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Peter Brooks deposited Connected Academics and the Ethics of Reading in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agocontribution to the 2016 MLA Convention Panel sponsored by “Connected Academics”
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Brooke Carlson deposited (Skillfully) Wielding the World-Wide Web in the Classroom: “I’m NOT Gonna Be That Creepy Guy” in the group
LSL Language Change on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoI used to share with my classes that ebooks are outselling books, and like the music industry, the book market is now digital. While the record business has shifted in profound ways with the rise of digital technology, the book press is still in flux. Digital book sales over the past couple of years have been fluctuating around book sales. As a…[Read more]
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Brooke Carlson deposited (Skillfully) Wielding the World-Wide Web in the Classroom: “I’m NOT Gonna Be That Creepy Guy” in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoI used to share with my classes that ebooks are outselling books, and like the music industry, the book market is now digital. While the record business has shifted in profound ways with the rise of digital technology, the book press is still in flux. Digital book sales over the past couple of years have been fluctuating around book sales. As a…[Read more]
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Caroline Edwards deposited The New Open Access Environment: Innovation in Research, Editing and Publishing in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis panel was designed to address the convention’s featured issues of the academic profession, publishing & editing, open access, and new technologies. Using a roundtable format, the panel discussed how open access publications are transforming the kind of research that is possible and necessitating new editorial practices. The session hosted an…[Read more]
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Caroline Edwards deposited The New Open Access Environment: Innovation in Research, Editing and Publishing in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis panel was designed to address the convention’s featured issues of the academic profession, publishing & editing, open access, and new technologies. Using a roundtable format, the panel discussed how open access publications are transforming the kind of research that is possible and necessitating new editorial practices. The session hosted an…[Read more]
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Isidro de Jesús Rivera started the topic Call for Papers for the 2017 MLA in Philadelphia in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoPlease consider sending an abstract for the upcoming Medieval Iberian Forum and Special Session Panels for the 2017 MLA Conference in Philadelphia.
New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies
Papers on new works, new methodologies, or new critical approaches to Medieval Iberian literature or culture(s). Title and abstract of approximately 250 – 500…[Read more] -
Raúl Coronado started the topic Latina/o studies CFP's in the discussion
Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Cultural Production on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoLatina/o Forum CFP’s
1. CFP: Latina/o Materialisms, guaranteed session sponsored by the Latina and Latino Forum
queer, feminist, cultural, new &/or old materialisms; Marxisms; text as material object, comparative Chicana/o, PuertoRican, CubanAm, CentralAm, DominicanAm print cultures & histories of writing. Send CV and 300 word abstract by 15 M…[Read more]
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Raúl Coronado started the topic Latina/o studies CFP's in the discussion
Puerto Rican Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoPlease consider submitting proposals for the following CFP’s (due March 15).
1. CFP: Latina/o Materialisms, guaranteed session sponsored by the Latina and Latino Forum
queer, feminist, cultural, new &/or old materialisms; Marxisms; text as material object, comparative Chicana/o, PuertoRican, CubanAm, CentralAm, DominicanAm print cultures & hi…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Giving It Away: Sharing and the Future of Scholarly Communication in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoOpen access has great potential to transform the future of scholarly communication, but its success will require a focus on values — and particularly generosity — rather than on costs.
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Saul Noam Zaritt started the topic Second Annual Call for Submissions—In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies in the discussion
Jewish Cultural Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 12 months agoIn geveb is pleased to announce its Second Annual Call for Submissions for our Fall 2016 publishing cycle.
In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the exchange of pedagogical materials, and a blog of Yiddish cultural life.
In geveb began…[Read more]
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Charlotte Ann Melin deposited Beyond Enrollment Data: Why Students and Program Evaluation Matter in the group
LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning on MLA Commons 10 years agoSession #339: paper for AAUSC panel QUO VADIMUS?
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic MLA 2017 CFP: US Latino/a Performance in the discussion
Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Cultural Production on MLA Commons 10 years agoMLA 2017 Proposed Special Session: “Margins to Mainstream: US Latino/a Performance”
This proposed special session for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia will focus on the genre of US Latino/a performance, which can include performance poetry, drama, performance art, and/or film. Submissions that focus on mainstream productions (Bro…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic CFP: (MLA 2017) US Latino/a Performance in the discussion
Puerto Rican Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 10 years agoMLA 2017 Proposed Special Session
“Margins to Mainstream: US Latino/a Performance”
This proposed special session for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia will focus on the genre of US Latino/a performance, which can include performance poetry, drama, performance art, and/or film. Submissions that focus on mainstream productions (Br…[Read more]
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Amanda Sharick started the topic CFP deadline for "Venice Ghetto at 500" extended– in the discussion
Sephardic Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoDeadline for the “The Venice Ghetto and the future of memory in a digital age” conference proposals has been extended: https://liminalspacesandthejewishimagination.wordpress.com
Details: The conference will convene in Venice, Italy on June 28th, 2016. Approximately twelve early career scholars will be selected. Participants will be expected to at…[Read more]
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M. Emma Ticio Quesada started the topic Selected Topics in Romance Linguistics 2017 in the discussion
Comparative Romance Linguistics on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe Comparative Romance Linguistics Discussion Group welcomes a wide range of participants and approaches to Romance Linguistics and invites the submission of abstracts for the 2017 Convention exploring any area of Romance Linguistics (theoretical or applied) within any framework. Although preference is given to papers addressing more than one…[Read more]
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Ivy Schweitzer deposited “Bursting the Bubble: Making the Study of American Poetry Experiential” in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 10 years agoMy talk at the round table on Service Learning in Literary Studies about the necessity of failure in experiential learning.
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Ivy Schweitzer deposited “Bursting the Bubble: Making the Study of American Poetry Experiential” in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 10 years agoMy talk at the round table on Service Learning in Literary Studies about the necessity of failure in experiential learning.
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Sarah Werner deposited When Is A Source Not a Source? in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 10 years agoNearly all scholars who work on medieval or early modern texts at some point work from digital facsimiles. There are advantages and disadvantages to such objects: what they might offer in terms of convenience and availability, they lack in material information. We can adjust the nature of what questions we ask of which object, consulting digital…[Read more]
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Philip Smith deposited Holocaust literature and historiography in Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 10 years agoThis paper examines Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces (2007) in the context of Holocaust literature and historiography. It begins with an introduction to the genre of Holocaust literature and the problematic nature of ‘survivor’ testimony. Michaels’ work is then contextualized within this body of literature. The essay goes on to examine the means t…[Read more]
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