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Ferdâ Asya started the topic CFP – AMERICAN WRITERS IN PARIS: THEN AND NOW – PROPOSALS BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 in the discussion
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 4 years, 5 months agoCFP – AMERICAN WRITERS IN PARIS: THEN AND NOW – PROPOSALS BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
I am inviting original essays on the literary works written by American writers, who have lived in Paris from the 1800s to the present, for a book tentatively titled American Writers in Paris: Then and Now.
The book aims to focus on writers of all genres (poet…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic CFP: Making Queer Comics in the discussion
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 4 years, 5 months agoCall for Papers
Making Queer Comics: Foundations and Touchstones
NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
“Making Queer Comics: Foundations and Touchstones” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi (advance contract). This volume will survey the work of foundational figu…[Read more]
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Laurie Ringer deposited Poetry Study Guide: “The Painter Fabritius Begins Work on the Lost Noli Me Tangere of 1652” in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoA literary analysis and summary of John Burnside’s poem “The Painter Fabritius Begins Work on the Lost Noli Me Tangere of 1652” (2,570 words)
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited Engaging Students: Using the MLA International Bibliography to Teach the Research Process in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoGet tips on using the MLA International Bibliography to teach scholarly concepts and analytical skills.
For more than a hundred years the Modern Language Association, creator of the MLA International Bibliography, has worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature. As part of that mission, the MLA has developed an online…[Read more]
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited Searching to Engage: Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography, Charleston Library Conference, Nov. 2020 in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoThe MLA International Bibliography is an essential tool for research in all aspects of modern languages and literature, but did you know that the MLAIB can be brought into the classroom and used as an effective teaching tool as well? Learn how the most powerful research tool in the humanities is being used in the virtual classroom to engage…[Read more]
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Juliane Braun deposited Re-Visiting the Creole Myth: Race and Ethnicity on the New Orleans Stage in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoScholars who have studied the contested meaning of “creole” in Louisiana have
typically maintained that the “Creole myth,” that is the strategic redefinition of
the term “creole” to refer to the white descendants of Louisiana’s original French
and Spanish settlers, emerged during or shortly after the Civil War. Drawing on
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Juliane Braun deposited The Poetics of Education in Antebellum New Orleans in the group
LLC Early American on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoPublished in New Orleans in 1845 by a group of free men of color, Les Cenelles: Choix de poésies indigènes is now commonly recognized as the first collection of African American poetry. As a testament to and expression of the intellectual prowess of New Orleans’s francophone free Black community, Les Cenelles deserves to be read as a formally int…[Read more]
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Juliane Braun deposited The Poetics of Education in Antebellum New Orleans in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoPublished in New Orleans in 1845 by a group of free men of color, Les Cenelles: Choix de poésies indigènes is now commonly recognized as the first collection of African American poetry. As a testament to and expression of the intellectual prowess of New Orleans’s francophone free Black community, Les Cenelles deserves to be read as a formally int…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Call for Abstracts: Making Queer Comics (edited collection, UP Mississippi, 7/1) in the discussion
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 4 years, 9 months agoCall for Papers (please share)
Making Queer Comics: Foundations and Touchstones
“Making Queer Comics: Foundations and Touchstones” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi (advance contract). This volume will survey the work of foundational figures in LGBTQ+ comics art and…[Read more]
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Bonnie Mak deposited In Wood and Word, or, A Gloss on Documents and Documentation in the Humanities in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoAttention in the humanities has lately turned to the re-thinking of traditional modes of publishing. But is the academy prepared to assess work that deviates from the recognised forms and formats associated with ‘digging down and standing back’ (Felski 2015, p. 52)? This chapter investigates whether humanistic research, usually expressed in wor…[Read more]
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aecklund started the topic New recorded presentation from the Charleston Library Conference, November 2020 in the discussion
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoMLA staff member and University of Scranton instructor Dan Connor shares his recent experience teaching with the MLA International Bibliography in this recorded presentation from the November 2020 Charleston Library Conference.
View the recording on Vimeo here: Searching to Engage: Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography
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Anastasia Salter deposited Syllabus: Comics and ImageText in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoGraduate seminar syllabus: In this seminar, we will explore the contemporary comic, considering literary and cultural works across a range of platforms and markets. Comics are still frequently (and historically) associated with popular culture, and linked to children’s literature and mass media, even as they loom large through big and small screen…[Read more]
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Jen McConnel started the topic Call for papers: please share widely! in the discussion
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoGuaranteed session at MLA 2022:Where Do We Go From Here? Anti-Racism and the Future of the Profession
This panel explores the ways educators are engaging with anti-racist practices in their language and literature classrooms as we re-envision the future of our profession. We are seeking practical pedagogical experiences and reflections,…[Read more]
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Pamela Lim-McAlister started the topic March 25 Deadline for HEP CFPs–Come join us! in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoExtended CFP deadlines: March 25! We want YOU to be a part of one of our sessions at MLA 2022 in D.C. Please submit an abstract or share these with your colleagues. Much appreciation for your interest and assistance.
Building Bridges and Breaking Down Walls: The Teaching of World Literature in English
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Anne Donlon replied to the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoApologies for the additional message. For some reason, the link broke in my original post. Here is the correct link: https://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/teaching-remotely/.
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Anne Donlon replied to the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoApologies for the additional message. For some reason, the link broke in my original message. Here is the correct link: https://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/teaching-remotely/.
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Anne Donlon started the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoHello, all,
I’m writing to invite you to join a new group on MLA Commons: Teaching Remotely. The group was created to provide a space for MLA members to build collective resources, share their experiences with one another, and ask questions about teaching remotely.
I thought that members of this Commons group may be interested in—and would h…[Read more]
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Pamela Lim-McAlister started the topic CFPs for MLA 2022 from HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoDear colleagues,
We are excited to share our three CFPs from the HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum for MLA 2022. Please read the details below and submit an abstract and short bio by March 15. We are looking forward to a terrific convention in D.C. and would love for YOU to be a panelist in one of our sessions. Please share these…[Read more]
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Erin McGuirl started the topic BSA Seeks a New Editor for PBSA in the discussion
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThe Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) seeks a new Editor or co-Editors of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA).
The Editor is responsible for the editorial direction of the journal, which serves to fulfill the mission of the BSA to foster the study of the material text.PBSA is the Society’s distinguished quarte…[Read more]
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Erin McGuirl started the topic BSA Seeks a New Editor for PBSA in the discussion
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThe Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) seeks a new Editor or co-Editors of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA).
The Editor is responsible for the editorial direction of the journal, which serves to fulfill the mission of the BSA to foster the study of the material text.PBSA is the Society’s distinguished quarte…[Read more]
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