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Megan Massino started the topic Open Discussion on Humanities Postdocs in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoJoin for coffee and a discussion of postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, both best practices for positions and programs and pressing questions about the role of the postdoc position in humanities research initiatives, the casualization of the academic workforce, and the larger profession. All are welcome!
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Susan Cannon Harris replied to the topic Texas campus open carry laws in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoHello Kirsten and Sarah,
I am working with some UT faculty from Gun-Free UT to try to organize a protest. Once the details are finalized I will post about it here. In the meantime, I welcome input from anyone who has ideas about what form it should take.
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Brian Gregory Caraher deposited Cocoons of Desire and Thought: Metaphor as Metafunction in the group
LSL General Linguistics on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThis conference paper was an invited plenary lecture for the 11th annual meeting of ICEG in January 2014. It builds upon numerous articles, essays and books the author has published on the grammar, epistemology and socio-historical aspects of metaphor and metaphorical discourse. This paper provides a model for understanding metaphor as a needed…[Read more]
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Sarah E. Chinn replied to the topic Texas campus open carry laws in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThanks for getting this started Kirsten. I’ll be at MLA and happy to participate in any way.
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Kirsten Silva Gruesz started the topic Texas campus open carry laws in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoMLA convention-goers should be aware that open-carry laws go into effect in Texas after January 1, with campus carry set to follow on August 1. Concerned faculty and students at UT Austin have created this informative website, Gun Free UT. It links to a petition you may consider signing. Many academic departments at UT have already issued…[Read more]
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Hugh M. Richmond deposited The Dead Albatross: "New Criticism" as a Humanist Fallacy in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThis essay was one of the first to challenge the over-stress on close reading as the key to literary appreciation, by advocating a greater stress on literature’s broader context and its achievement in social, political, and religious terms.
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Hania Nashef deposited Becomings in J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians and José Saramago's Blindness in the group
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago“Becoming-animal” is a term used by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their work, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia which at times can designate a movement towards denigration. With a “becoming,” a threshold is, invariably, crossed and the boundaries that have existed between the animal and the human become blurred. Moreover…[Read more]
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Liorah A. Golomb replied to the topic Looking for a roommate? in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoI can share my room at the JW Marriott with a female for the 7th-9th.
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Katherine Arens replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoClosest barbecue of Quality = http://www.ironworksbbq.com/restaurant-menu.asp Iron works, 2 blks from convention center
Most famous barbecue: Franklin’s, but you stand in line for 2 hours https://franklinbarbecue.com
Closest good Mexican food (designer): http://www.manuels.com – couple blocks from convention center
For breakfast: brea…[Read more]
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Katherine Arens replied to the topic Free Housing? in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agotry your grad coordinator: they have access to a listserv to all the GCs on campus and they may be able to send out notices.
katie arens (UT faculty)
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Looking for a roommate? in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months ago@elnossery is looking for a female roommate for Jan 6 to 8 (two nights) at the Hilton Garden Inn, $159 per night.
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Nicky Agate started the topic Promote your session! Share URLs from CORE here—and start the conversation now! in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoPresenting at this year’s MLA convention in Austin? You can use MLA Commons to promote your session, maximizing the potential for a good turnout—and a productive meeting. Members who deposit their papers with the Commons Open Repository Exchange (CORE) before the convention can share the deposit with members of relevant MLA forums, many of who…[Read more]
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Hannah Alpert-Abrams started the topic Free Housing? in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoI’m a PhD student at UT Austin, and I know how tricky and costly it can be to travel to conferences. I’d like to help figure out a way to connect unfunded graduate students with locals who have an extra couch or a spare bed. Anyone interested?
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Nicky Agate started the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoIf you’re an Austin local, please share your expertise by suggesting nearby restaurants, bars, or things to see or do. Provide as much information as you can: Distance from the convention venue, price range, URL, and what you like about a place are particularly useful. (We’re starting with eater.com’s “38 Essential Austin Restaurants” and the…[Read more]
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Gabriel Rei-Doval started the topic CFP: 2nd North American Symposium of Galician Studies in the discussion
Luso-Brazilian Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months ago2nd North American Symposium of Galician Studies: Academic Renewal, Artistic Communication and Social Innovation
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
April 20-23, 2016
As a continuation of the first conference organized by the Galician Studies Research Group at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in May, 2014, this second meeting at the U…[Read more]
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Gabriel Rei-Doval started the topic CFP: 2nd North American Symposium of Galician Studies in the discussion
Iberian Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months ago2nd North American Symposium of Galician Studies: Academic Renewal, Artistic Communication and Social Innovation
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
April 20-23, 2016
As a continuation of the first conference organized by the Galician Studies Research Group at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in May, 2014, this second meeting at the…[Read more]
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Gabriel Rei-Doval started the topic CFP: Medieval Iberian languages and (socio)linguistics in the discussion
Iberian Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoA (late) reminder on this Call for Papers.
Proposals on all Iberian languages and (socio)linguistics are very welcome.
There is still time…CALL FOR PAPERS
51st International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 12-15, 2016, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United StatesSessions Sponsored by the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies (HSMS)
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Elisa Martí-López started the topic !5th Colloquium North American Catalan Society in the discussion
Iberian Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoEl 15è Col·loqui Internacional de la North American Catalan Society es va celebrar a Barcelona, a la seu de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans, els dies 29-30 de juny i 1 de juliol del 2015. S’hi van reunir uns cent setanta especialistes en catalanística de l’Amèrica del Nord i d’Europa –amb una àmplia representació d’acadèmics procedents dels dife…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Looking for a roommate? in the discussion
2016 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 10 years, 5 months agoConvention registrants can use this forum thread to identify other participants who may wish to share accommodations. The MLA assumes no responsibility or liability for these arrangements, since a decision to share hotel accommodations is one made by the participant, not the MLA.
Please note that in order to make reservations at MLA rates at t…[Read more]
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