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Amy Rubens started the topic CFP MLA 2016: Circulating Notions of TB in the discussion
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoCFP: Special session proposal for the 2016 Modern Language Association convention in Austin, TX.
“Circulating Notions of TB”
Conference papers invited that examine the representation of patients’ experiences with tuberculosis in imaginative, digital, and other texts.
How do these narratives, metaphors, or images intersect with–or even activ…[Read more]
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Mary McAleer Balkun started the topic CFP – MA 2016: Literature and the Public Sphere (Corrected) in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years ago“Literature and the Public Sphere: Connecting Classroom and Community”
The focus of this session (sponsored by the Division on the Teaching of Literature) is on the interconnections, both actual and possible, between what we teach in the literature classroom and the world beyond that classroom. This can mean looking at literature that eng…[Read more]
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Mary McAleer Balkun started the topic CFP – MLA 2016: Literature and the Public Sphere in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years ago“Literature and the Public Sphere: Connecting Classroom and Community”
The focus of this session (sponsored by the Forum on the Teaching of Literature) is on the interconnections, both actual and possible, between what we teach in the literature classroom and the world beyond that classroom. This can mean looking at literature that engages pub…[Read more]
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Abby Goode started the topic Sustainability and Population in American Literary History in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoSpecial Session 77: “Sustainability and Population in American Literary History” at this year’s MLA might be of interest to folks studying nineteenth-century American literature. The panel is on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in 116 VCC West. More information about the panelists and papers can be found at ht…[Read more]
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Tana Jean Welch replied to the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetics and Science Panel for ALA 2015 in the forum
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoALA Panel Reminder:
Quantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science and contemporary…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA Vancouver, Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
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James E. Dobson started the topic ANN: 2015 Futures of American Studies Institute: Questions Worth Asking in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDARTMOUTH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES A ONE WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE
THE FUTURES OF AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE: QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
MONDAY, JUNE 22 — SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015Director: Donald E. Pease (Dartmouth College)
Co-Directors: Colleen Boggs (Dartmouth College), Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Elizabeth Maddock Dillon (Northeastern U…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock started the topic JFA Books Received in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoThe print titles listed below are now available for review in The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. If you are interested in one (or more), drop me a line at <Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu>. We ask for reviews of between 1200 and 1500 words within approximately three months of receipt of the book.
Since it is often the case that I get…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock started the topic JFA Books Received in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoThe print titles listed below are now available for review in The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. If you are interested in one (or more), drop me a line at <Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu>. We ask for reviews of between 1200 and 1500 words within approximately three months of receipt of the book.
Since it is often the case that I get multiple…[Read more]
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Philosophical Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoA new preface for Essential Kafka – in honor of Walter H. Sokel.
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Alexandra Berlina started the topic A fantastic play? in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoDear all,
could you perhaps suggest a play that could be seen as fantastic in Todorov’s sense? (Yes, I know he didn’t want to include anyting but prose, but even Hamlet has its moments — the ghost is too clearly present on stage to be truly “fantastic” in the sense of ambiguous, though…)
Thank you!
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Tana Jean Welch started the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetics and Science Panel for ALA 2015 in the forum
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoQuantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
Panel for ALA 2015 (Boston, May 21-24)How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science…[Read more]
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Linda Salem started the topic CFP Children's Literature Society at American Literature Association 2015 in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoCALL FOR PAPERS
Children’s Literature Society
American Literature Association
26th Annual Conference
May 21-24, 2015
The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston MA 02116-5798The Politics and Morality of Children’s Literature: From Left to Right
Authors use children’s literature to communicate their political and moral viewp…[Read more]
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David Del Principe replied to the topic CFP SF/F Area at the 2013 Mid-Atlantic P/ACA Confernce in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months agoA new critical field merging the Ecocritical and the Gothic
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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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Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century
(Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
For…[Read more]
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Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century (Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
For Ra…[Read more]
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