Mahan Ellison

I am very happy to share that today is the official publication date for my book Africa in the Contemporary Spanish Novel, 1990-2010. Available from Lexington Books with a coupon code in the attached images. rowman.com/ISBN/978179360…

Come join the Global Hispanophone forum in LA at the 2027 MLA Conference. #cfp #mla

Very sad news. Donato Ndongo, Equatorial Guinea’s most significant living writer, exiled in Spain for decades, is due to be evicted from his home next Monday. For those able to assist, a fund has been set up (details within the article). eldiario.es/murcia/socieda…

NUEVO NUMERO. Revista Huellas: Spanish Journal on Slavery, Colonialism, Resistances and Legacies. Con dossier titulado “Las paradojas de la descolonización. Museos y colecciones frente a la colonialidad”, ensayos y reseñas. Disponible en la página web: turia.uv.es/index.php/hu...

CONVOCATORIA: hasta el 3 de junio La Revista Investigaçoes amplia plazo para recibir manuscritos para su número monográfico. Se solicitan artículos en portugués, español, francés o inglés; pasarán por revisión externa. Deposítenlos en la página web: (periodicos.ufpe.br/.../inde.../...).

PRESENTACION DE LIBRO (abierta al público): 16 de abril @10 horas (hora de Nueva York). Ana León Távora y Rosalía Cornejo Parriego (eds.). Colonialist Gazes and Counternarratives of Blackness (Routledge, 2024). Enlace para la sesión: adelphiuniversity.zoom.us/j/94081046190

CFP (and future publication). Please send your proposals by Wednesday, March 26.

Call for Papers! Join us at #MLA2026 in Toronto for the session Republican Radical Poethics in Exile. We seek papers on exile, radical poethics, and literary resistance. Submit your proposal (500–700 words) by March 25 to fran.cantero@rutgers.edu #CFP Modern Language Association

MESA REDONDA HOY: La Revista Peripherica les invita a la presentación del próximo número monográfico, "Conversations with Hispanophone Africa and the Maghreb" coordinado por Benita Sampedro y Adolfo Campoy Cubillo. Enlace de Zoom:  uoregon.zoom.us/j/97899957474?…

Join us in Toronto, in January 2026, for one of these exciting panels at the MLA Conference. Please do send us your proposals before March 20th.

More great conversations organized by the Global Hispanophone forum of the MLA. Happening at #mla25!

I'm looking forward to some great conversations at #mla25 this January.

New article! / ¡nuevo artículo! I have a new article that's just been published in the Journal of the African Literature Association: "Somewhere between the Nahḍa and the Nadal: toward a rhizomatic cartography of Hispanophone Moroccan literature." doi.org/10.1080/216747…

Don't forget to submit your abstract by June 28th to attend MIFLC 2024 at ETSU in Johnson City this fall, November 7-9! etsu.edu/cas/litlang/mi… The conference is open to faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars. We can't wait to see you there!!!

Join me on April 25 for a roundtable with Agnès Essonti and Rubén Bermúdez as my special guests. #Artivismo

Submit your abstract by April 5th to attend MIFLC 2024 at ETSU in Johnson City this fall, November 7-9! The conference is open to faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars. We can't wait to see you there!!! 🤩🤩 etsu.edu/cas/litlang/mi…

¡MLA 2025!!!!! Si desean viajar a Nueva Orleans el próximo mes de enero, vean esta convocatoria. ¡Esperamos sus propuestas para el día 15 de marzo sin falta!

"Historias: The Spanish History Podcast" dedicates two episodes to the Spanish colonial presence in Africa and to Equatorial Guinea! Listen to us here on this link: historiaspodcast.org/2023/10/09/equ…

Discovering new bookstores and buying books is probably my favorite part of being in Madrid.

My article "Sex, Identity, and Narration in the Equatoguinean Diaspora" was recently published in the volume "Twenty-First Century Arab and African Diasporas in Spain, Portugal and Latin America," edited by Cristián Ricci and published by Routledge. taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

This was a wonderful event highlighting all the amazing research and grants that my colleagues @FurmanU are working on. I'm honored to be a small part of this celebration!