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Hania Nashef deposited Demythologizing the Palestinian in Hany Abu-Assad’sOmarandParadise Now in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years agoIn the past, Palestinian cinema was dominated by a nationalist discourse revolving around refugee ideology, resulting from the trauma of the lost homeland. As the past is generally static, revisiting it became an exercise in nostalgia. The last decade, however, has seen the emergence of a number of transnational Palestinian films telling stories…[Read more]
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Gayle Rogers deposited Introduction to *Incomparable Empires: Modernism and the Translation of Spanish and American Literature* in the group
TC Translation Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoAn approach to understanding modernism in literary history through the lens of translation by tracing the work of key figures such as Pound, Dos Passos, Jiménez, and Unamuno to translate US and Spanish literatures after the Spanish-American War of 1898.
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Lisa Zunshine deposited Why Robots Go Astray in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years agoFantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture and have been since antiquity. What kind of behavior do we expect from conceptual hybrids in science fiction, nonsense poetry, and surrealist art?
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Orna Shaughnessy started the topic Thank you to De Gruyter Mouton for supporting Asian Studies at the MLA in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years agoThank you to De Gruyter Mouton for supporting Asian Studies at the MLA through a generous donation to the East Asia Reception!
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Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic East Asian Reception photos in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years agoThanks, Orna, for the photos! Looks like folks had a great time:-)
Cheers,
Melek
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Orna Shaughnessy started the topic East Asian Reception photos in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years agoThank you, everyone, for the hugely successful East Asia Reception at the MLA in Philadelphia 2017!
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic Thank you everyone! in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years agoHi all,
Asian-themed panels were well-attended, and the Saturday night reception was a hit! Thank you all for supporting each other. Let’s build on this momentum for MLA 2018.
We have a lot of ideas that will be shared soon, but in the meantime, if there is someone who’d like to take over organizing another reception for next year, contact me…[Read more]
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Charlotte Eubanks started the topic MLA 2017/ Free food and drink to celebrate East Asia at the MLA! in the discussion
LLC Japanese to 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoYou are invited!
Social Gathering and Networking Event Arranged by the Forums LLC Asian American, LLC East Asian, LLC Korean, LLC Ming and Qing Chinese, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, and LLC Japanese to 1900
<span id=”OBJ_PREFIX_DWT467_com_zimbra_date” class=”Object”>Saturday</span>, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m., 411-412, Philadelphia M… -
Mark Sample deposited Interactive Digital Narratives Syllabus (Davidson College 2016) in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoSyllabus for FMS 321 (Interactive Digital Narratives) at Davidson College, Fall 2016.
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic You're invited to a reception! in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoIt is my great pleasure to invite everyone to a late evening reception celebrating the creation of the new Asian literature forums at the MLA. Charlotte Eubanks is your host for the evening!
Saturday, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m., 411-412, Philadelphia Marriott
Wine and appetizers generously provided by cosponsorship from Columbia UP, De Gru…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic Japan *since* 1900 Business Meeting on Jan 6th in the discussion
LLC Japanese to 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoHi everyone,
An executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese since 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 3:30-4:45 p.m., room 309, in the Philadelphia Marriott. Please join us after the below panel, sponsored by Japanese since 1900!
311. Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination
1:45–3:00 p…[Read more] -
Melek Ortabasi started the topic Japan *since* 1900 Business Meeting on Jan 6th in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoHi everyone,
An executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese since 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 3:30-4:45 p.m., room 309, in the Philadelphia Marriott. Please join us after this panel, sponsored by this forum!
311. Nature and Disaster in the Contemporary Japanese Cultural Imagination
1:45–3:00 p.m., room 406, P…[Read more] -
Charlotte Eubanks started the topic Japan *to* 1900 Business Meeting on Jan 6th at MLA in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoHi post-1900ers,
The executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese TO 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 12 noon-1:15 p.m., room 304, in the Philadelphia Marriott.
Come one, come all, and help plan pre-1900 Japan for MLA 2018!
All best,
Charlotte
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Charlotte Eubanks started the topic Japan to 1900 Business Meeting on Jan 6th at MLA in the discussion
LLC Japanese to 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoHi all,
The executive committee business meeting for the forum LLC Japanese to 1900 has been scheduled for 6 January 2017, 12 noon-1:15 p.m., room 304, in the Philadelphia Marriott.
Come one, come all, and help plan MLA 2018!
All best,
Charlotte
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Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic First-Ever Forum Delegate Election: Membership Suggestions Invited in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoHello everyone,
As current chair of the exec committee, may I second Carol’s call for nominations for a delegate? This person will represent us to the MLA at large. It’s an important position.
We’ll also be seeking nominations for the executive committee.
Our forum meeting at the Convention will be open to everyone. More information on that…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Suggestions for This Forum's Fall 2017 Delegate Election in the discussion
Film on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoMS Screen Arts and Culture will elect a new Delegate Assembly representative in an election that is scheduled for the fall of 2017. The forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making n…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic First-Ever Forum Delegate Election: Membership Suggestions Invited in the discussion
Japanese since 1900 on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe first election of a Delegate Assembly representative for LLC Japanese since 1900 will be held in the fall of 2017, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making no…[Read more]
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A. E. B. Coldiron started the topic MLA 2017–Hugh MacLean Memorial Lecture (on translation and Edmund Spenser) in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoHi, all; at the risk of self promotion, I forward this:
[The following comes to us from Dr Jane Grogan.]
Please join us at MLA 2017 for the International Spenser Society’s Hugh MacLean Memorial Lecture, to be given by Prof. Anne Coldiron (Florida State University), on ‘Spenser and the Resources of Translation’. The lecture takes place during…[Read more]
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