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Daniel Alan Fried started the topic Please help endorse the formation of an early & medieval Chinese lit forum! in the discussion
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoDear Colleagues,
As many of you may be aware, while the MLA forums on modern Chinese lit and Ming-Qing lit were successfully established in 2014, a third forum, on pre-14th century literature, never quite got off the ground. I’ve been encouraged to try to change this, and I need your help!
Could you please go to the prospective forum en…[Read more]
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Marlene Manoff deposited Archival Silence in the Age of Trump in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThe Trump presidency has fueled growing apprehension about a media landscape rife with lies, bogus news, and conspiracy theories. These concerns can be situated within a discourse of archival silence which questions the ways in which knowledge may be concealed, misappropriated and exploited in the service of governments, corporations and…[Read more]
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Kate Ozment deposited Book History, Women, and the Canon: Theorizing Feminist Bibliography in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThis paper revises book history’s historiography to account for feminist inquiry.
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Kate Ozment deposited Publishers Marketing Restoration Drama: A Case Study of Paratextual Experimentation in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoAlthough we have long discussed the rise of consumer culture and the increase of print in Restoration England (see Birth of a Consumer Society, 1982), comparatively little information exists on specific methods publishers used to advertise to audiences and what role they played in creating new markets. My project fills this gap by examining…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Open Textbook: "Planning and Implementing a Digital Humanities Project" in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoBASIC PROJECT INFORMATION
Title: Planning and Implementing a Digital Humanities Project
Lead Author: Sarah Ketchley (University of Washington)
Subject: Digital Humanities/Project Management
Target audience: Humanities Graduate Students & Faculty
Single author or Multiple authors: Single
Rebus project manager(s): Zoe Wake Hyde
License: CC BYHelp…[Read more]
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Carol DeGrasse deposited Creating a Strong Thesis Statement in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThis handout explains in clear and simple terms what a strong thesis statement should–and should not be. Examples of the four main types of ‘weak’ thesis statements are given, along with four corresponding ‘strong’ thesis statements. I have successfully used this handout in workshopping students’ thesis ideas.
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Christopher M. Lupke replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoColleagues:
Thanks for your interest. The MLA is a multifaceted organization with lots of different things going on. Those in East Asian Studies are mostly fairly new to the MLA. Thus, we are organizing this session to give an overview of what the MLA does and how to navigate it. There also will be ample time for questions and comments. Members…[Read more]
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Carol DeGrasse deposited Creating a Strong Thesis Statement in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThis handout explains in clear and simple terms what a strong thesis statement should–and should not be. Examples of the four main types of ‘weak’ thesis statements are given, along with four corresponding ‘strong’ thesis statements. I have successfully used this handout in workshopping students’ thesis ideas.
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Jonathan Senchyne deposited The Aries Press of Eden, New York in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoA review of Richard Kegler’s, The Aries Press of Eden, New York.
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Élika Ortega started the topic MLA 2018 CFP Archive Activism: Shadow Libraries and Vulnerable Collections in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe collection, preservation, study, and dissemination of the human record, scholarly and otherwise, are basic principles of all humanities work. Undeniably, the affordances of digital technologies and the human networks they weave increasingly offer viable and valuable approaches to these needs. However, the vulnerabilities of technological…[Read more]
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Monika Dix posted an update in the group
LLC East Asian on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI would also be interested in participating in this discussion, especially addressing the issue how to convince more East Asian specialists (faculty & grad students) to join the MLA. How can the MLA serve as a complementary platform or provide something very different from conferences such as AAS?
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Yes — please come! BTW — I’m not seeing my responses posted in the MLA Commons LLC East Asian. Can they make a more cumbersome online system?? Best wishes, Chris
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Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWhat a great idea for networking and sharing information. Thanks for doing this and please post to all East Asian forums!
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoI would be interested in this especially if I could address it from the point of view of contingent or non-tenured faculty.
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Kelly Y. Jeong started the topic Disability and Human (in)Dignity in East Asian Literature and Film in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPapers addressing representations of <span class=”il”>disability</span> and human (in)dignity in <span class=”il”>East</span> <span class=”il”>Asian</span> literature and film. Comparative perspectives preferred. 250-word abstract and short CV by March 15; Kelly Jeong (kelly.jeong@ucr.edu)
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Kelly Y. Jeong started the topic Navigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars in the discussion
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoNavigating the MLA: A Guide for East Asian Scholars
An interactive discussion for East Asian scholars on how to master the intricacies of the
MLA covering Forums, Elected Committees, the Delegate Assembly, MLA Commons,
and more.
Guaranteed Session Sponsored by the East Asian Forum.
Christopher Lupke Presiding.
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Lisa Zunshine deposited Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoFantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture. What kind of behavior do we expect from such conceptual hybrids in science fiction, nonsense poetry, and surrealist art?
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Joanne Bernardi started the topic Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese-Language Texts (CFP, NY 2018 in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 9 years agoCFP: Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese-Language Texts (CFP, NY 2018)
Papers on the application of DH techniques to pre-modern and modern Japanese literature. Challenges, possibilities, needs, and ideas. 250-word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017; Michael Emmerich (emmerich@humnet.ucla.edu)
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Joanne Bernardi started the topic CFP: Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese Media ( in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 9 years agoLLC Japanese since 1900 session CFP, MLA NY 2018 just posted:
Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese Media
Papers on the application of DH techniques to nontextual materials from or concerning Japan, including film, art, sound. 250 word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017
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Mario Ortiz-Robles deposited Artaud y México in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis essay proposes the concept of literary immanence as a new critical model for reading world literature from the perspective of the specific situation experienced by the subject as he or she encounters the world. The literary event is instantiated within three discursive domains: literary immanence, the literary situation into which the subject…[Read more]
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Mario Ortiz-Robles deposited Local Speech, Global Acts: Performative Violence and the Novelization of the World in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis article examines the performativity of novelistic discourse in order to propose a different set of terms for understanding the circulation of the novel around the world than those that are based on the referential form/content model.
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