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Maria DiFrancesco started the topic Summer Fellowship Opportunity: NeMLA in the discussion
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe NeMLA Summer Fellowship Program Summer fellowships up to $1,500 are intended to defray the cost of traveling incurred by researchers in pursuing their work-in-progress over the summer. Fellowships primarily support untenured junior faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars. All applicants will be notified before the convention.…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic An introduction to "The Future of Benjamin" (Nitzan Lebovic) in the discussion
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic An introduction to "The Future of Benjamin" (Nitzan Lebovic) in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 7: Galili Shahar about Benjamin’s (Jewish) tradition:
http://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/one-foot-study-tradition-walter-benjamin
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Elana Hornblass Dushey deposited Tortured Zionism: Messianism, Ambivalence, and Israel in post-Holocaust Jewish American literature in the group
LLC Jewish American on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThis dissertation examines post-Holocaust, Jewish American novelists that utilize messianism in their narratives to negotiate ambivalence about Zionism. Studying novels from the mid-1980’s to 2013, I look at the triangular relationship between Jewish American identification, the Holocaust, and Israel, to explore major topics in contemporary J…[Read more]
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Jason Charles Courtmanche started the topic Extended Deadline for 21st Summer Meeting of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society in the discussion
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoExtended Deadline!
Call for Papers
The 21st Summer Meeting
of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society
June 2-5, 2016
The Stoweflake Inn at Stowe, Vermont
During an extended period of self-imposed isolation following his graduation from Bowdoin, Hawthorne embarked on a tour of New England and the Hudson Valley. In 1832, he visited Burlington,…[Read more]
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Jason Charles Courtmanche started the topic CFP w/ extended deadline for Hawthorne ALA panels in the discussion
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago*Extended Deadlines!*
Calls for Papers: Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Sessions, American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, May 26-29, 2016.
“Hawthorne, Poe, and Childhood”
Proposals for papers on the topic of “Hawthorne, Poe, and Childhood” are sought for a Nathaniel Hawthorne Society session at the American Literature Associat…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic An introduction to "The Future of Benjamin" (Nitzan Lebovic) in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 6: Annika Thiem (Villanova) about the Benjamin field and the philosophy of disciplinary boundaries:
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic An introduction to "The Future of Benjamin" (Nitzan Lebovic) in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 5: Daniel Weidner (Humboldt/ZfL) about the AFTERLIFE of Benjamin:
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic An introduction to "The Future of Benjamin" (Nitzan Lebovic) in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 4: Ilit Ferber (TAU) “A Feel for Benjamin”:
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic An introduction to "The Future of Benjamin" (Nitzan Lebovic) in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 3: Brian Britt (Virginia Tech) about Benjamin’s displaced Judaism:
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic An introduction to "The Future of Benjamin" (Nitzan Lebovic) in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 2: Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth) about Benjamin Biographies: https://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/node/1
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Roger Whitson deposited Applied Blake: Milton's Response to Empire in the group
TC Marxism, Literature, and Society on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoStudying William Blake means studying the event of history, the way history merges with and emerges within theology, politics and philosophy. William Blake’s poetry has had a precarious relationship with history; his work resonates from very specific historical concerns and yet also seems to struggle against being confined to any formal h…[Read more]
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Luz Angélica Kirschner started the topic CfP "Human Rights in the Americas," October 4-6, 2016, UCSB in the discussion
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoDear Friends, Colleagues, Inter-Americanists, Theorists, Arab, Asian, Chicana/o, Decolonial, Ethnic, Hemispheric, Jewish, Latin American, Latina/o studies devotees and supporters I invite you to participate in the conference “Human Rights in the Americas” that will take place October 4 – 6, 2016, at the University of California, Santa Barba…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic started the topic A teaser for a new project about Walter Benjamin on MLA Commons in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThe articles will be uploaded every Friday, starting Nov. 7th: https://futureofbenjamin.mla.hcommons-staging.org
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Jeehyun Lim started the topic Candidate statement for Executive Committee, Asian American Forum in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoI am honored to be nominated for the Asian American Forum’s Executive Committee. Asian American literature and culture are central to my research and teaching interests. As executive committee member of the forum I will try to represent current topics, issues, and directions in Asian American literature and criticism in designing the MLA forum…[Read more]
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Suzanne England deposited Driving Miss Daisy as Memory Theatre in the group
LLC Jewish American on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoAlfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, Driving Miss Daisy (1986) is examined as a site of memory including: Uhry’s own memories upon which the characters and the play itself are based; the role of memory stories, settings and objects in the unfolding of the relationship be-tween its main characters, Daisy Wertham and her chauffeur, Hoke Col…[Read more]
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Geraldine Heng deposited The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages I: Race Studies, Modernity, and the Middle Ages in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago“The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages”—a two-part article—questions the widely held belief in critical race theory that “race” is a category without purchase before the modern era. Surveying a variety of cultural documents from the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries—chronicles, hagiography, literature, stories, sculpture, maps, canon l…[Read more]
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Rebecca Kennison deposited A Scalable and Sustainable Approach to Open Access Publishing and Archiving for Humanities and Social Sciences in the group
TC Marxism, Literature, and Society on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThis white paper outlines a model for open access (OA) publishing for the humanities and social sciences (HSS) that offers a scalable, fair, responsive, and discipline-independent solution that can be applied to the entire scholarly communication ecosystem in an incremental fashion, rolled out at both small and large scale. The solution proposed…[Read more]
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Melissa J. Ganz started the topic Executive committee candidacy in the discussion
Law as Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoDear all,
I’m running for a position on the executive committee of the Law and Humanities forum and wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I’m an Assistant Professor of English at Marquette University, specializing in eighteenth-century British literature and culture, law and literature, and the history of the novel. I’m curre…[Read more]
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