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David A. Wacks deposited Conversos and Identity in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThis is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with English introduction, translation, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Conversos and Identity in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThis is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with English introduction, translation, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Isaac Cardoso, Las excelencias de los hebreos (1679) (English .doc) in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .doc format with Spanish introduction and notes, with the original text in Spanish. Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) is a treatise describing the positive characteristics (excelencias) of the Jewish people and a containing a…[Read more]
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Jessie M. Labov started the topic MLA 2021 Collaborative Session: Academic Autonomy in Illiberal Times in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoWe are looking for one more panelist in this session being proposed for next year’s MLA. It would be a collaboration between the Hungarian and Slavic/EE fora. Titls/short abstracts to Jessie Labov (jlabov@ceu.edu) by April 5th.
Academic Autonomy in Illiberal Times: Although the right to academic freedom faces challenges all over the world, the…[Read more]
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Vanessa Valdés started the topic CFP: Deportation and Affect: Mapping the Hemispheric Americas (MLA 2021 Toronto in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis panel explores a variety of methodological and disciplinary approaches to the topic of mass deportations and immigrant justice from the perspective of the humanities. Please submit 300-word abstracts and short presenter’s biographies to Laura Torres-Rodriguez, New York U (ljt233@nyu.edu ) Deadline for submissions: Thursday, 2 April 2020. (C…[Read more]
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Vanessa Valdés started the topic CFP: Survival Strategies in the Americas (MLA 2021 Toronto) in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoWhat can we learn from indigenous and Black strategies for survival in the Americas, as we face the enduring legacies of capitalist settler colonialism? Please send a 200-word abstract and a brief biographical statement to Vanessa K. Valdés (vvaldes@ccny.cuny.edu) Please share broadly. Deadline for submissions: Friday, 3 April 2020
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Vanessa Valdés started the topic Standing for Election of Executive Committee of CLCS Hemispheric American in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoWe invite you to stand for election to our Executive Committee — come guide our group in upcoming years! Note that you are only allowed to serve on one executive committee at a time. If you are interested, please email Vanessa K. Valdés (vvaldes@ccny.cuny.edu) as soon as possible. Thank you!
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David A. Wacks deposited Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor 2 (Spanish .doc) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoJuan Ruiz may or may not be the author of the Libro de buen amor (‘Book of Good Love’) (ca. 1335), a confusing miscellany of songs, fables, and first-person misadventures of a priest very much unlucky in love. The English version has an introduction and notes in English, with the primary text in facing medieval Castilian/English translation. The…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor 1 (Spanish .doc) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoJuan Ruiz may or may not be the author of the Libro de buen amor (‘Book of Good Love’) (ca. 1335), a confusing miscellany of songs, fables, and first-person misadventures of a priest very much unlucky in love. The English version has an introduction and notes in English, with the primary text in facing medieval Castilian/English translation. The…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor 2 (English .doc) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoJuan Ruiz may or may not be the author of the Libro de buen amor (‘Book of Good Love’) (ca. 1335), a confusing miscellany of songs, fables, and first-person misadventures of a priest very much unlucky in love. The English version has an introduction and notes in English, with the primary text in facing medieval Castilian/English translation. The…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Siete Infantes de Lara (Castile, ca. 1290) (Spanish .doc) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoPedagogical edition, with short introduction, notes, and bibliography (in two versions with original text in medieval Castilian and facing translation in English and Modern Spanish) of the ‘Siete Infantes de Lara’ a reconstruction of a late medieval Castilian epic poem detailing the exploits of the dispute between the Lara and Velázquez families…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Siete infantes de Lara (Castile, ca. 1280) (English .doc) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoPedagogical edition, with short introduction, notes, and bibliography (in two versions with original text in medieval Castilian and facing translation in English and Modern Spanish) of the ‘Siete Infantes de Lara’ a reconstruction of a late medieval Castilian epic poem detailing the exploits of the dispute between the Lara and Velázquez families…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Ramon Muntaner, Crònica (Catalonia, ca. 1230) on the Catalan vengeance (1305-1307) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis is a pedagogical edition of a section of Ramon Muntaner’s Catalan Crònica (ca. 1230) relating the events leading up to the so-called ‘Catalan vengeance,’ in which the Catalan company who had been invited by the Byzantine Emperor to defend Constantinople were deceived, massacred, and then launched a bloody counterattack that earned them…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Ramon Muntaner, Crònica (Catalonia, ca. 1230) on the Catalan vengeance (1305-1307) (Spanish .doc) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis is a pedagogical edition of a section of Ramon Muntaner’s Catalan Crònica (ca. 1230) relating the events leading up to the so-called ‘Catalan vengeance,’ in which the Catalan company who had been invited by the Byzantine Emperor to defend Constantinople were deceived, massacred, and then launched a bloody counterattack that earned them…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Alfonso X, General estoria (Castile, ca. 1280) section on Actaeon (Spanish .doc) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoA pedagogical edition, with short introduction, notes, and bibliography for further reading, of the section of Alfonso X’s universal history “General estoria’ (ca. 1280) dealing with the figure of Actaeon, hero of Thebes. Edition, introduction, notes, and bibliography by Erik Ekman (2019).
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David A. Wacks deposited Actaeon in Alfonso X’s General estoria (Castile ca. 1280) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoA pedagogical edition, with short introduction, notes, and bibliography for further reading, of the section of Alfonso X’s universal history “General estoria’ (ca. 1280) dealing with the figure of Actaeon, hero of Thebes. Edition and translation into English by Erik Ekman (2019).
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David A. Wacks deposited Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor 2 (English .pdf) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoJuan Ruiz may or may not be the author of the Libro de buen amor (‘Book of Good Love’) (ca. 1335), a confusing miscellany of songs, fables, and first-person misadventures of a priest very much unlucky in love. The English version has an introduction and notes in English, with the primary text in facing medieval Castilian/English translation. The…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Juan Ruiz, Libro de buen amor 1 (ca. 1335) (English .docx) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoJuan Ruiz may or may not be the author of the Libro de buen amor (‘Book of Good Love’) (ca. 1335), a confusing miscellany of songs, fables, and first-person misadventures of a priest very much unlucky in love.
The English version has an introduction and notes in English, with the primary text in facing medieval Castilian/English translation.…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Don Juan Manuel, Conde Lucanor (ca. 1335) (español .pdf) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoDon Juan Manuel’s Conde Lucanor (ca. 1335) is a frametale or collection of tales contained within another tale. The fictional Count Lucanor’s advisor, Patronio, narrates to the Count a series of exemplary tales meant to teach the audience how to navigate to one’s advantage a number of political situations. Here editors Savo and Cossío present a…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Don Juan Manuel, Conde Lucanor (ca. 1335) (English .docx) in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoDon Juan Manuel’s Conde Lucanor (ca. 1335) is a frametale or collection of tales contained within another tale. The fictional Count Lucanor’s advisor, Patronio, narrates to the Count a series of exemplary tales meant to teach the audience how to navigate to one’s advantage a number of political situations. Here editors Savo and Cossío present a…[Read more]
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