Alfonso X was king of “Castilla, León, Sevilla, Córdoba, Murcia, Jaén, and el Algarbe.” As evidenced by his title, he came to have possession of various kingdoms in Iberia. He was born in Toledo in 1221 and died in Seville in 1284, at 63 years of age. He is called the Learned King because he was an author, poet, musician, and historian, and becaus…[Read more]

Dear friends,

I’m pleased to share this call for papers for a special issue of Journal of Electronic Publishing. The issue title is On Gathering: Exploring Collective and Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication, and I am the issue editor.

Changes in scholarly communication have shifted the boundaries of where and how we share our work, and…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Assistant Professor. The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures (RLL) at Washington University in St. Louis invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Global Hispanophone Studies to begin in the fall semester of 2024. We seek an…[Read more]

Starting this fall, the Global Hispanophone Forum will publish a newsletter to highlight the work of Hispanists who specialize on areas beyond Spain and Latin America. To share recent publications (past academic year) or other relevant information related to Global Hispanophone Studies with members of the “Global Hispanophone” MLA Commons group,…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

The 19th International Colloquium of the North American Catalan Society will be held April 18-20, 2024, at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Please see the attached CFP for more information on how to submit an abstract or panel proposal.

All best,

Bill Viestenz

Below are the abstracts of the papers accepted for the New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) hosted by the LLC Medieval Iberian Forum at the MLA 2024 Convention.

Eric Calderwood (Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), The Intersectional al-Andalus Since the early twentieth…[Read more]

The Forum on Bibliography and Scholarly Editing invites proposals for two sessions:

Intention

Authorial intention has long been rejected as a viable constraint upon literary interpretation, but to what extent is it still operative in textual scholarship? Seeking 250-word abstracts on textual theory, collaboration, coercion, publishing, and…[Read more]

 The Medieval Iberian Forum of the MLA announces the following calls for papers for the 2024 MLA Convention (Philadelphia, Jan 4-7). Please note that presenters must be members of the MLA before registering for the conference (but not in order to submit an abstract).

New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) The LLC Medieval I…[Read more]

 The Medieval Iberian Forum of the MLA announces the following calls for papers for the 2024 MLA Convention (Philadelphia, Jan 4-7). Please note that presenters must be members of the MLA before registering for the conference (but not in order to submit an abstract).

New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) The LLC Medieval Iberian F…[Read more]