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Shiao-ling S. Yu replied to the topic LLC EAST ASIAN Panel Topic in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoDear Monica,
I would like to propose a topic “Border-Crossing: Uncle Tom in Japan and China” for your panel “Literature as Experience of Crossing Boundaries in East Asia.” Uncle Tom refers to the American novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which was adapted into plays three times: the first time in Japan and the next two times in China. All three…[Read more]
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Shiao-ling S. Yu replied to the topic LLC EAST ASIAN Panel Topic in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoDear Monica Dix,
I would be interested to propose a topic for your panel: “Border-Crossing: Uncle Tom in China.” Uncle Tom refers to the American novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which was adapted into plays in China three times during the past one hundred years.
Shiao-ling Yu
Oregon State University
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Charlotte Eubanks started the topic Soundscapes in Premodern Japan (CFP for MLA 2017) in the discussion
LLC Japanese to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoSoundscapes in Premodern Japan (guaranteed panel) CFP
How do sound imaginaries in literature (the racket of the street and the warbling of birds) represent space? Who hears, listens in, or overhears, and what power do they enjoy in this sonic culture? What constitutes a sacred sound or its profane or transgressive counterpart? What role is…[Read more]
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Christopher M. Lupke replied to the topic LLC EAST ASIAN Panel Topic in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoTo Monica and All —
This sounds great. Just to let you know, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese Forum will propose as our guaranteed session something like “Breaking Media Boundaries in Chinese Literature and Culture.” It looks like it will fit well with what your team is planning. We also selected it with the Presidential Theme of “Boundary…[Read more]
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Charlotte Eubanks started the topic Proposed Collaborative Session for MLA 2017 in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe Japan to 1900 group would like to propose a collaborative panel with the East Asia group, on the topic of
‘Sounding the Pre-Modern Sinosphere’
which would focus on Chinese-language compositions from across Asia (such as kanshi in Japan).
I’ll be interested in your thoughts, and will hope for a ‘go ahead’ from the leadership! đ
Charlotte…[Read more]
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Charlotte Eubanks replied to the topic LLC EAST ASIAN Panel Topic in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoSounds good, Monika! I’ll be interested to see what others post, but if you need someone to talk, I could do something on ‘sutras as a genre of world literature’ in the trans-Asian sphere.
Cheers,
Charlotte (Eubanks)
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Monika Dix started the topic LLC EAST ASIAN Panel Topic in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoI would like to propose the following panel for the 2017 MLA:
“Literature as the Experience of Crossing Boundaries in East Asia”
I am posting it to see if there is any interest from group members to present on this topic.
Monika Dix
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Monika Dix started the topic LLC East Asian Business Meeting Minutes in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoDear LLC East Asian Executive Committee Members,
On Saturday, January 9, 2016, the LLC EAST ASIAN forum had its business meeting at MLA. The meeting took place from 4:30-5:45pm in room 302 in the JW Marriott in Austin, TX. The following people attended: Ming-Bao Yue (Skype), Michael Emmerich (Skype), Rivi Handler-Spitz (Skype), Charlotte Eubanks,…[Read more]
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Charlotte Eubanks started the topic Panel Topics for MLA 2017 in the discussion
LLC Japanese to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe second item of business is organizing panel(s) for MLA 2017.
We get 1 guaranteed panel. Jayanthi (your current Secretary) and I (your current Chair) will organize a panel on
“Soundscapes in Pre-modern Japanese Literature.”
CFP to be circulated shortly. (NB: the Japan *from* 1900 forum is also doing their guaranteed panel on sound, and the…[Read more]
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Charlotte Eubanks started the topic Want to be on the executive committee? in the discussion
LLC Japanese to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoFor the first time in MLA history, pre-modern Japan has a designated âplace at the table.â Thanks, all, for your efforts to help make this vision a reality!
With MLA 2016 just over, it’s time to start preparing for MLA 2017, to be held in Philadelphia. We have a couple of items of business, one of which is to collect nominations (including sel…[Read more]
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Thomas Mazanec started the topic CFP: "Machine Translation Before 1800" (MLA 2017) in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years agoContributors are invited for a special session on âMachine Translation Before 1800â for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia (January 5â8, 2017).
Translation has usually been conceived as a relationship between individual persons or texts across languages. How does thinking in terms of systems, teams, and conditions instead of indiv…[Read more]
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Roberta Rosenberg started the topic CFP: MLA 2017 Session on "The 'Uses' of Literature" in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoMLA Executive Forum Session on The Teaching of Literature:
âThe âUsesâ of Literature”
The focus of this session will be to explore the âusesâ of literature and literary study from a wide variety of points of view. In her book The Uses of Literature (Blackwell, 2008), Rita Felski argues that âreflecting on why literature matters . . . allows us…[Read more]
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Helene Meyers deposited "Why Do Research?" in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoPMLA Forum piece that argues for the direct and indirect value of the scholarly enterprise to the sacred art of teaching.
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Julia V. Douthwaite deposited "Write YOUR Story" children's writing workshop in the news! in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoIn this free workshop, children and preteens (age 8-12) creatively explore and expand their sense of self by thinking and writing about their life – past, present, and future. Group activities, games, solitary writing, and illustrating provide for a fun and productive setting. Students will receive individual attention and gradually realize how…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic FYI: LLC Japan since 1900 meeting in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoHello everyone,
We are holding our first executive committee meeting on Skype this Friday at 2 p.m. PST. Please email me, your inaugural chair, at mso1@sfu.ca if youâd like to be patched in.
If you canât make it, please send us your ideas for
a) the one guaranteed panel our new forum gets, and
b) potential nominees for the executive com…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic FYI: Japan after 1900 info in the discussion
LLC Japanese to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years agoHello everyone,
We are holding our first executive committee meeting on Skype this Friday at 2 p.m. PST. Please email me, your inaugural chair, at mso1@sfu.ca if youâd like to be patched in.
If you canât make it, please send us your ideas for
a) the one guaranteed panel our new forum gets, and
b) potential nominees for the executive com…[Read more]
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Monika Dix started the topic LLC East Asian Business Meeting in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoOur LLC East Asian Business Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January 9, 2016 from 4:30-5:45pm in room 302 in the JW Marriott. (see below)
Please forward this info to your panelists and anyone else I might have missed from the list of officers.
Thanks and see you soon.Monika Dix
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Nicky Agate started the topic Items of Potential Interest in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoDear All,
Happy (almost) end of semester! I wanted to alert you to the many pedagogical materials and publications that have been shared with this forum by MLA members via CORE. (They are denoted by the “Deposits” box to the left of the group’s page.) I encourage you to read your colleagues’ work and even to share some of your own.
â Nicky Aga…[Read more]
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Lawrence M. Venuti started the topic Call for Papers: âTranslation and Ethnography: Reflexivity and Representation.â in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months ago29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies
Second Call for Papers (new deadline: January 29, 2016)
âTranslation and Ethnography: Reflexivity and Representationâ
University of Calgary (Alberta)
May 30 to June 1, 2016
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The 29th annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies is plea…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic New Japanese Forum created!! in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoHi everyone,
If you aren’t already a member, head on over to “LLC Japanese since 1900” and join. We are now official! Rosemary Feal informs us:
“I am pleased to inform you that the Executive Council, acting on the recommendation of the Program Committee, has approved the creation of the forum LLC Japanese since 1900.
The first official sessions…[Read more]
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