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Lennie Amores started the topic CFP LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian, MLA 2025 in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 1 year, 11 months agoMLA New Orleans, January 9-12, 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Section
The members of the Executive Committee invite colleagues to submit their proposals for the following panels:
Iberian Exteriorities
What are the dynamics at play in the historical, political, and theoretical configurations of Spai…[Read more] -
Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Parvin Etesami in the literary and religious context of twentieth-century Iran: a female poet’s challenge to patriarchy Parvin Etesami in the literary and religious context of twentieth-century Iran: a female poet’s challenge to patriarchy , by Zhinia Noorian, Leiden, Leiden University Press, 2023, 284 pp. €117.00, ISBN 9789087284121 in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 1 year, 11 months agoThe volume provides readers with close reading—a dimension that has been notably neglected in most analyses of Iʿtiṣāmī’s poetry. The significance of Noorian’s approach extends beyond such meticulous close readings; she equally emphasizes the contextualization of Iʿtiṣāmī’s career within the broader framework of modern Iran. In this manner, the v…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited El «Libro de los pensamientos variables» como ejemplo de utopía y disidencia en el siglo XV in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 1 year, 12 months agoEl artículo analiza una curiosa obra titulada «Libro de los pensamientos variables», mezcla de prosa y verso y compuesta entre 1488 y 1492, que se conserva en un solo manuscrito de la Biblioteca Nacional de España (MSS/6442). Tras resumirse su contenido y sus principales inf luencias literarias, se intenta identificar a su posible autor como el…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited El «Libro de los pensamientos variables» como ejemplo de utopía y disidencia en el siglo XV in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year, 12 months agoEl artículo analiza una curiosa obra titulada «Libro de los pensamientos variables», mezcla de prosa y verso y compuesta entre 1488 y 1492, que se conserva en un solo manuscrito de la Biblioteca Nacional de España (MSS/6442). Tras resumirse su contenido y sus principales inf luencias literarias, se intenta identificar a su posible autor como el…[Read more]
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Seo-Young Chu deposited Survivor-Shaped Specters and Gaps in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years ago“…survivors are disappearing from academia. Our schools, our syllabi, our classrooms, our bibliographies, our campuses, our research labs, our thesis committees, our libraries, our conference panels, our departments, our programs, and our monographs are riddled through and through with survivor-shaped gaps. Each gap is a place in academia where…[Read more]
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Steven Schroeder deposited the moon, not the finger, pointing in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThe moon, not the finger, pointing is a sort of memoir – a collection of 67 lyric poems that trace the course of a life from the Texas Panhandle through Chicago to China and back, with the window open “because everybody knows / by now there is a poem out there.” In Chicago, “a street musician / plays Vivaldi on violin not two blocks from / a kid s…[Read more]
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Matthew Ferrandino started the topic Job: UC Riverside, Assistant Professor of Popular Music in the discussion
Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group on Humanities Commons 2 years agoFrom Leonora Saavadra:
Assistant Professor of Popular Music
University of California, RiversideAnticipated start: July 1, 2024
Salary will be commensurate with education and experience and will be dependent on final placement at rank and step.
