Crossing Boundaries in Literature, Culture, and Theory

We invite paper proposals on crossing boundaries in literary studies, cultural studies, rhetoric and composition, film, creative writing, American studies, comparative literature, and other related fields. Specific topics for this symposium may include interpretation and adaption of medieval texts or concepts over time, the trans-locality of the Black Atlantic, approaches in science studies that cross lines between science and the humanities, challenges to perceived boundaries of gender and .. continue reading sexuality, and so forth. General topics include but are not limited to:Comparative literatureConcepts across time periods and/or disciplinesCritical Race TheoryDisability StudiesGender and Queer studiesGeneric experimentation and/or the avant-gardeInterdisciplinarityIntertextualityLiminality and/or alterityMedievalism and/or Neo-VictorianismMigration Studies, Diaspora Studies, and/or Border StudiesMisappropriationMultilingual literaturesReception, adaptation, remediation, and/or fandomTransgression and/or tabooTranslation StudiesTransnational literature and cultureVideo Game Studies and Media Studies