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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoI welcome your interest, Janet!
We are adding borderlands to Rust Belt Literature including bordering Windsor, Canada, and bordering Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Our Welcome has been revised to reflect this after someone at a different group pointed out the omission. So we go a bit beyond the Midwest, Janet. we already have interest from Pe…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New Rust Belt Literature Group at Commons in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoREVISED WELCOME:
Rust Belt Literature
Public Group active 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
<div id=”item-meta”>We welcome your participation in the Rust Belt Literature (RBL) group. NOTE: We are calling for formation of a panel on RBL at next MLA convention.
This group will host discussions of all types of literary responses to living in the Rust B…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic RUST BELT LITERATURE on the Commons in the discussion
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoRust Belt Literature
Public Group active 3 hours, 31 minutes ago
<div id=”item-meta”>We welcome your participation in the Rust Belt Literature group.
NOTE to those who attend: We are calling for people to host a panel at the next national MLA convention.
This group will host discussions of all types of literary responses to living in the Rust…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine deposited "The Commotion of Souls" in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoAn essay written for “Neuroscience and Fiction,” a special issue of SubStance guest-edited by Pierre Casso-Nogues
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New Rust Belt Literature Group at Commons in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoCertainly! We can also include Northern Mexico’s mining and steel areas.
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Cristina León Alfar started the topic Sept Meeting, NYC Chapter of Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe first meeting of the Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance will take place on Thursday, September 15, from 6:00-7:30pm in room 9207 of the CUNY Graduate Center. Francesca Canadé Sautman (French, Hunter and Graduate Center) will speak on “Offstage Direction: French Women and the Shaping of the Renaissance Theater.” Have a look at t…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic New Rust Belt Literature Group at Commons in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoRust Belt Literature
Public Group active 5 hours, 52 minutes ago
<div id=”item-meta”>We welcome your participation in the Rust Belt Literature group.
This group will host discussions of all types of literary responses to living in the Rust Belt, defined here as industrial communities in the United States. Those ho have been affected by the rust…[Read more]
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Janet Ruth Heller replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Friends,
I’m also interested in this group. However, I would like to give the group a more positive or neutral name than “Rust Belt.”
We may also want to connect with the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, which has annual conferences in June in East Lansing at Michigan State University. These conferences include films, c…[Read more]
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Sandra Katherine Sprows replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoI am interested in being a part of the discussion group on “Rust Belt Literature.”
Thank you for starting this discussion.
Sandra
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoNicky Agate told me how to create the group “Rust Belt Literature” so it is now an independent discussion group–I think. I tried to make it as open as possible, since it may be a low traffic group.
Our first offering is my story Whiting Rich and Strange to be found in the CORE file deposit area (on your toolbar–keyword CORE.)
Please send me…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHello, 20th-21st C. Am. Lit. Admins,
I spoke to Nicki Agate, one of the admins of the MLA Commons, about a category for “Rust Belt Literature.” There hasn’t been much space for those of us who grew up in steel mill and other industrial communities to discuss our attempts at transforming our life experiences into literature.
MLA CORE DEPOSIT N…[Read more]
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Maria Lujan Figueredo replied to the topic News to share? in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHello,
Thank you for this message. I recently won an award and I would like to have this news shared with other MLA members in the Commons Newsletter to be included in the September issue!
Professor Maria Figueredo wins 2016 President’s University-Wide Teaching Award
(Full-Time Faculty Category)
This prestigious award is an important recognit…[Read more]
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Carrie Johnston started the topic Deadline Approaching: Gender & the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
The Sept. 1 deadline for the Studies in the Novel special issue, “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupation of the American West” is approaching. Full CFP and submission guidelines below.
Call for Papers: Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West
Studies in the Novel is currently seeking submissions for a s…[Read more]
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Julien Jacques Simon deposited Cognitive Approaches to Early Modern Spanish Literature in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoCognitive Approaches to Early Modern Spanish Literature is the first anthology exploring human cognition and literature in the context of early modern Spanish culture. It includes the leading voices in the field, along with the main themes and directions that this important area of study has been producing. The book begins with an overview of the…[Read more]
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Julien Jacques Simon started the topic CfP: Narrative, Cognition & Science Lab (Abstracts Due Aug. 31st) in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoCall for Papers
Symposium: Narrative, Cognition & Science Lab
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
21-23 October 2016
Organized by ELINAS: Research Center for Literature and Natural Science
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
– Marie-Laure Ryan, Independent Scholar in Residence, University of Col…[Read more]
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Anastasia Salter deposited Syllabus: Digital Cultures & Narrative in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoUndergraduate syllabus for a course combining media studies with creative production practices in digital narratives and culture. Designed for delivery online, with an emphasis on individual projects.
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Anastasia Salter deposited Syllabus: Digital Cultures & Narrative in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoUndergraduate syllabus for a course combining media studies with creative production practices in digital narratives and culture. Designed for delivery online, with an emphasis on individual projects.
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Alexa Huang deposited The Blotted Line | An Interview with Alexa Huang in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoAn Interview with Alexa Huang, George Washington University | The Blotted Line
“I am proud to have answered my calling to tell stories and to show others how to listen for silenced voices. Story-telling makes us human because it…[Read more]
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Roger Whitson deposited DTC 375: Languages, Text, and Technology in the group
MS Sound on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoDTC 375 is an introduction to the historical relationships between technology, communication, and forms of writing or material inscription. The course gives students an appreciation of the technological history of media, including hands-on encounters with the components and signals that create various technological effects: from sound to graphics…[Read more]
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Karl Steel deposited Bad Heritage: The American Viking Fantasy, from the Nineteenth Century to Now in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoHere’s a key paragraph:
“This chapter will be an exploration of the heritage function of Vikings in America. It will look at their presumptive whiteness, from the early nineteenth century, through the real mania for all things Viking in the mid to late nineteenth century, and on to present day fascinations with the Norse in popular music,…[Read more] - Load More
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