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John Charles Hawley uploaded the file: CFP: Queer Theory in African Film and Fiction to
LLC African to 1990 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHow are African literatures and cultures mediating globalizing frameworks for gender and sexuality and shifting understandings of “queer”? From Woubi Cheri and Dakan, to Stories of Our Lives, African film has begun this conversation. From K. Sello Duiker, to Chinelo Okparanta and Diriye Osman, new voices have invited national debates on these top…[Read more]
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John Charles Hawley uploaded the file: CFP: Queer Theory in African Film and Fiction to
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHow are African literatures and cultures mediating globalizing frameworks for gender and sexuality and shifting understandings of “queer”? From Woubi Cheri and Dakan, to Stories of Our Lives, African film has begun this conversation. From K. Sello Duiker, to Chinelo Okparanta and Diriye Osman, new voices have invited national debates on these top…[Read more]
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Lucinda Newns started the topic Deadline Tomorrow: Postcolonial Studies Association Convention on Globalisation in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPostcolonial Studies Association Convention
School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London
18–20 September 2017Special Topic: Globalisation
Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Aamir Mufti (University of California, LA), Prof. Nandini Gooptu (University of Oxford), Dr. Sharae Deckard (University College Dublin)
A reminder that t…[Read more]
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Martin J. Ponce started the topic CFPs: MLA 2018, Race and Ethnicity Forum in the discussion
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoCarceral States of Exception and Insecurity
Critical, theoretical, cultural engagements with the prison, detention, punishment, and their representations. National, international, and/or comparative contexts. Brief CV & 300-word abstract by 13 March 2017; Ruby Tapia (rtapia@umich.edu).<hr />
Interdisciplinary Palestine
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Wendy Laura Belcher started the topic CFP (Conference): MLA 2018: Institutional Histories of African Literature panel in the discussion
African Literatures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<p style=”line-height: 19.8pt;”><span style=”font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ‘Arial’,sans-serif; color: #424242;”>The pre-1990 African literature forum of the Modern language Association is preparing to host a panel at the next MLA conference, in New York<span class=”apple-converted-space”> </span>on 4–7 January 2018.<span cla…[Read more]
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Samara Hayley Steele deposited The Reality Code: Interpreting Aggregate Larp Rules as Code that Runs on Humans in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoAggregate larp rules are a type of code that runs on humans. Code can be thought of as a linguistic form that is both declarative and imperative; it is both truth and command (Buswell 2009). In aggregate larp, elements of the game’s
diegesis are rendered codic, or playable, allowing players a degree of autonomy from game staff. Through the m…[Read more] -
Chandrima Chakraborty started the topic CFP: MLA 2018 Special Session– Partition and/in South Asian Diasporas in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPartition and/in South Asian Diasporas
Seeking papers for a special session on how the 1947 Partition of British India appears in, erupts, underwrites or disrupts diasporic cultural productions (film, fiction, poetry, painting, play). Please send 250-word abstracts by 20 March 2017; Chandrima Chakraborty (chandri@mcmaster.ca).
Thanks!
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Christopher Michaelson posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWith thanks to many MLA contributors for their suggestions, please check out (and continue to send ideas for) my living list of business stories, a.k.a. Capitalism Reading List! http://ethicalsystems.org/content/reading-succeed
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Christopher Michaelson posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWith thanks to many MLA contributors for their suggestions, please check out (and continue to send ideas for) my living list of business stories, a.k.a. Capitalism Reading List! http://ethicalsystems.org/content/reading-succeed
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Lucinda Newns started the topic CFP UPDATE: PSA Convention 2017 on GLOBALISATION – NEW KEYNOTES (Deadline: 2/28) in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPostcolonial Studies Association Convention
School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London (UK), 18–20 September 2017
We are pleased to announce that the 2017 PSA Convention will be held at the School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London, from 18th to 20th September 2017. Paper and panel proposals are invited fr…[Read more]
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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "The MLA and Anti-Oppression" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe DA votes against academic boycott were a reckoning for many. What are the prospects (if any) for continuing to advance the Palestinian call—and anti-oppression overall? 250-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Sean M. Kennedy (skennedy@gradcenter.cuny.edu).
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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "African-Asian Imaginaries and New/Old Imperialisms" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoGiven increasing Chinese investment across Africa in addition to longstanding South Asian-African connections, how does expressive culture from the south track or analyze these exchanges? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Neelofer Qadir (nqadir@english.umass.edu) and Sean M. Kennedy (skennedy@gradcenter.cuny.edu).
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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "African-Asian Imaginaries and New/Old Imperialisms" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoGiven increasing Chinese investment across Africa in addition to longstanding South Asian-African connections, how does expressive culture from the south track or analyze these exchanges? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Neelofer Qadir (nqadir@english.umass.edu) and Sean M. Kennedy (skennedy@gradcenter.cuny.edu).
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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "African-Asian Imaginaries and New/Old Imperialisms" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<b></b>Given increasing Chinese investment across Africa in addition to longstanding South Asian-African connections, how does expressive culture from the south track or analyze these exchanges? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Neelofer Qadir (nqadir@english.umass.edu) and Sean M. Kennedy…[Read more]
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Nicholas Rinehart deposited Native Sons; Or, How “Bigger” Was Born Again in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThis article reconsiders Richard Wright’s Native Son by comparing divergences between the published novel and an earlier typeset manuscript. It argues that such revisions render protagonist Bigger Thomas an icon of global class conflict rather than a national figure of racial tension. By revealing the continuities among critical essays that…[Read more]
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Judith Sierra-Rivera started the topic CFP (MLA 2018) Caribbean Space and Bodies at War in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoCFP (MLA 2018) Caribbean Space and Bodies at War
LLC Puerto RicanImperial frontier/zone; militarism/militarization of space; soldiers, veterans, military migrations, encounters with unforeseen “others”; censorship, persecution, political prisoners; pacifism, civil disobedience. 250-word abstract by 15 March 2017; Judith Sierra-Rivera (jus55@psu.edu).
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Hania Nashef deposited Demythologizing the Palestinian in Hany Abu-Assad’sOmarandParadise Now in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoIn the past, Palestinian cinema was dominated by a nationalist discourse revolving around refugee ideology, resulting from the trauma of the lost homeland. As the past is generally static, revisiting it became an exercise in nostalgia. The last decade, however, has seen the emergence of a number of transnational Palestinian films telling stories…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited HUMN 2439: Radical Political Thought (2017-01) in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. Readings will include selections from Kant,…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited ENGL 3384: Postcolonial Literature (2017-01) in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoSelected works from the literatures of former European colonies: African, Indian, Caribbean, Australian, Canadian, Latin American, etc.
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James Gifford deposited HUMN 2439: Radical Political Thought in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. Readings will include selections from Kant,…[Read more]
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