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Cynthia Chase replied to the topic MLA 2025 – Migrations and Diasporas in the discussion
LLC 19th-Century French via email on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Karen Quandt,
Thank you for thinking of me, and with regard to such a good topic. But, I am going to be in Europe, not coming to the MLA.
Best wishes for a very successful session.
Yours,
Cynthia Chase
From: Karen Quandt <noreply@hcommons-staging.org>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 10:10 AM
To: Cynthia Chase <cc97@cornell.edu>
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Karen Quandt started the topic MLA 2025 – Migrations and Diasporas in the discussion
LLC 19th-Century French on MLA Commons 2 years agoPlease consider submitting an abstract for this guaranteed 19th-c French LLC Forum session at the MLA 2025 in New Orleans.
We invite submissions of 250-word abstracts for a roundtable with short papers on migrations, diasporas, and centers of cultural exchange in the 19th-century francophone world. Special focus on Louisiana and New Orleans is e…[Read more]
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Karen Quandt started the topic MLA 2025 – Masks and Masquerades in the discussion
LLC 19th-Century French on MLA Commons 2 years agoPlease consider submitting an abstract for this 19th-c French LLC Forum guaranteed session at the MLA 2025 in New Orleans.
This panel invites submissions of 250-word abstracts for papers related to masks and masquerade broadly defined. Topics may include various forms of deceit, disguise, performance, appearance, and secrets.
Submit abstract t…[Read more]
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Lennie Amores started the topic Call For Papers MLA 2025 Critical Disability in Contemporary Iberian Studies in the discussion
TC Disability Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoMLA New Orleans, January 9-12, 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Section. The members of the Executive Committee invite colleagues to submit proposals:
Critical Disability in Contemporary Iberian Studies
Theoretical contributions, personal or pedagogical practices, and case studies on the relation between d…[Read more] -
Bernadette Andrea started the topic Nominees to Executive Committee in the discussion
GS Travel Writing on MLA Commons 2 years agoThe MLA Travel Writing Forum seeks nominees to the Executive Committee, with a term to begin after the 2025 MLA Convention and run through Jan 2030. Please send nominations to bernadette.andrea@ucsb.edu by January 15, 2024. Self-nominations are welcome.
- Only current MLA members are eligible for appointment.
- Seven convention years must elapse…
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Christine Y Lupton started the topic Seeking Nominations for committee members in the discussion
GS Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 2 years agoWe’d very much like nominations for our new committee member. The term would begin Jan 25 and run for three years. Nominees must be MLA members and NOT be on any other MLA committee. Feel free to email mail me directly with ideas (self nomination totally OK!): c.lupton@warwick.ac.uk. DEADLINE: Jan 15th 2024.
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Ramzi Salti deposited Vivian and Her Son in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis short story, written by Dr. Ramzi Salti, was published as part of his book titled “The Native Informant and Other Stories: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World”. It has been turned into a short film titled “The 40th Day’–available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fspvJSiSQkc. Complete E-Book now available on Google Play and Kindle.
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Arianne A. Hartsell-Gundy started the topic Call for Presenters: “Marked for Death? Challenges to the Humanities in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoCall for Presenters: “Marked for Death? Challenges to the Humanities and Humanities Librarianship”
All faculty members in humanities disciplines are invited to submit proposals to present at a session entitled “Marked for Death? Challenges to the Humanities and Humanities Librarianship,” at this year’s American Library Association Conferenc…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Angela Carter’s Adaptations of the Ashputtle Story in the discussion
GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
We recently published an article titled as “Deconstructing a Disempowering Normative Identity: Angela Carter’s Adaptations of the Ashputtle Story” in Interlitteraria journal. We present the information and the abstract of the article below. If you would like to have a copy of it, please click this l…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman? in the discussion
CLCS Nordic on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University, Sweden published an article titled “Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman?” in Nordic Review of Iconography. I present the abstract of this article below and the article can be downloaded for free from the link below.…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New creative feminist work: A Misogynist Triptych from 1945 in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
I , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe, from Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Education and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Sweden’s Linnaeus University prepared “A Misogynist Triptych from 1945” based on cartoon material coming from the Turkish Boşboğaz (Bigmouth) Humor Gazette from 1945. This project was supported by…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New creative feminist work: A Misogynist Triptych from 1945 in the discussion
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
I , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe, from Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Education and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Sweden’s Linnaeus University prepared “A Misogynist Triptych from 1945” based on cartoon material coming from the Turkish Boşboğaz (Bigmouth) Humor Gazette from 1945. This project was supported by the…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman? in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University, Sweden published an article titled “Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman?” in Nordic Review of Iconography.
I present the abstract of this article below and the article can be downloaded for free from the link b…[Read more] -
Golam Rabbani deposited The Creative Industries in Bangladesh: The Case of Coke Studio Bangla’s “Deora” in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis article analyzes the case of Coke Studio Bangla’s music and performance production titled “Deora.”
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Golam Rabbani deposited Media and Peeping Tom Culture: Violating Familial Privacy and Communal Responsibility in the Evolution of Voyeurism in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoIn the name of visual pleasure, there are different entertainments in today’s media that instigate voyeurism among common viewers. In this study, the author intends to focus on two phases where the spectators are turning voyeurs without their consent. In the first phase, the study reveals the process where film influences voyeuristic behavior. T…[Read more]
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Dorothy Stringer replied to the topic Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature Panels at the 2024 MLA Convention in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoApologies for missing info; dates and times as follows:
194 – Lacan and the Event: Papers in Honor of Mari Ruti
Friday, 5 January 2024 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Marriott – Franklin 7 (Level 4)
648 – Queer Theory and Psychoanalysis
Sunday, 7 January 2024 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Marriott – Franklin 2 (Level 4)
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Hania A.M. Nashef deposited Canines: Unlikely Protagonists in the Novels of Coetzee, Saramago and Shibli in the group
GS Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoAnthropomorphism, which combines two Greek words, anthropos and morphe, meaning “human” and “form’ respectively, is a term that reflects our attribution of human characteristics to non-human animals and objects, bestowing upon them agency (Taylor 2011: 266). In this respect, we elevate the status of the non-human animal, moving it from being a…[Read more]
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Hania A.M. Nashef deposited Songs of Nostalgia: Creative Activism and Exile in Elia Suleiman’s “It Must be Heaven” and Panah Panahi’s “Hit the Road” in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoAbstract | The final scene of Elia Suleiman’s film, It Must be Heaven (2019), ends with the actor/director sitting in an Arab bar in the city of Haifa, while the young crowd is dancing to “Arabyon Ana” (2000) by Lebanese singer Yuri Mrakadi. The Arabic music is a testimony to a Palestinian-Arab culture that resists erasure.
The songs in Sulei…[Read more]
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Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2024 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]
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