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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Useful to review past, ratified MLA resolutions in the forum
Scholarship, Censorship, Exclusion on MLA Commons 11 years agoSelect resolutions from 1981 and 1986, ratified by the membership
1981 Delegate Assembly Meeting; 1982 membership vote
Resolution 1
Be it resolved that the Modern Language Association express its outrage and sorrow at the suppression of human rights in Poland, which involves the persecution and harsh detention of students, teachers,…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis replied to the topic Files and materials in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years agoHere are a few key resolutions passed in the 1980s. They are indisputably engaged with national and international issues:
1981 Delegate Assembly Meeting; 1982 membership vote
Resolution 1
Be it resolved that the Modern Language Association express its outrage and sorrow at the suppression of human rights in Poland, which involves the…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Nominees sought for the PT and other Contingent Faculty committee in the forum
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 11 years agoPlease write to Maria Maisto, the incoming chair, if you would like to serve on this committee. It is a potentially important committee in an environment of rapidly increasing hospitality toward contingent and adjunct participation in the business of the MLA!
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Margaret Hanzimanolis replied to the topic Resolution to Endorse the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years agoI am assuming that the agreement that this group made with the DAOC does not bind “other” groups or individuals from advancing a resolution similar to this one. How can the DA say that it will not entertain any resolutions before 2017 based on this agreement with a small group? Is that sort of pre-emptive maneuver not a violation of democratic…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic 2015-1 MOTION WILL BE HEARD AT DELEGATE ASSEMBLY MTG. in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years agoMotion 2015-1:
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern LanguagesWhereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF) constitute over 50% of the faculty in the US, and presumably a similar percentage of language and literature faculty;
Whereas PTF are presumably and anecdotally…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic 2015-1 MOTION coming up at the Delegate Assembly mtg in the forum
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 11 years agoPlease consider attending the Delegate Assembly in order to support this MOTION:
Motion 2015-1:
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern Languages
Supporting materials: Click here to see the information provided by the proposers.Whereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF)…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Radical caucus sponsored motion in the forum
Radical Caucus on MLA Commons 11 years agoMotion 2015-1
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern Languages
Supporting materials: Click here to see the information provided by the proposers.Whereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF) constitute over 50% of the faculty in the US, and presumably a similar percentage of…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic MLA MOTION 2015-1 on Part-time faculty in governance in the forum
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 11 years agoThis motion was submitted by the radical caucus of the MLA, and will be discussed at the open hearing on Friday and the Delegate assembly on Saturday. Please come to both venues, if you can, to support the motion and speak in its behalf!
Motion 2015-1
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic MLA Subconference in Vancouver Wed, Jan 7-9,2015 in the forum
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 11 years agoPlease consider attending this important conference, to be held on two days before the regular MLA.
http://mlasubconference.org/2015-program/
Subconference of the MLA “Non-Negotiable Sites of Struggle” January 7-9, 2015
Location: Simon Fraser University
Harbour Centre Joseph and Rosalie Segal Room*co-sponsored by the TSSU
Wednesday, Jan…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis replied to the topic Agenda for delegate assembly meeting. in the forum
2015 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoHi,
I am not seeing the full text of the proposed resolution/motion. I believe that you have indicated that it would be posted by “mid december.”
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Agenda for delegate assembly meeting. in the forum
2015 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoPlease publicize the full motion that the DA will be considering in the ‘agenda” section of the DA materials webpage.
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Travel Grant eligibility for Delegate Assembly members who are Part time, in the forum
2015 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoThe existence of travel grants to sitting DA members does not seem to be posted anywhere. I found out about this grant “by accident” on an unrelated twitter conversation. Please make sure that the travel grant page informs people of this grant, and please make the existence of this grant known to DA members who might be able to use it, and…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic OPEN LETTER: Radical Caucus critique of the MLA Taskforce on graduate study in the forum
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoThe following letter was sent on behalf of the radical caucus of the MLA members as a critique of the Taskforce Report on graduate study. The analysis of the taskforce report took part over a period of time on the radical caucus list, and was written by Margaret Hanzimanolis and Richard Ohmann, with help from many radical caucus members.
We…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Critique of the MLA taskforce report on graduate study in the humanities in the forum
Radical Caucus on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoThe following letter, based upon a close analysis of the MLA Taskforce Report on Graduate Study (2013) in the Humanities, written by Margaret Hanzimanolis, Dick Ohmann and others, and based upon discussion on the radical caucus list serve.
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Benjamin Fraser posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Two 2014 books: Antonio López García’s Everyday Urban Worlds: A Philosophy of Painting [August 2014] Bucknell University Press / Marxism and Urban Culture [edited volume 2014] Lexington Books [Rowman & Littlefield].
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Benjamin Fraser started the topic CFP-Disability in World Film Contexts [edited book] in the forum
Disability Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDisability in World Film Contexts [cfp-edited volume]
The edited volume titled ‘Disability in World Film Contexts’ has received initial interest from Yoram Allon of renowned film publisher Wallflower Press (now part of Columbia UP). Contributions are invited in the form of chapters that focus on an individual film or films from a specific nat…[Read more]
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Benjamin Fraser replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: TC Geography and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoBenjamin Fraser
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Margaret Hanzimanolis posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago
@rfeal Would you consider reading a two page section of Joe Berry’s classic, Reclaiming the Ivory Tower? Here is the sign up spreadsheet@ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnRu6M-k0cvidEVNUktzUGtBUUlDRFJQNHZKYzEtYkE#gid=0
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Margaret Hanzimanolis posted an update in the group
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoPLEASE Consider reading a chapter of Joe Berry’s book about organizing contingent workers. 12 sections still need readers! Collaboration! Once you sign up, you can write to the organizers (email on the spreadsheet) for further instructions. It’s easy with audacity, a recording program easily downloadable.…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis posted an update in the group
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoPLEASE Consider reading a chapter of Joe Berry’s book about organizing contingent workers. 12 sections still need readers! Collaboration! Once you sign up, you can write to the organizers (email on the spreadsheet) for further instructions. It’s easy with audacity, a recording program easily downloadable.
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