The Graduate English Organization at the University of Maryland, College Park invites you to submit a proposal for their 18th annual conference: "Forward Moving/Moving Forward." 

UMBC alum, Harley Nguyen, is part of the organization committee for this exciting conference. Abstracts of 250-300 words should be submitted to englgeo@umd.edu by Friday, January 10, 2025. Talks should last approximately 15 minutes.

Potential presentation topics can focus on a wide range of issues including (but not limited to):

● Migration (forced or voluntary) 
● Walking, running, physical movement of bodies and/or objects
● Transitions and transitioning
● History, historical methods, and historiography
● Futurity and/or utopias
● Current global events
● Political, ideological, and/or thought movements
● Editing and translation
● Communication and rhetoric across time and space
● Stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and long-form journalism engaging these themes.