• 58th Western Literature Association Conference

Hope in a Hogan © Ryan Singer, 2022

Speculative Territorializations of New West Literatures

Tucson, Arizona | El Conquistador Hilton Resort

October 2–5, 2024

As president of the Western Literature Association for 2024, I am thrilled to announce that the WLA Conference for next year will take place from October 2–5 in Tucson, Arizona. Situated on ancestral Tohono O'odham lands known as Cuk-Ṣon and nicknamed "the Old Pueblo" by subsequent settlers, we were able to secure the Hilton El Conquistador Tucson Resort as our conference venue. Located in the Sonoran Desert in the foothills of the spectacular Santa Catalina Mountains, this site amplifies any perceptions inspired by these layered geographic and spatial significations. Such associations speak to the meaning and status of the American West and its dynamic (re)inscription through the storytelling processes of writing, art, filmmaking, performativity, and song. As a means of synthesizing such qualities and ideas, this conference will be focused on the theme of Speculative Territorializations of New Western Literatures. The theme is offered to stimulate thought-provoking discussions and the exploration of new insights arising from the physical and mythic landscapes of the American West, including Pacific Island borderlands, reaching beyond Jean-François Lyotard's conception of the West Coast as "Pacific wall." [End Page 405]

Organized around this inclusive and expansive subject, the 2024 conference aims to inspire fresh intellectual and artistic engagement with a range of relevant texts, while extending ongoing experimentations in western literature and transcending the boundaries of literary genres and temporal contexts. This theme also seeks to provide a fertile ground for playful intellectual inquiry, reflecting the vibrant enthusiasm for diverse and forward-thinking speculative futures and artistic forms, which are central to current discussions about the West and the direction of western literature, art, film, and popular culture.

WLA 2024 President Billy J. Stratton

For more information see www.westernlit.org/wla-conference-2024. [End Page 406]

• 第58届西方文学协会会议

霍根的希望© Ryan Singer, 2022

新西方文学的思辨地域化

亚利桑那州图森 |征服者希尔顿度假村

2024 年 10 月 2 日至 5 日

作为 2024 年西方文学协会主席，我很高兴地宣布明年的 WLA 会议将于 10 月 2 日至 5 日在亚利桑那州图森举行。位于 Tohono O'odham 祖传土地上，被称为 Cuk-Ṣon，并被后来的定居者昵称为“老普韦布洛”，我们能够确保图森征服者希尔顿度假村作为我们的会议场地。该地点位于壮观的圣卡塔利娜山脉山麓的索诺兰沙漠中，放大了受这些分层地理和空间意义启发的任何感知。这些关联讲述了美国西部的意义和地位，以及它通过写作、艺术、电影制作、表演和歌曲的讲故事过程的动态（重新）铭刻。作为综合这些品质和思想的一种手段，本次会议的主题将集中在“西方新文学的思辨领域化”。该主题旨在激发发人深省的讨论和对美国西部自然景观和神话景观（包括太平洋岛屿边境地区）的新见解的探索，超越让-弗朗索瓦·利奥塔将西海岸视为“太平洋墙”的概念。[完第405页]

2024 年会议围绕这一包容性和广泛性的主题举办，旨在激发对一系列相关文本的新知识和艺术参与，同时扩展西方文学正在进行的实验，超越文学流派和时间背景的界限。这一主题还旨在为有趣的知识探究提供肥沃的土壤，反映对多样化和前瞻性的思辨未来和艺术形式的充满活力的热情，这些是当前关于西方以及西方文学、艺术、电影、和流行文化。

WLA 2024 主席比利·J·斯特拉顿

欲了解更多信息，请参阅 www.westernlit.org/wla-conference-2024。[完第406页]