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Doris Hambuch deposited Liberating Bicycles in Niki Caro’s ‘Whale Rider’ and in Haifaa Al Mansour’s ‘Wadjda’ in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoSusan B. Anthony declared in 1896 that the bicycle “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” The comparative study of ‘Whale Rider’ (2002) and ‘Wadjda’ (2012) demonstrates that this liberating effect of the basic tool of transportation is being reinforced in the new millennium. The analysis further situates two con…[Read more]
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William Lenz started the topic CFP in Travel & Tourism at Popular Culture Ass 2021 National Conference (Boston) in the discussion
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoCFP: Travel and Tourism Studies
POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION 2021 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel, 110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116March 31-April 3, 2021
PROPOSAL DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2020We are considering proposals for individual papers analyzing any aspect of travel and tourism. Proposals might focus on travel…[Read more]
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Dr Rahul K Gairola deposited Lightening Talk: Brown Skin, White Masks: Predictive Technology, Colonial Histories, and Queer Sexuality Today in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoLightening Talk: Brown Skin, White Masks: Predictive Technology, Colonial Histories, and Queer Sexuality Today
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Elizabeth Israel started the topic From Forum Chair Rob Zacharias: ALECC 2020 Online Conference in the discussion
LLC Canadian on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoI am posting the following message on behalf of LLC Canadian’s executive committee chair, Rob Zacharias:
Dear friends and colleagues,
We are pleased to announce and invite participation in the upcoming July 8-22, 2020, online conference of the Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada (ALECC) on the theme Watershed,…[Read more]
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Daniel Williams deposited Accident in the group
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoThis chapter explores some legal and literary ramifications of “accident” in British law and society from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century. This period saw changes in common law and legislation relating to accidents, including the emergence of negligence as a distinct tort and statutory provisions for employer liabi…[Read more]
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John Hansen deposited “Defying Stereotypes: To Assimilate or Not Assimilate?” in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 8 months agoDoes the shift away from following or portraying the typical Asian male in my own life help Asians as a whole? Yes. Doing so can help Asian-Americans because it might allow others who view or interact with me to then change their perceptions about other Asian males and help them be more open-minded and accepting. This personal essay explores such notions.
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Jervette Ward started the topic CFP Women and Language in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agohttps://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/african-american/
Call for Papers | Women & LanguageEditor: 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.…[Read more]
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Ifeoma C. Kiddoe Nwankwo started the topic In Memoriam: African American Literary and Scholarly Greats in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoSubmit 300-word abstracts for an In Memoriam Panel celebrating and critically engaging with the works and legacies of recently departed writers and scholars to jervette@gmail.com by April 6.
LLC African American Forum
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Melissa J. Ganz started the topic Joint Legal Studies/American Studies Assistant Professor of Instruction in the discussion
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoNorthwestern University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Instruction to be appointed jointly in the Legal Studies program and the American Studies program. This is a full-time, benefits eligible position with a path to promotion. The initial contract is for two years.
The Assistant Professor of Instruction will offer six courses per year…[Read more]
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Ahmed Idrissi Alami deposited CFPs: MLA 2021, CLCS Global Arab and Arab American in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoGlobal Indigeneity
Considers theoretical and political questions raised by the model of “trans-indigeneity” paying attention to indigenous mythologies, histories of settler colonialism, and questions of comparison, translation, resistance, language, and appropriation. 300-word abstract and short bio.
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Nicholas Bradley started the topic CFP: Canadian Environments and the Extraction Economy in the discussion
LLC Canadian on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoCanadian Environments and the Extraction Economy
This session, sponsored by the LLC Canadian Forum and the Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities Forum, considers the cultures and histories of resource extraction in Canada. We seek papers on Canadian and/or Indigenous literatures and environments. Deadline for submissions: Friday, 20 March…[Read more] -
Nicholas Bradley started the topic CFP: Scarborough in/as Canadian Literature in the discussion
LLC Canadian on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoScarborough in/as Canadian Literature
This session, sponsored by the LLC Canadian Forum, considers the recent florescence of literature from and about Scarborough, ON. We seek papers discussing particular works related to Scarborough, as well as theoretical approaches. Deadline for submissions: Friday, 20 March 2020 Robert Zacharias, York…[Read more] -
Nicholas Bradley started the topic CFP: Indigenous-diasporic relations on Turtle Island in the discussion
LLC Canadian on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoIndigenous-diasporic relations on Turtle Island
What are the possibilities for building alliances across lines of difference on Turtle Island? What are the challenges of intertwining decolonial struggles? We welcome papers, artistic, and pedagogical provocations on diasporic-Indigenous relations on Turtle Island.Deadline for submissions: Friday,…[Read more] -
Elena Machado Sáez started the topic MLA 2021 CFP: "Afro-Latinx Stories" and "Latinx Affect" in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoDear MLA members,
Please consider submitting proposals for one of the following CFPs for the Modern Language Association’s 2021 convention in Toronto!
MLA 2021 Call For Papers: Afro-Latinx Stories
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Melissa J. Ganz started the topic CFP: Law and the Humanities Forum panels at MLA 2021 in the discussion
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoDear all,
Please see below for three panels sponsored by the Law and the Humanities Forum at MLA 2021. If you have any questions, please let us know.
Best wishes,
Melissa Ganz
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Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention
Toronto, January 7-10, 2021
1. Law at the Border (Guaranteed Session)
Papers on how law is m…[Read more]
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Travis M. Foster deposited Genre and White Supremacy in the Postemancipation United States, Introduction in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years agoIntroduction to Genre and White Supremacy in the Postemancipation United States (Oxford UP, 2019).
If your library doesn’t already own a copy, please consider submitting a purchase request.
Full citation: Travis M. Foster, Genre and White Supremacy in the Postemancipation United States (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019).
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Julie Phillips Brown deposited Otherbreath: Bare Life and the Limits of Self in Claudia Rankine’s ‘Citizen’ in the group
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoFor the “Extreme Texts” special issue of Jacket2, edited by Divya Victor (2019)
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Melissa J. Ganz started the topic Law and the Humanities Forum panels at MLA 2020 in the discussion
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoPlease join us at MLA 2020 for the following sessions sponsored by the Law and the Humanities Forum:
Session 189: What’s Next for Law and the Humanities?
Thursday, January 9, 7:00-8:15 p.m.
WSCC – Skagit 3
Presiding: Kathryn D. Temple, Georgetown U
1. “The Constitution as the Aesthetic Representation of the People,” David Tse-chien Pa…[Read more]
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A. David Lewis deposited 2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference Call for Papers (CFP) in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months ago2020 New England Graphic Medicine Conference
Call for Papers
MARCH 26-28, 2020
[Deadline: January 10, 2020]Graphic Medicine is a genre, a field, a tool, a community, and a cause. It is large enough to accommodate all health and medical experiences, from that of the doctor to that of the patient – from that of a microbe to that of a p…[Read more]
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Tanja Stampfl started the topic Tenure Track Position in Global Anglophone Literature and Composition in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThe Department of English at the University of the Incarnate Word seeks applications for an Assistant Professor position in Composition and Global Anglophone Literature with an emphasis on social justice issues (tenure-track, 4-4 teaching load) beginning August 2020. Ph.D. is required prior to the appointment start date. The successful candidate…[Read more]
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