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Hoda El Shakry started the topic LAST CALL: Arab/ic CFPs for 2018 MLA in NYC — Please apply or share! in the discussion
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoArab/ic CFPs for 2018 MLA in NYC — Please apply or share!
“Palestine, Ethics, and World Literature”
We invite proposals that examine BDS and the ethical engagement with literature, as well as Palestine and World Literature. We welcome critical engagements with Edward Said’s work, and papers that explore other boycott movements, state and aca…[Read more]
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LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCFP “Insecurity and Dissent in Middle Eastern Cinema”
What are the aesthetics that Middle Eastern filmmakers have deployed to express dissent and challenge the security of the regimes under which they live? What forms do such films employ to represent the insecurities of resistance? Please send abstracts (max. 250 words) and CVs to R. Shareah…[Read more] -
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LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCFP: “Medieval States of Insecurity panel”
We invite proposals for a proposed session on Medieval States of Insecurity cosponsored by the Medieval Iberian Literature and Culture LLC and the Arabic Forum at the MLA annual conference in New York (2018). We welcome proposals that explore how insecurity—political and social, real or i…[Read more] -
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LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCFP: “Speculative Futures in Arab/ic Literature”
We invite proposals that explore literary topoi, themes, and imagery of apocalypse, eschatology, science fiction, dystopia, utopia, (non)futurity, or fantasy in Arab/ic literature. We are particularly interested in papers that problematize the genres of magical realist, speculative, fantastical,…[Read more]
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Hoda El Shakry posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCFP: “Palestine, Ethics, and World Literature”
We invite proposals that examine BDS and the ethical engagement with literature, as well as Palestine and World Literature. We welcome critical engagements with Edward Said’s work, and papers that explore other boycott movements, state and academic institutions, as well as MLA and the production, c…[Read more]
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Hoda El Shakry started the topic MLA Graphic Interventions Arabic Panel Meeting Today at 1:45pm – Please Join! in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 10 years agoJust a quick note that the Arabic division panel #77. Graphic Interventions: Visual Cultures of the Arab World will be meeting as scheduled today from 1:45–3:00 p.m. in room 402 of the JW Marriott.
We hope to see you there!!
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Hoda El Shakry started the topic MLA Graphic Interventions Arabic Panel Meeting Today at 1:45pm – Please Join! in the discussion
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 10 years agoJust a quick note that the Arabic division panel #77. Graphic Interventions: Visual Cultures of the Arab World will be meeting as scheduled today from 1:45–3:00 p.m. in room 402 of the JW Marriott.
We hope to see you there!!
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Hoda El Shakry started the topic Penn State: Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature & Arabic literatures a in the discussion
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoThe Department of Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position (tenure-track) with a specialization in comparative approaches to Arabic literatures and cultures. Applicants’ research and teaching should move across regional boundaries to engage the Eastern Mediterranean, Af…[Read more]
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Hoda El Shakry replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: LLC African Diasporic on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoI fully support the creation of this forum.
Hoda El Shakry, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
The Pennsylvania State University
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