City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith

For this guaranteed session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention, we invite papers focusing on literatures of migration and spirituality. Given the convention’s location in Los Angeles, we especially welcome proposals that consider authors and texts with connections to LA and the city as a site of contact, dialogue, and religious syncretism.

Papers might consider, for example:

• Memoirs of migration in place and faith
• Religious affect in literatures of exile and precarity
• Indigenous survival and reemergent spiritual practices in and around LA
• Sacred spaces and urban geography

updated: 2026-01-23 deadline: 2026-03-16 event_date: “January 2027” location: “Los Angeles” organization: “TC Religion and Literature Forum / Modern Language Association” learn more