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Abby Goode started the topic Sustainability and Population in American Literary History in the forum
American Literature to 1800 on MLA Commons 11 years agoSpecial Session 77: “Sustainability and Population in American Literary History” at this year’s MLA might be of interest to folks studying ecocritical topics, demography in literature, race, reproduction, or other American literary topics. Papers on Jefferson, Malthus, Delany and black nationalism, and eugenics and conservation are some of the t…[Read more]
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Abby Goode started the topic Sustainability and Population in American Literary History in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoSpecial Session 77: “Sustainability and Population in American Literary History” at this year’s MLA might be of interest to folks studying nineteenth-century American literature. The panel is on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in 116 VCC West. More information about the panelists and papers can be found at ht…[Read more]
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Tana Jean Welch replied to the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 2015 in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years agoALA 2015 Panel Reminder:
Quantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science and…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA Vancouver, Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
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James E. Dobson started the topic ANN: 2015 Futures of American Studies Institute: Questions Worth Asking in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDARTMOUTH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES A ONE WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE
THE FUTURES OF AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE: QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
MONDAY, JUNE 22 — SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015Director: Donald E. Pease (Dartmouth College)
Co-Directors: Colleen Boggs (Dartmouth College), Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Elizabeth Maddock Dillon (Northeastern U…[Read more]
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Tana Jean Welch started the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 2015 in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoQuantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 2015 (Boston, May 21-24)
How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science…[Read more]
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Rita Bode started the topic CFP Society for the Study of American Women Writers 2015 Conference in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 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 201…[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
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoThe 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 Greeson, Matthew Lassi…[Read more]
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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 agoOk, done. It went out to the list’s Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts as well.
Best,
Francesco
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Wendy Galgan replied to the topic Call for Conferencel Papers: Walk Poems in the forum
Poetry on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi Francesco,
Yes, absolutely. That would be great.
Thanks,
Wendy
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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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Matt Cohen posted an update in the group
LLC Early American on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCFP for MLA 2015: Here and After: Periodization and American Literary Studies.
A collaborative session proposal by the Divisions of American Literature to 1800 and Nineteenth-Century American Literature.
As one of the most resilient classificatory principles in American literary studies, periodization often silently frames modes of analysis. But…[Read more] -
Richard Kopley started the topic CFP for the Fourth International Edgar Allan Poe Conference in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoProposals are invited for the Fourth International Edgar Allan Poe Conference, to be held in New York City at the Roosevelt Hotel on 45th Street near Madison Avenue (http://www.theroosevelthotel.com/) Thursday, February 26th, to Sunday, March 1st, 2015. Our PSA-sponsored conferences have been located at cities where Poe lived and worked; we have…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic Possible Changes to MLA Divisions in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear Members of the Division of Nineteenth Century American Literature:
During our annual meeting at the MLA Conference in Chicago, the Division of Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century American Literature executive committee had a long discussion about the proposal to restructure the divisions in American literature. The committee feels…[Read more]
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April Logan started the topic Pauline Hopkins and Washington D.C. in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoCall for Papers
***DEADLINE EXTENDED***
American Literature Association
25th Annual Conference
May 22-25, 2014
Hyatt Regency, Capitol HillSession Sponsored By
The Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins SocietyPanel: Pauline Hopkins and Washington D.C.
As a writer with a keen interest in national politics at a crucial moment in American history, Pauline…[Read 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]