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Jessica Wolfe replied to the topic Doing Research in Renaissance Studies in the Age of COVID-19 in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoAnother suggestion for Kristin Bezio: sometimes, university libraries are willing to foot the bill for a faculty member or graduate student at that university to order a scanned reproduction of one or more documents, so long as you promise to deposit it in the library collection once you have finished using it. You might see whether there are…[Read more]
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Richard Freedman started the topic Welcome to the RSA Humanities Commons Group! in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoPlease join the RSA Humanities Commons group!
The Renaissance Society of America is the largest international academic society devoted to the study of the era 1300-1700. Founded in 1954, the RSA includes thousands of members around the world. Learn more about the RSA at https://www.rsa.org.
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Carla Zecher replied to the topic Doing Research in Ren Studies in the Age of COVID-19 in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoThree posts came in while we were still in the process of setting up this discussion topic. Pasting them in here.
From Kristin Bezio:
“At some point, I need access to an MS at the British Library that isn’t part of their digital collection… not sure how I’m going to accomplish that!”
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Reply from Stephen Merriam Foley:
“I was pleas…[Read more]
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Carla Zecher started the topic Doing Research in Renaissance Studies in the Age of COVID-19 in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoLet’s share questions about research strategies and suggestions for workarounds. How will we progress in our research and writing this summer without being able to travel to libraries, archives, and historical sites? What sorts of help do researchers need?
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Carla Zecher started the topic Thinking about Careers for Scholars of Renaissance Studies in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoPublishing and editing, translating, consulting, curating, public engagement, digital humanities, creative industries: What questions do scholars of the Renaissance have about these different career paths, and more? What suggestions do scholars at mid-career and beyond have for emerging scholars just starting out?
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Carla Zecher started the topic Teaching the Renaissance Virtually and Finding Guest Speakers in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoWhat are the challenges and rewards of teaching courses online in your field? What is working well? What sorts of help do you need? Would you be willing to volunteer to be a guest speaker in an online course taught by a colleague at another institution? Would you like to have a guest speaker for a course that you will be teaching?
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Ann E Mullaney deposited Pietro Bembo and the Erotic Lexicon in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThe works of Pietro Bembo (1470-1547) intrigue readers approaching them from various angles… Here, my aim is modest: to highlight passages in Bembo’s literary texts which exploit the erotic lexicon so popular in his day.
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Alexander J McNair deposited Variantes y versos perdidos: El Cid Campeador de A. Enríquez Gómez entre el manuscrito (1660) y las comedias sueltas in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoEl Cid Campeador, obra teatral de Antonio Enríquez Gómez (1660-1663), se publicó reiteradamente a lo largo del siglo XVIII y los primeros años del XIX. La obra, casi desconocida hoy en día, gozó de una popularidad enorme entre 1700 y 1830, tanto en el teatro como en la imprenta, debido en parte a su tema histórico y el estilo barroco, tan de gus…[Read more]
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Alexander J McNair deposited A Critical Edition of Antonio Enríquez Gómez’s El Cid Campeador (1660): Project Narrative for Grant Proposal in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThis paper is the project narrative for a grant proposal submitted in February 2019, that resulted in funding from two different sources to cover travel expenses in support of archival work in Spain (summer 2019). I share this project narrative to encourage others who are considering similar proposals, or who may be thinking about the scholarly…[Read more]
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Murat Öğütcü deposited Old Wives’ Humour: George Peele’s The Old Wives Tale in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 5 years, 8 months agoGeorge Peele’s The Old Wives Tale (published 1595) was performed by the Queen’s Men in the 1580s. Initially, the play has been dismissed by several critics as a vulgar and cheap entertainment without much value. Yet, the metadramatic techniques employed in the play sheds light to how humour could be effectively triggered in the respective per…[Read more]
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William Christopher Brown started the topic Women & Language CFP in the discussion
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoFrom Leland G. Spencer:
Call for Papers | Women & Language
Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University
Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be…[Read more]
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Louise Geddes deposited Some Tweeting Cleopatra: Crossing Borders on and off the Shakespearean Stage in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThis essay will examine the multiple performance texts that exist in Ivo Van Hove’s transcultural and transmedial performance event, The Roman Tragedies (which toured worldwide from 2007 to 2013) to suggest that, in today’s “spreadable” culture (to borrow from Henry Jenkins), appropriative use becomes the bridge that can unify ‘work’ and ‘event.…[Read more]
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Katherine D. Harris deposited Final Progress Report California Open Educational Resources Council in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoFinal progress report about the California Open Educational Resources Council’s work with 3 representatives from each of the California State University, University of California, and California Community Colleges, to investigate the efficacy of implementing adoption of OER textbooks and to create a repository of OER textbooks for use in all 3 systems.
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Katherine D. Harris deposited White Paper: OER Adoption Study: Using Open Educational Resources in the College Classroom in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoBased on its survey responses, the California Open Educational Resources Council identified several impediments to adopting OER textbooks and concluded that rigorous peer review was ultimately the first step towards advocating for adoption of OER textbooks. The Council quickly identified 50 highly-enrolled courses with expensive textbooks across…[Read more]
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