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PAMLA 2026: Beyond Binaries (PAMLA 2026)

Hyatt Regency Seattle in Seattle, Washington
Organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Event: PAMLA 2026
Categories: Postcolonial, Hispanic & Latino, Comparative, Interdisciplinary, Popular Culture, Gender & Sexuality, Women's Studies, World Literatures, 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: 2026-11-12 to 2026-11-15 Abstract Due: 2026-05-25

The 123rd Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference will take place this November in Seattle, Washington, from November 12-15.

"Beyond Binaries” papers explore liminal identity formations, physical geographies, hybridities, and simultaneities that do not fall neatly within binary oppositions. While binary oppositions remain useful instruments, they may only reflect extremes on a spectrum, and risk becoming simplistic or fixed essentialisms. Binaries too often become regulatory mechanisms and defining standards of normalcy and acceptability. This session analyzes topics that move beyond binaries, complicating issues of identity, aesthetics, ideology, religion, region, politics, nationality, immigration status, sexuality, class, species, family, ethnicity, race, and gender, among others. This session especially welcomes topics related to the PAMLA 2026 theme, “Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict.”

Submit CFPs through this link: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19946 

All PAMLA presenters must be paid PAMLA members and have paid their conference fee. Please email the panel presiding officer/organizer, McKenna Middleton, at mrmiddle@g.ucla.edu with questions or concerns. The deadline to submit abstracts will be May 25.

https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19946

mrmiddle@g.ucla.edu

McKenna Middleton