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Submit an abstract to be considered for the next MLA convention, so that Modern Greek Studies and Greek Literature/Culture are represented in San Francisco in 2023. Below, you will find the two prospective panels:</div>
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<div><b><u>Post-Byzantine Literary Traditions in the Mediterranean</u></b></div>
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<div>Little attention has been given to Byzantine Empire's influence on modern literature. This panel invites abstracts that discuss sedimentations of Byzantium in the Mediterranean region. Submit abstracts (200-250 words) to Maria Hadjipolycarpou at mhadjipo@illinois.edu</div>
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<div><u style="">Deadline for submissions</u><b>:</b> Monday, 21 March 2022</div>
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<div><b><u>Modern Greek-Life Writing</u></b></div>
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<div>This panel invites abstracts on modern Greek life-writing, exploring auto/biographies that weave politics and history. Abstracts on authors of the diaspora are welcome. Send 200-250 word abstracts to Dionysia Eirini Kotsovili dionysia_eirini_kotsovili@sfu.ca.</div>
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<div><u style="">Deadline for submissions: </u>Monday, 14 March 2022</div>
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