2024 Arkansas Philological Association (APA) Call for Papers
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.
The deadline for submissions was Sept. 28, 2024.
The Arkansas Philological Association invites papers for its 51st annual conference. The conference will take place Nov. 8-9, 2024, at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.
We welcome faculty, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and independent scholars from a wide range of disciplines to submit proposals of no more than 200 words for 15- to 20-minute presentations on topics related to language(s), literature, theoretical and cultural analysis, creative works, and pedagogical approaches. Papers addressing any aspect of literary and cultural studies are welcome, but we particularly encourage proposals for talks (or panels) on the APA 2024 conference topic of food and culture.
As a field, food studies focuses on a critical examination of food and the representation of foodways and food practices in science, art, history, culture, and society. Our call for papers will broadly seek out cross-disciplinary work in food studies. Potential topics include the following:
- Representations of food in literature, culture, and media
- Food and horror
- Culinary traditions
- Food and aesthetics
- Food and identity
- Food and philosophy
- Food and politics
- Food spaces
- Food and gender
- Food and sexuality
- Globalization and food cultures
- Sustainability, climate, and food production
- Food and public health
- Food’s role in memory and heritage, and more!