Call for Lightning Talks and Posters

Please submit your proposal for a lightning talk (8 slides in 8 minutes) or poster for the Fifth Annual Meeting of the MLA Liberty Chapter to be held Oct. 9, 2025, from 9:30 am-4:00 pm at The Heldrich Hotel (10 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901). The meeting will be held in person and virtually.

• Think about items to share with colleagues around the meeting theme, "Keep Calm and Power On: Moving from Planning into Action."
• They can be research or project descriptions.
• Materials presented at other meetings will be considered.
• All project stages, from conceptual development to final results, are acceptable.
• Proposal abstracts should be 500 words or less. (Tips on writing a better abstract. Proposals will be judged using the MLA '25 Rubrics, p.8-15.)
• Slides of lightning talks and PDFs of posters will be available to the public unless you opt out. This will not affect acceptance decisions.
• Presenters must be registered for the conference and can present lightning talks in person or virtually. (Posters must be presented in person.)

• Timeline:
• • 8/17, deadline for submission 
  • 8/22, acceptance announced 
  • 10/2, submit final slides/poster PDF
  • 10/9, conference

Please reach out to us with any questions.

Regards,

Lightning Talk & Poster Subcommittee

Gary Kaplan (chair)

Jordan Correia

Manuel de la Cruz Gutierrez

Helen-Ann Brown Epstein

Lara Lasner Frater