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Stephanie Butler deposited The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Locked-In Syndrome and the (Un)Ethics of Narrative as Personhood in the group
TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis is a slightly revised version of the paper I gave for the Out of Narrative Bounds panel organized by the forums TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies and TC Age Studies. This panel was chosen as representative of the presidential theme, Boundary Conditions. In this paper I use Jean-Dominque Bauby’s memoir, The Diving-Bell and the…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Cohen started the topic call for nominations in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years agoIt is not too late to nominate a scholar of ecocriticism and environmental humanities for potential election to the forum’s executive committee! Please send your nominations as soon as possible to the current EC secretary Jeffrey Cohen (jjcohen@gwu.edu) or any other member of the executive committee (Stephanie LeMenager, Sharon O’Dair, Ron…[Read more]
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Daniel Anderson deposited Digital Literature (Digital Humanities) Syllabus in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoSyllabus for digital literature course
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Stefania Irene Sini posted an update in the group
TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoEnthymema. International journal of literary criticism, literary theory, and philosophy of literature
Issues 15 and 16 (2016)
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Cristina León Alfar started the topic MLA Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Rights and Responsibilities in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
The MLA Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Rights and Responsibilities will offer two panels and a special session at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia. Please join us as we consider challenges to shared governance, bullying, and climates of fear.
Combat Management: The End of Shared…[Read more]
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Valerie Barnes Lipscomb started the topic Join us for the Age Studies events at MLA 2017 in the discussion
Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoMLA Sessions Relevant to Age Studies
Note: All of the sessions below relate to the Presidential Theme, Boundary Conditions
Thursday 5 January
Session 9
“Reimagining Adolescence: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?”
12 noon-1:15 p.m.
102B, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Session 96
“Out of Narrative Bounds: Medica…[Read more]
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David Rodriguez started the topic CfP – Experiencing Nonhuman Spaces: Between Description and Narration in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCall for proposals
Experiencing Nonhuman Spaces: Between Description and Narration“We felt enlarge itself round us the huge blackness of what is outside us, of what we are not,” declares Bernard in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves (1931/2000, 213). “What we are not”—the nonhuman—has emerged as one of the most thought-provoking concepts in c…[Read more]
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David Rodriguez started the topic CfP – Experiencing Nonhuman Spaces: Between Description and Narratiion in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCall for proposals
Experiencing Nonhuman Spaces: Between Description and Narration“We felt enlarge itself round us the huge blackness of what is outside us, of what we are not,” declares Bernard in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves (1931/2000, 213). “What we are not”—the nonhuman—has emerged as one of the most thought-provoking concepts in contempora…[Read more]
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Victor Ochoa replied to the topic Fellowships — Rachel Carson Center in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoHi Nicole:
Thank you for the information regarding the Rachel Carson Center fellowships; though I’ll be waiting to apply when I’ve completed my doctorate, I’ll save the site and the information for future reference.
Victor Ochoa
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Joela Jacobs replied to the topic CfP: Oceans and Deserts 2017 in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoDeadline Extended to Dec 10th.
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Joela Jacobs replied to the topic CfP: Oceans and Deserts 2017 in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoDeadline extended to Dec 10!
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David Palumbo-Liu deposited Open Letter to MLA Members: Why Think About Palestine Now? in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoAn argument for more, not less, attention to issues of Palestine, and beyond.
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Luis I. Pradanos started the topic CFP: Contemporary Iberian Ecocriticism and New Materialisms in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers: 2017 Special Section of Letras Hispanas on
“Contemporary Iberian Ecocriticism and New Materialisms”
Editor: Luis I. Prádanos, Miami University
Deadline: June 1, 2017
The global proliferation of ecocriticism and environmental humanities is significantly enriching the depth and scope of literary and cultural studies worl…[Read more]
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Maria Teresa Ramos-Garcia posted an update in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoCALL FOR PAPERS
International Seminar on
LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN CONTACT IN THE ROMANCE NOVEL
UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
(Canary Islands, Spain)
June 21st-23rd 2017
Romance novels have often been dismissed by critics because of their nature as a popular genre and for being written and read largely by women. However, in the last…[Read more] -
Tana Jean Welch started the topic Executive Committee Candidate Statement: Tana Jean Welch in the discussion
Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoGreetings! I have been nominated to stand for election to the executive committee of the forum TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies, so I thought I’d take a moment to introduce myself and outline some of my interests and goals. I currently serve as assistant professor of medical humanities at the Florida State University College of Medicine. D…[Read more]
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