Christina Ann Karas
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Heike Bauer deposited The Hirschfeld Archives: Violence, Death, and Modern Queer Culture in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoThe book examines little known and forgotten writings by Magnus Hirschfeld, the influential sexologist who is best known today for his homosexual activism, transgender work and founding of the world’s first Institute of Sexual Science in 1919. Arguing that negative experiences, as much as affirmative subculture formation, shaped a collective sense…[Read more]
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Jonathan Senchyne deposited Rags Make Paper, Paper Makes Money: Material Texts and Metaphors of Capital in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months agoBecause nineteenth-century paper was made from rags, the materiality of paper money became a likely ground from which to debate the nature of value in modern capitalism. On one hand, if paper money was backed by nothing but itself, then it was worth little more than itself: a gathering of lowly rags. On the other hand, the process of turning…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Cohen posted an update in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months agoHi everyone, just wondering what to do to make this site of greater use to membership. All suggestions and ideas welcome!
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Let us know if we can help here! It might be great to use your group (or site) to promote all the ecocriticism / environmental humanities sessions at the convention, collect presentations and slides from presenters (share them with the group from CORE), or promote other events relevant to the group through the “Events” calendar up above!
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Ivonne Garcia started the topic Susan Tane Travel Grants for joint PS/NHS Conference in Kyoto in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months agoSusan Tane Travel Grants, Flight, and Hotel Information for Poe Scholars Traveling to Kyoto:
The Poe Studies Association and the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society will host a joint international conference with the Japanese Poe Society and the Japanese Hawthorne Society in Kyoto, Japan from June 21-24, 2018. Plenary speakers will be Michael J.…[Read more]
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Ivonne Garcia started the topic CALL FOR PAPERS: Poe & Hawthorne Kyoto Conference – Deadline: August 1, 2017 in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months agoCALL FOR PAPERS: Poe & Hawthorne Conference
Kyoto Garden Palace Hotel—Kyoto, Japan
The Poe Studies Association, The Poe Society of Japan, The Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, and The Nathaniel Hawthorne Society of Japan invite paper and session proposals for a joint conference to be held in Kyoto, Japan on June 21-24, 2018. Our banquet speaker w…[Read more] -
Ivonne Garcia started the topic Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Kyoto Conference Sam Coale Travel Grants, etc. in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 6 months agoKyoto Conference Sam Coale Travel Grants, Flight, Hotel, and Contact Information:
The Poe Studies Association and the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society will host a joint international conference with the Japanese Poe Society and the Japanese Hawthorne Society in Kyoto, Japan from June 21-24, 2018. Plenary speakers will be Michael J. Colacurcio and…[Read more] -
Brian Vetruba posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoMore info about travel stipends for New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, and Partnerships” being held on October 13, 2017 at the German National Library in Frankfurt, Germany is available at https://www.crl.edu/news/travel-stipends-frankfurt-symposium
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Brian Vetruba posted an update in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoRegistration has opened for the symposium “New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, and Partnerships” being held on October 13, 2017 at the German National Library in Frankfurt, Germany. The symposium website is http://www.crl.edu/events/frankfurt2017symposium. Additional travel stipends are available for LIS professionals.
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Tea Rokolj replied to the topic ACRL WESS Research Forum at ALA Annual Conference in the discussion
Libraries and Research in Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 years, 7 months agoEuropean Studies Research Forum at ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
Saturday, June 24<sup>th</sup>, 4:30-5:30pm
Chicago Hilton, Stevens Center, Salon A-5
Sponsored by the WESS Research and Planning Committee (Nickoal Eichmann, David Lincove, Tea Rokolj).
PRESENTATIONS:
Gordon B. Anderson (University of Minnesota)
Books under S…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan deposited Jane Addams and Hull-House (historical novel Waking the Dead) in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThe historical novel Waking the Dead is now available at ResearchGate. This data file (there are 20) introduces Jane Addams
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Timothy Robbins started the topic Seeking Contributors to The Open Anthology of Early American Literature in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months ago<p dir=”ltr”>Dear C-19 friends and colleagues,</p>
<p dir=”ltr”>We are currently seeking writers, editors, and contributors of all kinds to The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature, an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook under development with the Rebus Community. Rebus is a non-profit organization that works with faculty,…[Read more] -
Gloria Lee McMillan deposited Resource on William T,. Stead human rights / Labor advocate (UK- Chicago 1893) in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoA figure who should be back in our minds these days, British journalist/reformer William T. Stead came to cover the 1893 Chicago world’s fair and wrote If Christ came to Chicago about the “philistines” running the corrupt exploitation of the poor in the town. Some pillars of Chicago society pages and front pews in posh churches paid the tax on…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate deposited From the Ground Up: A Group Editorial on the Most Pressing Issues in Scholarly Communication in the group
TM Libraries and Research on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months agoA group editorial from the Editorial Board of the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication.
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Benjamin Fagan deposited Review Essay on Black Women and 19th-century American Print Culture in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoReview Essay on Black Women and 19th-century American Print Culture
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Benjamin Fagan deposited Reclaiming Revolution: William Wells Brown’s Irreducible Haitian Heroes in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis article focuses on William Wells Brown’s 1854 history of the Haitian Revolution.
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Benjamin Fagan deposited “Feebler than the Original”: Translation and Early Black Transnationalism in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis article reads the printing and commentary on Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade” in Frederick Douglass’ Paper as an act and theorization of translation.
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Benjamin Fagan deposited The North Star and the Atlantic 1848 in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis article explores the coverage of the 1848 uprisings in Europe by the North Star, a black newspaper edited by Frederick Douglass.
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Benjamin Fagan deposited Chronicling White America in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis forum contribution focuses on the racial politics of digitization.
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Benjamin Fagan deposited Harriet Jacobs’s Rogue Reading in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis forum contribution reads Harriet Jacobs’s use of print as a model for contemporary scholarship.
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Benjamin Fagan deposited “Americans As They Really Are”: The Colored American and the Illustration of National Identity in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis article explores the illustrations that appeared in the Colored American (1837-1841), a black newspaper published in New York City.
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