Please consider submitting an article!

https://jls.apsa.us/index.php/jls/announcement/view/5

The apocalypse is perhaps the most intractable of phenomena, open to religious, ideological, environmental, technological, and epidemiological interpretations of the end of civilization. The apocalypse has traditionally operated as a fringe hermeneutic,…[Read more]

Please read the three CFPs below and send in an abstract by March 25 to be a part of the following sessions at MLA 2022. We would appreciate your forwarding the CFPs to colleagues as well. Much appreciation for your time and help.
 
Building Bridges and Breaking Down Walls: The Teaching of World Literature in English
Studying world languages and…[Read more]

Modernism/Modernity Print Plus Cluster on Global South Cinephilias

(With apologies for any cross-posting – wanted to cast a broad net!)

While the term cinephilia simply refers to a love of cinema, conventionally it has been understood as a rarified appreciation of film, rooted in the imperative to legitimate the medium as a quintessentially…[Read more]

Description & Requirements: Abstracts (250 words) on the following topics: multilingualism in literature, visual and performing arts; multilingualism and history; multilingualism’s challenges to national literatures; revitalization of African/Indigenous languages; multilingual DH. Comparative/interdisciplinary approaches preferred. Submission D…[Read more]

INSCREVA-SE PARA UMA BOLSA DE MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

O prazo de inscrição é 1º de abril de 2021

O MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) está aceitando inscrições para bolsas de três anos para bibliógrafos externos. Os bolsistas do MLAIB atuam como bibliógrafos externos que examinam textos acadêmicos, escrevem resumos informativ…[Read more]

INSCREVA-SE PARA UMA BOLSA DE MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

O prazo de inscrição é 1º de abril de 2021

O MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) está aceitando inscrições para bolsas de três anos para bibliógrafos externos. Os bolsistas do MLAIB atuam como bibliógrafos externos que examinam textos acadêmicos, escrevem resumos informativ…[Read more]

Teaching the Cultures of Portuguese Speaking Countries
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This session is interested in discussing the methodological and epistemological challenges/opportunities of teaching the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries around the world. 200-word abstract + short bio.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, 15 March 2021

Marcus V. C. B…[Read more]

1822-2022: Rethinking Brazilian Independence Today
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Session examines legacies and contradictions of 200 years of Brazilian independence. Literary, artistic, or historical approaches with a focus on questions of race, democracy, or citizenship are especially welcome. 200-word abstract + short bio.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, 15…[Read more]

The Ends of the Lusotropical Consensus
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Papers addressing challenges to Lusotropicalism by the rise of new political and cultural subjects across the Portuguese-speaking world. New literary voices, poetics and politics of the archive, racism, memory, iconoclasm. 200-word abstract + short bio.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, 15 March…[Read more]

Water: Memory, Ecology, and Politics in the Lusophone World
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Papers addressing the literary and cultural significance of water the Portuguese-speaking world. We welcome papers on rivers, seas, oceans, dams, access to water, droughts, environmental impacts, ritualistic practices, and others. 200-word abstract + short bio.

Deadline for…[Read more]

The Week of Modern Art 100 Years Later
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Papers exploring Lusophone modernist cultural expressions or topics. Panel reconsiders legacy, cultural influence, and contemporary relevance of the 1922 events. Comparative, transatlantic, and theoretical approaches are especially welcome. 200-word abstract + short bio.
Deadline for…[Read more]

Crime Fiction in Portuguese
Papers addressing crime fiction from the Portuguese-speaking world across periods. A dialogue with the genre and/or comparative and transatlantic approaches, as well as cultural, social, and political analyses are welcome. 200-word abstract + bio.

Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Tania…[Read more]

http://e-lcv.online/index.php/revista/issue/view/5

Senior Preceptor in Portuguese

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures seeks applications for a senior preceptor in Portuguese. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2021. The senior preceptor will be responsible for teaching three courses…[Read more]

You are cordially invited to attend the “1st Biannual Conference of the Center for José Martí Studies“, January 28 (7:00pm) to January 30 (5:00pm), hosted by the University of Tampa, themed “Envisaging José Martí in 2021: History, Culture and Education“. Program and registration appear: 1st Biannual Conference Registration | University of Tampa (ut.edu)

Caros colegas,

I’m writing to introduce myself as a candidate for the Global Portuguese Executive Committee. I am an Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Oregon, where I teach and research in modern and contemporary Caribbean, Lusophone African, and Latin American literature and culture. My book Forms of…[Read more]

Hello to all! Many thanks for the recent nomination for a seat on the Executive Committee of the LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American Forum. I’m a newcomer to the MLA Commons, so let me introduce myself. I am the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Spanish at Vanderbilt University, where I research and teach contemporary literature and…[Read more]

Hello, everyone! I’ve been nominated for a seat on the Executive Committee of the LLC Puerto Rican Forum Panel, so I’d like to tell you a little about myself. My research interests include nineteenth and twentieth century Latin American and Caribbean Literature; Women’s Writing; Psychoanalysis and Autobiography. My publications include Malady a…[Read more]