[𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗨𝗦 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 (𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸) 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗨𝗦 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.]
The upcoming January 2021 Modern Language Association Convention will be held online (link to the main convention page at the bottom of this post). I searched the online program & here’s a list of the sessions/panels I found that have content related to Southeast Asia & its diasporas. All dates & times are US Eastern Time (New York).
* Asian American Literature and Empire and Imperialism
Thursday, 7 January 2021
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9477
* Postcolonial Optimism: Positive Affects and Alternative Futures
Thursday, 7 January 2021
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9889
* Asian American Literature and Digital Humanities
Thursday, 7 January 2021
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/10329
* Migrant Worker Literature (organized by Southeast Asia & Southeast Asia Diasporic Forum)
Thursday, 7 January 2021
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9979
* Authoritarianism and Southeast Asia (organized by Southeast Asia & Southeast Asia Diasporic Forum)
Friday, 8 January 2021
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9849
* Southeast Asia and the Anthropocene
Saturday, 9 January 2021
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9959
* Migrations and Diasporas in American Multiethnic Literature
Saturday, 9 January 2021
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9581
* Decolonizing Comics and/as Activism
Sunday, 10 January 2021
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/9899
Convention webpage:
https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2021