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Galen Brokaw started the topic Call for proposals 2020 MLA panel on Colonial Translation in the discussion
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 6 years, 12 months agoThe Latin American Colonial Forum invites proposals for a panel on colonial translation. This panel seeks to explore the ways in which translation shaped the relationship between Europeans and indigenous Americans. Beyond the issue of mere accuracy in translation, what kind of effects does translation produce? For example, to what extent does…[Read more]
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Thomas Robert Ward deposited Decolonizing Indigeneity: New Approaches to Latin American Literature in the group
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 7 years agoWhile there are differences between cultures in different places and times, colonial representations of indigenous peoples generally suggest they are not capable of literature nor are they worthy of being represented as nations. Colonial representations of indigenous people continue on into the independence era and can still be detected in our…[Read more]
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Allison Margaret Bigelow deposited The Nature of Metallic Matter: Materials-Based Methods in the Study of Mining in the group
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoIn 1526, royal refiner and natural historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557) praised the singular quality of the “muchos tesoros de oro labrado / en poder delos indios q̄ se hā cōquistado” (lxv, v). By 1535, however, he had to define what, exactly, he meant by gold: “No hablo aquí en el oro que se ha habido por rescates, o en la guerra, ni…[Read more]
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Vanessa Ceia deposited Mapping the Movida: Re-Imagining Counterculture in Late 20th-Century Spain in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoVanessa Ceia’s talk features her project, “Mapping the Movida,” which visualizes the Movida, a sociological phenomenon and cultural renaissance that emerged in Madrid during the first decade of Spanish democracy (1976-1986). Ceia demonstrates how combining the use of digital tools and deep mapping techniques with traditional archival resea…[Read more]
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William Nichols deposited Telling the Story of Iberian Studies: Spaces of Convergence and the Defense of the Humanities in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoThis is a paper that I presented at the 2019 MLA in Chicago. In this paper I situate discussions of the field of Iberian Studies within the context of the crisis of the Humanities and the future of Cultural Studies.
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Adam L. Winkel deposited The Spaces of Martín Marco in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoIn La colmena, Camilo José Cela places his characters in an environment of fragmentation and vigilance that reproduces the Franco regime’s desire for authoritarian control, bolstered by harsh laws that encouraged vigilance among its citizens. Though Cela once likened the workings of his novel to the intricate gears of a clock, one character, th…[Read more]
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Elvira L. Vilches started the topic Colonial Latin American History Panels/ AHA 2019 in the discussion
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues,
Here is the list of the AHA 2019 Colonial Latin American History panels, you may find interesting
- Religion and Society in the Early Modern Portuguese Atlantic World
Thursday, January 3, 2019: 3:30 PM-5:00 PMSalon 1 (Palmer House Hilton, Third Floor)Chair: Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, University of WinnipegPapers:Becoming “…[Read more]
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Stefania Licata replied to the topic Session Proposal:Production and circulation of Afro-Hispanophone/ Lusophone arts in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues,
the session is for the 2019 ALA (African Literature Association) Conference, which will take place at Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel, from May 15 to May 18, 2019.
Thank you very much
Stefania
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Stefania Licata started the topic Session Proposal:Production and circulation of Afro-Hispanophone/ Lusophone arts in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues,
Please consider submitting an abstract to the following session for the 2019 ALA (African Literature Association) Conference, which will take place at Renaissance Columbus Downtown Hotel, from May 15 to May 18, 2019.
Session Title: Production and circulation of Afro-Hispanophone/ Lusophone performing and vis…[Read more]
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Mariela Mendez deposited “De crepusculares y garotas modernas: Las columnas travestidas de Alfonsina Storni y Clarice Lispector” in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 7 years, 3 months agoHinging on the concept of transvestism, this article traces a trajectory that goes from Alfonsina Storni’s re-appropriation of the women’s page in the guise of a male persona, through Alejo Carpentier’s contributions to a fashion column disguised as Jacqueline, to Clarice Lispector’s unsettling use of the page addressed specifically to women i…[Read more]
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Giovanna Gobbi Alves Araujo started the topic CFP: OPINIÃES N. 14 – Dossiê "A tragédia e o trágico na literatura brasileira" in the discussion
Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 4 months agoCall For Papers / Chamada de trabalhos — Opiniães nº 14
Dossiê: A tragédia e o trágico na literatura brasileira
A Revista Opiniães (Qualis B5) tratará do tema da tragédia e do trágico na literatura
brasileira em seu dossiê temático para a edição de número 14, a ser publicada no
primeiro semestre de 2019.A Opiniães – Revista dos alunos de lite…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2019 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 4 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2019, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2019 convention in Chicago. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic Currently Accepting Submissions: Spectral Mexico in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 6 months agoThe peer reviewed journal iMex. Interdisciplinary Mexico, ISSN 2193-9756 is currently accepting original, unpublished articles on the subjects of haunting and spectrality in contemporary Mexican cultures for its special issue Spectral Mexico. Original call for papers available here:…[Read more]
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Charlotte Rogers started the topic CFP: “Current and Future Ecocriticisms of the Americas” for ASLE 2019 in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 6 months agoWhat is the current state of hemispheric American ecocritical studies? Where is the discipline headed? The newly formed Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment interest group “Ecocriticism of the Americas” offers a jam session to address these questions at the biannual conference in Davis, CA from June 26-29, 2019. Panel…[Read more]
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Zachary Ludington started the topic CFP: "Hispanic Poetry and World War I" (NeMLA 2019) in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m chairing a panel on Hispanic Poetry and World War I at NeMLA 2019 in Washington, DC. The dates are March 21-24. Please take a look at the CFP here [https://www.buffalo.edu/nemla/convention.html] and pass the information along to any colleagues who might be interested. If my panel isn’t up your alley, consider submitting to…[Read more]
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Eliseo Jacob started the topic CFP: V SIMPÓSIO INTERNACIONAL DE LITERATURA NEGRA IBERO-AMERICANA in the discussion
Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 7 months agohttps://simposioliteraturanegraiberoamericana.wordpress.com/
COORDENADOR: PROF. DR. RODRIGO VASCONCELOS MACHADO/UFPR,
EMENTA DO EVENTO: Este simpósio tem como objetivo pensar a problemática da mestiçagem desde a ótica Negra, Indígena, Branca e Mestiça, bem como refletir sobre as causas da sua presença em quase todos os âmbitos da cultura e da su…[Read more]
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Giovanna Gobbi Alves Araujo started the topic CFP: OPINIÃES Nº 13 – Dossiê: Circulação da Literatura Brasileira no Exterior in the discussion
Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 8 months agoCHAMADA DE TRABALHOS EM ABERTO — OPINIÃES Nº 13
Dossiê: Circulação da Literatura Brasileira no ExteriorA Revista Opiniães (Qualis B5) tratará da circulação da literatura brasileira no exterior em seu dossiê temático para a edição de número 13, a ser publicada no fim do segundo semestre de 2018.
O aumento de pesquisas, eventos, concess…[Read more]
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