Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

In/hospitality and plague

In/hospitality and non-humans

In/hospitality and social consciousness

In/hospitality, cultural production and creativity

In/hospitable social justice

In/hospitality, technology, political management and community

Medical humanities in the era of in/hospitality

In/hospitality, social welfare and public safety

In/hospitality and bodies

In/hospitality and risk

Utopia, dystopia and the post-apocalyptic imagination

Ecology, illness and emotions

Disasters and unexpected visitors

Technologies and invaders

Proposals for papers in English or Mandarin Chinese are accepted. Proposals for three-person panels are also welcome. Please email proposals as MS Word (.docx) attachments before January 15, 2022. Proposals for single papers should be accompanied by an abstract (250 words) and a cover sheet including the presenter’s education and employment history, current institutional affiliation, brief list of representative works, and email address. Panel proposals should be accompanied by a panel abstract (under 250 words), an abstract (250 words) for each paper, and a cover sheet including the aforementioned information for each panelist. Please send your email as below:

Email: 2022eala@gmail.com

Subject line: Proposal for the Annual EALA Convention 2022

Mail address: Department of English, National Kaohsiung Normal University, No.116, Heping 1st Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City 80201, Taiwan(R.O.C.)

The conference committee will send out acceptance emails by the March 15, 2022. Accepted presenters must submit a full manuscript by October 15, 2022, and must become a member of EALA before the conference schedule is finalized. For membership application details, please see the EALA website: https://eala.org.tw/.

Important dates

Deadline for proposals: January 15, 2022

Acceptance emails sent by: March 15, 2022

Deadline for full manuscript: October 15, 2022

Deadline to join EALA: October 1, 2022

Conference date: October 29, 2022