I am developing an online database of the visual culture of the Spanish masterpiece Celestina (1499). At the moment, everything is in Spanish, but a programmer is helping me to develop the English version (we are using Omeka).  I am trying to strike a balance between scholarly thoroughness and accessibility for the average users since ther…[Read more]

We are seeking essay proposals for a peer-reviewed edited volume, Literatures of Madness: Disability Studies and Mental Health, which will be submitted to the Literary Disability Studies book series at Palgrave Macmillan (http://www.palgrave.com/us/series/14821). The volume will collect disability studies essays that focus on mental health,…[Read more]

TC Disability Studies will hold an election for a new Delegate Assembly representative in the fall of 2017, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is r…[Read more]

The term of this forum’s representative in the Delegate Assembly will come to an end in January 2018, so the election of a new representative is scheduled for the fall of 2017. The forum’s executive committee will consider nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive comm…[Read more]

When it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia, this forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for the fall 2017 election of a new Delegate Assembly representative. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who has been su…[Read more]

The term of this forum’s current Delegate Assembly representative is due to expire in January 2018, so the election for a new representative will be held in the fall of 2017. The forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the Philadelphia convention in January. Though the exec…[Read more]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Oceans and Deserts 2017:
Charting Transdisciplinary Currents in Environment and Culture
The graduate students in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona invite proposals for their fourth annual interdisciplinary conference for emerging scholars (graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior faculty) o…[Read more]

Following Nicole’s lead, I too have been nominated for election to the Executive Board of the Old English Forum of the Modern Language Association. Here’s my statement of interest in this important function:

Having attended several MLA conferences in a row over the past three or four years—after a brief hiatus—I was struck by the energy, vib…[Read more]

I am a candidate for the Old English forum and would like to introduce myself and my goals.

Old English has long had a strong presence at MLA. I want to continue the mix of panels and paper sessions we have had in recent years, with representation including all levels of the profession from graduate students through senior scholars.

I am a…[Read more]

NeMLA 2017 – Disability in Anglophone Literature (Panel)

48th Annual NeMLA Convention
Baltimore, Maryland
March 23 – 26th, 2017

Deadline to submit abstract: 09/30/2016
Categories: Anglophone and British Literature.
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
Institutional host: Johns Hopkins University

CFP: panel on “Disability in Anglophone Literature”

This…[Read more]

On the DL: Athletes, Athletics, and Disability is the title of a proposed essay collection that will read competitive athletics through a disability studies lens. Given the myriad definitions of “sport” across the globe, On the DL is interested in compiling a wide variety of theoretically-engaged analyses of sporting culture. In addition to…[Read more]

We are excited to announce our first panel for MLA 2017 in Philadephia and provide the abstracts. Be sure to add this session to your convention schedule!

Chair: Ryan Cordell
Respondent: Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia and Director, Rare Book School)
Barbara Heritage (University of Virginia), “Literature as Artifact: Critical…[Read more]