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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "African-Asian Imaginaries and New/Old Imperialisms" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoGiven increasing Chinese investment across Africa in addition to longstanding South Asian-African connections, how does expressive culture from the south track or analyze these exchanges? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Neelofer Qadir (nqadir@english.umass.edu) and Sean M. Kennedy (skennedy@gradcenter.cuny.edu).
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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "African-Asian Imaginaries and New/Old Imperialisms" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoGiven increasing Chinese investment across Africa in addition to longstanding South Asian-African connections, how does expressive culture from the south track or analyze these exchanges? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Neelofer Qadir (nqadir@english.umass.edu) and Sean M. Kennedy (skennedy@gradcenter.cuny.edu).
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Sean Kennedy started the topic MLA 2018 CFP: "African-Asian Imaginaries and New/Old Imperialisms" in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<b></b>Given increasing Chinese investment across Africa in addition to longstanding South Asian-African connections, how does expressive culture from the south track or analyze these exchanges? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Neelofer Qadir (nqadir@english.umass.edu) and Sean M. Kennedy…[Read more]
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Julie Ward started the topic CFP: SCMLA 2017 “Moving Words: Migrations, Translations, and Transformations" in the discussion
Drama on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoMODERN DRAMA This session welcomes abstracts on any topic related to modern drama, but is especially interested in those related to the conference theme: “Moving Words: Migrations, Translations, and Transformations”
The South Central Modern Languages Association has chosen Tulsa, Oklahoma for the site of its 2017 annual convention. Tulsa is bot…[Read more]
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Julie Ward started the topic CFP: SCMLA 2017 “Moving Words: Migrations, Translations, and Transformations" in the discussion
Drama on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoMODERN DRAMA This session welcomes abstracts on any topic related to modern drama, but is especially interested in those related to the conference theme: “Moving Words: Migrations, Translations, and Transformations”
The South Central Modern Languages Association has chosen Tulsa, Oklahoma for the site of its 2017 annual convention. Tulsa is bot…[Read more]
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Matthew Davis deposited “As Above, So Below: Staging the Digby Mary Magdalene in the group
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 9 years agoWith thirty-seven named locations, the Digby Mary Magdalene is rightfully considered to require the most elaborate staging of the Middle English dramatic corpus. In this article, I re-examine the manuscript to find evidence of how the various locations in the play can be grouped into what I term staging complexes. Beginning with the division of…[Read more]
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Hania Nashef deposited Demythologizing the Palestinian in Hany Abu-Assad’sOmarandParadise Now in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoIn the past, Palestinian cinema was dominated by a nationalist discourse revolving around refugee ideology, resulting from the trauma of the lost homeland. As the past is generally static, revisiting it became an exercise in nostalgia. The last decade, however, has seen the emergence of a number of transnational Palestinian films telling stories…[Read more]
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David Laurence deposited Trends in Bachelor’s Degrees in English and Other Selected Fields of Study, 1987–2015 in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years agoPrepared for session 366 on the 2017 convention program, Shapes of the English Major Today, arranged by the ADE Ad Hoc Committee on the English Major, this presentation summarizes trends in bachelor’s degree completions using time series degree completions data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS), as compiled by the National…[Read more]
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Gayle Rogers deposited Introduction to *Incomparable Empires: Modernism and the Translation of Spanish and American Literature* in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 9 years agoAn approach to understanding modernism in literary history through the lens of translation by tracing the work of key figures such as Pound, Dos Passos, Jiménez, and Unamuno to translate US and Spanish literatures after the Spanish-American War of 1898.
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Valerie Barnes Lipscomb started the topic CFP for non-guaranteed collaborative session MLA 2018 in the discussion
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Valerie Barnes Lipscomb started the topic CFP for non-guaranteed collaborative session in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoOrganization:
Age Studies, The Teaching of Literature collaborationTitle of session:
Approaches to Teaching Age in LiteratureSubmission requirements:
300-word abstract, brief CVDeadline for submissions:
10 March 2017Description:
How and why do/should faculty incorporate age and/or aging into l…[Read more] -
Sharon Lois Mazer replied to the topic CFP 2018 special session: National Theaters Around the Globe in the discussion
Drama on MLA Commons 9 years agoKia ora, Michael. Just a quick question: Will you be posting a longer CFP, or can I push on with this in mind?
Best
Sharon
Dr Sharon Mazer
Associate Professor, Theatre & Performance Studies
Auckland University of Technology
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Roger Whitson deposited ENGL 372: Nineteenth-Century Literature of the Americas and the British Empire in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 9 years ago372 [HUM] 19th Century Literature of the British Empire and the Americas. 3 credit hours. Literary and cultural texts in English from 1800 to 1900 focusing on global British literature and literatures of the Americas.
My investment in the course.
I am concerned about our country’s inability to work against climate change, the mass i…[Read more] -
Michael Schinasi started the topic CFP 2018 special session: National Theaters Around the Globe in the discussion
Drama on MLA Commons 9 years agoNational Theaters Around the Globe
Special Session
Any aspect of worldwide National Theaters (the institution usually manifest in buildings; not dramatic literatures). All periods: history, ideology, relation to culture industry, etc. 250 word abstract by 15 March 2017; Michael Schinasi (schinasim@ecu.edu). -
James Gifford deposited HUMN 2439: Radical Political Thought (2017-01) in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. Readings will include selections from Kant,…[Read more]
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David Rodriguez-Solas started the topic CFP: Marginality in Iberian Theater, MLA 2018 in the discussion
Drama on MLA Commons 9 years ago
Call For Papers: Marginality in Iberian Theater (MLA Convention, New York City, 4-7 January, 2018)
Proposals should address the topic of marginality in Iberian drama and performance from the 16th to the 21st centuries. 250 word abstract by 1 March 2017; David Rodríguez-Solás (dsolas@umass.edu); Esther Fernández (ef14@rice.edu) -
James Gifford deposited ENGL 3384: Postcolonial Literature (2017-01) in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoSelected works from the literatures of former European colonies: African, Indian, Caribbean, Australian, Canadian, Latin American, etc.
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James Gifford deposited HUMN 2439: Radical Political Thought in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. Readings will include selections from Kant,…[Read more]
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Daniel Anderson deposited Digital Literature (Digital Humanities) Syllabus in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoSyllabus for digital literature course
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