MCLLM 2017 - Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM)

The Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, & Media is an interdisciplinary conference focused on exploring the connections between all segments of the liberal arts, as seen in text, media, and communication. We invite contributions from all fields within the liberal arts who see the same sorts of fascinating connections that we do.
The 25th annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM) at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, is currently accepting proposals for 15-minute papers from individuals and panels. We are particularly interested in papers that explore this year's theme: Altered States, Times, Perspectives. Purposefully broad in scope, this theme offers researchers a chance to present argument-driven papers on topics such as (but not limited to):
Utopia/Dystopia
Time Travel
Space Travel
Travel Narratives ("road" movies, novels, etc.)
HIstorical change
Political change
Changes in an author's work (or changes in the notions of authorship)
Changes in critical framework
Minority approaches/voices
Changing conceptions (of gender, race, identity, class, time, etc.)
Loss, displacement, destruction
Gain, (re)placement, (re)construction