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Francesco Levato replied to the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi Wendy,
Can I repost this CFP to the Poetics List 2.0 (http://poeticslist.chicagoschoolofpoetics.com)? I think it would be a good opportunity for list members.
Best,
Francesco
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Wendy Galgan started the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoWalk Poems: Moving Through America on Foot
NeMLA’s 46th Annual Conference in Toronto, Ontario, April 30 through May 3, 2015
Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2014
This panel seeks papers on the ways in which American poets write about walking and the significant role the walk poem has played in American literature. What is it about the…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoPlease accept my apologies, Joe Lockard. It was my first time using this forum.
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Joe Lockard replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoPrivate correspondence resulting from a CFP is inconsiderate use of a shared common forum. These messages go to 155 forum participants, not simply to the corresponding parties. Thanks for understanding.
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Laura E. Savu replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear Prof. Whitney,
Thank you for your prompt reply and especially for your interest in this project. Your proposal sounds very promising as no viable notion of the good life can be conceived without taking into account its complicated relationship with economic growth. If I’m not mistaken, The Skidelskys, whom I cite in my brief descri…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu replied to the topic Call for Contributions: "The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context" in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHello, Susan. Thank you for your interest in this project. You may e-mail me your proposal at laura_savu@yahoo.com. I’m looking forward to it!
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Susan Gorman replied to the topic Call for Contributions: "The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context" in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoThanks for posting this, Laura; it sounds really interesting. Where/ when should we send abstracts?
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Laura E. Savu started the topic Call for Contributions: "The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context" in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. The essays need to focus on the discourses and practices of the good life, understood in all of its dimensions—material, psychological, ethical, spiritual, etc. –and appro…[Read more]
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Charles Whitney replied to the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi Laura,
Thanks for developing this topic. I would be interested in writing on “the good life” as it is addressed by economists and others offering proposals about how to deal with global warming, particularly concerning attitudes toward future economic growth. In my admittedly limited experience, mainstream economists don’t go much beyond t…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu started the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. The essays need to focus on the discourses and practices of the good life, understood in all of its dimensions—material, psychological, ethical, spiritual, etc. –and appro…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu started the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. The essays need to focus on the discourses and practices of the good life, understood in all of its dimensions—material, psychological, ethical, spiritual, etc. –and appro…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic Endorsing or Volunteering for the New MLA Forum on Global Arab & Arab American in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear colleagues,
I wonder if those of you who are interested in Arab American literature and culture can take a couple of minutes of your time to endorse the new MLA forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature and Culture. All you have to do is follow the four steps I listed below.
You don’t need to be working on Global Arab or Arab…[Read more]
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Janet Ruth Heller started the topic Dramatic Monologue Panel & Trends in Literature for Children Panel for AWP 2015 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoDear Friends,
I’m organizing two panels for the AWP ((Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Conference in Minneapolis in 2015 (April 8-11, 2015): 1) The Dramatic Monologue in Current Poetry and 2) Recent Trends in Literature for Children. The application deadline is May 1, 2014. Are you willing to be on these panels? If so, please let me…[Read more]
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Janet Ruth Heller started the topic Dramatic Monologue Panel & Trends in Literature for Children Panel for AWP 2015 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoDear Friends,
I’m organizing two panels for the AWP Conference in Minneapolis in 2015 (April 8-11, 2015): 1) The Dramatic Monologue in Current Poetry and 2) Recent Trends in Literature for Children. The application deadline is May 1, 2014. Are you willing to be on these panels? If so, please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you for your c…[Read more]
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Sandra K. Soto posted an update in the group
LLC Chicana and Chicano on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoChicana and Chicano Literature Division of the Modern Language Association. Call for abstracts.
Extended Deadline: 03/23/14
Queering Chican@ Utopias: Remembering José Esteban Muñoz. Innovative presentations in Chican@ Studies that exemplify or call for Muñoz’s queer, world-building work. 250-word abstract and abbreviated CV by 12 March 2014…[Read more]
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Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta started the topic MLA 2015.NAFTA, Neoliberalism, and 21st-Century Mexican Narratives. A Roundtable in the forum
Mexican Cultural and Literary Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoMLA 2015
NAFTA, Neoliberalism, and 21st-Century Mexican Narratives. A Roundtable
Position papers on how Mexico is imagined and narrated after two decades of NAFTA’s implementation. Send abstract and bio by 15 March 2014; Juan Carlos Ramírez-Pimienta (jcramire@rohan.sdsu.edu).
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Michelle B. Slater started the topic Mayapple Center is offering a summer course taught by Deak Nabors in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDeak Nabors, “The Aesthetic Tradition of Perpetual War”
August 11-15th at the Mayapple Center for the Arts and Humanities, Stamford, CT ($1200.00 includes tuition ($800) and room & board ($400.00) Apply now at mayapplecenter.slideroom.com
Commentators have longed noted that the United States has remained more or less persistently at war since…[Read more]
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Sandra K. Soto posted an update in the group
LLC Chicana and Chicano on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoMLA 2015 (a jointly sponosored-session: Chicana/o Lit Division together with Latin America, 20th Century)
Latino/a-merican Canada. Considering the conference’s location in Vancouver, we invite papers that examine writings by the Chicana/o, Latina/o, and Latin American diaspora in Canada. 250-word abstract and abbreviated CV by 12 March 2014; S…[Read more]
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Abby Goode started the topic CFP "Sustainability and Population," MLA 2015 in the forum
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago<div>”Sustainability and Population”
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<div>This panel invites papers that examine the intersections of “sustainability” and “population” in literature. Papers may consider how race, demography, biopolitics, fertility, economics, agriculture, and spatial distribution help clarify, illuminate, and evaluate “sustainability”—what literary…[Read more] -
Sandra K. Soto posted an update in the group
LLC Chicana and Chicano on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoMLA 2015 (A Chicana and Chicano Literature Division Panel)
Chicano Narrative at 25. Papers that examine how Ramón Saldívar’s classic work has shaped the field and/or how critics have extended or departed from its major claims. 250-word abstract and abbreviated CV by 12 March 2014; Sandra K. Soto (sotos@email.arizona.edu). - Load More
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Call for Papers
WORLDS and WORDS
29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
Carrollton, Georgia
October 30-November 1, 2014
Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]