CfP: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference: Studies of Global Asias

Transforming Foreign Languages: Diversity and Innovation in the World of AI

The organizers encourage submissions for papers and panels guided by this theme for the 2025 edition of the KFLC. As always, though, we welcome all scholarly submissions relevant to the Studies of Global Asias. 

Hybrid Conference
Thursday, April 17th: virtual panels
Friday and Saturday, April 18th and 19th: in-person panels

*** Deadline for Abstract Submission: Wednesday, November 1st, 2024, 11:59 PM EST ***

Abstracts are invited in all areas and aspects of the Studies of Global Asias, including, but not limited to: 

• Challenges of defining diversity in Global Asias 
• Global health and Global Asias
• Class, gender, ethnicity/race 
• Colonialism and Diaspora 
• Memory, violence, and nation 
• Popular culture in global markets 
• Performance, agency, and identity 
• Ethics of literary-cultural studies 
• Classical literature; new readings 
• Media studies, music studies, film studies 
• Social movements – justice, citizenship, and resistance 
• The avant-garde – arts in contexts 
• Body, space, and the public sphere 
• The politics of writing – writing within/against culture 
• Theories and practices in the studies of Global Asias

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The KFLC has a tradition of attracting scholars from a broad range of languages and specializations. This year we particularly encourage submissions related to our theme—Transforming Foreign Languages: Diversity and Innovation in the World of AI—but, as always, we welcome all scholarly submissions relevant to our disciplinary tracks.

• Paper presentations are 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute question & answer session. In addition to individual abstracts for paper presentations, proposals for panels of 5 papers will be considered. 
• Individually submitted abstracts should be no more than 250 words. Participants should submit no more than one abstract as first author. 
• Panel proposals of 5 presentations should be submitted per the following instructions: 
• The panel organizer MUST electronically submit a panel proposal. The panel proposal cannot exceed one page in length and should include the theme of the panel, the organizer’s name and contact information, and the names, contact information and affiliations of the panel participants.
• Each participant MUST submit an individual abstract using our online system in addition to the panel proposal. Please indicate that your presentation is part of a pre-organized panel and list the title and organizer of the panel following the abstract.

A note on scheduling: All KFLC panels are scheduled between the hours of 9am and 6pm on the days of the conference. We cannot accommodate special scheduling requests, so presenters should be prepared to present during those times on the day or days of their chosen modality. The program will be published approximately one month in advance of the conference.

• Please visit our website for details pertaining to the track that interests you. Be sure that your paper or panel is prepared according to the track’s guidelines including, but not limited to, the format and the language of presentation. Acceptance of a paper or complete panel implies a commitment on the part of all participants to register and attend the conference. All presenters must pay the appropriate registration fee by Monday March 3rd, 2025 to be included in the program. Failure to pay by this deadline will result in the immediate removal of your abstract from the conference program. We will attempt to contact you before removing your presentation.
• For general information about the conference and paper presentation guidelines, and to submit abstracts and panel proposals BY NOVEMBER 1st, 2024, please visit our website: https://kflc.as.uky.edu/