Congratulations to Mohamed Anis Ferchichi of the English department! Ferchichi’s panel, “Rethinking the Brain Novel: Towards Experimental Representations of Fictional Consciousness” was accepted for the Northeast Modern Language Association’s 53rd Annual Convention! The interdisciplinary panel investigates the ways in which pessimism was linked to the studies of mental and neural pathologies at the turn of the millennium, and invites proposals discussing philosophical, neurobiological, critical texts, and literary texts. To read more about Ferchichi’s panel and submit an abstract, check out the call for proposals here.

Abstracts are due by September 30, 2021. The conference will take place March 10-13, 2022 in Baltimore MD and feature Valeria Luiselli as the opening speaker and Judith Butler as the keynote.