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Yolanda Padilla deposited “Chicana/o Narratives: Then and Now” in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoIntroduction to the edited volume Bridges, Borders, and Breaks: History, Narrative, and Nation in Twenty-First-Century Chicana/o Literary Criticism.
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Hatem Akil replied to the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoCorrection to the above post.
GAAM’s CFPs are for the following panels:
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.
This panel seeks papers that address graphic narratives by/about Arabs, and how they are taught or not taught today in the US. Some of…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil started the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Friends,
Time is closing on submissions to the MLA 2018 convention panels organized by the Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature (GAAM). Please review and circulate as may be necessary.
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Beyond Bounds: The Refugee in Global Arab/Arab…[Read more] -
Cynthia Wu deposited A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Displacement and the World War II Japanese American Internment in the group
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoArticle in special issue of Amerasia Journal on “Carceral States”
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Christopher M. Lupke replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoColleagues:
Thanks for your interest. The MLA is a multifaceted organization with lots of different things going on. Those in East Asian Studies are mostly fairly new to the MLA. Thus, we are organizing this session to give an overview of what the MLA does and how to navigate it. There also will be ample time for questions and comments. Members…[Read more]
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Weihsin Gui started the topic Call for proposals: Southeast Asia special session for 2018 MLA in the discussion
Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian Diasporic on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI’m planning to put together a panel/special session on Southeast Asian literary/cultural narratives for the January 2018 Modern Language Association conference in New York, NY.
The theme for the MLA conference is “States of Insecurity” and I thought a panel dealing with contemporary narratives that negotiate insecurities in or resist the…[Read more]
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Monika Dix posted an update in the group
LLC East Asian on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI would also be interested in participating in this discussion, especially addressing the issue how to convince more East Asian specialists (faculty & grad students) to join the MLA. How can the MLA serve as a complementary platform or provide something very different from conferences such as AAS?
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Yes — please come! BTW — I’m not seeing my responses posted in the MLA Commons LLC East Asian. Can they make a more cumbersome online system?? Best wishes, Chris
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Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWhat a great idea for networking and sharing information. Thanks for doing this and please post to all East Asian forums!
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI would be interested in this especially if I could address it from the point of view of contingent or non-tenured faculty.
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Kelly Y. Jeong started the topic Disability and Human (in)Dignity in East Asian Literature and Film in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPapers addressing representations of <span class=”il”>disability</span> and human (in)dignity in <span class=”il”>East</span> <span class=”il”>Asian</span> literature and film. Comparative perspectives preferred. 250-word abstract and short CV by March 15; Kelly Jeong (kelly.jeong@ucr.edu)
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Kelly Y. Jeong started the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoNavigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars
An interactive discussion for East Asian scholars on how to master the intricacies of the
MLA covering Forums, Elected Committees, the Delegate Assembly, MLA Commons,
and more.
Guaranteed Session Sponsored by the East Asian Forum.
Christopher Lupke Presiding.
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Martin J. Ponce started the topic CFPs: MLA 2018, Race and Ethnicity Forum in the discussion
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoCarceral States of Exception and Insecurity
Critical, theoretical, cultural engagements with the prison, detention, punishment, and their representations. National, international, and/or comparative contexts. Brief CV & 300-word abstract by 13 March 2017; Ruby Tapia (rtapia@umich.edu).<hr />
Interdisciplinary Palestine
Palestine’s s…[Read more] -
Lisa Zunshine deposited Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoFantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture. What kind of behavior do we expect from such conceptual hybrids in science fiction, nonsense poetry, and surrealist art?
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Nicholas Rinehart deposited Native Sons; Or, How “Bigger” Was Born Again in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoThis article reconsiders Richard Wright’s Native Son by comparing divergences between the published novel and an earlier typeset manuscript. It argues that such revisions render protagonist Bigger Thomas an icon of global class conflict rather than a national figure of racial tension. By revealing the continuities among critical essays that…[Read more]
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Hania Nashef deposited Demythologizing the Palestinian in Hany Abu-Assad’sOmarandParadise Now in the group
TC Popular Culture 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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Hania Nashef deposited Demythologizing the Palestinian in Hany Abu-Assad’sOmarandParadise Now in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture 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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Lisa Zunshine deposited Why Robots Go Astray in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years agoFantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture and have been since antiquity. What kind of behavior do we expect from conceptual hybrids in science fiction, nonsense poetry, and surrealist art?
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Pamela Thoma replied to the topic MLA 2017 Sessions arranged by the Forum in LLC Asian American in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoThanks so much for posting these, Crystal! What a great group of sessions. Looking forward to later today and to the other panels later in the convention!
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Crystal Parikh started the topic MLA 2017 Sessions arranged by the Forum in LLC Asian American in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoIf you’re attending the 2017 MLA convention, please check out the following sessions arranged by the Forum in LLC Asian American:
Boundary Conditions and Complexities in Teaching the Works of Karen Tei Yamashita
Thursday, 5 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 110A, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Program arranged by the forum LLC Asian A…[Read more]
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Ruth Yvonne Hsu deposited “Mapping Los Angeles: Yamashita’s Tropic of Orange, GIS, and Cartographic Pedagogy” in the group
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoDigital technology in teaching the work of Karen Tei Yamashita
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