We are excited to announce that Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities, edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers, is now open for peer review on MLA Commons. As is this is a volume on pedagogy, we would particularly value the input of members of this forum, so please take a look and add your tho…[Read more]

Call For Papers for a Special Issue of Gender and Education

Gender in Distance Education

Do new forms of distance and virtual education promote or impede feminist pedagogy and gender equity across cultures?

Guest Editor: Anu Aneja, Director, School of Gender & Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

The…[Read more]

I have just started a group on teaching Chinese language and linguistics. If anyone is interested, please join the group and we’ll discuss aspects of our experiences as teachers and students of Chinese. I look forward to hearing from many of you!

Dear Colleagues:

The Division of Language Theory solicits papers focussing on aspects of linguistics that contribute to trends in language theory. Paper proposals of 250-300 words by 23 March 2015 to Thomas F. Shannon (tshannon@berkeley.edu).

Best regards,

TFS (on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Division of Language Theory)

Dear Colleagues:

The Division of Language Theory seeks presentations exploring interdigitations of language theory and linguistic description. Please submit paper proposals of 250-300 words by 24 March 2015 to Thomas F. Shannon (tshannon@berkeley.edu).

Best regards,

TFS (on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Division of Language Theory)

Dear Members of the Teaching as a Profession group,

Please consider submitting an abstract for our special session, “Teaching Memory Studies.” Here’s the full CFP:

Teaching Memory Studies

Integrating studies of memory and literature: e.g. memory as metaphor, personal or collective practice, neuroscience, narrative hindsight, cinematic flash…[Read more]

The MLA Forum on Language Change invites proposals for a panel on “Rethinking the ‘L’ in MLA.” Papers might address questions like: What counts as a modern language? What value do linguistic issues and less-commonly taught languages have in the MLA? How can they inform literary studies?

Please send 300-word abstracts to Tara Williams ([Read more]

The Forum on Language Change is accepting proposals on “Language Change, Shifting Borders, and Identity Construction” for the 2016 MLA in Austin. We seek papers that examine how language change relates to linguistic identity construction and crossing borderlands (geographical, political, ethnic, social, perceptual, historical, religious). Papers t…[Read more]

246. Recent Work in Narrative and Discourse
Friday, 9 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., 18 VCC East: Floor Plans
Program arranged by the Division on Language Theory
Updated: December 30, 2014
1. “Lula versus Obama and the 2016 Olympic Bid: A Cognitive Framework for Discourse Analysis,”
Ricardo Gualda, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Abstract
On October 2…[Read more]

Studies in Cognitive Linguistics

Thursday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 14 VCC East:  Floor Plans

Program arranged by the Division on Language Theory

1. “Cognition in Interaction: Substantiating Context in Language Use and Grammaticalization”
Anneliese Kuhle, Freie Universität Berlin
Abstract

Usage-based approaches to the study of language mai…[Read more]

Please consider attending the Delegate Assembly in order to support this MOTION:

Motion 2015-1:
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern Languages
Supporting materials: Click here to see the information provided by the proposers.

Whereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF)…[Read more]

Abstracts below:

Friday, 9 January

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 Coll.

“Photo-graphics: Mediating Memory in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home,” David Bahr, Borough of Man…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues:

The faculty in the Ph.D. program in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University invites nominations for the Teaching Literature Book Award. This new, nationally-juried prize seeks to encourage and recognize excellence in teaching by honoring every other year a book-length work on teaching literature at the…[Read more]

Dear Forum Members,

About a year ago, one forum member raised a question about preparing graduate students for positions with 4-4 teaching loads. Given this question, I wanted to draw your attention to the Idaho State University Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English, which is program that aims to prepare students for these types of jobs.…[Read more]

CFP: NEMLA Session, Toronto, 4/30-5/3. College in Crisis: Higher Education in Literature and Popular Culture

Higher education in the United States is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy as constituents question its costs and benefits. Many scholars in various disciplines have analyzed this crisis, and simultaneously, narratives about higher…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues:

Please join us for the following Division of Language Theory session at the 2015 Convention. Abstracts will be posted in the fall.

Recent Work in Narrative and Discourse

Temporal Relations in Narrative Discourse: Narrator’s Perspective through Tense and Aspect
Amruta Chandekar, University Of Washington
Lula versus Obama and t…[Read more]