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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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Heidi Bostic deposited The Humanities Must Engage Global Grand Challenges in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoThe humanities must work together with STEM if we are to succeed in articulating relevant, historically informed, and culturally nuanced responses to grand challenges.
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia: Arabic in Europe (dealine: March 20, 2016) in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoFrom: Samer Ali <samerali@umich.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:34 PM
Subject: CFP for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia: Arabic in EuropeCall for Papers — Please Distribute Widely
MLA Annual Convention 2017, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2017
Arabic in Europe: Medieval Connectivity and “Contamination”
Problem/Significance:…[Read more]
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Michelle R. Warren deposited Ar-ar-archive in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoA reflection on the state of the archive in the state of post-theory.
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Michelle R. Warren deposited Ar-ar-archive in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoA reflection on the state of the archive in the state of post-theory.
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Emily Hegarty started the topic CFP: MLA 2017: Teaching Eco-composition at the Community College in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoSpecial Session (to be proposed)
Teaching first-year writing to community college students through an ecocritical lens: interdisciplinary aspects, nature writing, journaling, environmental research, field trips, service learning, etc. 300-500 word abstracts by 15 March 2016; Emily A. Hegarty (emily.hegarty@ncc.edu). -
Giovanna Montenegro started the topic CFP: MLA 2017: The Colonial Americas:Ecocritical Perspectives in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis panel seeks papers that address the environment in literature and film of the Early Americas through a Hemispheric perspective (South, Central, North, Caribbean). Papers may address the representation of natural catastrophes and theories on climatology, the representation of endemic vs. invasive species in fiction and travel narratives,…[Read more]
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Ruth Yvonne Hsu started the topic MLA Teaching Volume on Karen Tei Yamashita: Survey and CFP in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoPlease tell us about your experience (use this link) teaching the work of Karen Tei Yamashita and help shape a new MLA volume in the series, Approaches to World Literature. Information about proposing an essay for this volume is included at the end of the survey. Deadline: June 1, 2016.
Note: Survey and CFP in addition to CFP for an MLA 2017…[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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Yasmine Beale-Rivaya started the topic CFP Companion to Medieval Toledo in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 12 months agoShared Common Spaces: Medieval Toledo 711-1517
Editors: Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya and Dr. Jason Busic, with a preliminary agreement with Brill.
Abstract:
Toledo is recognized as emblematic nucleus that brought together all the heterogeneous communities that made up medieval Iberia and from which emanated significant ideas, fashions,…[Read more]
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Allan Mitchell deposited Unbecoming Human in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 10 years agoProposing an alternative phraseology of “unbecoming” to accent the risky, tentative, epigenetic processes of human development.
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Allan Mitchell deposited Unbecoming Human in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 10 years agoProposing an alternative phraseology of “unbecoming” to accent the risky, tentative, epigenetic processes of human development.
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen deposited Midhumanism in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years agocontribution to roundtable on “Becoming Human” co-sponsored by the Middle English and Chaucer forums
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen deposited Midhumanism in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 10 years agocontribution to roundtable on “Becoming Human” co-sponsored by the Middle English and Chaucer forums
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen deposited Midhumanism in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 10 years agocontribution to roundtable on “Becoming Human” co-sponsored by the Middle English and Chaucer forums
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Philip Smith deposited Holocaust literature and historiography in Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 10 years agoThis paper examines Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces (2007) in the context of Holocaust literature and historiography. It begins with an introduction to the genre of Holocaust literature and the problematic nature of ‘survivor’ testimony. Michaels’ work is then contextualized within this body of literature. The essay goes on to examine the means t…[Read more]
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Serpil Oppermann started the topic EASLCE: 7th Biennial Conference "Wildness without Wilderness" in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years ago“Wildness without Wilderness”: The Poiesis of Energy and Instability
The European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (EASLCE): 7th Biennial Conference (Brussels, Belgium— from 27 to 30 October 2016)
Hosted by the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and its Department of Languages and Literatures, in associ…[Read more]
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Stephanie LeMenager started the topic Ecomedia Roundtable for 2017 in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years agoDear Forum Members,
Please check out our CFP for the sponsored Forum for 2017!!! The topic, “Ecomedia,” reflects your requests from last year.
Looking forward to seeing your abstracts!
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Ian Cornelius deposited The Accentual Paradigm in English metrics: Or, why we don’t talk more about quantity in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 10 years agoRead 8 January 2016 in Austin, TX, at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association, session number 218, “Quantity in English Verse: Linguistic and Neuroscience-Based Challenges to the Accentual Paradigm.” This short historiographical paper was the half-time show in our roundtable—an interlude between the session’s more substantive linguis…[Read more]
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