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Jeffrey Cohen changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 11 years ago
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Jeffrey Cohen started the topic AAASS World Congress 1985 in the forum Electronic Literature Directory: Collaborative Knowledge Management for the Literary Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years ago
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities gets to offer its first session(s) at #MLA16 in Austin. Keeping in mind our broad historical, geographical and thematic reach — as well as our other kinds of diversity — what would you like to see?
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen started the topic MLA Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities Forum Happy Hour in the forum
2015 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoPlease join the newly formed MLA Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities Forum for our inaugural event: a happy hour with cash bar that that is also an informal brainstorming session and a chance to enjoy some good company. We will rendezvous Friday January 9 at 5 PM at Shebeen (210 Carrall St in Vancouver’s Gastown, not far from the c…[Read more]
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Margaret W. Ferguson started the topic Upcoming opportunities to discuss the CCSSI: 2015 Convention, New DA Committee in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months agoConvention Sessions and President’s Column
As many of you know, I focused on the Common Core Standards Initiative in my recent column.
Members of this group may also be interested in the following sessions at the 2015 convention in Vancouver:
Session 160: The End of Remediation?
Thursday, 8 January, 7:00–8:15 p.m., 224, VCC West
Program a…[Read more]
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A. E. B. Coldiron replied to the topic Books on History of Translation. in the forum
Translation on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months agoHi, Prithviraj,
Agreed with the excellent suggestions in previous posts; and it is a huge topic. See also the just-released 2nd ed of Douglas Robinson’s anthology of texts (Western Translation Theory from Herodotus to Nietzsche; Routledge). At the risk of self-reference, I’d like to mention to a resource coming out soon that might prove helpful,…[Read more]
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Andrew Keener posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago
Reading Jonson, Chapman, & Marston’s “Eastward Hoe”
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Steven Roger Mentz replied to the topic Recent Scholarship regarding Robert Greene in the forum
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months agoKristen beat me to suggesting the Melinkoff/Gieskes volume, which is really the place to start, especially their excellent “Recent Studies” chapter. Many of the contributors to that volume also have larger projects that consider Greene, including me, Lori Newcomb, Rob Maslen, and Katharine Wilson. Kristen is right also about the University Wits…[Read more]
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Phillip Usher changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months ago
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Margaret W. Ferguson replied to the topic narrative complexity in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoProfessor J. Hillis Miller sent me the comment for posting on this thread; it’s a response to the comments by Mike Holquist and me on teaching “complexity” in a work of literature. Since “complexity” is stressed but not very precisely defined in the CCSS English Language Arts document, we are hoping to prepare a statement from the MLA on what…[Read more]
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Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoComment from J. Hillis Miller for “Narrative Complexity” thread
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John Garrison's profile was updated on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months ago
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 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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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Thank you to everyone who voted on resolution 2014-1. As you will have heard, the resolution got 60% of the votes in its favor but did not pass because it did not reach the minimum of 10% of the membership required (by a recent rule). This still counts as a major victory. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd:
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Prove participatory citizenship is still alive! Vote on the MLA resolution! Last 8 hours!
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