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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Identities in Flux: An Interview with Jess Chanliau.” Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation 14.2 (2023) in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThis interview with non-binary actor Jess Chanliau, conducted by Alexa Alice Joubin, explores genderplay onstage. A bilingual actor, Chanliau has played Viola, “an intrinsically trans character” in Twelfth Night and a queer Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. They spoke candidly on their experience of either being toke-nized or being cast frequently as…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Contemporary Transgender Performance of Shakespeare, Special Issue of Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation 14.2 (2023) in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoCross-gender roles and performances permeate many of Shakespeare’s plays. This special issue on contemporary transgender performance of Shakespeare was published by the open-access journal dedicated to Shakespeare and appropriation, Borrowers and Lenders, and edited by Alexa Alice Joubin. It contains research articles and interviews of actors. S…[Read more]
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Pamela Phillips started the topic CFP MLA 2024 CLCS-18th Century Panels — Deadline Extended in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoMarch 20, 2023 is the deadline to apply to the CLCS-18th Century Forum’s panels at next year’s MLA in Philadelphia.
I. Comparative Media Histories
Recent work in book history, bibliography, and media studies has expanded definitions of “the book” and turned attention to materiality more broadly. Eighteenth-century studies in particular has seen…[Read more]
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Raquel Patricia Chiquillo started the topic CFP: for Journal Humanities – on Twenty-First Century Central American Novel in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoBuenas tardes, colegas: quisiera invitarlos a subir sus artículos sobre la novela centroamericana del siglo XXI para consideración de ser publicadas en la revista académica “Humanities.” La fecha de entrega es el 31 de marzo pero se puede extender. Me han dicho que el APC no se va a cobrar. Se aceptan manuscritos en español y en inglés. Por favo…[Read more]
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Yvonne Fuentes posted an update in the group
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoReminder of Calls for Papers: Abstracts due March 17.
Politics of Celebration in 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian Performance
We invite papers that address forms of celebration and expressions of collective joy or sorrow through dance, song, satire, or ritual from the Spanish and Iberian 18th and 19th Centuries. Please send a 250-word…[Read more] -
Pamela Phillips started the topic CFP MLA 24—New Methods in 18th-Century Comparative and Cross-Cultural Reading in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoIt has been nearly 20 years since Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak called, in Death of a Discipline (2005), for a radical reorientation of comparative literature’s methods for the 21st century. Observing the institutional shift from Area Studies to Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Spivak urged comparatists to reimagine the political imperatives of the d…[Read more]
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Pamela Phillips started the topic CFP MLA 24—New Methods in 18th-Century Comparative and Cross-Cultural Reading in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoRecent work in book history, bibliography, and media studies has expanded definitions of “the book” and turned attention to materiality more broadly. Eighteenth-century studies in particular has seen an interest in non-print media, queer and trans book history, speculative archives, and critical making, among other approaches. This panel seeks con…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks started the topic Deadline extended to Mar 15: CFPs MLA 2024 (Medieval Iberian Studies) in the discussion
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThe Medieval Iberian Forum of the MLA announces the following calls for papers for the 2024 MLA Convention (Philadelphia, Jan 4-7). Please note that presenters must be members of the MLA before registering for the conference (but not in order to submit an abstract).
New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person) The LLC Medieval Iberian F…[Read more]
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Andrea R. Malone started the topic CFP for MLA Convention 2024 in the discussion
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoHello to you all. On behalf of this forum’s Executive Committee, we invite you to consider submitting a proposal for our sponsored session at MLA 2024. Details follow.
Addressing Underrepresentation of Marginalized Populations in Institutional Archives – A Roundtable
Proposals for 7 minute presentations on community-based archival practices…[Read more] -
Stefania Irene Sini started the topic Rhythm, Speed, Path: Spatiotemporal Experiences in Narrative, Poetry, and Drama in the discussion
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoDear colleagues,
we’ve extended the deadline for submitting to ENN7, the European Narratology Network conference.
The new deadline is: 10th March 2023 (timezone: anywhere in the world).
