46th Cincinnati Conference
on Romance & Arabic Languages
& Literatures

April 3-4, 2026

The Cincinnati Conference on Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatures is the oldest graduate student-run conference in the United States. It has run uninterrupted since 1980 —with panels on all aspects of Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese languages and literatures.

This Edition’s Topics

Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit abstracts on all aspects of Romance and Arabic languages, literatures, and cultures. While we welcome submissions on any literary, cultural, or linguistic topics relevant to our fields, we especially encourage presentations or panels on the following themes for this edition of CCRALL:

While submissions on all relevant topics are welcome, we especially encourage papers, panels, and roundtables that engage with areas such as:
Literary traditions, comparative approaches, and cross-cultural dialogues
Translation studies, multilingualism, and language contact
Colonialism, postcolonialism, and decolonial perspectives
Migration, diaspora, and transnational cultural flows
Identity, memory, and belonging in literature and cultural practices
Global flows of language, literature, and culture
Language pedagogy, inclusive classrooms, and curriculum design
Visual culture, film, performance, and digital media
Gender, sexuality, and the body in cultural production
Environmental humanities, ecocriticism, and representations of place
Creative writing, experimental forms, and new modes of expression

Our Keynote Speakers

Kaouther Adimi; Writer, Playwright, and Screenwriter

Ann Dávila Cardinal; Author and Educator

Guidelines

We accept proposals in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian,
and Arabic. Abstracts should be a maximum of 250 words, explaining your thesis and potential
outcomes. Individual presentations are limited to 20 minutes. When completing the form, please ensure all prompts are filled out and indicate the category that best fits your paper.

If you are proposing a panel, follow the panel proposal instructions in the Google Form. Include
the title of your proposed panel, all the paper titles to be presented, their corresponding abstracts, and the names of all presenters involved. Each panel is limited to a maximum of four papers.

Please submit your proposals by Thursday, January 15th, 2026.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the call for papers.

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Our Board

Director

Dr. Siham Bouamer (she/her)
Director of Graduate Studies

Organizing Committee

Call for Papers

46th Cincinnati Conference on Romance & Arabic Languages & Literatures