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Nancy Caronia started the topic Reminder: CFPs MLA 2016 Italian American LLC in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Italian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agohttps://www.cfplist.com/CFP.aspx?CID=6828
The Streets of Philadelphia: From Rocky to Creed
The MLA Italian American Forum seeks paper proposals for a possible session at the MLA Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA January 5-8, 2017. Taking a cue from the presidential conference theme “Boundary Conditions,” this panel seeks submissions that exp…[Read more] -
Nancy Caronia started the topic MLA Guaranteed Session: DigITALamericana: New Archives of an Invisible People in the discussion
Italian American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoDigITALamericana: New Archives of an Invisible People The Italian American Literature Forum is seeking panelists to present transmedia perspectives and projects (oral histories, photos, artifacts, home movies etc.) on the Italian American experience for its guaranteed session at the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia. As defined by Henry Jenkins,…[Read more]
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Nancy Caronia started the topic MLA Possible Session: The Streets of Philadelphia: From Rocky to Creed in the discussion
Italian American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThe MLA Italian American Forum seeks paper proposals for a possible session at the MLA Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA January 5-8, 2017. Taking a cue from the presidential conference theme “Boundary Conditions,” this panel seeks submissions that explore the boundaries of racism and ethnocentrism in the Rocky series. We are most int…[Read more]
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Lauren Coats started the topic MLA 2017 Travel Writing Forum CFP: "Orientalism" Revisited in the discussion
Travel Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThe Travel Writing Committee welcomes proposals for the forum’s session at MLA 2017:
“Orientalism” Revisited: Travel Writing & Neo-Orientalism
Forum: GS Travel Writing
Reconsideration of Said’s theoretical framework for understanding aesthetic and political dimensions and implications of travel writing. 250 word abstract and c.v. to Ali Behdad b…[Read more] -
Marina Fedosik started the topic CFP: Adoption and Culture: Sixth Biennial Conference of ASAC in the discussion
Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoCall for Proposals: Sixth Biennial Conference for the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture ASAC 2016: Building Communities, Changing Discourses Crowne Plaza
Minneapolis Northstar Downtown Hotel, 27-29 October 2016
Proposal deadline 15 March 2016
Keynote speakers: Lorraine Dusky, Margaret Jacobs, and Deann Borshay Liem, introducing her…[Read more]
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Olivia Jones Choplin started the topic CFP: American Council of Quebec Studies Biennial Conference 4/15/16 deadline in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoCONVERSATIONS-COMMERCE-COMMUNAUTÉS–CONVERSATIONS-COMMERCE-COMMUNITIES
Le 20e colloque bisannuel de l’ACQS / The 20th biennial conference of the ACQS:
du 3 au 6 novembre, 2016, au Westin Harborview Hotel, Portland, ME
L’American Council for Québec Studies sollicite des propositions de communication pour notre prochain congrès en 2016. Si le thèm…[Read more] -
Nicky Agate started the topic Space to Discuss CORE Deposits in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoSome members of this group have sent insightful comments about CORE deposits shared with the TC Literary Criticism forum (see the left hand menu on this page) to the MLA Commons e-mail address. Please use this space to respond or discuss items uploaded to CORE so that everyone—including the author—can benefit from your insight.
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Lisa Zunshine deposited "Cognitive Alternatives to Interiority" in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 12 months ago[from pp. 151-52:]
“Not only do we ourselves treat fictional characters as if they were capable of a broad variety of mental states (as real people are) to make sense of the story when we first read it; not only do we casually refer to these characters’ and the author’s mental states in our subsequent discussions with students; not only do we…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic AATI @ MLA: Call for Papers in the discussion
Romance Literary Relations on MLA Commons 10 years agoIl poeta civile: ieri, oggi e domani
Call for Papers: AATI @ MLA (Philadelphia, PA)
January 5-8, 2017
For Alberto Moravia, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death marked the loss of a great poeta civile whose work uniquely bore a Leftist political stamp.
“La poesia civile era sempre stata a destra in Italia, dall’inizio dell’Ottocento, da Foscolo…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic AATI @ MLA: Call for Papers in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Italian Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoIl poeta civile: ieri, oggi e domani
Call for Papers: AATI @ MLA (Philadelphia, PA)
January 5-8, 2017
For Alberto Moravia, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death marked the loss of a great poeta civile whose work uniquely bore a Leftist political stamp.
