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Weihsin Gui started the topic Call for proposals: Southeast Asia special session for 2018 MLA in the discussion
Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian Diasporic on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI’m planning to put together a panel/special session on Southeast Asian literary/cultural narratives for the January 2018 Modern Language Association conference in New York, NY.
The theme for the MLA conference is “States of Insecurity” and I thought a panel dealing with contemporary narratives that negotiate insecurities in or resist the…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Murphy in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Samuel Beckett’s Murphy. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Modernism in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Modernism. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Modernism in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Modernism. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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Monika Dix posted an update in the group
LLC East Asian on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI would also be interested in participating in this discussion, especially addressing the issue how to convince more East Asian specialists (faculty & grad students) to join the MLA. How can the MLA serve as a complementary platform or provide something very different from conferences such as AAS?
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Yes — please come! BTW — I’m not seeing my responses posted in the MLA Commons LLC East Asian. Can they make a more cumbersome online system?? Best wishes, Chris
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Essay on Authority in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Herbert Marcuse’s Essay on Authority. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES The Handmaid’s Tale in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWhat a great idea for networking and sharing information. Thanks for doing this and please post to all East Asian forums!
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI would be interested in this especially if I could address it from the point of view of contingent or non-tenured faculty.
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Kelly Y. Jeong started the topic Disability and Human (in)Dignity in East Asian Literature and Film in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPapers addressing representations of <span class=”il”>disability</span> and human (in)dignity in <span class=”il”>East</span> <span class=”il”>Asian</span> literature and film. Comparative perspectives preferred. 250-word abstract and short CV by March 15; Kelly Jeong (kelly.jeong@ucr.edu)
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Kelly Y. Jeong started the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoNavigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars
An interactive discussion for East Asian scholars on how to master the intricacies of the
MLA covering Forums, Elected Committees, the Delegate Assembly, MLA Commons,
and more.
Guaranteed Session Sponsored by the East Asian Forum.
Christopher Lupke Presiding.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES 1984 in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eigthy-Four. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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Rajender Kaur posted an update in the group
LLC South Asian and South Asian Diasporic on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoGauranteed panel of the llc South Asian and South Asian Diasporic Forum:
Theorizing the Refugee
Roundtable seeks to theorize the political figure of our time: the refugee who though stateless remains imbricated in hypernationalism of militarized borders. 300 word abstracts by March 15 to Rashmi Bhatnagar rb305@snu.edu.in
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Samara Hayley Steele deposited The Reality Code: Interpreting Aggregate Larp Rules as Code that Runs on Humans in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoAggregate larp rules are a type of code that runs on humans. Code can be thought of as a linguistic form that is both declarative and imperative; it is both truth and command (Buswell 2009). In aggregate larp, elements of the game’s
diegesis are rendered codic, or playable, allowing players a degree of autonomy from game staff. Through the m…[Read more] -
Chandrima Chakraborty started the topic CFP: MLA 2018 Special Session– Partition and/in South Asian Diasporas in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPartition and/in South Asian Diasporas
Seeking papers for a special session on how the 1947 Partition of British India appears in, erupts, underwrites or disrupts diasporic cultural productions (film, fiction, poetry, painting, play). Please send 250-word abstracts by 20 March 2017; Chandrima Chakraborty (chandri@mcmaster.ca).
Thanks!
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Chandrima Chakraborty started the topic CFP: 2018 MLA Special Session– Partition and/in South Asian Diasporas in the discussion
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPartition and/in South Asian Diasporas
Seeking papers for a special session on how the 1947 Partition of British India appears in, erupts, underwrites or disrupts diasporic cultural productions (film, fiction, poetry, painting, play). Please send 250-word abstracts by 15 March 2017; Chandrima Chakraborty (chandri@mcmaster.ca).
Thanks!
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP MLA '18: Comparatively Perfect: Guided Tours of Essential Essays in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<p style=”margin: 0in; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.5pt; color: black;”><span style=”font-style: italic;”>Comparatively Perfect: Guided Tours of Essential Essays</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.5pt; color: black;”>A Panel Sponsored by the Association of Departments and Programs in Comparative…[Read more] -
Christopher Michaelson posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWith thanks to many MLA contributors for their suggestions, please check out (and continue to send ideas for) my living list of business stories, a.k.a. Capitalism Reading List! http://ethicalsystems.org/content/reading-succeed
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Christopher Michaelson posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWith thanks to many MLA contributors for their suggestions, please check out (and continue to send ideas for) my living list of business stories, a.k.a. Capitalism Reading List! http://ethicalsystems.org/content/reading-succeed
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Lucinda Newns started the topic CFP UPDATE: PSA Convention 2017 on Globalisation – NEW KEYNOTES (Deadline: 2/28) in the discussion
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″><b>Postcolonial Studies Association Convention</b>
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<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″><b>School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London (UK), 18–20 September 2017</b>
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<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″>We are pleased to announce that the 2017 PSA Convention will be held at the School of…[Read more] - Load More
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