-
Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for 2016 ACLA: Exotic Europe (deadline 09/23) in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoProposal submissions at: http://www.acla.org/seminar/exotic-europe
New translations from European languages welcome in this seminar!
This seminar will discuss and compare a variety of cultures of Europe beyond the “usual suspects” of Central and Western Europe that have shaped its dominant discourse and carried off most of the international lit…[Read more]
-
Thomas Berenato started the topic CFP: ACLA 2016 Seminar on Poetry and Forgiveness in the discussion
Poetry on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoSubmit an abstract by 23 September 2015 at http://www.acla.org/seminar/poetry-and-forgiveness:
W. H. Auden: “Every beautiful poem presents an analogy to the forgiveness of sins.” Geoffrey Hill: “the technical perfecting of a poem is an act of atonement, in the radical etymological sense—an act of at-one-ment, a setting at one, a bringing…[Read more]
-
Nate Mickelson started the topic CFP: ACLA 2016 – Poetry as Practice, Practice as Poetry in the discussion
Poetry on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoAbstracts due September 23 via http://www.acla.org/seminar/poetry-practice-practice-poetry
The philosopher Pierre Hadot worked throughout his career to locate poetry, particularly Goethe’s, within forms of “spiritual exercise” grounded in western philosophical and religious traditions. For Hadot, spiritual exercises (or practices) are forms…[Read more]
-
Jessica Winston started the topic Classics Book Wins Teaching Literature Book Award 2015 in the discussion
Classical Studies and Modern Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 5 months agoThe Idaho State University Department of English and Philosophy is pleased to announce the inaugural 2015 winner of its Teaching Literature Book Award.
The Teaching Literature Book Award is an externally refereed prize, presented biennially by the faculty in the graduate programs in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University.…[Read more]
-
Mario Santana started the topic CFP Translation and Iberian Literatures in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoPasavento: Revista de Estudios Hispánicos has posted a call for papers for a dossier on “Translation and Iberian Literatures”: http://www.pasavento.com/convocatoria.html
____________
Over the last three decades, translation has gained increasing visibility and attention in literary studies. This development is related to the questioning of p…[Read more]
-
Janet Ruth Heller posted an update in the group
GS Poetry and Poetics on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoDear Colleagues,
Joyce Meier of Michigan State University and I are editing a collection of scholarly essays on the theme of Voice and Empowerment in English studies. Cambridge Scholars Publishing is interested in publishing this book.
As faculty members, we try to empower our students and to encourage them to develop their own voices. We also…[Read more]
-
Amanda L. French deposited Refrain, Again: The Return of the Villanelle in the group
Poetry on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoPoets and scholars are all wrong about the villanelle. While most reference texts teach that the villanelle’s nineteen-line alternating-refrain form was codified in the Renaissance, the scholar Julie Kane has conclusively shown that Jean Passerat’s “Villanelle” (“J’ay perdu ma Tourterelle”), written in 1574 and first published in 1606, is the only…[Read more]
-
Ignacio Infante replied to the topic CFP: Translation Review –Special Issue “Contemporary Translational Literature" in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoQuick clarification: I’ve just been informed that Translation Review is no longer the official journal of ALTA. Apologies for the confusion.
-
Ignacio Infante started the topic CFP: Translation Review –Special Issue “Contemporary Translational Literature" in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoCall for Papers for a special issue of Translation Review (Routledge) expected to come out by the Summer of 2016 (the second issue of vol. 92).
Widely recognized as one of the most important peer-reviewed journals in the field and the official journal of ALTA, Translation Review serves as a major critical and scholarly journal to facilitate…[Read more]
-
Yvonne Fuentes started the topic CFP – TRAVEL and its many crossroads and intersections in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoThe 30th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities at UWG is October 8-10, 2015. We welcome abstracts and panels on TRAVEL and its many crossroads and intersections.
Place: University of West Georgia, Carrollton GA (45 miles west of Atlanta)
When: October 8-10, 2015
Deadline: July 12, 2015
Keynote speaker: Dr. David T. Gies,…[Read more]
-
Denise Kripper replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoI’m a PhD Candidate in the Spanish & Portuguese Department at Georgetown University, currently working on my dissertation on the role of fictional translators in contemporary Latin American and Spanish Literature. I’d like to help in whatever way I can. Thanks.
-
Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic Call for essays – MLA volume on Miguel de Unamuno in the discussion
Romance Literary Relations on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoDear colleagues,
The volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno is now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught Unamuno’s works (from any academic or theoretical perspective) are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about their experiences.…[Read more]
-
Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic CFEssays – MLA Volume on Miguel de Unamuno in the discussion
Philosophical Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoDear colleagues,
The volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno, which I am editing, is now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught Unamuno’s works (from any academic or theoretical perspective) are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about…[Read more]
-
Scott G. Williams replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoIn addition to ALTA, it would be a good idea to reach out to ATISA as well:
-
Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoHi Nicky,
I can’t volunteer a lot of time, but I’d be willing to help collect and vet translation studies-related syllabi.
Best,
Melek
-
Corine Tachtiris replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoI can put you in touch with Edwin Gentzler, if no one else has already.
-
Margaret Carson replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoHi Nicky, As Russell just mentioned,Alex Zucker and I (the current co-chairs of the PEN Translation Committee in NYC) are working on building resources with ALTA and ATA. We’d like to be in the loop as well! Our email is
On our webpage, we have a Model Contract for translations, a growing list of FAQs and other…[Read more]
-
Russell Scott Valentino replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoNicky, Erica is at ALTA not ACLA (you can find her email at the ALTA website — all their emails are @literarytranslators.org. Also, Sibelan Forrester (on this forum) is on the liaison committee for ALTA, and I’m the current president. So that connection is pretty much already in place. For ATA, the current president is Caitlin Walsh…[Read more]
-
Nicky Agate replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoGreat ideas—and I’m glad there is enthusiasm for this topic. If any of you have a particular area, field, or issue you’d be willing to write about, please do let me know. I’ll contact Erica Mena at ACLA, but if any of you have a contact at ATA or would be willing to facilitate an introduction to Gentzler, that would be really helpful.
-
Bhavya Tiwari replied to the topic Call for Participants: Translation Site on the Commons in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoThis sounds excellent! It would be great to include translation theory and translation practices from regions/countries/etc that are multilingual. I think, that would really open up an interesting pedagogical and intellectual dialogue.
- Load More
Open access, open source, open to all
