Call for papers for the LMMI’s 15th biennial international conference
The L.M. Montgomery Institute has issued a call for papers for its 15th biennial international conference, which will be held at the University of Prince Edward Island, June 22 to 26, 2022. The theme of the conference will be “L.M. Montgomery and Re-vision.”
The conference organizers invite proposals for research pertaining to L.M. Montgomery’s life, writings, and/or scholarship through the lens of “re-vision.” The theme plays off the “vision” theme of the 2020 L.M. Montgomery Institute conference, cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But it also stands on its own, speaking to the editing of literary works and to reinventions within Montgomery’s own life. “Re-vision” might also suggest proposals on translations, new editions, or literary, dramatic, cinematic, musical, or new media adaptations; revisionist scholarship or confronting orthodoxy; and/or seeing Montgomery’s work and life anew.
The conference theme might inspire papers that explore
• adaptations or revisions of Montgomery’s life and works on/in film, stage, art, new media, and beyond
• the art and artistry of the illustrators of Montgomery’s works
• re-seeing, revision, remembering, and nostalgia in Montgomery’s creative and/or autobiographical processes
• how Montgomery adapted her writing to changing environments
• revising genres (such as romance, pastoral, epic, or literature for children and young adults)
• telling and retelling, or rescripting master narratives
• metaphors of change and renewal in and around her work
Please submit 250- to 300-word proposals (individual paper or panel) and 100- to 150-word biographical statements by August 15, 2021. Individual paper and panel proposals are double-blind reviewed. Proposals for workshops, special exhibits, films, performances, or other visual displays are also welcomed. Proposals that view Montgomery’s life and art from different cultural and theoretical perspectives are also encouraged.
The conference is being planned as an in-person event on the UPEI campus in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, from June 22 to 26, 2022, but virtual presentations will be possible in some circumstances. Should travel still be restricted, an online or hybrid conference will be held. Updates will be provided as available.
For more information, including a link to the submission form, see the official call for papers on the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s website.
