About NeMLA

The Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) is a scholarly organization for professionals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other modern languages. Most members are professors and students at colleges and universities from New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and eastern Canada. The group was founded as the New York - Pennsylvania MLA in 1967 by William Wehmeyer of St. Bonaventure University and other MLA members interested in continuing scholarly discourse at annual conventions smaller than that hosted by the Modern Language Association. With F. M. Burelbach as the editor of its NEMLA Newsletter (later Modern Language Studies), Wehmeyer organized conferences in April, 1968 and in April, 1969 at St. Bonaventure. In 1969, the organization moved to wider regional membership, election of officers, formal affiliation with MLA, and adoption of its present name.