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Suha Kudsieh started the topic Reminder: Pls. cast your vote: MLA Resolution 2014-1 in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear Colleagues,
Please remember to cast your vote concerning Resolution 2014-1. Regardless of how you intend to cast your vote, please vote.
You can read the MLA Executive Director’s letter, Rosemary G. Feal, here: http://t.e2ma.net/message/mx8ig/yum5sh
Please click on http://t.e2ma.net/click/mx8ig/yum5sh/6c2vcc (you need to log into your…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty started the topic Nation and Its Discontents: South Asian Review Special Issue 2014 in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoHow do cultural texts address, in our times, the limits and achievements of South Asian nationalisms? The essays invited for South Asian Review’s 2014 Special Issue, “Nation and Its Discontents,” will examine this central question from various perspectives. Despite a long history of the critique of nationalism in and through South Asian cultu…[Read more]
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Madhurima Chakraborty started the topic Nation and Its Discontents: South Asian Review Special Issue in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoHow do cultural texts address, in our times, the limits and achievements of South Asian nationalisms? The essays invited for South Asian Review’s 2014 Special Issue, “Nation and Its Discontents,” will examine this central question from various perspectives. Despite a long history of the critique of nationalism in and through South Asian cultu…[Read more]
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Paul Y. Lai replied to the topic Wikipedia edit-a-thon? in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoHey, so this is happening through the Smithsonian this year!
http://smithsonianapa.org/wiki/
We’re thrilled to invite you to Wikipedia APA, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American (APA) experiences.
The first Wikipedia ed…[Read more]
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Shuchi Kapila replied to the topic Post-memory in South Asia in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoRevised call:
I would like to organize a special session at the MLA in Vancouver on the ‘postmemory in South Asia.’ Please write to kapilas@grinnell.edu with a 250 word abstract by March 25 if interested.
Some of the questions we might address are:
How do we describe the study of post-memory, in Marianne Hirsch’s terms, or ‘post-a…[Read more]
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Timothy Yu replied to the topic Call for Papers in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoThe following special session CFP may be of interest to Asian American Literature Division members. Please note that this is not a guaranteed session.
Crossing Borders in Asian North American Literature
Intersections between Asian American and Asian Canadian literature: cross-border influence and exchange, transnational/global frameworks, theory…[Read more]
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Paul Y. Lai replied to the topic Call for Papers in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoHere are the Asian American Literature Division’s call for papers for MLA 2015 in Vancouver!
Asian Americans and the Vietnam War
2015 marks 40 years since the “fall of Saigon.” Papers exploring literary perspectives on Asian Americans and the war by American authors. 500-words abstracts, 1-pg CV by 15 March 2014; Crystal Parikh (cr…[Read more] -
Paul Y. Lai started the topic Call for Papers in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoPlease share call for papers for conference, edited collections, and books here!
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Leigh Anne Duck started the topic CfP: MLA 2015/journal special issue in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoWe’re seeking proposals for a panel at MLA 2015 (Vancouver, Jan. 8-11) and for a special issue of the journal The Global South (published by Indiana UP, available via JSTOR and Project Muse) on the topic “Narrating Global South Cities.” Even though the “global South” has emerged as a “new and powerful ordering system for academic disci…[Read more]
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Leigh Anne Duck started the topic CfP: MLA 2015/journal special issue in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoWe’re seeking proposals for a panel at MLA 2015 (Vancouver, Jan. 8-11) and for a special issue of the journal The Global South (published by Indiana UP, available via JSTOR and Project Muse) on the topic “Narrating Global South Cities.” Even though the “global South” has emerged as a “new and powerful ordering system for academic disci…[Read more]
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Filippo Menozzi started the topic New Publication in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDear Group Members
I’d like to announce a new publication that could be of interest. Thank you!
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415735650/
Postcolonial Custodianship: Cultural and Literary Inheritance
This book engages with current developments in postcolonial research, exploring notions of cultural transmission, tradition and…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic MLA 2015: CFP "Immigration and Comics" in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its secod Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
<span>”Immigration and Comics”</span>
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<span>Call for Papers for a proposed panel at the Modern Language Association (MLA)…[Read more]
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Robin E. Visel started the topic CFP: Special Issue of Doris Lessing Studies in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCall for papers: special issue of <i>Doris Lessing Studies</i>: Émigrés and Exiles: Doris Lessing in Postwar London
<i>Doris Lessing Studies</i> is seeking papers for a special issue, “Émigrés and Exiles: Doris Lessing in Postwar London.” We invite papers about Lessing’s life and work in the 1950s, when she joined an influx of immigrants to London…[Read more] -
Nicholas Birns started the topic CFP; Teaching Indigenous Lit in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years ago<h3>Teaching Indigenous Australian and New Zealand Literatures</h3>
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Maori and Aboriginal Australian literatures as taught worldwide; theoretical/pedagogical discussions welcome. Contributions on Grace, Ihimaera, Wright, Scott or any other relevant writer welcome. 1-page abstracts by 3 March 2014;…[Read more] -
Nicholas Birns started the topic CFP; Teaching Indigenous Lit in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years ago<h1>Teaching Indigenous Australian and New Zealand Literatures</h1>
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<div><b>Special Session</b></div>
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Maori and Aboriginal Australian literatures as taught worldwide; theoretical/pedagogical discussions welcome. Contributions on Grace, Ihimaera, Wright, Scott or any other relevant writer welcome. 1-page abstracts by 3 March 2014;…[Read more] -
Indrani Mitra started the topic Annual Meeting in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 12 years agoSouth Asian Languages and Literatures Discussion Group will hold its general meeting today, January 11, from 5-6 pm in Sheraton Parlor G. Please join us if you can.
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Indrani Mitra started the topic South Asian Languages and Literatures Discussion Group in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoThe annual meeting of the South Asian Languages and Literatures Discussion Group will take place today, January 11, from 5-6 pm in Sheraton Parlor G. Please join us.
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Pilar Cuder-Dominguez started the topic new online issue of CANADA & BEYOND in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoCanada and Beyond: A Journal of Canadian Literary and Cultural Studies has
just published its latest issue at
http://www.canada-and-beyond.com/index.php/canada-and-beyond. We invite you
to browse the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review
articles and items of interest.Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,
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Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month ago222. Ethics and Postcolonialism
Friday, 10 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Ontario, Sheraton Chicago
Program arranged by the Division on Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture
1. “Ethics in Deep Time,” Bruce W. Robbins, Columbia Univ.
2. “Cosmopolitan Rates of Interest,” Tejumola Olaniyan, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
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Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month ago222. Ethics and Postcolonialism
Friday, 10 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., Ontario, Sheraton Chicago
Program arranged by the Division on Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture
1. “Ethics in Deep Time,” Bruce W. Robbins, Columbia Univ.
2. “Cosmopolitan Rates of Interest,” Tejumola Olaniyan, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Responding: Anjali Prabhu, W…[Read more]-
Hi there,
Its after Dec. 15! Where should I go to see the short versions of the papers?
Thanks.
Shazia-
I support the creation of this new group.
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