This year’s conference is co-located with IGEL 2023, the conference of the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature, and the common theme i…[Read more]
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Hania A.M. Nashef deposited What Does a Nascent Film Movement of Popular Genres Reveal About Emirati Culture? in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoDespite a lack of a traditional cinema culture, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has recently witnessed an increase in film production. This rise can be attributed to a number of factors, not least of which, is the opening of movie theaters, the establishment of international film festivals and the arrival of film companies. These ventures have…[Read more]
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Margaret Frohlich deposited Sexual Diversity in Young Cuban Cinema in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThis book explores how young Cuban filmmakers have expanded the range of sexual subjectivities on screen. It analyzes cine joven (films made by young directors) from the late 1980s to the early 2020s, film reviews, articles, and materials from the Cinematheque of Cuba’s archive to illustrate the confluence of sexuality, cinema, and discourses of…[Read more]
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Margaret Frohlich deposited Sexual Diversity in Young Cuban Cinema in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThis book explores how young Cuban filmmakers have expanded the range of sexual subjectivities on screen. It analyzes cine joven (films made by young directors) from the late 1980s to the early 2020s, film reviews, articles, and materials from the Cinematheque of Cuba’s archive to illustrate the confluence of sexuality, cinema, and discourses of…[Read more]
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Carmela Mattza started the topic REMINDER MLA 2024 – PHILADELPHIA – CALL FOR PAPERS in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoMLA 2024 – Philadelphia
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama announces the following CALL FOR PAPERS:
Session 1: Translating and Staging Spanish Early Modern Plays Throughout Time
Submissions on staging early modern Spanish plays in languages other than Spanish exploring the interplay of language, translation, and emotions. 2…[Read more] -
Priya Wadhera started the topic CFP: Afrofuturisme/Afropessimisme in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThis panel seeks to examine contemporary Francophone cultural productions (broadly defined from comics to novels and films) which provide a rich ground for imagining Blackness in the future. Is there a future after anti-Blackness? How do these cultural productions imagine collective liberation? Papers are invited to discuss joy and sorrow in…[Read more]
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Priya Wadhera started the topic CFP: Disgust in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThis roundtable explores the rhetoric of disgust—along with its conceptual cousins (spleen, nausea, informe, abjection, etc.)—as generative forces for 20th- and 21st-century French/Francophone thought. Speakers will examine dégoût as a complex, historically situated feeling that connects and binds even as it repels, drawing attention to margins,…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Alexa Alice Joubin and Elizabeth Rivlin, “Remedial Uses of Shakespeare,” Shakespeare and Cultural Appropriation, ed. Vanessa I. Corredera, L.Monique Pittman, Geoffrey Way (Routledge, 2023), pp. 222-233 in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThis chapter argues that cultural appropriation can be an exploitative act but need not be; it all depends on what users do with Shakespeare. Due to the unequal status of the parties engaged in appropriative exchange, some appropriations deploy Shakespeare to protect conventional power structures. Appropriations are rarely negotiated on a level…[Read more]
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James R. Britton started the topic Three CFPs–MLA 2024 in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoDear Colleagues,
I’d like to call your attention to three CFPs for the 2024 MLA convention that may interest you.
- The Range of Contingency: Models and Strategies for Success: As the nature of contingency evolves with non-tenure track faculty assuming increased responsibilities within the academy, what models or strategies can help to assure f…
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johnpendergast started the topic Request for Titles in the discussion
LLC Russian and Eurasian on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoDear Colleagues,
I’m doing a study of how the words “Russian” and “Russia” are used in English-language history textbooks. I would be extremely grateful if you could send me (at this address john.pendergast@westpoint.edu ) the titles, publisher, and year (if possible) of history textbooks used in your Russian courses and in Russian History c…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Collaborative Rhizomatic Learning and Global Shakespeares,” Reimagining Shakespeare Education: Teaching and Learning through Collaboration, ed. Liam E. Semler, Claire Hansen, and Jacqueline Manuel (Cambridge University Press, 2023), 225-238 in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoCollaborative learning as a pedagogical method effectively reflects the communal character of the performing arts. By creating knowledge about Shakespearean performance collaboratively, students and educators lay claim to the ethics and ownership of that knowledge, an act that is particularly urgent and meaningful in the age of COVID-19 when we…[Read more]
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