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Suzanne England deposited Driving Miss Daisy as Memory Theatre in the group
TC Memory Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoAlfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, Driving Miss Daisy (1986) is examined as a site of memory including: Uhry’s own memories upon which the characters and the play itself are based; the role of memory stories, settings and objects in the unfolding of the relationship be-tween its main characters, Daisy Wertham and her chauffeur, Hoke Col…[Read more]
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Martha Dana Rust deposited "The Circle Uncoiled, Unwound": Following Memory's Storyline with Mystory in the group
TC Memory Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago“A colored spiral in a small ball of glass, this is how I see my own life,” writes Vladimir Nabokov in his memoir, Speak, Memory. In our course “What is Memory?” we read and write with Nabokov’s life story using our own form of Gregory Ulmer’s “mystory” mode of writing as a way to discover the life cycles of memories–ours and our students as well…[Read more]
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Catherine Young deposited 'A Very Good Act for an Unimportant Place': Animals, Ambivalence and Abuse in Big-Time Vaudeville" in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoAt the height of their popularity, performing animals appeared in over half of all big-time vaudeville bills and were highly significant to its business model. They were booked to draw children and their mothers to matinee performances and, as consistent sources of novelty, to create crucial word-of-mouth interest in the bill’s weekly line-up. V…[Read more]
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Victor Goldgel-Carballo deposited 'High-Speed Enlightenment.’ Latin American literature and the new medium of periodicals in the group
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoDrawing upon studies of media history and print culture, this article analyzes the relationship among early-nineteenth-century Latin American periodicals, literary institutions, and new experiences of time and history. Framing these periodicals as a new medium which boomed during and immediately after the wars of independence, it underscores their…[Read more]
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Linda M. Willem started the topic Deadline Extension for John Kronik Award: March 15, 2016 in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoPremio John Kronik: $1,000 Research and Travel Grant for Graduate Students, awarded by the International Association of Galdós Scholars. Application deadline: March 15, 2016.
Prerequisites:
Candidate must be a member of the International Association of Galdós Scholars.
The research project must either be on Galdós, or have a component foc…[Read more] -
Tarshia Stanley posted an update in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoOCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and LEGACY
February 26-28, 2016
Spelman College
Atlanta GA
February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by Spelman…[Read more] -
Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic MLA Volume on Unamuno in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 5 months ago<div class=”activity-inner”>
Dear colleagues,
The volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno is now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught Unamuno’s works (from any academic or theoretical perspective) are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a s…[Read more]
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John Garrison started the topic Memory Studies at MLA 2016 in the discussion
Memory Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 5 months agoThis panel and roundtable will be of interest to scholars interested in memory studies!
*** Memory and Migration ***
Thursday, 7 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Program arranged by the Forum TC Memory Studies and the Forum CLCS Hemispheric American
Presiding: Ana Paulina Lee, Columbia Univ.
1. “The Migration of Objects and the Trusteeship of M…[Read more]
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Linda M. Willem started the topic Rodolfo Cardona Article Award in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoThe Internatioaal Association of Galdós Scholars announces its PREMIO RODOLFO CARDONA: $500 Award for the Best Article Published in Anales Galdosianos
Requirements:
The author of the article must be a member of the International Association of Galdós Scholars.
The article must be published during the period between the last Congreso Ga…[Read more] -
Linda M. Willem started the topic First Annual Peter Bly Dissertation Award in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoThe International Association of Galdós Scholars announces its first annual Premio Peter Bly: $500 Award for Best Dissertation
Requirements:
Candidate must be a member of the International Association of Galdós Scholars.
The dissertation must either be on Galdós, or have a significant component focused on his work.
The dissertation must ha…[Read more] -
Linda M. Willem started the topic First Annual John Kronik Research and Travel Grant in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoThe International Association of Galdós Scholars announces it’s first annual Premio John Kronik: $1,000 Research and Travel Grant for Graduate Students
Prerequisites:
Candidate must be a member of the International Association of Galdós Scholars.
The research project must either be on Galdós, or have a significant component focused on his work…[Read more] -
Matthew H. Brown started the topic CFP: Forms of Informality: Textual Analysis & Pop Culture in the Global South in the discussion
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoKeynote speakers: Moradewun Adejunmobi (University of California, Davis) and Juan Poblete (University of California, Santa Cruz)
We invite scholars working on popular culture in/of the Global South to submit paper proposals that interrogate the possibilities and limitations of combining formal textual analysis with the question of informal…[Read more]
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Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic Call for essays – MLA volume on Unamuno in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoDear colleagues,
The volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno is now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught Unamuno’s works (from any academic or theoretical perspective) are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about their experiences.…[Read more]
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Siendou Konaté started the topic CFP AFRICAN POPULAR MUSIC: THE TRUE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE? in the discussion
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoCahiers Ivoiriens d’Etudes Comparees (CIEC) / Ivorian Journal of Comparative Studies (IJCS) VOLUME 2 NUMERO 2
LA MUSIQUE POPULAIRE AFRICAINE : LES VÉRITABLES VOIX DU PEUPLE ?
ARGUMENTAIRE
Peut-être pour des raisons d’un élitisme intellectuel ou peut-être du fait de l’absence d’un outil adéquat pour leur analyse, les arts populaires afr…[Read more]
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Debra J. Ochoa started the topic CFP: New Readings of Carmen Laforet's Work Deadline Extension. in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months ago2015 marks seventy years since the publication of Laforet’s Nada. This panel proposes to offer new readings of the author’s ground-breaking work and/or to revisit her lesser-known works (i.e., Insolación, La mujer nueva, Un matrimonio, etc.). Please send abstracts (250 words) and a brief biography todochoa@trinity.edu by 3/20/15. You can find this…[Read more]
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Luis Alvarez-Castro replied to the topic CFP – MLA 2016: Unamuno's Legacy in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoDear colleagues,
Regarding the MLA 2016 CFP “Miguel de Unamuno’s Literary Legacy,” please note that the updated deadline for submissions is 15 March 2015.
Thanks.
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Luis Alvarez-Castro replied to the topic CFP, MLA 2016: Unamuno's Literary Legacy in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoDear colleagues,
Regarding the MLA 2016 CFP “Miguel de Unamuno’s Literary Legacy,” please note that the updated deadline for submissions is 15 march 2015.
Thanks.
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Lisa Stein Haven started the topic MAD Magazine Special Offer AHSA in the discussion
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months ago***SPECIAL OFFER***
Studies in American Humor has additional copies of its landmark, jumbo special MAD issue (n.s. 3, no 30, fall 2014) with guest coeditor John Bird—
“MAD MAGAZINE AND ITS LEGACIES”
a splendiferous 224 pp. issue devoted to one of the most important American comic innovations of all time
For new members, or members who were not m…[Read more] -
Debra J. Ochoa started the topic CFP: Gender and Sexuality in Spanish Urban Spaces in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoLandscape architecture and urban planning join aesthetics of design with the hard science of engineering. These areas foreground the complex influence of history and culture in the mapping and planning of social space. Since men have traditionally served as both prime architects and builders of metropolitan areas–designing plans and constructing…[Read more]
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Debra J. Ochoa started the topic MLA 2016 CFP Seventy Years after Nada: New Readings of Carmen Laforet's Work in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months ago2015 marks seventy years since the publication of Laforet’s Nada. This panel proposes to offer new readings of the author’s ground-breaking work and/or to revisit her lesser-known works (i.e., Insolación, La mujer nueva, Un matrimonio, etc.). Please send abstracts (250 words) and a brief biography to dochoa@trinity.edu by 3/10/15. You can find…[Read more]
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