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David Palmer started the topic MLA Session on Teaching Drama and the Humanities in Undergraduate Education in the discussion
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThe Eugene O’Neill Society has organized a virtual MLA 2022 round-table session (#216V, Friday morning, January 7, 10:15 – 11:30) on the challenges of teaching drama both in theatre courses and in broader undergraduate surveys of literature. The discussion will expand to include ideas about the role of the humanities amid the increasingly car…[Read more]
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Harrod Suarez started the topic LLC Asian American Panels @ 2022 MLA Annual Convention in the discussion
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month ago87V – Out of This World: Larissa Lai’s Visions: Thursday, 6 January 2022 / 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM
456V – Multilingual Asian American Newspaper Studies: Saturday, 8 January 2022 / 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
481V – Archipelagic Thinking in Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian American Narratives: Saturday, 8 January 2022 / 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
630V – Radi…[Read more]
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Matthew Thomas Miller deposited Advances and Limitations in Open Source Arabic-Script OCR: A Case Study in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThis work presents an accuracy study of the open source OCR engine, Kraken, on the leading Arabic scholarly journal, al-Abhath. In contrast with other commercially available OCR engines, Kraken is shown to be capable of producing highly accurate Arabic-script OCR. The study also assesses the relative accuracy of typeface-specific and generalized…[Read more]
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Brian Bernards started the topic CFP: New Media and Post/Colonialism: New Colonial Media? in the discussion
CLCS Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian Diasporic on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoCall for Papers
New Media and Post/Colonialism: New Colonial Media?
Recent global scholarly debates have brought increased attention to the question of the “coloniality” of media, both new and old. While indigeneity and colonial subjection are both being pursued in these arenas, we are interested in the following questions, and more:
• Have…[Read more]
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Rielle Navitski started the topic MS Screen Arts and Culture Virtual Panels and Postponement in the discussion
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoAs the 2022 convention approaches, a quick update on the Screen Arts and Culture Forum sessions.
The following sessions will now be held virtually:
Viral Media – Thursday, January 6, 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Presider: Rielle Navitski
A Very Smart Bug: Viral Intelligence and Contagion Theory Bishnupriya Ghosh, U of California, Santa…[Read more]
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Rielle Navitski started the topic MS Screen Arts and Culture Virtual Panels and Postponement in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoAs the 2022 convention approaches, a quick update on the Screen Arts and Culture Forum sessions.
The following sessions will now be held virtually:
Viral Media – Thursday, January 6, 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Presider: Rielle Navitski
A Very Smart Bug: Viral Intelligence and Contagion Theory Bishnupriya Ghosh, U of California, Santa…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon started the topic Sharing convention materials on the Commons in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoHello, all,
If you’re looking for more information about how to share your convention materials, this post has details about how to share work in CORE or in Docs. CORE assigns your work a DOI and gives you the option to share the deposit with groups. Work in CORE is publicly accessible–no log-in necessary to read or download. If you want to…[Read more]
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Rebecca Kastleman deposited Abstracts for MLA 2022 Session 410V, “Bad Revivals” in the group
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThis file contains abstracts for the papers presented by Minou Arjomand, Rebecca Kastleman, and Kelli Shermeyer in MLA 2022 special session 410V, “Bad Revivals: Dramas of Unruly Repetition.”
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Rosi Song started the topic UPDATE: LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Studies Online Panels in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoDue to the surge in coronavirus cases and members changing travel plans, the executive committee of the LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Studies has moved the following panels online.
Please join us by attending the virtual panels listed below. We look forward to listening to our panelists and engaging in a lively discussion…[Read more]
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Julie Grossman started the topic MLA Adaptation Forum Sessions in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThe MLA Adaptation Studies Forum is pleased to announce three online panels, the final one co-sponsored with the Translation Studies Forum. We were sorry to have to cancel the Adaptation/Translation Studies Cash Bar but hope to see you this coming week virtually at the events below (links provided for information on…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic Update re: US Latinx Studies @ 2022 MLA Convention in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoDue to the surge in coronavirus cases, the executive committee of the LLC Latina/Latino Forum has cancelled the cash bar reception and moved all of our panels online.
We’re still looking forward to vibrant conversations about US Latinx Studies at the 2022 MLA convention, so please join us by attending the virtual panels listed b…[Read more]
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Dr. Elizabeth Hunter deposited Participant information for MLA 2022 Roundtable “Recreations of Literature and Theatre in Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality” in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoBios and recent work of the participants for the 2022 MLA Roundtable “Recreations of Literature and Theatre in Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality” scheduled to take place on January 6, 2022.
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Dr. Elizabeth Hunter deposited Participant information for MLA 2022 Roundtable “Recreations of Literature and Theatre in Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality” in the group
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoBios and recent work of the participants for the 2022 MLA Roundtable “Recreations of Literature and Theatre in Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality” scheduled to take place on January 6, 2022.
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William Nichols deposited Telling the story of Iberian Cultural Studies: Spaces of convergence and the defense of the Humanities in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoWhile many in academia around the U.S. may anchor themselves in cynical opposition to the proliferation of neoliberal discourse and the policies that accompany, I propose that language departments are in a uniquely privileged position within the humanities to assert the value of our programs within the neoliberal paradigm. Specifically, the…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Jobs in Digital Publishing and Digital Scholarship at University of Pennsylvania in the discussion
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoKnow a talented digital humanist with Python and Docker skills, or someone with experience in digital publishing and an interest in building collaborative partnerships? The growing Research Data and Digital Scholarship team at University of Pennsylvania Libraries is hiring for two new positions—please share!
Digital Scholarship Programmer (…[Read more]
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Emily Friedman deposited ENGL4160EA: Fall 2022: How Games Tell Stories in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoWe are quickly approaching the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, the 10th anniversaries of Twitch and Itch.io, and the ninth generation of video game consoles. The most successful TV/film Kickstarter of all time funded the animated series for D&D livestream Critical Role. Game Studies has existed as an interdisciplinary field for over three…[Read more]
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Alex Mueller deposited Digitizing Chaucerian Debate in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoTo encourage classroom dialectic I often turn to the “quitting” structure of “The Canterbury Tales,” within which pilgrims offer requitals of previous tales that range from exuberant acclamations to
raucous attacks. Within these extremes lie productive forms of correction that emerge as subtle critiques, opposing arguments, and timely (or…[Read more] -
Alex Mueller deposited Digitizing Chaucerian Debate in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoTo encourage classroom dialectic I often turn to the “quitting” structure of “The Canterbury Tales,” within which pilgrims offer requitals of previous tales that range from exuberant acclamations to
raucous attacks. Within these extremes lie productive forms of correction that emerge as subtle critiques, opposing arguments, and timely (or…[Read more] -
Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2022 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2022, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2022. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]
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Allison Margaret Bigelow started the topic Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies (UVA) in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoDear colleagues,
Please help us share the news with early career scholars in your networks. Maltyox chawe’/Thank you very much! — Allison. You can find the original job ad here: https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/Charlottesville-VA/Tenure-track-Assistant-Professor—Native-American-and-Indigenous-Studies_R0030413. I’ve also pasted i…[Read more]
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