“La poesia civile era sempre stata a destra in Italia, dall’inizio dell’Ottocento, da Foscolo…[Read more]
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Ewa Lukaszyk deposited Is there Tunisian literature? Emergent writing and fractal proliferation of minor voices in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years agoIs There Tunisian Literature? Emergent Writing and Fractal Proliferation of Minor Voices.
The article presents the Tunisian literature from the non-local perspective of the global literary market and the circulation of translated literature. The minor status of the studied phenomenon becomes obvious even when the Tunisian literature is compared…[Read more] -
Ewa Lukaszyk deposited Is there Tunisian literature? Emergent writing and fractal proliferation of minor voices in the group
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 10 years agoIs There Tunisian Literature? Emergent Writing and Fractal Proliferation of Minor Voices.
The article presents the Tunisian literature from the non-local perspective of the global literary market and the circulation of translated literature. The minor status of the studied phenomenon becomes obvious even when the Tunisian literature is compared…[Read more] -
Nancy Caronia started the topic Two CFPs: Italian American Lit Forum MLA 2017 in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Italian Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoSee below for two CFPs from the Italian American Literature Forum for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia:
DigITALamericana: New Archives of an Invisible People
The Italian American Literature Forum is seeking panelists to present transmedia perspectives and projects (oral histories, photos, artifacts, home movies etc.) on the Italian…[Read more] -
Nancy Caronia started the topic Two CFPs from IA Lit Forum for MLA 2017 in the discussion
Italian American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoPlease see below for two CFPs from the Italian American Literature Forum for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia:
DigITALamericana: New Archives of an Invisible People
The Italian American Literature Forum is seeking panelists to present transmedia perspectives and projects (oral histories, photos, artifacts, home movies etc.) on the Italian…[Read more] -
Phillip Lundberg started the topic Transl. the esoteric – Soul in Metamorphosis. in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years agoAnyone who is interested in digging DEEP into Kafka’s esoteric dimension and connecting his works of t r a n s f o r m a t i o n — to Plato, John the Evangelist and other romantics is encouraged to join the KAFKA group >> the proof, of course >> is in the pudding!
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic CfP: AATI @ Naples June 2016!!! in the discussion
Italian American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoNOTIFICATION OF EXTENDED DEADLINES
Session/Roundtable proposals with calls for abstracts: February 20, 2016.
Individual paper proposals: February 20, 2016.
<u>Completed Sessions and Roundtables</u> with all relevant information, as per guidelines (attached): March 1, 2016.
FOR QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT AATI NAPLES COMMITTEE CHAIR, CO…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic CfP: AATI @ Naples June 2016! in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Italian Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoNOTIFICATION OF EXTENDED DEADLINES
Session/Roundtable proposals with calls for abstracts: February 20, 2016.
Individual paper proposals: February 20, 2016.
<u>Completed Sessions and Roundtables</u> with all relevant information, as per guidelines (attached): March 1, 2016.
FOR QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT AATI NAPLES COMMITTEE CHAIR, CO…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic CfP: AATI @ Naples June 2016 in the discussion
Seventeenth-, Eighteenth-, and Nineteenth-Century Italian Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoNOTIFICATION OF EXTENDED DEADLINES
Session/Roundtable proposals with calls for abstracts: February 20, 2016.
Individual paper proposals: February 20, 2016.
<u>Completed Sessions and Roundtables</u> with all relevant information, as per guidelines (attached): March 1, 2016.
FOR QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT AATI NAPLES COMMITTEE CHAIR, CO…[Read more]
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Zahi A. Zalloua started the topic CFP Catastrophe: Special issue of The Comparatist in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years agoCFP Catastrophe: Special issue of The Comparatist
We welcome contributions that examine the notion of catastrophe in comparative studies and literary theory. Thinking catastrophe today raises multiple questions. What constitutes a catastrophe? How do we bear witness to a catastrophe? What historical catastrophes serve an exemplary or paradigmatic…[Read more] -
Lisa Zunshine deposited "Culture of Greedy Mind Readers" in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years agoThis primer in “cognitive cultural studies” explores the cultural fantasy of perfect access to mind through body. It shows that different genres and media—movies, novels, classic Chinese operas, medieval ribald tales, musicals, paintings, documentaries, stand-up comedy, and photography—have different strategies for making us think that we have ju…[Read more]
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