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Jay Clayton deposited The Ridicule of Time: Science Fiction, Bioethics, and the Posthuman on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months ago
The article traces two phases of SF about human species change, the first in the 1940s and early 1950s, the so called “golden age” of SF. In this first phase the advent of the posthuman is brought on by eugenics or sudden mutations caused by fallout from nuclear war. It consists of well-known books by most of the leading authors of the period: C…[Read more]
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Peter M. Logan started the topic 2018 CFP: The Institutional History of Theory in the discussion
Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 9 years agoLiterary and Cultural Theory Group CFP
<b>The Institutional History of Theory</b>
Theory arose not just via ideas but through organizations, schools, institutes, and symposia. Papers on any aspect of this institutional history. Abstract and short CV by 1 March 2017; Peter M. Logan (peter.logan@temple.edu). -
Peter M. Logan started the topic 2018 CFP: The Book History of Theory in the discussion
Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 9 years agoLiterary and Cultural Theory Group CFP
<b>The Book History of Theory</b>
Theory arose not just via ideas but through publishing. Papers investigating presses, journals, book series, or other aspects of print history. Abstract and short CV by 1 March 2017; Jeffrey J. Williams (jwill@andrew.cmu.edu). -
Laura C. Mandell started the topic P4P Classes — Register Now! in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoProgramming for Humanists
A continuing education course and online webinar Offered by the
Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture – Texas A&M
UniversityRegistration is still possible!
Go to: Fall 2016 Programming4HUMansits Registration:Beginning Friday, September 2, 2016 – 9:0…[Read more]
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Laura C. Mandell started the topic Curious about Digital Humanities? in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoOur Digital Humanities Center at Texas A&M, the IDHMC, is offering an introductory course — four one-hour sessions; participation online. Here follows the flyer we sent out–please pass it on to anyone who might be interested. Thank you!
P4H: What is Digital Humanities?
An official course in the Programming 4 Humanists SeriesBeginning Friday, Au…[Read more]
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Laura C. Mandell started the topic Curious about Digital Humanities? in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoDo you have colleagues and students who are interested in DH and want an introduction to it? Our Digital Humanities Center at Texas A&M, the IDHMC, is offering an introductory course — four one-hour sessions; participation online. Here follows the flyer we sent out–please pass it on to anyone who might be interested. Thank you!
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Laura C. Mandell posted an update on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months ago
I just now published in MLA Commons a syllabus called, “Going Public: Bringing the Humanities Home.” It is a syllabus for faculty meetings, proposing that people from various humanities fields meet together in order to figure out what methodologies are common to humanities disciplines. The goal is twofold: to figure out ways to make those methods…[Read more]
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Laura C. Mandell deposited Going Public: Bringing the Humanities Home in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThis syllabus describes a group of meetings among faculty, proposing a sustained course of study in which we would ask:
1) Can humanities methods be made available to the public?
2) Do digital methodologies capture and operationalize humanities principles, advance humanistic methodologies, or impede humanities work? -
Laura C. Mandell deposited Going Public: Bringing the Humanities Home in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThis syllabus describes a group of meetings among faculty, proposing a sustained course of study in which we would ask:
1) Can humanities methods be made available to the public?
2) Do digital methodologies capture and operationalize humanities principles, advance humanistic methodologies, or impede humanities work? -
Laura C. Mandell deposited Going Public: Bringing the Humanities Home in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThis syllabus describes a group of meetings among faculty, proposing a sustained course of study in which we would ask:
1) Can humanities methods be made available to the public?
2) Do digital methodologies capture and operationalize humanities principles, advance humanistic methodologies, or impede humanities work? -
Laura C. Mandell deposited Going Public: Bringing the Humanities Home in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThis syllabus describes a group of meetings among faculty, proposing a sustained course of study in which we would ask:
1) Can humanities methods be made available to the public?
2) Do digital methodologies capture and operationalize humanities principles, advance humanistic methodologies, or impede humanities work? -
Laura C. Mandell deposited Going Public: Bringing the Humanities Home on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months ago
This syllabus describes a group of meetings among faculty, proposing a sustained course of study in which we would ask:
1) Can humanities methods be made available to the public?
2) Do digital methodologies capture and operationalize humanities principles, advance humanistic methodologies, or impede humanities work? -
Peter M. Logan deposited Introduction to Digital Research in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoSyllabus for beginning graduate students introducing them to the theory and methods of digital research in literary study by combining conceptual and critical reading with practical and critical writing assignments.
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Syllabus for beginning graduate students introducing them to the theory and methods of digital research in literary study by combining conceptual and critical reading with practical and critical writing assignments.
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Peter M. Logan deposited Let's Get Real: The Victorian Novel in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoSyllabus for an advanced graduate course on realism and the Victorian novel taught at Temple University in Fall 2015.
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Peter M. Logan deposited Let's Get Real: The Victorian Novel in the group
GS Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoSyllabus for an advanced graduate course on realism and the Victorian novel taught at Temple University in Fall 2015.
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Peter M. Logan deposited Let's Get Real: The Victorian Novel in the group
CLCS Romantic and 19th-Century on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoSyllabus for an advanced graduate course on realism and the Victorian novel taught at Temple University in Fall 2015.
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Syllabus for an advanced graduate course on realism and the Victorian novel taught at Temple University in Fall 2015.
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago
As many of you will have heard, Resolution 2014-1 got 60% of the votes cast but did not reach the minimum of 10% of the total membership required (by a recent rule) in order to be officially adopted. Thank you to all who voted. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd that to my mind gives a good sense of the meaning of the event:
Academics Vote for…[Read more]-
I’m among the 1500, but what worries me more than the opposition is the apathy of those who did not care to cast any vote. Not that we are much different here in Poland… Thank you for your post.
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