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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German 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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Katherine Arens started the topic U of Texas at Austin Germanic Studies is having a reception at the MLA in the discussion
Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
The ‘home team’ would be very pleased to see you there!
Finger food provided; cash bar.
Thursday, Janury 7, 2016, 7-10 pm
Austin Ale House (Back room)
301 W. 6th Street (6th and Lavaca)
http://www.theaustinalehouse.com
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Katherine Arens started the topic U of Texas at Austin Germanic Studies is having a reception at the MLA in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThe ‘home team’ would be very pleased to see you there!
Finger food provided; cash bar.
Thursday, Janury 7, 2016, 7-10 pm
Austin Ale House (Back room)
301 W. 6th Street (6th and Lavaca)
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German 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 The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German 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 The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German 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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Joela Jacobs started the topic Oceans and Deserts: CfP for emerging scholars in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers
OCEANS AND DESERTS 2016: CHARTING TRANSDISCIPLINARY CURRENTS IN ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
The graduate students in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona invite proposals for their third annual interdisciplinary conference in the Environmental Humanities for emerging scholars (graduate students, postdoctoral…[Read more] -
Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoAn Introduction to the series is now online:
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Nitzan Lebovic started the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoJust a teaser for now, the articles will be uploaded every Friday, starting Nov. 7th:
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Tia Black deposited Worldviews in Literature: An Anthology in the group
LLC 19th- and Early-20th-Century German on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoWorldviews in Literature: An Anthology responds to UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova’s 2012 global initiatives for study of world literature for a “New Humanism” along with Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s directive for world literature “to discover what is universal across national literatures.” Worldviews includes fifteen authors fro…[Read more]
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Rebecca Kennison deposited The Privileging of Visio over Vox in the Mystical Experiences of Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc in the group
LLC German to 1700 on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoIn twelfth‐century Germany, where mysticism was a common phenomenon, Hildegard of Bingen and her visions were readily accepted — making it all the more significant that, despite the generally receptive conditions, Hildegard went to such trouble to make sure her visions and her writings were endorsed by the Church. In contrast, Joan of Arc, liv…[Read more]
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Ulrich Tiedau started the topic TOC: Dutch Crossing Journal of Low Countries Studies, vol. 39, no. 2 (July 2015) in the discussion
Netherlandic Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 5 months agoDutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies
Volume 39, Issue 2 (July 2015)Papers from the 16th Biennial International Conference for Netherlandic Studies,
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, June 2012http://www.maneyonline.com/toc/dtc/39/2
CONTENTS
Guest Editorial
Henry LuttikhuizenHendrick Goltzius and Henry the Great:…[Read more]
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Stacy Hartman deposited The Ethics of Emotion: The Dialectic of Empathy and Estrangement in Postwar German Literature and Film in the group
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoAlthough the question of the role of empathy in our experience of fiction is currently an active one in psychology, most of the relevant research has been conducted on popular literature and film. This dissertation seeks to change that by using cognitive approaches to literature to examine how and why postmodern texts disrupt the reader or…[Read more]
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Ulrich Tiedau started the topic MLA2016: Netherlandic Literature and its transnational Publics in the discussion
Netherlandic Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoWe invite everybody interested to the panel of the Netherlandic discussion group in Austin (time t.b.c.):
Netherlandic Literature and its transnational Publics
Scholarly editions and the public face of literature
Yves T’Sjoen, Ghent UniversityWartime Propaganda in the Gazette van Detroit (1914–1918)
Tanja Collet, University of Win…[Read more] -
Hans Adler replied to the topic New Franz Kafka play in progress in the forum
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoHello, I’d appreciate if you could send me your play to the following email address: hadler@wisc.edu. I might consider to use it for my annual Kafka lecture here at the UW Madison.
Thanks in advance and congratulations to your achievement!
Sincerely,
Hans Adler
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New Franz Kafka play in progress in the forum
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoGood afternoon, Kafka fans,
The play is finished! Anybody wish to read it? I would love comments.
This is a surreal play about the Franz Kafka few people know.
Intriguing?Just ask with a valid email address and I will sennd the play on to you.
Thanks,
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Thomas F. Shannon uploaded the file: Tshoen paper to
Netherlandic Language and Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoThis is Yves Tsjoen’s paper for our session at the 2014 MLA Annual Meeting.
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Thomas F. Shannon posted an update in the group
LLC Dutch on MLA Commons 12 years agoI believe I’ve found out how to place files on the MLA Commons site, so I will try to upload Yves Tsjoen’s paper. You should also receive a notification from Commons to that effect. I’ll also put a link to the paper on the on-line MLA program.
Besttom s.
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Thomas F. Shannon posted an update in the group
LLC Dutch on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoThe Netherlandic Language and Literature Discussion Group of the MLA is soliciting nominations for its Executive Committee. Self-nominations are also welcome. Work for the EC is not onerous: it entails organizing our session once in five years, and is very important for our field. Please contact us ASAP at tshannon@berkeley.edu. Thank you for your…[Read more]
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Phillip Lundberg uploaded the file: Josephine the Songstress to
Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoKafka’s last word – the spiritual underpinnings of Kafka’s life work is apparent in his last alter-ego – Josephine – the mouse that roars to those who have ears…-? More info at the Kafka group or on my website.
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Good afternoon, Kafka fans,
RE: Gregor’s Hard Hat, a one-act play by Gloria Ptacek McMillanThe play is finished! Anybody wish to read it? I would love comments.
This is a surreal play about the Franz Kafka few people know.
Intriguing?Just ask with a valid email address and I will sennd the play on to you.
Thanks,
Gloria
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