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Kathryn D. Temple started the topic Exco Election: Temple in the discussion
Law as Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoDear Law and Humanities Colleagues,
I’m quite thrilled to have been nominated to the Exco this year and wanted to update you all a bit on my activities related to Law and the Humanities.
As some of you know, I’ve been publishing in this field since the early 90s. Currently I have essays forthcoming in ECTI (Wollstonecraft and legal subjectivity)…[Read more]
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Myrto Drizou started the topic CFP- Volume on Edith Wharton (Critical Insights-Salem Press) in the discussion
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoCall for Papers
Critical Insights
Edith Wharton
Please see below the call for essays for a forthcoming volume on Edith Wharton. The volume is part of the series Critical Insights (Salem Press) and will appear in fall 2017. More information can be found here:http://www.salempress.com/critical_insights.html
Following the guidelines for the…[Read more]
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Philip Smith started the topic CFP: The Novels of Elie Wiesel in the discussion
Jewish Cultural Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoCFP: The Novels of Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel has long been a pivotal figure in Holocaust discourse. His book Night was one of the earliest works by a survivor and continues to be a significant point of reference in Holocaust literature. He went on to become an incredibly prolific writer, working in a range of genres. His death in July 2016 invites…[Read more]
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Petar Penda deposited THE BALKAN HIGHER-EDUCATION EXPRESS in the group
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoBalkan universities are in a hurry to beat Oxbridge and Ivy League universities. But, from their dire straits, can Balkan teachers afford the train ticket to compare and contrast? Therefore, in this paper we will talk about the situation in the higher education system in the Former Yugoslav countries which has lost its vigour and rigour with the…[Read more]
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Peter Leman started the topic Special Issue CFP: "Law and Literature from the Global South" in the discussion
Law as Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoCall for Papers
The Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies
Spring 2018 Special Issue: Law and Literature from the Global South
Guest Editors: David Babcock (James Madison University) and Peter Leman (Brigham Young University)
Deadline for Submissions (approximately 4,000-5,000 words): December 20, 2016
Website: jcpcsonline.com
Cont…[Read more]
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Alison Booth deposited Responsible Parties in the group
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoFor an MLA panel, January 2016, this talk recalls the 2014 crisis at the University of Virginia about an alleged fraternity gang rape, discusses the policy on sexual assault that designates “responsible employees,” and proposes measures: change drinking laws; avoid segregating any space by identity; offer responsible parties. Humanities professors…[Read more]
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John MacKay deposited Christ Among the Herdsmen: From Refugee to Propagandist (1918-1922) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoVertov’s early years in film: the Kino-Nedelia newsreels, the work on the agitational trains, the anti-religious propaganda films.
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John MacKay deposited The Beating Pulse of Living Life: Musical, Futurist and Newsreel Matrices (1916-18) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoVertov in 1917, and an investigation of some of his shaping contexts: musical practice, Futurist poetry, early non-fiction filmmaking, and Marxism.
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John MacKay deposited Social Immortality: David Kaufman at the Psychoneurological Institute (1914-1916) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoDziga Vertov’s education during the early years of World War: his changing personal situation as a war refugee, the connections he made at the Institute, the ideas that exerted an influence.
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John MacKay deposited Province of Universality: Vertov before the War (1896-1914) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoOn Dziga Vertov’s early life and the city (Bialystok) and situations in which he grew up.
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Daniela Goldfine started the topic Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production in the discussion
Jewish American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoThe editors of a volume titled “Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production” invite proposals from potential contributors. The volume is planned for publication with Lexington Books as part of their Latin American Gender and Sexualities series edited by Carolina Rocha.
Essay proposals should explicitly address issues and…[Read more]
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Daniela Goldfine started the topic Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production in the discussion
Jewish Cultural Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoThe editors of a volume titled “Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production” invite proposals from potential contributors. The volume is planned for publication with Lexington Books as part of their Latin American Gender and Sexualities series edited by Carolina Rocha.
Essay proposals should explicitly address issues and…[Read more]
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Carrie Johnston started the topic CFP: Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West in the discussion
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months ago(Apologies for cross-posting)
CFP – Studies in the NovelSpecial Issue: “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West”
Deadline for submissions: 9/1/2016
Studies in the Novel is currently seeking submissions for a special issue on “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West,” guest edited by Sigrid Anderson Cord…[Read more] -
Sonia Nora Feder-Lewis deposited Leadership in Literature Course Syllabus in the group
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoThis course, designed for a graduate program in education which focuses on leadership, explores works of literature that have had a significant cultural impact and shaped ways in which societies view social issues from the perspective of how leadership is enacted within the texts. For students from disciplines outside of literature studies, this…[Read more]
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Melissa J. Ganz started the topic CFP: Law and the Humanities Forum Panels at MLA 2017 in the discussion
Law as Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoDear all,
Please consider submitting a proposal for one of the panels that the Law and the Humanities Forum is sponsoring at MLA 2017. We are organizing one guaranteed session and two special (non-guaranteed) sessions this year:
1. Object Lessons in Personhood (Guaranteed Session)
10-minute papers on a single “thing.” How do theoretical issue…[Read more] -
Saul Noam Zaritt started the topic Second Annual Call for Submissions: In geveb, A Journal of Yiddish Studies in the discussion
Jewish American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoIn geveb is pleased to announce its Second Annual Call for Submissions for our Fall 2016 publishing cycle.
In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of Yiddish cultural life.
In geveb began…[Read more]
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Saul Noam Zaritt started the topic Second Annual Call for Submissions—In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies in the discussion
Jewish Cultural Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoIn geveb is pleased to announce its Second Annual Call for Submissions for our Fall 2016 publishing cycle.
In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of Yiddish cultural life.
In geveb began…[Read more]
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Roberta Rosenberg started the topic CFP: Deadline February 15th: MLA Teaching Options in Jewish American Literature in the discussion
Jewish American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoMLA Call For Proposals:
Options for Teaching Jewish American Literature
Essay proposals are invited for a volume in the MLA’s Options for Teaching series entitled Teaching Jewish American Literature, to be edited by Roberta Rosenberg and Rachel Rubinstein. The purposes of this volume are to create important links between the innovative s…[Read more]
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Melissa J. Ganz started the topic CFP: Legal History Graduate Student Conference, Brown University (2/29/2016) in the discussion
Law as Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoCALL FOR PAPERS
Legal History Graduate Student Conference
Hosted by the Law and Humanities Graduate Study Group at Brown UniversitySaturday April 23rd, 2016
at Brown University, Providence, Rhode IslandDeadline for submission: February 29th, 2016
Acceptance notification: March 7th, 2016The Law and Humanities Graduate Study Group at Brown…[Read more]
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