PAMLA 2026 Panel CFP: Voices of Palestinian Liberation (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 123rd Annual Conference)
Seattle, WA, USA
Organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Event: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 123rd Annual Conference
VOICES OF PALESTINIAN LIBERATION
PAMLA Conference
10-15 November 2026 in Seattle, California
Session Format: Panel of 3-4 presenters, 15-20 minutes each and a 30-minute group Q&A afterward
This panel centers the literary and artistic expressions of Palestinians by exploring how writers, artists, journalists, historians, and activists navigate themes of abject loss, violence, and trauma; the aim is to offer a multifaceted perspective on the Palestinian experience, one that transcends problematically uncomplicated narratives and foregrounds the power of language and media in shaping identity, fostering solidarity, and demanding justice.
We especially welcome papers and presentations that consider any of the following:
· apartheid, settler-colonialism, resistance to occupation, and the right to self-determination
· displacement, exile, and diaspora
· war, violence, suffering, and trauma
· propaganda, media bias, Islamophobia, and anti-Arab narratives
· cultural identity, collective memory, belonging, and concepts of home
· anticolonialism, systemic decolonialization and decolonizing of the self
· indigeneity and the landback movement
· environmental humanities and ecocriticism
· cross-cultural and interfaith solidarity and allyship
· hope, healing, activism, peace, and reconciliation
We are also interested in work that considers in some direct way the conference theme of “Our Ruling Classes: Culture, Power, Conflict.” Primary texts for analysis may include but are not limited to Palestinian poetry, literature, oral histories and stories, film, television, music, photography, art, popular culture, social media, prose, and critical scholarship.
To submit a proposal by May 25, 2026, please use the PAMLA portal: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com
For general inquiries, you may email Lauren Bond at bondlaurenkelley@gmail.com and Kat Abdallah at kat.abdallah@okstate.edu.
We look forward to your submissions! Thank you.
https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/CFP
Lauren Bond