The eye of the beholder: historical and ethnohistorical data in the study of past maritime communities

Deadline: 01/02/2017
Convenors

Veronica Walker-Vadillo (University of Oxford)
Christian Supiot (Ohio State University)

Short Abstract
In this panel we hope to further explore the role of historical and ethno-historical data in MCL…[Read more]

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<h4>Deadline: 01/02/2017</h4>
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Veronica Walker-Vadillo (University of Oxford)
Christian Supiot (Ohio State…[Read more]

CALL 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]

Dear 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]

Greetings, 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]

Hello everyone,

We hope you will join us for the following panels organized for the 2017 MLA by the Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum. They are as follows (sorry for cross-posting)

Session 200: States of In/Security: Global Palestine in Literature, Culture, Art, and Activism
Friday, 6 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 104B, Pe…[Read more]

Dear 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]

Dear 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]

We invite explorations of pedagogical practices addressing specific language structures in the context of a literary text, thus, uniting literature and English language studies.

Please send a 300-word abstract before 3 March 2017 to Rob Troyer, email: troyerr@wou.edu

We invite abstracts that approach texts from a linguistic perspective in order to explore potential commonalities and differences between literary and non-literary language.

Please send a 300-word abstract before 3 March 2017 to Rob Troyer, email: troyerr@wou.edu

This 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]

This panel, about the presence of 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…[Read more]

<p>MLA members who are also involved in the Electronic Literature Organization are hosting an evening of readings & performances during the Modern Language Association conference. The event takes place in the Connelly Auditorium (room 806) in the Terra Building at The University of the Arts, on January 5, 2017, from 8-10 p.m. The University of th…[Read more]

The MLA Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Rights and Responsibilities will offer two panels and a special session at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia.  Please join us as we consider challenges to shared governance, bullying, and climates of fear.

Combat Management: The End of Shared Governance?

Thursday, 5 January, 7:00–8:15 p.m…[Read more]

MLA Sessions Relevant to Age Studies

Note: All of the sessions below relate to the Presidential Theme, Boundary Conditions

Thursday 5 January

Session 9

“Reimagining Adolescence: Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been?”

12 noon-1:15 p.m.

102B, Pennsylvania Convention Center

Session 96

“Out of Narrative Bounds: Medical Humani…[Read more]

In June, 2016 a group of six MLA members traveled together to the West Bank and Israel to find out what it was like for Palestinian academics and students trying to study, teach, and research at universities in the occupied territories and within Israel itself.  In addition to learning about academic conditions under occupation, the group also wa…[Read more]