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David Laurence deposited Trends in Bachelor’s Degrees in English and Other Selected Fields of Study, 1987–2015 in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 9 years agoPrepared for session 366 on the 2017 convention program, Shapes of the English Major Today, arranged by the ADE Ad Hoc Committee on the English Major, this presentation summarizes trends in bachelor’s degree completions using time series degree completions data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS), as compiled by the National…[Read more]
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Julie Ward replied to the topic CFP MLA 2017: Specifications Grading: Case Studies in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years agoCorrection: This is for presentation at the 2018 Convention of the MLA.
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Julie Ward started the topic CFP MLA 2017: Specifications Grading: Case Studies in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years agoInteractive workshop focusing on Nilson’s Specifications Grading. Presenters share best practices for specs grading in the classroom, using real examples. 250-word description of use of specs grading by 1 March 2017; Julie Ward (wardjulie@ou.edu) and Ashwini Ganeshan (ganeshan@ohio.edu).
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Anne Geller deposited Millions of Dollars Might Get You Into the MLA: When NEH Funding Shaped the State of Writing Studies in English Studies in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 9 years agoPanel Title Writing Studies at the MLA: The Past and Future of English Studies
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Michael Schinasi started the topic CFP 2018 special session: National Theaters Around the Globe in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century on MLA Commons 9 years agoNational Theaters Around the Globe
Special Session
Any aspect of worldwide National Theaters (the institution usually manifest in buildings; not dramatic literatures). All periods: history, ideology, relation to culture industry, etc. 250 word abstract by 15 March 2017; Michael Schinasi (schinasim@ecu.edu). -
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic AATI@Palermo 2017: Call for Papers in the discussion
Romance Literary Relations on MLA Commons 9 years agoCALL For Papers
AATI International Conference Abroad
Università degli Studi di Palermo
28 giugno – 2 luglio 2017
L’AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) comunica che il prossimo convegno internazionale si terrà nella città di Palermo, 28 giugno-2 luglio 2017, presso l’Università degli Studi di Palermo, co…[Read more]
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Gerardo Augusto Lorenzino started the topic MLA 2018, CFP: “Language Change: Global (Im-)gration and Linguistic Insecurity” in the discussion
Comparative Romance Linguistics on MLA Commons 9 years agoDear colleagues,
The Executive Committee of the Forum on Language Change is seeking proposals for the session “Language Change: Global (Im-)migration and Linguistic Insecurity”. See short and long CFP below.
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Papers exploring how global and local migrations affect language practices and patterns (e.g. linguistic in…[Read more]
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Jonathan Senchyne deposited Paper Nationalism: Material Textuality and Communal Affiliation in Early America in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years agoTheories of the public sphere and of imagined political communities of shared reading have had lasting effects on the theoretical conceptualization of Americanist book history, but they also largely overlook the materiality of texts in ways that early and nineteenth-century American readers and writers did not. This essay reads early and…[Read more]
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Nate Mickelson started the topic CFP Writing as a Way of Being Conference – DUE FEB 1, 2017 in the discussion
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 9 years agoWriting as a Way of Being Human
Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
2017 Summer ConferenceYMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, CO
June 22-25, 2017Inspired by keynote speaker Robert Yagelski’s Writing as a Way of Being, the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL)’s summer 2017 conference will bring together tea…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Suggest session ideas for #MLA18 in New York City! in the discussion
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 9 years agoThanks for the update, Stacey! That makes sense, especially with next year’s conference theme. I’ll look forward to the session.
We’ll pursue another session separately, and I’ll connect with others on the thread as we begin planning.
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Stacey Lee Donohue replied to the topic Suggest session ideas for #MLA18 in New York City! in the discussion
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 9 years agoHi Katrina
The CC Executive Committee is going in a different direction with our one session this year, focusing on external pressures that affect academic freedom and student learning and how we can respond.
However, Ian Sherman-Youngblood of the ADE Executive Committee is going to be in contact with you to discuss a possible collaborative…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers replied to the topic Suggest session ideas for #MLA18 in New York City! in the discussion
The Two-Year College on MLA Commons 9 years agoHi everyone, and happy new year! For those of you who were in Philly last week, I hope you had a great convention.
Our Humanities Alliance team at the Graduate Center is beginning to plan for next year’s conference opportunities, and I wanted to check back and see how the CC Forum Executive Committee meeting went. If there was interest in a…[Read more]
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Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 9 years agoIn this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk’s approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk’s tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]
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Evie Shockley started the topic CSWP Panels at MLA 2017 in the discussion
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoGreetings, Colleagues!
On behalf of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, I’d like to invite you to the two linked panels we’ve organized for this year’s convention, which we hope will be of interest to many of you:
Friday, 6 January
<b>283. Embattled Rhetorics: Claiming Otherness, Recasting Privilege</b>
<i>12:00 noon–1:15 p…[Read more]
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Miles McCrimmon posted an update in the group
HEP Community Colleges on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCheck out the Comments section of Session 412 in the MLA Program at https://apps.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=412&year=2017 for bios and intros for our four panelists’ talks from 5:15–6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 6th, in Franklin 11, Philadelphia Marriott.
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Miles McCrimmon posted an update in the group
HEP Community Colleges on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCheck out the Comments section of Session 412 in the MLA Program at https://apps.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=412&year=2017 for bios and intros for our four panelists’ talks from 5:15–6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 6th, in Franklin 11, Philadelphia Marriott.
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Miles McCrimmon posted an update in the group
HEP Community Colleges on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCheck out the Comments section of Session 412 in the MLA Program at https://apps.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=412&year=2017 for bios and intros for our four panelists’ talks from 5:15–6:30 p.m. on Friday, January 6th, in Franklin 11, Philadelphia Marriott.
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Miriam Thaggert started the topic LLC Af Am Events at MLA in the discussion
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
Please join the LLC African American Forum for the following panels and cash bar at this year’s MLA in Philadelphia:
41A. Imagining New Literary Histories: Mapping Aesthetics and Poetics in the Black Arts Movement
Thursday, 5 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 103A, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Presiding: Dana A. Wil…[Read more]
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Miriam Thaggert started the topic LLC Af Am Events at MLA in the discussion
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
Please join the LLC African American Forum for the following panels and cash bar at this year’s MLA in Philadelphia:
41A. Imagining New Literary Histories: Mapping Aesthetics and Poetics in the Black Arts Movement
Thursday, 5 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 103A, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Presiding: Dana A. Williams, How…[Read more]
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Raphael Dalleo started the topic MLA 2017 Panel: Caribbean Specters in 1920s Harlem in the discussion
Black American Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoThis panel, about the Caribbean presence (both demographic and discursive) in 1920s Harlem, takes place on Sunday, January 8th at noon in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 112A.
Vanessa K. Valdés, Imani Owens James C. Davis, and Raphael Dalleo will be part of the panel, presenting on Arturo Schomburg, Eulalie Spence, Nella Larsen, and…[Read more]
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