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James Gifford deposited HUMN 2439: Radical Political Thought (2017-01) in the group
TC Marxism, Literature, and Society on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. Readings will include selections from Kant,…[Read more]
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David Rodriguez-Solas started the topic CFP: Marginality in Iberian Theater, MLA 2018 in the discussion
Drama on MLA Commons 9 years ago
Call For Papers: Marginality in Iberian Theater (MLA Convention, New York City, 4-7 January, 2018)
Proposals should address the topic of marginality in Iberian drama and performance from the 16th to the 21st centuries. 250 word abstract by 1 March 2017; David Rodríguez-Solás (dsolas@umass.edu); Esther Fernández (ef14@rice.edu) -
James Gifford deposited HUMN 2439: Radical Political Thought in the group
TC Marxism, Literature, and Society on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. Readings will include selections from Kant,…[Read more]
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Peter M. Logan started the topic 2018 CFP: The Institutional History of Theory in the discussion
Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 9 years agoLiterary and Cultural Theory Group CFP
<b>The Institutional History of Theory</b>
Theory arose not just via ideas but through organizations, schools, institutes, and symposia. Papers on any aspect of this institutional history. Abstract and short CV by 1 March 2017; Peter M. Logan (peter.logan@temple.edu). -
Peter M. Logan started the topic 2018 CFP: The Book History of Theory in the discussion
Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 9 years agoLiterary and Cultural Theory Group CFP
<b>The Book History of Theory</b>
Theory arose not just via ideas but through publishing. Papers investigating presses, journals, book series, or other aspects of print history. Abstract and short CV by 1 March 2017; Jeffrey J. Williams (jwill@andrew.cmu.edu). -
Anne E. B. Coldiron replied to the topic MLA 2017–Hugh MacLean Memorial Lecture in the discussion
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoPlease excuse that; I’ve just now been made aware of your post and of the problem.
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/account/signup/?next=/spenseronline/welcome/
Will that work better? Thanks for your interest, and sorry I only this minute received word of the problem.
AEBC
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Maria Teresa Ramos-Garcia posted an update in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoCALL FOR PAPERS
International Seminar on
LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN CONTACT IN THE ROMANCE NOVEL
UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
(Canary Islands, Spain)
June 21st-23rd 2017
Romance novels have often been dismissed by critics because of their nature as a popular genre and for being written and read largely by women. However, in the last…[Read more] -
E. Jane Hedley replied to the topic MLA 2017–Hugh MacLean Memorial Lecture in the discussion
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoI have had no luck using the link provided above to book for this year’s Spenser Society luncheon. Please advise.
Jane Hedley
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Jennifer Buckley started the topic CFP: Shaw at the Shaw Festival (Ontario) (due 30 Jan 2017) in the discussion
Drama on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months ago“Shaw at The Shaw” Conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 21-25, 2017
Deadline for submissions: January 30, 2017
Sponsored by the International Shaw Society, The Shaw Festival, and York University, “Shaw at The Shaw” seeks paper proposals that will cover a broad spectrum of topics but will give some preference to topics on the two Shaw…[Read more] -
Miriam S. Gogol started the topic CFP — Dreiser and Gender at ALA in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoDear Members of the Women’s and Gender Studies Group, you may be interested in the following Call for Papers:
The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in Boston, MA on May 25-28, 2017.
Panel One: Open Topic
Papers are invited on any topic concerning Dreiser
Panel Two:…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic 2017 Election of a New Forum Delegate–Call for Suggestions in the discussion
Sociological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe election of a new Delegate Assembly representative for this forum is scheduled for the fall of 2017; 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 required to n…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions Needed for Fall 2017 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe next election for this forum’s representative in the Delegate Assembly will be held 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 req…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic REMINDER: The Comics of Alison Bechdel (12/1/16) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoJust a reminder…the deadline approaches!
The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In
“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of critical essays on the comics of Alison Bechd…[Read more]
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A. E. B. Coldiron started the topic MLA 2017–Hugh MacLean Memorial Lecture in the discussion
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months ago[The following comes to us from Dr Jane Grogan.]
Please join us at MLA 2017 for the International Spenser Society’s Hugh MacLean Memorial Lecture, to be given by Prof. Anne Coldiron (Florida State University), on ‘Spenser and the Resources of Translation’. The lecture takes place during the International Spenser Society luncheon, to be held at…[Read more]
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Richard A. Strier started the topic NEH SEMINAR ON KING LEAR in the discussion
Seventeenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThis summer (July, 2017), Richard Strier is directing an NEH seminar on King Lear — text, sources, criticism, afterlife, etc. — at the U of Chicago. All interested tenured, tenure-track, and full-time non-tenure-track instructors at colleges and universities are invited to apply. The 16 accepted applicants will receive a stipend to attend t…[Read more]
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Mallory DeGregori deposited The Mother Without an Identity in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoWithin Gothic Literature the identity of the mother causes women to lose their own identity. For the mothers in Beloved, “Everything That Rises Must Converge”, and “Greenleaf” their identity of themselves is lost as they identity as being the mother of their children rather than their own individual person. Some gothic mothers are absent mothers…[Read more]
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Richard A. Strier started the topic NEH SEMINAR ON KING LEAR in the discussion
Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThis summer (July, 2017), Richard Strier is directing an NEH seminar on King Lear — text, sources, criticism, afterlife, etc. — at the U of Chicago. All interested tenured, tenure-track, and full-time non-tenure-track instructors at colleges and universities are invited to apply. The 16 accepted applicants will receive a stipend to attend t…[Read more]
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Mallory DeGregori deposited Men and “Scribbling Women”: Changing Places in Captivity in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoSentimental fiction and domestic novels elevated the female voice, giving authority to the womanly experience as wives, mothers, and women. Novels such as Maria Susanna Cummins’s The Lamplighter and Sara Payson Willis’s Ruth Hall adopted the ideology of feminine behavior and womanliness while, implying tones of dissatisfaction with the role and…[Read more]
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Emma Lieber started the topic CFP: The Subject of Criticism (edited collection 1/1/17) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe Subject of Criticism
We are told that the humanities are suffering a downturn. Even as critical thinking, analysis, and compassionate assessment—the backbones of the humanities education—are in high demand now more than ever, the world of the academy outside of science and technology continues to experience cuts, downsizing, and general dev…[Read more]
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