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Lee Skallerup Bessette deposited Re-Evaluating Suvin: Brown Girl in the Ring as Effective Magical Dystopia in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThis paper will begin by looking at the historical theoretical relationship between science fiction and dystopia. It will then proceed to demonstrate how recent theorists have failed to adequately incorporate the practical changes authors have introduced to the genre, which includes the incorporation of aspects of magical realism. Brown Girl in…[Read more]
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Lee Skallerup Bessette deposited Becoming a Gwo Nèg in 1970s Haiti: Dany Laferrière’s Coming-of-Age Film Le Goût des Jeunes Filled (On the Verge of Fever) in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoWhen all men are either dead, exiled, thugs or zombies in a world ruled through violence and terror by a President-for-Life and his son, how is a young boy expected to come of age and forge his own identity? Le Goût des Jeunes Filles (On the Verge of Fever), a 2004 film about Fanfan, a 15-year-old boy, set in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the same…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil replied to the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCorrection to the above post.
GAAM’s CFPs are for the following panels:
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.
This panel seeks papers that address graphic narratives by/about Arabs, and how they are taught or not taught today in the US. Some of…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil replied to the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agocorrection to the above post.
The CFPs are for the following panels:
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.
This panel seeks papers that address graphic narratives by/about Arabs, and how they are taught or not taught today in the US. Some of…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil started the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoDear Friends,
Time is closing on submissions to the MLA 2018 convention panels organized by the Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature (GAAM). Please review and circulate as may be necessary.
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Beyond Bounds: The Refugee in Global Arab/Arab American StudiesBelow are the…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil started the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Friends,
Time is closing on submissions to the MLA 2018 convention panels organized by the Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature (GAAM). Please review and circulate as may be necessary.
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Beyond Bounds: The Refugee in Global Arab/Arab…[Read more] -
Cynthia Wu deposited A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Displacement and the World War II Japanese American Internment in the group
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoArticle in special issue of Amerasia Journal on “Carceral States”
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John Charles Hawley uploaded the file: CFP: Queer Theory in African Film and Fiction to
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHow are African literatures and cultures mediating globalizing frameworks for gender and sexuality and shifting understandings of “queer”? From Woubi Cheri and Dakan, to Stories of Our Lives, African film has begun this conversation. From K. Sello Duiker, to Chinelo Okparanta and Diriye Osman, new voices have invited national debates on these top…[Read more]
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Nira Gupta-Casale posted an update in the group
LLC South Asian and South Asian Diasporic on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago“The Digital Divide: South Asia in Crisis”
While digital technologies are generally seen as empowering because they offer users increased scholarship opportunities and resources through Open Access, affordable education opportunities through MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses), and unlimited interpersonal interactions through social media, why…[Read more]
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Lucinda Newns started the topic Deadline Tomorrow: Postcolonial Studies Association Convention on Globalisation in the discussion
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″><b>Postcolonial Studies Association Convention</b></span></p>
<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″><i>School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London</i>
<i>18–20 September 2017</i></span></p>
<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″><b>Special Topic: Globalisation</b></span></p>
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Lucinda Newns started the topic Deadline Tomorrow: Postcolonial Studies Association Convention on Globalisation in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPostcolonial Studies Association Convention
School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London
18–20 September 2017Special Topic: Globalisation
Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Aamir Mufti (University of California, LA), Prof. Nandini Gooptu (University of Oxford), Dr. Sharae Deckard (University College Dublin)
A reminder that t…[Read more]
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Rajender Kaur posted an update in the group
LLC South Asian and South Asian Diasporic on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoGauranteed panel of the llc South Asian and South Asian Diasporic Forum:
Theorizing the Refugee
Roundtable seeks to theorize the political figure of our time: the refugee who though stateless remains imbricated in hypernationalism of militarized borders. 300 word abstracts by March 15 to Rashmi Bhatnagar rb305@snu.edu.in
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Samara Hayley Steele deposited The Reality Code: Interpreting Aggregate Larp Rules as Code that Runs on Humans in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoAggregate larp rules are a type of code that runs on humans. Code can be thought of as a linguistic form that is both declarative and imperative; it is both truth and command (Buswell 2009). In aggregate larp, elements of the game’s
diegesis are rendered codic, or playable, allowing players a degree of autonomy from game staff. Through the m…[Read more] -
Chandrima Chakraborty started the topic CFP: MLA 2018 Special Session– Partition and/in South Asian Diasporas in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPartition and/in South Asian Diasporas
Seeking papers for a special session on how the 1947 Partition of British India appears in, erupts, underwrites or disrupts diasporic cultural productions (film, fiction, poetry, painting, play). Please send 250-word abstracts by 20 March 2017; Chandrima Chakraborty (chandri@mcmaster.ca).
Thanks!
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Chandrima Chakraborty started the topic CFP: 2018 MLA Special Session– Partition and/in South Asian Diasporas in the discussion
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPartition and/in South Asian Diasporas
Seeking papers for a special session on how the 1947 Partition of British India appears in, erupts, underwrites or disrupts diasporic cultural productions (film, fiction, poetry, painting, play). Please send 250-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Chandrima Chakraborty (chandri@mcmaster.ca).
Thanks!
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Christopher Michaelson posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWith thanks to many MLA contributors for their suggestions, please check out (and continue to send ideas for) my living list of business stories, a.k.a. Capitalism Reading List! http://ethicalsystems.org/content/reading-succeed
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Christopher Michaelson posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWith thanks to many MLA contributors for their suggestions, please check out (and continue to send ideas for) my living list of business stories, a.k.a. Capitalism Reading List! http://ethicalsystems.org/content/reading-succeed
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Lucinda Newns started the topic CFP UPDATE: PSA Convention 2017 on Globalisation – NEW KEYNOTES (Deadline: 2/28) in the discussion
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPostcolonial Studies Association Convention
School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London (UK), 18–20 September 2017
We are pleased to announce that the 2017 PSA Convention will be held at the School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London, from 18th to 20th September 2017. Paper and panel proposals are invited fr…[Read more]
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Lucinda Newns started the topic CFP UPDATE: PSA Convention 2017 on GLOBALISATION – NEW KEYNOTES (Deadline: 2/28) in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPostcolonial Studies Association Convention
School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London (UK), 18–20 September 2017
We are pleased to announce that the 2017 PSA Convention will be held at the School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London, from 18th to 20th September 2017. Paper and panel proposals are invited fr…[Read more]
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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "The MLA and Anti-Oppression" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe DA votes against academic boycott were a reckoning for many. What are the prospects (if any) for continuing to advance the Palestinian call—and anti-oppression overall? 250-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Sean M. Kennedy (skennedy@gradcenter.cuny.edu).
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