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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Global Shakespeares in World Markets and Archives: An Introduction to the Special Issue in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoShakespeare is a local force to be reckoned with in the global marketplace and in digital and analog archives of collective memory. With the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth in 2014 and quatercentenary in 2016, there are several high-profile instances of global Shakespeare being tapped for its market value. The exchange value of…[Read more]
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas posted an update in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoCall for articles. Spectral Mexico: https://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/call-for-articles-spectral-mexico-3/
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Charles Gleek deposited Of Unfettered Light and Limitless Energy: An Ecocritical Reading of Gregory Crewdson’s “Beneath the Roses” in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoGregory Crewdson’s cinematic, tableaux photographs often depict an anonymous, banal, and tension-filled life in suburban and rural communities. Working as a self-described American realist and strongly influenced by a tradition of American vernacular artists, including work by Arbus, Eggleson, Friedlander, and Hopper, Crewdson actively seeks to c…[Read more]
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Lidiana de Moraes started the topic CFP – University of Miami – MLL Graduate Student Conference 2018 in the discussion
Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoGood afternoon,
I would like to invite graduate students to submit papers for the upcoming Modern Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Conference, at the University of Miami. The theme of our conference is: Lands of Freedom? Oppressions, Subversions, and Pursuits of Justice in a Changing World. The presentations will be held on February…[Read more]
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Judy Bertonazzi deposited Fleur Pillager, Midewewinini: Food as the Source of Female Power in Louise Erdrich’s Novel Tracks in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoFrom the original paper presentation: In this paper I discuss the figurative language used in Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks with a particular focus on the figures and symbols associated with food and food practices. This paper performs a textual analysis of figurative language and symbols and the themes of food and food practices to reveal the…[Read more]
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Judy Bertonazzi deposited The Subaltern and Familial Ghosts: Impossible Representations in The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts and Beloved in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThis paper discusses the relationships made between ghost figures and their living relatives within Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts and Toni Morrison’s Beloved. In this paper I argue that a specific female identity and agency is represented in these texts through figurative language and symbolization of…[Read more]
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Miriam S. Gogol posted an update in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDear members of the Philosophy and Literature group, for your consideration:
Call for Papers
The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, CA on May 24-27, 2018.Panel One: Open Topic
Papers are invited on any topic concerning…[Read more] -
Miriam S. Gogol posted an update in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDear Members of Literary and Cultural Theory, for your consideration:
Call for Papers
The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, CA on May 24-27, 2018.Panel One: Open Topic
Papers are invited on any topic concerning…[Read more] -
Martin Paul Eve deposited The Great Automatic Grammatizator: writing, labour, computers in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoWhat does it mean when we say that computers can ‘write’ and how are recent developments in neural networks and machine learning changing this capacity? This article examines the long-standing literary fear of authorship being replaced by machines while also interrogating the labour and credit implications that sit behind widely used str…[Read more]
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Martin Paul Eve deposited The Great Automatic Grammatizator: writing, labour, computers in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoWhat does it mean when we say that computers can ‘write’ and how are recent developments in neural networks and machine learning changing this capacity? This article examines the long-standing literary fear of authorship being replaced by machines while also interrogating the labour and credit implications that sit behind widely used str…[Read more]
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Martin Paul Eve deposited Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers? in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago“Predatory publishing” refers to conditions under which gold open-access academic publishers claim to conduct peer review and charge for their publishing services but do not, in fact, actually perform such reviews. Most prominently exposed in recent years by Jeffrey Beall, the phenomenon garners much media attention. In this article, we ack…[Read more]
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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Lit in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoWe invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript submission is 15 September 2018.
The detailed CFP and further Special Issue…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) on "Environment, Ecology, Clim in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoWe invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript submission is 15 September 2018.
The detailed CFP and further Special Issue…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi posted an update in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoCFP: Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) on “Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature”
We invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript sub…[Read more]
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Alex Feldman posted an update in the group
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoExecutive Committee Candidacy
Dear all,
I am writing to introduce myself as a candidate/ nominee for the upcoming Executive Committee elections. I am a Lecturer and Fellow (Asst. Prof.) in the English Department at the University of Haifa, specialising in Modern British, American and European drama, with a particular focus on the representation…[Read more] -
Heather I. Sullivan posted an update in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoI’m delighted to be a candidate for the Science and literature Group in the upcoming MLA Executive Committee Elections! My current work in the environmental humanities, the “DARK GREEN,” builds on interdisciplinary discussions of literature (English- and German-language) and ecological science. I’ve worked on such projects my entire career,…[Read more]
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Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] - Load More
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