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John Laudun's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months ago
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John Laudun started the topic Candidate for Executive Committee in the discussion
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 3 months agoHello, everyone. I am delighted to have been nominated to serve on the GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale forum executive committee. I am on the faculty of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where I am the Meriwether Professor of English. Like many others, I have degrees in both English (BA, Louisiana State University; MA, Syracuse University…[Read more]
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John Laudun started the topic Candidate for Executive Committee in the discussion
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 7 years, 3 months ago<div class=”bp_group type-bp_group odd bbp-parent-forum-864 bbp-parent-topic-9099 bbp-reply-position-1 user-id-5489 topic-author post-9099 topic type-topic status-publish hentry topic-tag-adaptation-studies topic-tag-digital-humanities topic-tag-fairy-tale topic-tag-folklore-scholarship topic-tag-history-2 topic-tag-indigenous-studies…[Read more]
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John Laudun started the topic CFP: Culture Analytics Workshop at SocInfo 2016 in the discussion
Computer Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoCFP: Culture Analytics Workshop at SocInfo 2016
The Culture Analytics Working Group invites proposals for papers to be part of a day-long workshop on Culture Analytics at this year’s International Conference on Social Informatics.
Previous workshops have focused on the intersections of text and media, on UX design, on multiscale data-driven…[Read more]
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John Laudun deposited Gumbo This: The State of a Dish in the group
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoGumbo has become the metaphorical melting pot of Louisiana, often reducing complex histories to simple lists of ingredients. This essay offers a more complex history of the dish itself, as well as refuting some of the common misconceptions about the dish and Louisiana foodways found in popular media.
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Gumbo has become the metaphorical melting pot of Louisiana, often reducing complex histories to simple lists of ingredients. This essay offers a more complex history of the dish itself, as well as refuting some of the common misconceptions about the dish and Louisiana foodways found in popular media.
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John Laudun posted a new activity comment on MLA Commons 12 years ago
A friendly amendment to Cristina’s announcement:
Folklore studies has two dimensions to its presence at MLA: one is this group, the Folklore and Literature Discussion Group. Its panel and business meeting are as above. The other group is AFS@MLA, which holds its business meeting at the AFS meeting, and which has a sponsored session as an…[Read more]
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John Laudun created the doc Digital Humanities Sessions at MLA 2014 in the group
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years ago -
John Laudun changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 9 months ago