Dear colleagues,

The volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno is now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught Unamuno’s works (from any academic or theoretical perspective) are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about their experiences.…[Read more]

CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL “MARIANO MELGAR, 200 AÑOS: POESÍA E INDEPENDENCIA” Arequipa, Peru, agosto de 2015

PRIMERA CIRCULAR

(para los interesados en Mariano Melgar, el bicentenario de las independencias y el romanticismo en general)

La Asociación Internacional de Peruanistas (AIP), la Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana (RCLL), el Muni…[Read more]

I have just started a group on teaching Chinese language and linguistics. If anyone is interested, please join the group and we’ll discuss aspects of our experiences as teachers and students of Chinese. I look forward to hearing from many of you!

Dear Members of the Teaching as a Profession group,

Please consider submitting an abstract for our special session, “Teaching Memory Studies.” Here’s the full CFP:

Teaching Memory Studies

Integrating studies of memory and literature: e.g. memory as metaphor, personal or collective practice, neuroscience, narrative hindsight, cinematic flash…[Read more]

<br clear=”all” />Call for Papers:  “Mobility and Migrations:  movements of people and capital in 18th and 19th century Spanish worlds”

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CFP – MLA 2016

“Miguel de Unamuno’s Literary Legacy”

This panel seeks innovative approaches to the contemporary reception and/or influence of
Unamuno’s works, particularly his fiction.

250-word abstract and CV by 10 March 2015 – lacastro@ufl.edu

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Please consider attending the Delegate Assembly in order to support this MOTION:

Motion 2015-1:
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern Languages
Supporting materials: Click here to see the information provided by the proposers.

Whereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF)…[Read more]

Abstracts below:

Friday, 9 January

Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir

10:15–11:30 a.m., West 210, VCC West

Program arranged by the Community College Humanities Association

Presiding: Stacey Lee Donohue, Central Oregon Community Coll.

“Photo-graphics: Mediating Memory in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home,” David Bahr, Borough of Man…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues:

The faculty in the Ph.D. program in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University invites nominations for the Teaching Literature Book Award. This new, nationally-juried prize seeks to encourage and recognize excellence in teaching by honoring every other year a book-length work on teaching literature at the…[Read more]

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TÍTULO DE LA CONFERENCIA:

CUERPO, MEMORIA Y TRAUMA

Viernes 6 de Marzo – Sá…[Read more]

 
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning  as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
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When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

“the work of the classroom [becomes] a site for…[Read more]

46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015
Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015
Host institution: Ryerson University
Panel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 Classrooms

This panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional

The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool for L2…[Read more]

46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015

Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015

Host institution: Ryerson University

Panel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 Classrooms

This panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional

The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool for…[Read more]

Dear Forum Members,

About a year ago, one forum member raised a question about preparing graduate students for positions with 4-4 teaching loads. Given this question, I wanted to draw your attention to the Idaho State University Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English, which is program that aims to prepare students for these types of jobs.…[Read more]