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Jessica Winston started the topic Teaching Literature Book Award in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Colleagues:
The faculty in the Ph.D. program in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University invites nominations for the Teaching Literature Book Award. This new, nationally-juried prize seeks to encourage and recognize excellence in teaching by honoring every other year a book-length work on…[Read more]
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Mark Bracher started the topic Conference CFP–Why the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers
International Conference
Why the Humanities:
Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences
http://www.kent.edu/cas/why-humanities
Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center
Kent, Ohio, USA
July 9-12, 2015
The purpose of this conference is to highlight and enhance the contributions that humanities education makes to personal…[Read more] -
Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago<h1 style=”text-align: center;”>SoTL Commons Conference
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
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Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago<h1 style=”text-align: center;”>SoTL Commons Conference
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)…[Read more] -
Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) “the work of the classroom [becomes] a site for inq…[Read more] -
Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)“the work of the classroom [becomes] a site for inq…[Read more]
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Maria Luisa Martinez started the topic CFP for 46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015
Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015
Host institution: Ryerson UniversityPanel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 Classrooms
This panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional
The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool fo…[Read more]
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Gerardo Pignatiello started the topic CFP Dossier "Crime/Detective Fiction in Latin America and the Caribbean" in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago<div>
<div>CFP Revista Badebec, University of Rosario, Argentina. Dossier “Crime/Detective Fiction in Latin America and the Caribbean (1980-2014)” (literature, film, and TV). First deadline: November 30th, 2014. Contact: badebec@gmail.com
BADEBEC INVITA A PARTICIPAR DE SU PRÓXIMO DOSSIER
“Ficciones policiales en Latinoamérica y el Caribe”…[Read more]
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Jessica Winston started the topic ISU Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months agoDear Forum Members,
For anyone who might be interested in pursuing a Ph.D., with the aim of teaching literature and composition at a two-year college, I wanted to draw your attention to the Idaho State University Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English, which is program that aims to prepare students for these types of jobs.
The Ph.D. is a…[Read more]
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Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic Review & Comment on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Ed. in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoThe Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise the standards in order to…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoPlease accept my apologies, Joe Lockard. It was my first time using this forum.
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Joe Lockard replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoPrivate correspondence resulting from a CFP is inconsiderate use of a shared common forum. These messages go to 155 forum participants, not simply to the corresponding parties. Thanks for understanding.
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Laura E. Savu replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear Prof. Whitney,
Thank you for your prompt reply and especially for your interest in this project. Your proposal sounds very promising as no viable notion of the good life can be conceived without taking into account its complicated relationship with economic growth. If I’m not mistaken, The Skidelskys, whom I cite in my brief descri…[Read more]
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Charles Whitney replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi Laura,
Thanks for developing this topic. I would be interested in writing on “the good life” as it is addressed by economists and others offering proposals about how to deal with global warming, particularly concerning attitudes toward future economic growth. In my admittedly limited experience, mainstream economists don’t go much beyond t…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu started the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. The essays need to focus on the discourses and practices of the good life, understood in all of its dimensions—material, psychological, ethical, spiritual, etc. –and appro…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu started the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. The essays need to focus on the discourses and practices of the good life, understood in all of its dimensions—material, psychological, ethical, spiritual, etc. –and appro…[Read more]
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Mary McAleer Balkun started the topic CFP for MLA 2015: Close Reading, Slow Reading, and Teaching Literature in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoThis session is sponsored by the Division on the Teaching of Literature:
Whether instructors opt to have students engage in “close reading” or “slow reading,” there is an increasing interest in encouraging them to spend more time lingering over texts–reading carefully, attentively, and thoughtfully. In large part a response to a cultural…[Read more]
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Steve Rowland started the topic Call for participants: Survey for development of Shakespeare Central in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear Wonderful Teachers of Shakespeare,
CultureWorks Productions, in partnership with Shakespeare’s Globe (London), is developing an exciting new service called<b> Shakespeare Central</b>, an easily accessible database of all kinds of Shakespeare media.
<b>Shakespeare Central</b> will be the hub for a vast collection of Shakespeare inf…[Read more]