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Rita Bode started the topic CFP: Society for the Study of American Women Writers 2015 Conference in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoSSAWW Triennial Conference November 4-8, 2015
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Call for Proposals
Due Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2015 for all proposals.
For the 2015 Triennial Conference of the…[Read more]
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Jon Smith started the topic CFP: The South in the North (MLA pre-conf 6-7 Jan 2015) in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoCALL FOR PAPERS
The South in the North
A Pre-MLA Mini-conference
January 6-7, 2015
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, BC
Since 2001, when Houston Baker and Dana Nelson described the U.S. South as the “nation’s abjected regional Other,” a powerful body of work by historians and literary critics such as Leigh Anne Duck, Jennifer Greeso…[Read more]
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Peter Powers started the topic CFP: NEMLA 2015 Session–College in Crisis: Higher Education in Li in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoCFP: NEMLA Session, Toronto, 4/30-5/3. College in Crisis: Higher Education in Literature and Popular Culture
Higher education in the United States is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy as constituents question its costs and benefits. Many scholars in various disciplines have analyzed this crisis, and simultaneously, narratives about higher…[Read more]
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Rita Bode started the topic NeMLA WGSC cfp for individual paper abstracts in the forum
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoNortheast Modern Language Association 46th Annual Convention
Toronto, Ontario – April 30-May 3, 2015
NeMLA’s Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus seeks abstracts for the approved panels below – panel descriptions, submission guidelines and the full cfp are available at: http://www.nemla.org/convention/2015.html
Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2014[Read more]
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Hilarie Ashton started the topic CFP NeMLA 2015: Growth in Writing, Teaching, and Learning in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago46th Annual NeMLA Conference
April 30 – May 3, 2015
Toronto, CanadaSubmission Deadline: September 30, 2014
Growth in Writing, Teaching, and Learning
In his classic composition text Writing Without Teachers, Peter Elbow asks us to consider the metaphor of growing as a way to encourage and teach fluid, flexible writing. The idea of growth…[Read more]
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Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic Review & Comment on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Ed. in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoForgive me for cross-posting, please.
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly…[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
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoPlease submit your abstract by August 15. Thank you.
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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
Women’s Studies in Language and 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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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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Lisa Propst started the topic CFP: Representing the Singularity of Suffering (NeMLA 2015) in the forum
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoThis CFP might be of interest to the Women’s Studies forum:
Giving Voice, Appropriating Voices: Representing the Singularity of Suffering (NeMLA 2015)
Efforts to give voice to the silenced are central to postcolonial and feminist thought. Yet scholars in both disciplines, following Gayatri Spivak and Chandra Mohanty, have insisted that…[Read more]
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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
Women’s Studies in Language and 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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Anna Faktorovich started the topic Electronic Review Copies of George Sand Novel in the forum
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago“The Romances of George Sand” (9/12/2014): email me for a free review copy at director@anaphoraliterary.com. Also, I hope you’ll add me as a friend/ fan/ or follow me on LibraryThing, Goodreads, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn (search for my full name). Cheers, Anna Faktorovich, PhD, Director, Anaphora Literary Press
More information on the book a…[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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Erin Garner replied to the topic Minorities and the Writing Classroom in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoThe sociolinguists have produced a good amount of work on this subject. I recommend Anne H. Charity Hudley and Christine Mallinson’s Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools (2011) as a good reference and a good start. As a grad student and a tutor, I have come across similar situations with ESL and African American students w…[Read more]
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Minorities and the Writing Classroom in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoHello Pedro,
My university is right on the Texas/Mexican border so the overwhelming majority of our students learned Spanish first and English is their second language. We also have a large number of Mexican nationals who attend along with students from other foreign countries. My experience is that our weakest students are the ones who have come…[Read more]
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Shanda H. Easterday replied to the topic Minorities and the Writing Classroom in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoHi Pedro, I often encounter minorities in my classrooms, and, because they are online classes, I sometimes feel handicapped when I respond to them. They cannot see my smile or the twinkle in my eye as I try to reassure them that their command of English is excellent but spelling, grammar, language usage and sentence structure problems are g…[Read more]
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Pedro Esteban Ponce started the topic Minority Students and the Writing Classroom in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoHello:
I recently observed a colleague making disparaging remarks about the language skills of an ESL student. While my colleague believed the student’s English was weak, I thought there was noticeable development. The difference in perception made me wonder if U.S. minority students and/or students in the U.S. from abroad experience problems in…[Read more]
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Pedro Esteban Ponce started the topic Minorities and the Writing Classroom in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoHello:
I recently observed one of my colleagues make inaccurate assumptions about the language skills of an ESL student. My colleague thought the student’s English was weak, but I disagreed. In mulling over this situation, I began to wonder if U.S. minorities and/or students from abroad encounter problems in writing classrooms distinct to these…[Read more]
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