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Susannah Mary Chewning started the topic Committee for the Community College MLA 2015 Calls for Papers in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Committee for the Community College is sponsoring two sessions at the MLA Convention in Vancouver in January of 2015:
The End of Remediation? Papers can address issues related to the future of Developmental studies, including but not limited to accelerated learning, performance-based funding, the Common Core, and the completion agenda.…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic MLA 2015: CFP "Comics and Memory" in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its first Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
“Comics and Memory”
The subject of memory has been central to comics studies. From <i>Maus</i> and <i>Fun Home</i> to <i>Crisis on Infi…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its first Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
“Comics and Memory”
The subject of memory has been central to comics studies. From Maus and Fun Home to Crisis on Infinite Earths, the cap…[Read more]
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Joseph Paul Fisher started the topic CFP: Music behind Bars: Articulating Incarceration and Popular Music in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoPopular music’s relationship with incarceration has been a long and complicated one. The musician Lead Belly spent long stretches in prison for murder and other crimes but was eventually turned into a musical legend by folklorists John and Alan Lomax. In 1957, Elvis Presley had a number one hit with the Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller composition “…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic MLA 2015: CFP "Immigration and Comics" in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its second Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
<span>”Immigration and Comics”</span>
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<span>Call for Papers for a proposed panel at the Modern Language Association (MLA)…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its second Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
“Immigration and Comics”
Call for Papers for a proposed panel at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, 8-11 Jan. 2015,…[Read more]
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Peer Reviewers Needed in the forum
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoI tried to respond to the request for peer reviewers but the message bounced back as undeliverable. Could you please check the email address given to see if it is correct? Thank you.
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Peer Reviewers Needed in the forum
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoI attempted to respond to the request for guest peer reviewers but the email was returned undeliverable. Could you please check the email address provided to see if it is correct? Thank you.
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Judy Bertonazzi started the topic Peer Reviewers Needed in the forum
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoPeer Reviewers Needed for ICIK E-News
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Dr. Judy Bertonazzi, Guest Editor for ICIK E-News is seeking peer reviewers. Located at the Pennsylvania State University, the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge is part of a global network of indigenous knowledge…[Read more]
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Marina Fedosik started the topic CFP MLA 2015: Transnational Adoption in Film in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoAlliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture seeks paper proposals for its guaranteed session at the MLA Annual Convention in Vancouver, Canada. January 8-11, 2015
The panel will explore adoption in film with special focus on the ways national/transnational policies, politics, and ideologies shape the institution of adoption and lives of the…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Malcolm started the topic Jane Austen: Fan Phenomena – call for chapter submissions in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoCall for Submissions
FAN PHENOMENA: JANE AUSTEN
Intellect Books
Editor: Gabrielle Malcolm
A Call for Essay/Chapter Submissions for a collection on the Fan Culture of Jane Austen.
This book will be an edited collection of essays and texts on the Fan Phenomena of Jane Austen. It will be a new addition to the successful Fan Phenomena…[Read more]
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Sharon Aronofsky Weltman started the topic Performing Dickens — NEH Summer Seminar in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoApplications are now open for “Performing Dickens: Oliver Twist and Great Expectations on Page Stage, and Screen” a four-week National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers, sponsored by the Dickens Project at the University of California Santa Cruz. From Monday, July 7, 2014 to Friday, August 1, 2014[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic ADE Bulletin contains five or six articles about contingent and PTF in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 12 years agoI Encourage folks to read this important issue of the ADE bulletin, and contribute to the conversation about the issues raised by posting in this forum!
Here’s the link:
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Cristina Bacchilega posted an update in the group
GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale on MLA Commons 12 years agoIf you are members of the AFS Folklore and Literature section or plan to become members, please attend the section’s MLA panel and business meeting. The former will be held on January 10th from 8:30-9:45am in the Old Town room at the Chicago Marriott. The latter will be held on January 10th at 12:00-1:15pm in the DuPage room at the Marriott.
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A friendly amendment to Cristina’s announcement:
Folklore studies has two dimensions to its presence at MLA: one is this group, the Folklore and Literature Discussion Group. Its panel and business meeting are as above. The other group is AFS@MLA, which holds its business meeting at the AFS meeting, and which has a sponsored session as an…[Read more]
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Craig Svonkin started the topic MLA Children's Literature Sessions in the forum
Children’s Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoIf you are going to be in Chicago for this year’s MLA, please do try to join us for some of the children’s literature sessions and events being held. I’ve also listed here sessions planned by the Comics and Graphic Narratives Discussion Group. The Children’s Literature and Comics Groups are co-hosting a cash bar on Friday night beginning at 7…[Read more]
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Craig Svonkin posted an update in the group
GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoIf you are going to be in Chicago for this year’s MLA, please do try to attend some of the children’s literature sessions and events being held. I’ve also listed here sessions planned by the Comics and Graphic Narratives Discussion Group. The Children’s Literature and Comics Groups are hosting a joint cash bar on Friday night beginning at 7…[Read more]
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Craig Svonkin posted an update in the group
GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoIf you are going to be in Chicago for this year’s MLA, please do try to attend some of the children’s literature sessions and events being held. I’ve also listed here sessions planned by the Comics and Graphic Narratives Discussion Group. The Children’s Literature and Comics Groups are hosting a joint cash bar on Friday night beginning at 7…[Read more]
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María Gil Poisa started the topic Call for Papers: Social Movements in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY’S FOURTH HISPANIC STUDIES ANNUAL GRADUATE CONFERENCE
Translating Social Movements
Friday March 21 – Saturday March 22 2014
The relationship between intellectual discourse and grassroots social movements has long been a contentious and conflictive one, but it is also one that has been shaped by mutual interaction. Just as…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 12 years, 3 months agoOther Comics Studies Events @ MLA 2014!
Besides the four events—the three panels and the cash bar—sponsored or co-sponsored by our Discussion Group, MLA 2014 in Chicago will host two other sessions devoted comics or graphic narratives, as well as a number of individual papers that, as far as we are able to tell from the program, connect to the…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months agoMLA 2014—Announcing Our Sessions!
We of the MLA Discussion Group on Comics and Graphic Narratives are proud to announce our sessions for the 129th Annual MLA Convention, to be held 9-12 January 2014 in Chicago. Once more we’ll be doing our full allotment of panels—three, including one in collaboration with the MLA Division on Literature and Other…[Read more]
Open access, open source, open to all
Call for Papers
WORLDS and WORDS
29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
Carrollton, Georgia
October 30-November 1, 2014
Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]