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Dustin D. Stewart started the topic CFP: Naming the 18th Century in the discussion
Late-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoIf you’re concerned about the place of eighteenth-century studies in the new forum structure being implemented by the MLA, you might consider applying to the following proposed special session for the 2016 convention in Austin:
Naming the 18th Century. What’s at stake in naming this period “long” (1660-1830), “short” (1715-1789), early modern, En…[Read more]
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Dustin D. Stewart started the topic CFP for MLA '16: Naming the 18th Century in the discussion
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoA call for papers for the 2016 convention now up at mla.org:
Naming the 18th Century. What’s at stake in naming this period “long” (1660-1830), “short” (1715-1789), early modern, Enlightenment (etc.)? What’s its role in the new MLA forum structure? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2015 to Dustin D. Stewart (dustin.d.stewart@gmail.com) and Joshua…[Read more]
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Lexicography on MLA Commons 11 years agoAbstracts for MLA2015, session 356: Teaching with the OED
Friday, 9 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., 111, VCC West
Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Lexicography
Presiding: Lisa Berglund, Buffalo State Coll., State Univ. of New York
Speakers: Kate Levin, Barnard Coll.; Elizabeth Dyrud Lyman, Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville; J. Lawrence M…[Read more] -
Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic Session 257. Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir in the forum
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoHere are abstracts for session 257: “Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir”:
Friday, 9 January: S. 257 Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir
10:15–11:30 a.m., West 210, VCC West
Program arranged by the Community College Humanities Association
Presiding: Stacey Lee Donohue, Central Oregon Community Co…[Read more]
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Rivka Swenson started the topic Deadline: Midnight: Request to Vote in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDelegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).
The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification
You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]
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Rivka Swenson started the topic Deadline: Midnight: Request to Vote in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDelegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).
The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification
You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]
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Matt Cohen posted an update in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCFP for MLA 2015: Bibliography for the twenty-first century.
A collaborative session proposal by the discussion groups for Bibliography and Textual Studies and Libraries and Research.
Seeking discussions of projects, research, issues, controversies, trends, and other topics. 250-word abstracts by 15 March 2014 to Dawn Childress (dawn@psu.edu) and…[Read more]-
Call for Papers
WORLDS and WORDS
29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
Carrollton, Georgia
October 30-November 1, 2014Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]
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Michael Hancher started the topic MLA 2015 Discussion Group CFP: Teaching with the Oxford English Dictionary in the forum
Lexicography on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoTeaching with the Oxford English Dictionary: A Roundtable
We invite proposals for 8-10 minute presentations (which will be followed by a general discussion). Topics include: teaching students to use the OED; descriptions of successful assignments; negotiating the OED Online; and broader reflections on dictionaries in the classroom.
Please send…[Read more]
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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic CFP: MLA15 Teaching Memoir in the forum
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoReading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir: MLA 2015 Vancouver BC
Stacey Lee Donohue/CCHA Allied Member of the MLA
Autobiography and memoir have become canonical staples, but also contested sites for discussing the boundaries of fictional and non-fictional self-representation. Presentations invited exploring the…[Read more]
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Deidre Lynch posted an update in the group
LLC Late-18th-Century English on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoHello, members of the MLA Division for Late Eighteenth-Century English Literature.
The executive is proposing three panels for the 2015 Vancouver MLA meeting. Here are our calls for papers:
“Literary Science.”
Given the 18th-Century use of “science” as a term for knowledge and “literature” as writings that bear knowledge, can this his…[Read more] -
David Samuel Mazella started the topic MLA 2014 Revised Draft, Open Hearings on Forum Changes in the forum
Late-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoThis is a reminder to the members of the late 18th century division that the proposed reorganization and consolidation of the 18c period divisions has been abandoned by the latest version of the Draft Proposal, which is now available here:
http://groupsdiscussion.mla.hcommons-staging.org/
If you are attending MLA, please try to make an…[Read more]
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David Samuel Mazella started the topic MLA 2014 Revised Draft, Open Hearings in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoThis is a reminder to the members of the Restoration and early 18th century division that the proposed reorganization and consolidation of the 18c period divisions has been abandoned by the latest version of the Draft Proposal, which is now available here:
If you are attending MLA, please try to…[Read more]
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Pilar Cuder-Dominguez started the topic CFP-6th conference-Aphra Behn Europe Society in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month ago<p align=”center”><b>6TH CONFERENCE OF THE APHRA BEHN EUROPE SOCIETY</b></p>
<p align=”center”><b><i>Aphra Behn and the Challenges of Genre</i></b></p>
<p align=”center”><b>University of Huelva, Spain</b></p>
<p align=”center”><b>12-14 June, 2014</b></p>
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<p align=”center”><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b></p>
Aphra Behn was…[Read more]
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Lisa Berglund replied to the topic Division Sessions at the MLA in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month ago<div>
On behalf of the Lexicography Discussion Group, which has also been threatened with consolidation (and effective elimination), let me draw the attention of members of this group our session, which should be of interest:
194. Title: Typography and Paratext in Early Modern Lexicography
Friday, 10 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., O’Hare, Chicago Mar…[Read more] - Load More