78th Annual Convention
English Nineteenth-Century Panel
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Spokane, Washington
October 16-18, 2025
Abstract Deadline: April 1, 2025
The 2025 Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association welcomes abstracts related to English Nineteenth-Century Literature. Ranging from the Regency to the Victorian era, the Nineteenth Century was an eclectic time facing significant social, political, and economic changes. Considering this period of change (and perhaps even how our own time is one of change) we invite abstracts dealing with how 19th Century British Literature explored topics such as, but not limited to:
- Print culture, synchronic reading, and serialization
- Representations and critiques of Empire
- Class difference and social critique
- Science, faith, and the formation of new knowledge
- Imperial expansion and international relations
- Racial tensions and representations
- Social and gender roles and changes
- Life in the wake of the American and French revolutions
- Development and changes in genre, publication practices, and popular literature
- Environmental concerns
- Gender and sexuality
- The Reform Bill and other political changes
- Food, medicine, drugs, and addiction
- Crime, detection, and the development of the police force
- Violence, abuse, and repression
- Travel Writing and memoir
- Archive work and Digital Humanities
- The Romantic and the Gothic
All abstracts, whether fitting in one of these categories or not, will be considered. We invite abstracts from faculty members, graduate students, and independent scholars.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words and a brief bio to Dr. Michael P. Hatch, Arizona State University, at mphatch@asu.edu. For additional information about the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, the annual convention, membership, travel, hotel, and registration, please visit rmmla.org.
Panel Submissions:
If you would like to organize a panel with a common theme, please submit, in a single document, a title for and brief description of the panel and 3 or 4 abstracts (300 words) and bios for each presenter, and we should be able to accommodate multiple panels.
Link to the RMMLA CFP for all panels.