Seeking papers that explore the distinct approaches, perspectives, and discourses of women writers as intellectuals writing for modern reading publics. Possible subjects include Woolf, Lessing, Beauvoir, Hansberry, Sontag, Morrison, Atwood, Francine Prose, Zadie Smith, Melissa Harris-Perry, and others. 300-word abstracts and brief CV by 15 March…[Read more]

CFP: MLA Panels for 2016 – Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature:

Dear Friends,

The Global Arab and Arab American MLA Forum invites proposals for the following two panels at the MLA convention in Austin, Texas (Jan 7-10, 2016):

1. Global Arab Texts and their Publics

Displaced writers. Deterritorialized texts. How do recent Arab é…[Read more]

In the wake of the Delegate Assembly’s discussion of the boycott of Israeli academic institutions at MLA 2015, a DA member sent the following important queries regarding the scope and practice of the boycott. Some MLA Members for Justice in Palestine reply to her questions here. It’s a long document, but provides a concrete sense what is implied (…[Read more]

The Arabic Literature Division’s Executive Committee has unanimously voted to endorse the resolution presented to the MLA Delegate Assembly to boycott Israeli academic and governmental institutions.

The Executive Committee of the West Asian Literatures Discussion Group has unanimously voted to endorse the draft resolution in favor of the boycott of Israeli academic institutions.

The Executive Committee of the Division on Marxism, Literature, and Society is happy to announce that it has unanimously endorsed the resolution on the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions.

In the wake of the Delegate Assembly’s discussion of the  boycott of Israeli academic institutions at MLA 2015, a DA member sent the following important queries regarding the scope and practice of the boycott.  We reply to her questions here.  Given the length of the document, it is also posted in the documents section of this forum si…[Read more]

“Citizenship and Social Death”

Explorations in literature and film of “social death” (Orlando Paterson, Jared Sexton) in relation to issues of citizenship and quality of life for all ethnic groups. 300 word abstract, one page CVs by March 8.

Stephen Knadler (knadlers@spelman.edu) and Amritjit Singh (singha@ohio.edu)

“Archival Legibility an…[Read more]

This piece does a good job addressing common misconceptions used to dismiss BDS:

http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/20760/boycott-divestment-sanctions_myths-and-realities#.VNI3Wn6rJcZ.facebook

A November 2014  poll conducted by the political scientist Shibley Telhami sought to identify trends in U.S. public opinion on the following issues: “How do Americans see Bibi Netanyahu in the first place? And how do these attitudes play into a broader, and growing national divide about policy toward Israel?” Telhami’s specific findings and his…[Read more]

There is growing support among many progressive and democratically minded Jews in the US, Europe and Israel who are unwilling to stand by and allow apologists for Israel to speak on their behalf. Numerous groups founded by committed Jewish journalists, scholars and activists are increasingly taking a stand against Israel’s policies and are…[Read more]

“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]

“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]

Please consider joining the new commons group MLA Members for Justice in Palestine. http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/…/mla-members-for-justice-in-palest…/ …

As well, we have a Facebook page by the same name, that now has 655 members and we’d like it to reach 1000:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MLAM4JP/

Please consider joining these sites to bu…[Read more]

Please consider joining the new commons group MLA Members for Justice in Palestine. http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/…/mla-members-for-justice-in-palest…/ …

As well, it would be great if you want to join the Facebook page by the same name:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MLAM4JP/

These are spaces to build support for a resolution on Acade…[Read more]

Please consider joining the new commons group MLA Members for Justice in Palestine. http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/…/mla-members-for-justice-in-palest…/ …

As well, it would be great if you’d like to  join the Facebook page set up for this group, that has the same name:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MLAM4JP/

After more than 3 hours of commit…[Read more]

Not wishing to beat a dead horse, let me just say that of course I stand by my account of the Delegate Assembly meeting and the rejection that its fourth straw poll affirmed of any form of retaliation against scholars and students who speak out in support of Palestinian rights or in criticism of Israel and its policies. As others have made clear…[Read more]