The CELJ hosted and promoted events are posted below. Check this page regularly for updates.
The 2018 MLA Convention is located in New York, New York.
How to Get Published
Thursday, 4 January | 3:30-4:45 | Concourse E, Hilton
Presiding: Janine M. Utell, Widener University
Speakers: Michael Tavel Clarke, U of Calgary; Nora Gilbert, U of North Texas; Faye S. Halpern, U of Calgary; James Phelan, Ohio State U; Elsie Walker, U of Salisbury
Directed at graduate students and the recently hired, this session aims to demystify the process of publishing in scholarly journals. Experienced editors from an array of journals—ARIEL, Studies in the Novel, Narrative, and Literature/Film Quarterly—offer multiple perspectives.
Editing 101
Friday, 5 January | 3:30-4:45 | Nassau West, Hilton
Presiding: Gordon N. Hutner, U of Illinois, Urbana
Speakers: Gert Buelens, U of Ghent; Mark Drew, Gettysburg C; Nathan Grant, St. Louis U; Edward Jones, Oklahoma State U, Stillwater; Gary Totten, U of Nevada, Las Vegas
Those who take on the substantial work of journal editing have often received little or no training. This session brings together a varied group of experienced journal editors to offer editors new to their positions the opportunity to hear advice, raise questions, and share experiences. Panelists offer brief presentations (“What I Wish I Had Known”); the bulk of the session is open Q & A.
Editing Together
Saturday, 6 January | 12:00-1:15 | Concourse G, Hilton
Presiding: Susan Mary Griffin, U of Louisville
Speakers: Christopher Paul Bush, Northwestern U; Ama Codjoe, New York U; Debra Rae Cohen, U of South Carolina; Jessica Marion Modi, New York U; Robert Stecker, Central Michigan U; Susan Tomlinson, U of Massachusetts, Boston
For both scholarly and creative journals, coeditors and guest editors offer a commitment to cooperative work, divided workloads, and multiple sources of financial support. But such arrangements can make for complicated logistics. This discussion brings together a panel of speakers who are experienced in shared editorial work, providing a unique opportunity for open discussion of the advantages, practices, and problems entailed in such situations.
Sponsored by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals
Looking for mentoring in writing and publication?
Sign up for a one-on-one meeting with an experienced editor from journals such as Modernism/modernity, ARIEL, Comparative Literature Studies, and others to get advice on:
20-minute slots are available on January 5 from 9 to noon and January 6 from 11 to 2. All meetings are in the Hilton on Concourse F. To sign up, email Janine Utell, CELJ Mentoring Coordinator, at janine.utell@gmail.com.
The 2018 MLA Convention is located in New York, New York.
Friday, January 5, 2017
9:00–10:00
Debra Rae Cohen, Modernism/modernity
Thomas Beebee, Comparative Literature Studies
Marshall Brown, MLQ: A Journal of Literary History
Sheri Spaine Long, Hispania
10:00–11:00
Becky Byron, SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900
Susan Tomlinson, Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers
Michael Tavel Clarke, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature
11:00–12:00
Logan Browning, SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900
Elizabeth Wright, Bulletin of the Comediantes
Saturday, January 6, 2017
11:00–12:00
Faye Halpern, ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature
Thomas Beebee, Comparative Literature Studies
12:00–1:00
Gary Totten, MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
Arthur Kinney, English Literary Renaissance
Karen Pinkus, Diacritics
1:00–2:00
Carolyn Sorisio, College Literature
Sharon Weltman, Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film