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title: 'Program Committee'
date: '2011-09-23T16:31:57-04:00'
permalink: /program-committee/
tags:
    - conferences
    - mla
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I’ve spent the last two days in a meeting of the MLA Program Committee, thinking about, among other issues, the future shape of the convention — the new kinds of sessions we want to encourage; the new kinds of issues we want to take on. We’ve got some exciting plans in formation, but I’m curious about your convention experiences: what are the best sessions you’ve attended that **didn’t** use the standard paper-reading format?