Session 555. New Voices at the Intersection of Drama, Performance, and Age Studies

*Saturday, 5 January3:30-4:45 p.m., Columbian Meeting Room, Hyatt Regency HotelProgram arranged by the forums TC Age Studies and GS Drama and Performance

Presiding: Valerie Barnes Lipscomb, U of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee

1. “‘Growth Untried’: Dramatic Infan…[Read more]

Dear colleagues in Age Studies,

We are happy to announce that the joint international conference of the North American and European Networks in Aging Studies hosted by the Trent Center for Aging & Society in Peterborough, ON, is coming closer, and conference preparations are already in full swing!

And now, it’s time to add one of the most i…[Read more]

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<td>Age Studies, The Teaching of Literature…[Read more]

Organization:
Age Studies, The Teaching of Literature collaboration

Title of session:
Approaches to Teaching Age in Literature

Submission requirements:
300-word abstract, brief CV

Deadline for submissions:
10 March 2017

Description:
How and why do/should faculty incorporate age and/or aging into l…[Read more]

Organization: Age Studies and The Teaching of Literature collaboration
Title of session: Approaches to Teaching Age in Literature
Submission requirements: 300-word abstract, brief CV
Deadline for submissions: 10 March 2017
Description: How and why do/should faculty incorporate age and/or aging into literature courses? How does the current academic…[Read more]

We will be gathering at City Tap House, 2 Logan Square, after the last Age Studies session at the Convention Center.  This is a casual spot with drinks and a varied menu.  We’ll be there around 7, assuming that we head there after the session ends at 6:30.   If you’d like to get to know scholars working in Age Studies, you’re very welcome, wh…[Read more]

MLA Sessions Relevant to Age Studies

Note: All of the sessions below relate to the Presidential Theme, Boundary Conditions

Thursday 5 January

Session 9

“Reimagining Adolescence: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?”

12 noon-1:15 p.m.

102B, Pennsylvania Convention Center

Session 96

“Out of Narrative Bounds: Medical Humani…[Read more]

MLA Sessions Relevant to Age Studies

Note: All of the sessions below relate to the Presidential Theme, Boundary Conditions

Thursday 5 January

Session 9

“Reimagining Adolescence: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?”

12 noon-1:15 p.m.

102B, Pennsylvania Convention Center

Session 96

“Out of Narrative Bounds: Medica…[Read more]

MLA Sessions Relevant to Age Studies

Note: All of the sessions below relate to the Presidential Theme, Boundary Conditions

Thursday 5 January

Session 9

“Reimagining Adolescence: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?”

12 noon-1:15 p.m.

102B, Pennsylvania Convention Center

Session 96

“Out of Narrative Bounds: Medical Human…[Read more]

When the Age Studies Forum Executive Committee meets in January, we will consider possible nominees for the fall 2017 exec. committee election.  We nominate at least one candidate who has been suggested by the forum’s membership, unless there are too few suggestions. We encourage all of you to submit possible nominees, and self-nominations are en…[Read more]

CFP for Special Session to be proposed for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia:

Re-constituting, re-imagining, or re-negotiating adolescence in culture, memory, age studies, or literature. Abstracts by 7 March 2016; Nancy C. Backes (backesnc@gmail.com)

CFP for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia, for a non-guaranteed session proposed by the MLA Age Studies Forum:

The Boundaries of Literary Age Studies

What are/should be the parameters of age studies in literature? How should literary age studies intersect and interact with other age-focused disciplines? What are the unique contributions of literary age…[Read more]