CFP: 24th SCFLLF (USF-St. Petersburg, Florida) on March 6-7, 2020

Call for Papers – 24thSCFLLF(USF-St. Petersburg, Florida) on March 6-7, 2020

Abstracts for papers (andpanels) for the SCFLLF are now being considered. SCFLLF welcomes papers on all aspectsof literature, linguistics, culture, philosophy, cultural history, film, secondlanguage acquisition and pedagogy pertaining to non-English languages (ancientand modern). We would like to encourage (but not limit submissions to) aworking theme: “work” and “labor” in its broadest understanding, including:

·       representations of work/labor in literature, film, andworks of art

·       representations of specific professions (e.g. thedetective in “Krimis,” the chef in cooking shows, etc.)

·       the language of work/labor (linguistic orphilosophical considerations)

·       work/labor and gender issues

·       the work of authors, artists, and film workers

·       the work of the literary and film scholar and thetranslator

·       migration and work

·       inability to work, e.g. for refugees, thedisabled/special needs

·       non-work: unemployment, refusal to work, idleness,leisure

·       representation of labor organizations and laws

·       the work that literature, film, and art perform insociety

·       absence of work, e.g. when computers grade, write, andtranslate

·       invisible labor in the language classroom

·       languages and the workplace (e.g. learning/teachingChinese for business)

·       fantasy of learning foreign languages without anylabor (e.g. programs that promise the learning of languages in one’s sleep, orfluency in mere weeks, etc.)

·       output (oeuvres, works of art) of artists, authors,directors, etc.

·       analyses ofinstitutional discourse/professional communication

·       work and digital media:user-generated content and the language of prosuming; language and social mediainfluencers; newer forms of labor on digital media platforms

The keynote speaker is Barbara Mennel (University ofFlorida)

Selected proceedings will be published in print. Toview previous publications, click here.

The deadline for proposal submission is November1, 2019.
To submit a proposal for a single paper or afull panel submit here online: https://scfllf.org/submitProposals

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