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Laura Barbas Rhoden deposited Connecting Curriculum to Context: Our Story of Two Liberal Arts College Spanish Programs Engaged in a Changing South on MLA Commons 10 years ago
The purpose of this article is to refl ect upon the process by which two professors in Spanish programs at small liberal arts colleges in the southeastern United States developed courses with civic engagement components that enabled our students to engage with the local Hispanic community in meaningful ways. From the outset, we focused on what we…[Read more]
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Laura Barbas Rhoden deposited Epistemic Location and Discussions of Place: Ecocritical Methods for a Pluriversal World on MLA Commons 10 years ago
In a special 2014 issue of the Latin American Research Review, scholars Jeffrey W. Rubin (history), David Smilde (human relations), and Benjamin Junge (anthropology) develop the idea of “zones of crisis,” or “spaces of material deprivation, exclusion, violence, and environmental destruction” (8) in which “struggles for rights, recogniti…[Read more]
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Laura Barbas Rhoden became a registered member on MLA Commons 10 years ago
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Anne Donlon's profile was updated on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago
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Anne Donlon became a registered member on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago
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Benjamin Fraser posted an update on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months ago
Two new books in 2015:
Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities (NY: Palgrave, Hispanic Urban Studies series).
Digital Cities: The Interdisciplinary Future of the Urban Geo-Humanities (NY: Palgrave Pivot).
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Dennis Looney deposited "What Should You Expect from the MLA Job Interview? And What Do Your Interviewers Expect from You? in the group
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoShort piece on the structure of the typical academic job interview in languages and literatures.
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Dennis Looney deposited "What Should You Expect from the MLA Job Interview? And What Do Your Interviewers Expect from You? on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months ago
Short piece on the structure of the typical academic job interview in languages and literatures.
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Dennis Looney deposited "Some of My Best Friends Are Foreign Language Teachers" in the group
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoShort reflection on the marginalization of foreign language departments and teachers on the typical college campus (written in 2001).
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Dennis Looney deposited "Some of My Best Friends Are Foreign Language Teachers" on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months ago
Short reflection on the marginalization of foreign language departments and teachers on the typical college campus (written in 2001).
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Dennis Looney's profile was updated on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months ago
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Dennis Looney changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months ago
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Benjamin Fraser uploaded the file: CFP: DISSH Digital Symposium to
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoCFP: DISSH Digital Symposium
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Benjamin Fraser started the topic Digital Symposium at East Carolina Univ. March 18, 2015 with 5 invited speakers in the discussion
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoPls. spread the word, East Carolina University is hosting a Digital Innovation and Scholarship in the Social Sciences and Humanities Symposium in Greenville, NC, March 18th, 2015. Speakers below, guests welcome, 5-7-minute lightning-round presentations are currently being solicited at our website. Both graduate students and faculty welcome.
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Dennis Looney's profile was updated on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month 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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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Please forgive me for being exceedingly tedious on the subject of the vote, which ends at midnight tonight. The bar of 10% of the membership that resolutions have to pass is a relatively new one, and arguably not a good one, given the general indifference (which those who proposed it probably were counting on). But it is still possible to prove…[Read more]
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
a bit more than 24 hours left to vote on the MLA resolution!
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