Introduction
The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics at UIC organizes the annual In/Between Conference in an effort to initiate conversations about issues of interest to us as humanists, to share our current research, and to foster a sense of shared intellectual community. The 2026 conference will be held on February 26-27 in University Hall 1501 and 1750. The theme for the 2026 conference is Multilingualism.
In/Between 2026: February 26 and 27
All panels will take place in 1501 University Hall unless otherwise noted.
A Toast to Research
February 27, 4:00-5:15 in UH 1501
FACULTY BOOK SHOWCASE
Krishni Burns (Classics and Mediterranean Studies): Bringing their Mother Home: Roman Multiculturalism and the Mother of the Gods (U of Michigan Press, 2025)
Young Kim (Classics and Mediterranean Studies): Reimagining Classics, the Classroom, and Community with Luis Alfaro, edited by Young Richard Kim (Routledge, 2026).
3-MINUTE DISSERTATION PRESENTATIONS
Patrick Cook-White (Germanic Studies): “The Economic Functions of the Literary Gypsy”
Karina Duncker–Hoffmann (Germanic Studies): “Managing Feelings: Emotional Labor and the Hausfreund in Nineteenth-Century Realism”
Erin Ritchie (Germanic Studies): “Corporeal Excess: The Minor Agencies of Non-Normative Bodies”
Charlie Smith (Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies): “The Socialist-Surrealism of Andrei Platonov”
Anna Torres Mallma (Hispanic and Italian Studies): “Tracing Dystopian Walking in Contemporary Latin American Narratives”
Jess Ward (Hispanic and Italian Studies): “Third Language Acquisition in Heritage Speakers Across Morphosyntactic and Phonological Domains”