The Mountain Interstate Forum on Languages & Cultures Conference at Elon University

Elon University, Elon, North Carolina

Oct. 1-2, 2-26

Call for abstracts deadline is April 10, 2026.

This year’s central question is: How do we effectively leverage language, literature and culture as a proficiency-based system to lead students towards intercultural and global learning?

Papers in the following fields are also welcomed:

  • American Sign Language and Deaf Culture
  • Asian Studies
  • Classical Studies
  • Community-based Learning
  • English as Other Language
  • Film Studies
  • Francophone Studies
  • German Studies
  • Hispanic Studies
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Italian Studies
  • Jewish Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • Latin@/x/e Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Literature and the Arts
  • Luso-Brazilian Studies
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Language, Culture and Literature Pedagogy
  • Slavic Studies
  • Study Abroad
  • Translation and Interpretation
  • Women, Gender and Sexualities Studies

Submission Form:

  • Electronic submission of 250-word abstracts
  • Papers are limited to no more than 15-18 minutes (eight double-spaced pages)
  • Papers of authors in absentia will not be read
  • To propose a panel, please submit such on the Abstracts Submission Form
  • For accessibility purposes, it is preferable for papers to be delivered in English. If you choose to present in a language other than English, please note that your audience may be smaller.