CFP: Special session proposal for the MLA 2016.
“Circulating Notions of TB”

Papers examining the representation of patients’ experiences with tuberculosis. How do these narratives, metaphors, or images intersect with or actively shape prevailing public health initiatives?

Send 300-word abstracts to Amy Rubens, PhD at arubens@fmarion.edu by March 15.

Call for Papers Special Issue of American Jewish History dedicated to Material Culture

American Jewish History is currently seeking submissions for a special issue on material culture, guest-edited by Laura Leibman (Reed College).  The journal offers articles on every aspect of the American Jewish experience and is the most widely recognized…[Read more]

Call for Submissions: In geveb, a Journal of Yiddish Studies
We are proud to announce In geveb, a new online journal of Yiddish Studies. In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the presentation of digitized archival documents, the exchange of…[Read more]

Come one, come all to the two panels sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Studies [no longer called Discussion Group, but I forget what it’s now called] at this year’s MLA, starting this week:

275. Jewish Geographies, Jewish Space(s)

Friday, 9 January: 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 204, VCC West

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Jewish C…[Read more]

Come one, come all to the two panels sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Studies [no longer called Discussion Group, but I forget what it’s now called]:

275. Jewish Geographies, Jewish Space(s)
Friday, 9 January: 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 204, VCC West
Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Jewish Cultural Studies and the Discussion Group on J…[Read more]

Any brave souls want to put their names up–or put someone else’s name up–for election to the Jewish Cultural Studies executive board? The term is five years, starting at the close of this year’s MLA: thus, the lucky winner will serve starting with MLA 2016 and running through MLA 2020, serving as Secretary for MLA 2019 and Grand Dragon for MLA 2…[Read more]

Here are abstracts for session 257: “Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir”:

Friday, 9 January: S. 257 Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir

10:15–11:30 a.m., West 210, VCC West

Program arranged by the Community College Humanities Association

Presiding: Stacey Lee Donohue, Central Oregon Community Co…[Read more]

Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir: MLA 2015 Vancouver BC

Stacey Lee Donohue/CCHA Allied Member of the MLA

sdonohue@cocc.edu

Autobiography and memoir have become canonical staples, but also contested sites for discussing the boundaries of fictional and non-fictional self-representation. Presentations invited exploring the…[Read more]

I wanted to bring to your attention a tenure-track assistant professor position in African Diaspora Heritage Studies, which may be of interest to travel writing scholars in this group.  North Dakota State University is a Carnegie RU/VH institution, and English Department faculty teach a 2/2 course load.  Here is the MLA JIL p…[Read more]