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Eric Aronoff posted an update in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCFP: MLA 2015: Collaborative Session, Discussion Group for Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature and Division for Slavic and East European Literatures
From Siberia to the Planet Mars
Papers should analyze science fiction narratives produced in Russia, Eurasia, Eastern Europe, in any medium: literature, television, film, etc.…[Read more] -
Eric Aronoff posted an update in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCFP: MLA 2015, Discussion Group in Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature
Science Fiction, Fantasy and the Concept of Culture
How has sci-fi/fantasy explored (humanist and anthropological) concepts of “culture” and form? How does sci-fi/fantasy “world-making” engage/challenge anthropological ideas of culture/representation?…[Read more] -
Pamela Herron replied to the topic Peer Reviewers Needed in the forum
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoI tried to respond to the request for peer reviewers but the message bounced back as undeliverable. Could you please check the email address given to see if it is correct? Thank you.
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Peer Reviewers Needed in the forum
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoI attempted to respond to the request for guest peer reviewers but the email was returned undeliverable. Could you please check the email address provided to see if it is correct? Thank you.
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Judy Bertonazzi started the topic Peer Reviewers Needed in the forum
Folklore and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoPeer Reviewers Needed for ICIK E-News
Storytelling as a Mode for Expressing Indigenous RightsInline image 1
Dr. Judy Bertonazzi, Guest Editor for ICIK E-News is seeking peer reviewers. Located at the Pennsylvania State University, the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge is part of a global network of indigenous knowledge…[Read more]
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Mary McAleer Balkun started the topic CFP for MLA 2015: Close Reading, Slow Reading, and Teaching Literature in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoThis session is sponsored by the Division on the Teaching of Literature:
Whether instructors opt to have students engage in “close reading” or “slow reading,” there is an increasing interest in encouraging them to spend more time lingering over texts–reading carefully, attentively, and thoughtfully. In large part a response to a cultural…[Read more]
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Steve Rowland started the topic Call for participants: Survey for development of Shakespeare Central in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear Wonderful Teachers of Shakespeare,
CultureWorks Productions, in partnership with Shakespeare’s Globe (London), is developing an exciting new service called<b> Shakespeare Central</b>, an easily accessible database of all kinds of Shakespeare media.
<b>Shakespeare Central</b> will be the hub for a vast collection of Shakespeare inf…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New SF Display at U of Atizona Special Collecions Now through August in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoAnd here is that good article in the University of Arizona newspaper with the abysmal photo…
http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2014/01/exhibit-links-sci-fi-and-the-arts
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New SF Display at U of Atizona Special Collecions Now through August in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoSorry about the typo. OBVIOUSLY it is ARIZONA, not Atizona…
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New SF Display at U of Atizona Special Collecions Now through August in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoHere is more for college instructors planning curriculum…
The library display is called “Mars Madness: Sci-Fi, Popular Culture and Ray Bradbury’s Literary Journey
to Outer Space”and it opens on January 21st-though August. I am guest curating this exhibit for them.We are opening an interdisciplinary display about science fiction writer Ray B…[Read more]
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Gerry Canavan started the topic CFP: SFRA at WisCon in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoHere’s the CFP for this year’s meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association, which will convene at the WisCon feminist fan convention in Madison, WI. The deadline is February 1.
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Cristina Bacchilega posted an update in the group
GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale on MLA Commons 12 years agoIf you are members of the AFS Folklore and Literature section or plan to become members, please attend the section’s MLA panel and business meeting. The former will be held on January 10th from 8:30-9:45am in the Old Town room at the Chicago Marriott. The latter will be held on January 10th at 12:00-1:15pm in the DuPage room at the Marriott.
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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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Julien Jacques Simon posted an update in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoOTHER COGNITIVE PANELS at 2014 MLA
51. Literature and Affordances: Rhetoric, Perception, Design
Thursday, 9 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Chicago F, Chicago Marriott
A special session
Presiding: Julian D. Yates, Univ. of Delaware, Newark
1. “Furnitura: Disclosing Shakespearean Affordances,” Julia Reinhard Lupton, Univ. of California, Irvine
2. “The E…[Read more] -
Julien Jacques Simon posted an update in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoPANELS at 2014 MLA
22. Cognitive Approaches to Film
Thursday, 9 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Chicago X, Sheraton Chicago
Program arranged by the Division on Cognitive Approaches to Literature
Presiding: Julien Jacques Simon, Indiana Univ. East
1. “Seeing Is Not Believing: How Cognitive Science Can Redeem Popular Film,” Jennifer M. William, P…[Read more]
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