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This evening we’ve officially released a new search feature for the NeMLA site.
The site search, which is available from any page using a new search icon in the site header, provides results from across the site. It automatically suggests search terms as you type, and the results are listed in order of relevance.
This new feature, and the new header icons we are releasing with it, is part of a series of planned features to make the site easier to use and more informative, particularly during the convention. Additional new features will be forthcoming in the weeks leading up to convention 2012.
If you have questions about this new feature, or encounter a problem when trying to use it, let us know by emailing nemlaweb@gmail.com.
Posted: 19 January 2012
To prepare for convention 2011, we created a version of the site dedicated to mobile devices at m.nemla.org. This site was optimized for mobile devices, but using it required people to remember a different address and think to enter it when visiting the site.
We’re pleased to announce that the NeMLA site (available at http://nemla.org/) now automatically reformats itself to provide an appropriate layout based on the dimensions of your device. This reformatting happens automatically; there’s no need to remember a different address or choose a specific type of view when you visit the site.
To make this transition as smooth as possible, visitors to the old mobile site will be automatically redirected to the desired resource on the unified site.
If you have comments or questions about this new feature, you can direct them to NeMLA’s webmasters by emailing nemlaweb@gmail.com. We hope you enjoy the change.
Posted: 02 November 2011
Abstracts for most 2012 sessions are due tomorrow (30 September). If you are interested in proposing a talk for the 2012 convention in Rochester, NY, time is short.
A few sessions have chosen to extend the submission deadline. You can find a list of all CFPs with extended deadlines on the Extended CPFs page.
Good luck with your proposals!
Posted: 29 September 2011
43nd Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 15-18, 2012
Rochester, New York - Hyatt Rochester
Host Institution: St. John Fisher College
Keynote speaker: Jennifer Egan, 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner, A Visit from the Goon Squad
340 sessions in all areas of modern language scholarship and teaching are now accepting abstracts: http://www.nemla.org/convention/2012/cfp.html
Deadline: September 30, 2011
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)
The 43rd annual convention will be held March 15-18th in Rochester, New York at the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown, located minutes away from convenient air, bus, and train transportation options for attendees. St. John Fisher College will serve as the host college, and the diverse array of area institutions are coordinating with conference organizers to sponsor various activities, such as celebrated keynote speakers, local events, and fiction readings.
Building upon the excellence of past NeMLA conferences, the association continues to grow as a vibrant community of scholars, thanks to the wide array of intellectual and cultural opportunities at every venue. Compact yet diverse, Rochester also boasts important historical connections; it is the site of the home, publication operations, and orations of Frederick Douglass, where he edited the North Star, as well as his eponymous periodical, and delivered the speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”. Visitors can explore the houses of abolitionist, suffragette, and reformer Susan B. Anthony and the inventor of devices popularizing photography, George Eastman, as well as shopping and eateries; attendees will also be within reach of the beautiful Finger Lakes region, known for its local wineries.
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
Posted: 26 May 2011