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Hania A.M. Nashef deposited Canines: Unlikely Protagonists in the Novels of Coetzee, Saramago and Shibli in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoAnthropomorphism, which combines two Greek words, anthropos and morphe, meaning “human” and “form’ respectively, is a term that reflects our attribution of human characteristics to non-human animals and objects, bestowing upon them agency (Taylor 2011: 266). In this respect, we elevate the status of the non-human animal, moving it from being a…[Read more]
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Rachel Orzech started the topic CFP: Musical Nationbuilding and Cultural Exchange 2024 in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoMusical Nationbuilding and Cultural Exchange in Interwar France and Europe
2-3 August 2024, Melbourne
The interwar period in both Europe and Australia was a fascinating and crucial time for the re-building and reconsideration of national identity. Reeling from the trauma of the Great War, negotiating postwar transitions, surviving the…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Generative AI as Shadow Publics in an Inquiry-Driven Society, Symposium on Digital Scholarship. Hong Kong Baptist University, October 27, 2023 in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoGenerative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, simulate human writing and complicate the inquiry-driven culture we live in. These tools use singular first-person pronouns in their textual outputs and are often associated with anthropomorphic qualities. Within the humanities, conversations tend to focus on detecting new forms of plagiarism. What is missing…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Plenary: “Are There Transgender Characters in Shakespeare?” Blackfriars Conference, American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, Virginia, November 4, 2023. in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoVideo recording of Alexa Alice Joubin’s plenary is available on YouTube, https://youtu.be/8P5nNv86goQ There are certainly non-binary actors on stage, but are there Shakespearean characters who can be read as trans? The answer is yes. To ask whether there are transgender characters is to ask questions about the performance of gender roles. We are…[Read more]
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Sarah Collins started the topic New: MSA Diversity Resource List in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoFor those wanting to diversify their music research, teaching, and recital programmes, do go and check out the MSA’s new Diversity Resource List. It includes sample syllabi, links to databases, co-design protocols, and repertoire lists arranged by instrument, among other useful resources.
Many thanks to all who have contributed so far!
If…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited The Shakespearean International Yearbook 20: Pericles, ed. Tom Bishop, Alexa Alice Joubin, Deanne Williams in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThis volume focuses on Pericles, Prince of Tyre, whose narrative of refugee suffering, familial loss, emotional distancing, people-trafficking, and eventual, joyous recovery speaks strikingly to our historical moment. The play’s internationalist reach, its images of cross-cultural relations, and its Eastern Mediterranean setting also promote a r…[Read more]
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Sarah Kirby started the topic CONF: 2023 Grainger Symposium Program and Registration in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months agoWe are pleased to announce the program of the 2023 Grainger Symposium ‘New Media and Old Archives – Exploring Twentieth-Century Music, Media and Technology’ at the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne on 8 December 2023.
Details of the program and registration (for both online and in-person participation) are available here: https://grainger.u…[Read more]
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Amanda Harris started the topic CFP: Oceanic Networks of Music and Dance in the discussion
Music and Cultural Collections Study Group on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoProposals are invited for next year’s symposium Oceanic Networks of Music and Dance: Performing Continuities, Regeneration and Resonances Across Cultures hosted by the Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania, an association of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. This 2-day symposium will coincide with the 13th Festival…[Read more]
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Amanda Harris started the topic CFP: Oceanic Networks of Music and Dance in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoProposals are invited for next year’s symposium Oceanic Networks of Music and Dance: Performing Continuities, Regeneration and Resonances Across Cultures hosted by the Study Group on Music and Dance of Oceania, an association of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. This 2-day symposium will coincide with the 13th Festival…[Read more]
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Rachel Marian Campbell started the topic Ann Curthoys on Paul Robeson (Sydney Conservatorium Musicology Colloquium) in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe distinguished historian Ann Curthoys will present the final Musicology colloquium for 2023.
“Speaking songs”: Paul Robeson on speech, song, music, politics, and universal humanity while touring Australia in 1960.
In the 1930s and 1940s Paul Robeson was probably the most famous African American in the world, known for his singing, his sta…[Read more]
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John Gabriel started the topic MSA Victoria Chapter Conference and AGM this Friday in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe Victoria Chapter of the MSA will be holding its 2023 Chapter conference and AGM this Friday, 27th October at Trinity College. Please see attached the conference schedule for additional information on the time and location, and for the speakers’ abstracts. The conference is free and open to the public; voting at the AGM is limited to chapter…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Abandoning Tragedy in James Ijames Fat Ham in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe story of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is adapted and revised by James Ijames in his play Fat Ham, which ran from 12 May to 31 July 2022 at The Public Theater, coproduced by the National Black Theatre. Ijames’s play, which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama, plays with and departs from the plot of Hamlet to explore Black manhood, the fam…[Read more]
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Bonnie Russell replied to the topic Please stop posting non-MSA related posts in the Forum in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoWe’re in the process of cleaning up. Sorry about that everyone!
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Michael Christoforidis started the topic CONF: Picasso & Musical Modernity (12-14 October 2023, hybrid) in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoMSA members are warmly invited to attend a symposium on
Picasso and Musical Modernity (c.1900-1940) / Picasso y el Modernismo Musical (c.1900-1940), hosted by the 15th Symposium FIMTE and the University of Melbourne, and in hybrid format (in person and online)
- 12-14 October 2023
- Download the conference program HERE (please note that sessions…
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Boyi Sun replied to the topic Please stop posting non-MSA related posts in the Forum in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThanks Fred!
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Frederic Kiernan replied to the topic Please stop posting non-MSA related posts in the Forum in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoHI Boyi
Yes — sorry about this! We seem to have attracted the interest of some spammers. I’ve already followed up with the Humanities Commons team to get the posts removed and have the users blocked. Apologies for this annoyance!
All best,
Fred.
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Boyi Sun started the topic Please stop posting non-MSA related posts in the Forum in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoHello,
There were suddenly many non-MSA-related posts in the MSA forum in the last few days. Could admins please consider removing those posts, and potentially blocking the repeat offenders from posting in the forum? I’ve been receiving a lot of email notifications on those non-MSA-related posts, which has been a bit annoying. Thanks for the…[Read more]
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Frederic Kiernan started the topic Registration open: ‘Inventing the Human’ Conference, 29 Nov – 2 Dec. in the discussion
MSA Forum on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months agoDear all,
Those not attending the MSA National Conference in Adelaide this year may find this Melbourne event to be of interest:
Registration for ‘Inventing the Human’ (29 Nov – 2 Dec) is now open.
This exciting 4-day event will include provocative keynote speeches, an exhibition, roundtable discussions and more than 80 papers contributed by sc…[Read more]
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Jamie Callison deposited Modernism and Religion: Between Mysticism and Orthodoxy in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 2 years, 3 months ago‘Modernism and Religion’ argues that modernism participated in broader processes of religious change in the twentieth century. The new prominence accorded to immanence and immediacy in religious discourse is carried over into the modernist epiphany. Modernism became mystical. The emergence of Catholic theological modernism, human rights, Christian…[Read more]
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Golam Rabbani deposited When the Subaltern Screams: Pedophilia and Patriarchy in Humayun Ahmed’s Pleasure Boy Kômola. in the group
LLC South Asian and South Asian Diasporic on MLA Commons 2 years, 4 months agoThis paper aims to analyze the depiction of pedophilia in Humayun Ahmed’s film ‘Pleasure Boy Kômola.’ It concentrates on the social and psychological reasons for this rarely existing sexual practice or perversion and the oppressive consequences it causes on the subalterns in Bangladesh during the colonial period.
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