To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by Monday,…[Read more] -
Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Auge y caída de ‘lo’ judeoconverso en La Celestina: un debate en decadencia in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoMis conversaciones con Joseph T. Snow, nuestro querido Pepe Nieves, como él mismo nos insta a llamarlo desde el contacto inicial, generalmente tienen lugar en la cafetería de la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, un insólito locus amoenus en el cual el más habitual inquilino del pupitre 99 de la Sala María Moliner ejerce con bondad y simpatía su papel…[Read more]
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Ana Dumitran deposited Icoana Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul cu scene din viață de la Budești‑Josani in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoIn the history of old Romanian painting, the icon of Saint John the Baptist with scenes from his life from Budești‑Josani occupies a very important place due to its exceptional artistic quality, as well as the Slavonic inscription with the master’s signature and date. The inscription, in a very poor state of preservation, has already been part…[Read more]
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Ana Dumitran deposited Le patriarche Sylvestre d’Antioche, son disciple spirituel Constantin César Dapóntes et l’histoire de leurs icônes in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis study identified the icon of Virgin Moscovita and the icon of the Holy Mandylion, described in Konstantinos Dapontes’ writings, with the icon of the Virgin and the icon of the Holy Mandylion preserved in his family monastery Evangelistria in Skopelos island. We can now retrace the “biography”of these two artefacts, the history of their creat…[Read more]
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Ana Dumitran deposited The Chronology of the Murals in the Râmeț Monastic Church (Alba County, Romania) Based on a Reevaluation of the Dating of the Narthex Inscription in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoLa découverte d’une inscription slavonne dans le narthex de l’église du monastère de Râmeț (comté d’Alba) en 1966, sa relecture avec des moyens techniques spéciaux en 1978 et sa publication officielle en 1985 ont porté à l’attention des historiens le nom du peintre (Mihul du Criș-Blanc), le nom de l’évêque fondateur (archevêque Gélase),…[Read more]
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Michail St. Fountoulakis (Μιχαήλ Φουντουλάκης) deposited Unlocking the Potential of Language Learners: Effective Strategies for Lifelong Achievement and Personal Development in the group
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis study presents innovative strategies for EFL educators aimed at cultivating resilience and growth mindsets in learners. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, we engaged 200 learners aged 11-20 from varied linguistic backgrounds. The methodology comprised surveys and interviews, enabling customized interventions that significantly improved…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Garçonne, but Make Her Flapper. Using American Femininity Models to Re-Fashion the Romanian ‘Modern Girl’ in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis chapter examines the reception of the American ‘flapper’ model and how it was interpreted and translated into the interwar Romanian fashion and beauty discourse, into the 1920s model termed as the ‘modern girl’, as opposed to the ‘new woman’ of the 1930s. It follows the evolution of 1920s styles, including Jazz and Hollywood cultures, J…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Creative Negotiations. Romania – America 1920-1940 in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThroughout the interwar period, America’s interest in Romania grew and encompassed not only political, diplomatic, and historical aspects but also financial, cultural, and educational contributions. Thus, the Romanian- American ties throughout the interwar period suggest innate complexity and dynamism. This volume presents novel techniques and i…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited social perception-social consciousness: J Bargh: “ingrained, implicit knowledge about appropriate values and behavior” = automated social perception + Historical w/ community in Christianity & Judaism, Celtic Anum Cara, Filipino kapwa-loob, Dharma, in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoIn each of these [identities-roles] there is stored implicit and ingrained knowledge about appropriate values and behaviors, likes and dislikes, ways of being.
A. Three main forms of automatic self-regulation are identified: an automatic effect of perception on action, the automatic pursuit of a goal and a continuous automatic evaluation of one’s…[Read more] -
Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception (translated into Persian by Mostafa Hosseini) in the group
Poetics and Poetry on Humanities Commons 2 years agoویتمن ایرانی: فراتر از پذیرش ادبی ــ که به پذیرش والت ویتمن، شاعر نامدار آمریکایی، در یک دورۀ تقریباً صد ساله در ایران معاصر میپردازد ــ دارای نُه فصل، مقدمه، مؤخره و ضمیمه است. کتابِ حاضر تحقیقی بینارشتهای است: از سویی ادبیات تطبیقی (پذیرش ادبی، تأثیرپژوهی و تصویرشناسی) و نقد ادبی (تاریخگرایی نو)، و از سوی دیگر مطالعات ترجمه (ترجمه و ای…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception (translated into Persian by Mostafa Hosseini) in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoویتمن ایرانی: فراتر از پذیرش ادبی ــ که به پذیرش والت ویتمن، شاعر نامدار آمریکایی، در یک دورۀ تقریباً صد ساله در ایران معاصر میپردازد ــ دارای نُه فصل، مقدمه، مؤخره و ضمیمه است. کتابِ حاضر تحقیقی بینارشتهای است: از سویی ادبیات تطبیقی (پذیرش ادبی، تأثیرپژوهی و تصویرشناسی) و نقد ادبی (تاریخگرایی نو)، و از سوی دیگر مطالعات ترجمه (ترجمه و ای…[Read more]
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Raj Chetty started the topic CLCS Caribbean Forum panel at MLA 2024 (in-person, Philadelphia) in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 2 years agoHey all!
Please join us for this year’s Caribbean forum in-person panel, “Evolutions in Caribbean State Formation” (326), which has been selected by Frieda Ekotto, MLA President, to be included in this year’s Presidential Theme, “Celebration: Joy and Sorrow.”
- Friday, 5 January 2024
- 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
- Loews – Congress B (4th Floor)
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