Deadline for Submissions: March 21, 2026

Organizer: Dr. Amit Ray/Rochester Institute of Technology

Contact: axrgsl at rit dot edu

This panel explores capitalism’s role in accelerating human extinction. How do late-stage economic systems shape ecological collapse, biopolitical abandonment, and end-times subjectivity? We welcome interdisciplinary work confronting survival, disposability, and the limits of the human. If accepted, this Special Session panel will convene during the 2027 Modern Language Association Conference in Los Angeles, January 7-10, 2027. Please send an abstract of 200-400 words to Dr. Amit Ray at axrgsl at rit dot edu no later than March 21, 2026.