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Carla Sassi deposited Muriel Spark’s Italian palimpsests in the group
CLCS European Regions on MLA Commons 5 years agoItaly was Muriel Spark’s elective country of residence for 40 years, the first decade of which, from 1967, when she settled in Rome, till the end of the 70s, represented one of the most contradictory and yet intellectually fertile periods of Italian modern history. Notwithstanding such long-lasting and meaningful bond, explicitly represented in a…[Read more]
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Italy was Muriel Spark’s elective country of residence for 40 years, the first decade of which, from 1967, when she settled in Rome, till the end of the 70s, represented one of the most contradictory and yet intellectually fertile periods of Italian modern history. Notwithstanding such long-lasting and meaningful bond, explicitly represented in a…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi started the topic THE JACK PRIZE – International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures in the discussion
LLC Scottish on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoIn 2018, the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures launched the Jack Prize, awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The prize is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack D.Litt. FRSE (1941-2016),…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi's profile was updated on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
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Carla Sassi posted an update in the group
LLC Scottish on MLA Commons 6 years agoThe 3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures (IASSL 2020, Prague) programme and information on registration and accommodation are now available at https://scotlit2020.ff.cuni.cz/in-prague/
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Carla Sassi created the event IASSL 2020 – extended deadline in the group LLC Scottish on MLA Commons 6 years, 6 months ago
Title: IASSL 2020 – extended deadline
Description: The deadline for the submission of panel and paper proposals for the Third Congress of Scottish Literatures (Prague 2020) has been extended to 31st July.
For more info see the Conference website https://scotlit2020.ff.cuni.cz/call-for-papers/
Date: 24 June 2020 EDT
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Carla Sassi deposited Sir Walter Scott and the Caribbean: Unravelling the Silences in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 6 years, 8 months agoMy essay interrogates the striking silences in Scott’s oeuvre in relation to Scotland’s involvement as a partner of the British Empire in the colonization of the Caribbean and in the exploitation of slavery in this region. By drawing from narratological theories (especially those articulated by Robyn R. Warhol and Ruth Rosaler), I treat Scott’s…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi deposited Sir Walter Scott and the Caribbean: Unravelling the Silences in the group
LLC Scottish on MLA Commons 6 years, 8 months agoMy essay interrogates the striking silences in Scott’s oeuvre in relation to Scotland’s involvement as a partner of the British Empire in the colonization of the Caribbean and in the exploitation of slavery in this region. By drawing from narratological theories (especially those articulated by Robyn R. Warhol and Ruth Rosaler), I treat Scott’s…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi deposited Sir Walter Scott and the Caribbean: Unravelling the Silences on MLA Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
My essay interrogates the striking silences in Scott’s oeuvre in relation to Scotland’s involvement as a partner of the British Empire in the colonization of the Caribbean and in the exploitation of slavery in this region. By drawing from narratological theories (especially those articulated by Robyn R. Warhol and Ruth Rosaler), I treat Scott’s…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi's profile was updated on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months ago
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Carla Sassi's profile was updated on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months ago
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Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Lit in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoWe invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript submission is 15 September 2018.
The detailed CFP and further Special Issue…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) on "Environment, Ecology, Clim in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoWe invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript submission is 15 September 2018.
The detailed CFP and further Special Issue…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi posted an update in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoCFP: Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) on “Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature”
We invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript sub…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi posted an update in the group
LLC Scottish on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCFP: CREATIVE ARCHIPELAGOS
Explorations of Islands in Scottish Literature and Culture
29 June–1 July 2018, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of SkyeThis conference will investigate the many portrayals, both historical and contemporary, of the rich, distinctive cultures of the Scottish islands or islands with Scottish connections through poetry and so…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic Deadline fast approaching for travel grants in the discussion
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoPart-time faculty and other contingent faculty are eligible for travel grants to attend the convention in Austin.
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic New documentary release yesterday! in the discussion
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoFreeway Fliers can be found here. It contains very interesting observations, including a point about the tenure process now being very much complicit in the de-radicalization of the professoriate!
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Carla Sassi started the topic Scottish Seminars: ESSE 2016 (Galway) in the discussion
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoESSE 2016: GALWAY, 22–26 AUGUST
PAPER PROPOSALS
Deadline of submission: February 28, 2016
http://www.esse2016.orgCALL FOR PAPERS: Scottish studies seminars (for more detailed information see the conference website at the end of September or contact individual convenors):
“Regional and World Literatures: National Roots and Transnational Route…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic CFP: Between the Public and its Privates (MLA Subconference) in the discussion
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoThe Public and its Privates
Submission deadline: October 16, 2015
Submit to: mlasubconference@gmail.comBetween the Public and Its Privates
Third Annual MLA Subconference
in partnership with Punctum Books
January 6-7, 2016
Location: Studium Art Space
638 Tillery St., Austin, TX 78702Today it seems almost impossible to point to the public…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis started the topic CFP: The Public and its Privates in the discussion
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoBetween the Public and Its Privates
Third Annual MLA Subconference
in partnership with Punctum BooksJanuary 6-7, 2016 (FREE)
Location: Studium Art Space (FREE)
638 Tillery St., Austin, TX 78702As the 2016 MLA Convention turns to consider “Literature and its Publics” the third annual meeting of the MLA Subconference challenges participants to…[Read more]
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