-
Tana Jean Welch replied to the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetics and Science Panel for ALA 2015 in the forum
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoALA Panel Reminder:
Quantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science and contemporary…[Read more]
-
Kevin Stevens started the topic Joyce Studies Annual 2015 CFP in the forum
Anglo-Irish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoJoyce Studies Annual has issued its annual call for papers. Please note that the deadline is February 15, 2015 for the 2015 volume.
JSA welcomes manuscripts of up to 50 pages on any aspect of James Joyce studies:
• Archival
• Theoretical
• Comparative
• HistoricalFordham University Press uses Chicago Manual of Style format. Please send elec…[Read more]
-
Brad Evans started the topic MLA 2015: Special Screening of In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) in the forum
Anthropological Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
-
María Gil Poisa uploaded the file: CFP: Body Memory Trauma // Exhibition: Water, Art, Women, Life to
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months ago5th Hispanic Studies Graduate Conference with the title of “Body, Memory, Trauma”, an interdisciplinary academic event open to every interested scholar. The conference will take place on March 6th and 7th in College Station/Bryan (Texas), together with an Italian-Argentinean artistic exhibition with the title of “Water, Art, Women, Life”, devoted…[Read more]
-
María Gil Poisa uploaded the file: CFP: Body Memory Trauma // Exhibition: Water, Art, Women, Life to
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months ago5th Hispanic Studies Graduate Conference with the title of “Body, Memory, Trauma”, an interdisciplinary academic event open to every interested scholar. The conference will take place on March 6th and 7th in College Station/Bryan (Texas), together with an Italian-Argentinean artistic exhibition with the title of “Water, Art, Women, Life”, devoted…[Read more]
-
Tana Jean Welch started the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetics and Science Panel for ALA 2015 in the forum
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoQuantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
Panel for ALA 2015 (Boston, May 21-24)How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science…[Read more]
-
Rhea Riegel replied to the topic CFP: Interdisciplinary Confernece on The World Upside-Down in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoGreat!
-
Massimilla Pialorsi replied to the topic CFP: Interdisciplinary Confernece on The World Upside-Down in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoDear Rhea Riegel:
Taking into consideration the powerful topic of “The World Upside-Down”, I’ll go ahead and submit my proposal in English. Thanks.
-
Rhea Riegel replied to the topic CFP: Interdisciplinary Confernece on The World Upside-Down in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoHi Massimilla – I hoped to meet with the conference committee before answering your question, but neither do I want to keep you waiting. I won’t be able to connect with the committee quickly enough, so I would say that you should go ahead and submit your abstract as you want to present it, but also to note whether or not you would be willing to…[Read more]
-
Massimilla Pialorsi replied to the topic CFP: Interdisciplinary Confernece on The World Upside-Down in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoHi, my topic would be around Álvaro Cunqueiro, a Spanish A-vanguard author, who practices Magical Realism and who grounds his work into the World-up Side Down, parody, irony and humor (Bakhtin, etc.). Do you accept abstract (and paper) in Spanish? Thanks. Massimilla Pialorsi-Lewis.
-
Rhea Riegel replied to the topic CFP: Interdisciplinary Confernece on The World Upside-Down in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoHi Marilyn – it is an interdisciplinary conference so politics is fine. The session that is open for paper submissions is “Carnival and Satire” so if your topic fits that, we would welcome your abstract. Either way, we hope you can attend the conference in April!
-
Marilyn J. Shapiro replied to the topic CFP: Interdisciplinary Confernece on The World Upside-Down in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoI have a political topic for a “world upside down.”
It has nothing to do with literature but with political stances taken by literary organizations that I believe are unnecessarily naive and misguided.Marilyn Shapiro
-
Rhea Riegel started the topic CFP: Interdisciplinary Confernece on The World Upside-Down in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoThe Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Merced will be hosting an interdisciplinary conference on the theme The World Upside-Down, April 10-11, 2015. We are interested in sub-themes that explore the notion of “the world upside-down”—the multifarious historical and contemporary meanings of the concept, as it expresses itself…[Read more]
-
Andre Carrington started the topic CFP: Queers & Comics Conference in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoView the complete detailed CFP at http://www.clags.org/queers-comics/call-for-proposals
Queers & Comics Conference – Presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Location: The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Date: May 7-8, 2015
Keynote Speakers: Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comics) and A…[Read more] -
Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century (Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
For Raymond…[Read more] -
Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century (Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
For Raymond…[Read more] -
Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century (Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
The (…[Read more] -
Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Literature and Science on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century (Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
For Ra…[Read more]
-
Elizabeth Hochberg started the topic CFP, NeMLA 2015 (Spanish/Portuguese) in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoAdvertising and Counterculture in Spanish and Latin American Film
This panel invites 20-minute contributions on filmic portrayals of TV and radio commercials, magazine ads, billboards, and other aspects of marketing in connection to emerging forms of oppositional culture during the 1960s and 70s. Topics s may include material and consumer…[Read more]
-
Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Query on Teaching Amitav Ghosh in a Creative Writing Workshop in the forum
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
As some of you may know, John Hawley and I are putting together a volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh. We have received a number of excellent proposals but are interested in a contribution from someone who teaches Ghosh’s works in a creative writing workshop. If you or anyone you know does so, I would be…[Read more]
- Load More