-14 Abstract Due: 2026-04-25

Archives are based upon categories, the fundamental one being what is and what is not worth remembering. In literature, rebellious women are also categorized and tend to become exemplars (and are memorialized) or are erased. This panel seeks to complicate what is worth remembering by examining the silences and gaps in what tends to be categorized as “rebellious.” Of particular interest are women in literature who engage in quotidian acts of rebellion, figures who may be rebellious in some ways but traditional in others, and other examples that problematize what might qualify as a “rebellious woman.”


Please submit a 200-250 word abstract along with a brief bio (including institutional affiliation) by April 25, 2026. Additional details regarding submission procedures will follow in accordance with MMLA guidelines. Please submit your abstracts to Jeanette Goddard at goddardj@trine.edu.

https://www.midwest-mla.org/convention

goddardj@trine.edu

Jeanette Goddard