Below is a list of sessions organized by WCML as well as other feminist organizations and MLA committees. You can learn more about each organization by clicking on their name. Sessions marked with * are included as part of the MLA Presidential Theme, “Textual Transactions.”
- Cash Bar Arranged by the Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages, Feministas Unidas, Women in French, and Women in German
Friday, Jan 4 7:15-8:30pm / Grand Ballroom D South, Hyatt Regency
Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages
- *Harassment over Time: When #MeToo Becomes #MeThen and #MeAgain
Thursday, Jan 3 1:45-3:00pm / Roosevelt 3, Hyatt Regency - *Turning Gold into Straw: The Feminization of Contingent Labor
A collaborative session with Feministas Unidas
Saturday, Jan 5 1:45 3:00pm / Columbus CD, Hyatt Regency - *Alt-Ac: When Quit Lit Becomes (Positive) Chick Lit
Sunday, Jan 6 8:30-9:45 am / Michigan 3, Hyatt Regency
- Gender(s), Language, and Identities in Hispanic Studies
Friday, Jan 4 5:15-6:30 / Sheraton Ballroom I, Sheraton Grand
- *Radical Transactions: Teaching Women in French and the Twenty-First-Century Classroom
Thursday, Jan 3 3:30-4:45pm / Erie, Sheraton Grand - *Adaptations: Aesthetic, Textual, and Cultural Transactions in Contemporary Francophone Practices of Rewriting
Saturday, Jan 5 1:45–3:00pm / Missouri, Sheraton Grand
- Defining Bodies: Medical Discourses in German-Speaking Countries
Friday, 4 Jan 3:30-4:45pm / Michigan B, Sheraton Grand
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
- Supporting the Vulnerable: Responsibility and Academic Freedom
Thursday, Jan 3 12:00-1:15pm / New Orleans, Hyatt Regency - What is the Status of Women in the Profession?
Friday, Jan 4 5:15-6:30pm / Roosevelt 3, Hyatt Regency - Vulnerable Positions? Feminism and Contingent Labor
Sunday, Jan 6 8:30-9:45 / Randolph 3, Hyatt Regency