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Koritha Mitchell started the topic Mentoring at Midcareer in the forum
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoMentoring isn’t just for students. Great advice from Joycelyn Moody. Let’s keep the conversation going at #MLA15! http://bit.ly/1wPU6y9
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Koritha Mitchell started the topic Cash Bar in Vancouver?? in the forum
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoIs there one? Can’t find anything in the online program.
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Adam Yaghi replied to the topic 2015-1 MOTION coming up at the Delegate Assembly mtg in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoI add my voice in support of this timely motion. Thank you for taking the initiative.
adam
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic 2015-1 MOTION coming up at the Delegate Assembly mtg in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoPlease 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]
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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic Teaching the Memoir Session at MLA 2015 in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoAbstracts 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]
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James E. Dobson started the topic ANN: 2015 Futures of American Studies Institute: Questions Worth Asking in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDARTMOUTH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES A ONE WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE
THE FUTURES OF AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE: QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
MONDAY, JUNE 22 — SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
Director: Donald E. Pease (Dartmouth College)
Co-Directors: Colleen Boggs (Dartmouth College), Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Elizabeth Maddock Dillon (Northeastern U…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA 2015: Special Screening of In the Land of the Head Hunters (2014) in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA Vancouver, Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
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James E. Dobson started the topic ANN: 2015 Futures of American Studies Institute: Questions Worth Asking in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDARTMOUTH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES A ONE WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE
THE FUTURES OF AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE: QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
MONDAY, JUNE 22 — SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015Director: Donald E. Pease (Dartmouth College)
Co-Directors: Colleen Boggs (Dartmouth College), Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Elizabeth Maddock Dillon (Northeastern U…[Read more]
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Jessica Winston started the topic Teaching Literature Book Award in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoDear 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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Tana Jean Welch started the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 201 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoQuantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
Panel for ALA 2015 (Boston, May 21-24)How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science…[Read more]
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Jesse Goldberg started the topic CFP: Harlem Renaissance theater (SSAWW 2015) in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago2015 Society for the Study of American Women Writers Triennial Conference
Nov. 4-8, 2015
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProposed Panel: “Women Playwrights of the Harlem Renaissance”
Taking a cue from the conference theme, “Liminal Spaces, Hybrid Lives,” this panel asks how African American women playwrights worked out questions of liminal…[Read more]
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Jesse Goldberg started the topic CFP: Harlem Renaissance Drama (SSAWW 2015) in the forum
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2015 Society for the Study of American Women Writers Triennial Conference
Nov. 4-8, 2015
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProposed Panel: “Women Playwrights of the Harlem Renaissance”
Taking a cue from the conference theme, “Liminal Spaces, Hybrid Lives,” this panel asks how African American women playwrights worked…[Read more]
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Andre Carrington started the topic CFP: Queers & Comics Conference in the forum
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months agoView the complete detailed CFP at http://www.clags.org/queers-comics/call-for-proposals
Queers & Comics Conference – Presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Location: The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Date: May 7-8, 2015
Keynote Speakers: Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comics) and Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out F…[Read more] -
Jessica Winston started the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months agoDear 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]
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Aaron DeRosa started the topic CFP: Enduring Operations: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoCall for Papers: Upcoming Special Issue, Modern Fiction Studies
Enduring Operations: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Guest Editors: Aaron DeRosa and Stacey Peebles
Deadline for Submission: 1 February 2016
The Editors of MFS seek essays that focus on the fictional response to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The…[Read more]
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Aaron DeRosa started the topic CFP: Enduring Operations: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoCFP: Upcoming Special Issue, Modern Fiction Studies
Enduring Operations: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Guest Editors: Aaron DeRosa and Stacey Peebles
Deadline for Submission: 1 February 2016
The Editors of MFS seek essays that focus on the fictional response to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The consequences of the…[Read more]
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