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David A. Wacks started the topic Summer Workshop: “Sephardic Culture: An Introduction” (July 8-11, 2024) in the discussion
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 2 years agoThe Mediterranean Seminar Summer Skills Seminars are intensive, interactive four-day workshops that provide students, scholars, and professionals with the foundational training in technical skills related to Mediterranean Studies.
The Seminars, run by leading scholars, emphasize hands-on reading complemented by supplementary and contextual…[Read more]
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Siham Bouamer started the topic Call for Nominations: LLC Francophone (2025) in the discussion
LLC Francophone on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Colleagues,The LLC Francophone Forum Executive Committee is seeking (self)nominations from our membership for one colleague (must be an MLA member) willing to serve a term of five convention years (from January 2025 through the close of the January 2029 convention). Members who would like to nominate themselves or other members for…[Read more]
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Gerald Joseph Prince started the topic Call Nominations LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French Forum Executive Committee in the discussion
LLC Francophone on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Colleagues,The LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French Forum Executive Committee is seeking (self-)nominations from our membership for one colleague willing to serve a term of five convention years (from January 2025 through the close of the January 2029 convention) as member of the executive committee. Responsibilities of the committee members…[Read more]
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Ramzi Salti deposited Vivian and Her Son in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis short story, written by Dr. Ramzi Salti, was published as part of his book titled “The Native Informant and Other Stories: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World”. It has been turned into a short film titled “The 40th Day’–available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fspvJSiSQkc. Complete E-Book now available on Google Play and Kindle.
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Crystal Anne Chemris started the topic MLA Discount on The Spanish Baroque and Latin American Literary Modernity in the discussion
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Colleagues,
Attached is a flyer for an MLA discount on my book, The Spanish Baroque and latin American Literary Modernity: Writing on Constellation.
Crystal Chemris
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Carmela Mattza started the topic Re: Invitation to become the Representative in the MLA Delegate Assembly in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama via email on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear colleagues,
Happy New Year!
Each MLA forum has a representative in the Delegate Assembly. These delegates serve for a term of three years. The MLA has informed us that it’s time for the LLC 16th & 17th Century Spanish Theater and Iberia Drama to nominate its next delegate. The appointment is for 3 years.
Candidates must meet the f…[Read more]
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Carmela Mattza started the topic Invitation to become a member of the EC of the LLC16th & 17th Century Spanish Theater and Iberia Drama del MLA in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama via email on MLA Commons 2 years agoEstimados colegas:
¡Feliz año 2024!
Me dirijo a ustedes en nombre del Comité Ejecutivo del foro 16th & 17th Century Spanish Theater and Iberia Drama del MLA para invitarles a nominarse a sí mismos o nominar a un colega para que sea parte del comité que dirige este foro. Por favor, envíenme un correo electrónico antes del 13 de enero de 2024 m…[Read more]
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Mimi Winick deposited Abstracts for panel, “Anthropology and Speculative Fiction,” MLA 2024 in the group
TC Anthropology and Literature on MLA Commons 2 years ago“Anthropologists, Aliens, and Indigenous Futurism: Writing against Culture in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning” Eric Aronoff, Michigan State U
“Alberto Vanasco: An Alien Ethnography of Argentina,” Caleb Delorme, Rutgers U, New Brunswick
“H. G. Wells’s Fetishism ” Jayne Hildebrand, Barnard C
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andré carrington started the topic Open General Business Meeting for the Forum:MS Sound at #MLA2024 in the discussion
MS Sound on MLA Commons 2 years agoGood day everyone! If you’re attending the annual convention and you’d like to join the Forum MS Sound (or you’re already a member) please join us at 3:30p.m. on Saturday, January 6, in the Marriott – Grand D (Level 5). We’ll catch up and solicit interest in potential topics for sponsored sessions, and we have seats opening up, so you can become a…[Read more]
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Setsuko Yokoyama started the topic The Executive Committee endorses the Radical Caucus’s motion in the discussion
MS Sound on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Forum Participants,
The executive committee of the Sound Forum is writing to let you know of our intention to endorse the Radical Caucus’s emergency motion in defense of academic freedom. The draft text of the motion is included below and our endorsement will be listed as “The Sound Forum Executive Committee.” There will be an open hearing…[Read more]
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Setsuko Yokoyama started the topic The Executive Committee endorses the Radical Caucus’s motion in the discussion
MS Sound on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Forum Participants,
The executive committee of the Sound Forum is writing to let you know of our intention to endorse the Radical Caucus’s emergency motion in defense of academic freedom. The draft text of the motion is included below and our endorsement will be listed as “The Sound Forum Executive Committee.” There will be an open hearing…[Read more]
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Carmela Mattza started the topic Invitation – MLA 2024 Philadelphia in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Colleagues,
Happy New Year!
You are cordially invited to the three sessions sponsored by the LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama Forum at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia:
Session # 224 – Hagiography and the Supernatural in the Comedia: Miracles and G…[Read more]
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Carmela Mattza started the topic MLA CONVENTION – Philadelphia 2024 in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Colleagues,
Happy New Year! Feliz Año Nuevo!
You are cordially invited to the first of three sessions sponsored by the LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama Forum at the MLA 2024 Convention in Philadelphia:
Session # 224 – Hagiography and the Supernatural in the Comedia: Miracles and…[Read more]
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Carmela Mattza started the topic MLA Convention – Philadelphia 2024 in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama via email on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Colleagues,
Happy New Year! You are cordially invited to the three sessions sponsored by the LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama Forum at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia:
224 – Hagiography and the Supernatural in the Comedia: Miracles and Ghosts
https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/16639
Friday, 5 J…[Read more]
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Preetha Mani deposited The Literary Management of Multilingualism in Postcolonial India in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis chapter explores a tension in postcolonial Indian literature between the monolingual form of the nation and the multilingual tendencies of the linguistic regions through a comparison between the Sahitya Akademi’s (India’s national academy of letters) activities and Tamil putukkavitai (new poetry) writing. By promoting translation and con…[Read more]
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Preetha Mani deposited The Literary Management of Multilingualism in Postcolonial India in the group
LLC Literatures of the United States in Languages Other Than English on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis chapter explores a tension in postcolonial Indian literature between the monolingual form of the nation and the multilingual tendencies of the linguistic regions through a comparison between the Sahitya Akademi’s (India’s national academy of letters) activities and Tamil putukkavitai (new poetry) writing. By promoting translation and con…[Read more]
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Stacey Amo started the topic Discussion Group on What Contingency Means to You in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoJoin members of the Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession for an informal discussion about the forms of contingency, the needs of contingent faculty members, and resource sharing. January 6, 10:15-11:30am, PCC – 202A (Grand Hall Level 2) https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/19063
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Stacey Amo started the topic Discussion Group on What Contingency Means to You in the discussion
MLAgrads on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoJoin members of the Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession for an informal discussion about the forms of contingency, the needs of contingent faculty members, and resource sharing. January 6, 10:15-11:30am, PCC – 202A (Grand Hall Level 2) https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Session/19063
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman? in the discussion
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University, Sweden published an article titled “Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman?” in Nordic Review of Iconography.
I present the abstract of this article below and the article can be downloaded for free from the link b…[Read more] -
Arif Camoglu deposited Loving Sovereignty: Political Mysticism, Seyh Galib, and Giorgio Agamben in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoCentering on the poetry of Şeyh Galib (1757–1799), this article considers Ottoman imperial sovereignty in tandem with the discourse of mysticism that underpinned it. A key rhetorical device that enables the abstraction of the politics of empire in this discourse is the metaphor of the beloved sovereign. In the mystical writing of Galib, this me…[Read more]
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