THE COLLEGE LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION      

June 2014 Dear College Language Association Members: Congratulations for your outstanding participation in our Association’s last Convention in New Orleans, LA (March 26-29, 2014). We appreciate also the attendance, in New Orleans, of international scholars, academics, writers, and filmmakers who came from all the continents and presented relevant papers and discussed their films/documentaries. th

For the anticipated success of our next 75 Convention, “Expanding Frontiers: Freedom, Resistance, and Transnational Identities in Languages and Literatures” (Dallas/Texas, April 8-11, 2015), we strongly invite all of you, national and international participants, to submit your paper, panel, roundtable abstracts to Dr. Donna Akiba Harper, English Language Representative, at [email protected], and Dr. Margaret Morris, Foreign Language Representative, at [email protected]. Only the special sessions, i.e. those from the standing committees and the allied organizations (see Call for Abstract’s Poster) will be submitted to Dr. Clément Animan Akassi, Vice President and Program Chair, at [email protected]. Every year, we are committed to serve you in a better way, and we greatly appreciate your kindness and patience in times of difficulty, during the convention. However, our commitment to a greater CLA Annual Convention relies on you as well. That is why we kindly request that you submit your proposals before or by September 15, 2014, including the following data: title of regular session (paper presentation, film discussion, panel, roundtable, etc.), or standing committee/allied organization; abstract of regular session, or standing committee/allied organization; first and last names of chair, co-chair and/or respondent (if necessary), and all presenters; affiliation and email address of chair, co-chair, respondent, and all presenters. You are asked also to indicate if you need A/V equipment before or by September 15, 2014. No exceptions will be granted, regarding the A/V equipment’s request deadline. In our efforts to move toward a digital communication era and a greater internationalization of our conventions, we will diligently create a translated link (in French and Spanish) available on our website (www.clasholars.org) for the current Call for Abstracts. Other translations in Portuguese, among others, are forthcoming for future conventions. Please, feel free to share the Call for Abstracts with colleagues, students, and friends. Sincerely, Clément Animan Akassi, Ph.D. Vice President and Program Chair Associate Professor Howard University