I am seeking speakers for a panel at the next meeting of the Modern Language Association in Austin TX, 7-10 January 2015. Successful panelists will present short critical papers (20 mins; 6 double spaced pages single sided; this is a firm limit) that discuss C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia as a whole on the 60th anniversary of the completion o…[Read more]

We are compiling an evolving list of Commons discussion groups and blogs related to sessions at MLA15. Join in the conversation and upload your own presentation to a group or post it on a blog. If you then let us know about it in this thread, we’ll add it to the list.

This roundtable reopened a longstanding debate on the place of the author, the function of authorship, and the challenge of competing literatures in an expanding literary canon, one that seeks to include global Englishes, world literatures, and multiple perspectives (animal studies, ecological studies, disability studies, etc). Prompted in large…[Read more]

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The grad students of the Germanic Studies Department at the University of British Columbia thought it would be great to offer a casual tour through downtown Vancouver. This is directed at other grad students and supposed to be a networking event. We figured we offer this tour early in the convention, Jan. 8, 2-5pm, so that we get to know each…[Read more]

Mentoring isn’t just for students. Great advice from Joycelyn Moody. Let’s keep the conversation going at #MLA15! Blog post here: http://bit.ly/1wPU6y9