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Martha G. Satz started the topic Book on Toni Morrison and Motherhood in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoFamilial/Communal Structures
Black Motherhood
The Presence of the ancestor
Other Mothering
Collective Memory/Cultural Trauma
Mothering-Controlled Reproduction (racialized maternity)
Language Theory (Julia Kristeva)
Violence
Cultural/Individual Meaning of Motherhood
Relationships between mothers and daughters/sons
Mothers & Sexual…[Read more]
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Peter Leman started the topic CFP: Legal and Literary Persons (2016 MLA) in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoDear Members of the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society discussion group,
I am organizing a special session on literary and legal approaches to personhood for the 2016 MLA in Austin. Please consider submitting an abstract, due March 15. Below are the full CFP and a more detailed description. The CFP can also be found here:…[Read more]
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Michelle A. Massé started the topic CFP Extension: Age Studies Forum panel, MLA 2016 in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThe deadline for proposals about “The Oldest Profession: Teaching and Aging” has been extended to 3/15/15. The panel, co-sponsored by the Age Studies Forum and Teaching in the Profession Forums will take place at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association, in Austin, Texas January 7-10, 2016.
What difference does age make in what we…[Read more]
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Martha Dana Rust started the topic CFP: Teaching Memory Studies (MLA 2016) in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoDear Members of the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society group,
<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>Please consider submitting an abstract for our special session, “Teaching Memory Studies.” Here’s the full CFP:
Teaching Memory Studies
Integrating studies of memory and literature: e.g. memory as metaphor, personal or collective pract…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil started the topic CFP: MLA Panels for 2016 – Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoCFP: MLA Panels for 2016 – Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature:
Dear Friends,
The Global Arab and Arab American MLA Forum invites proposals for the following two panels at the MLA convention in Austin, Texas (Jan 7-10, 2016):
Global Arab Texts and their Publics
Displaced writers. Deterritorialized texts. How do recent Arab é…[Read more]
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Margaret Morganroth Gullette replied to the topic CFP: Arab American Women: Representation, Reception and Subjectivity in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoFYI. A feminist thriller, Traitors, filmed in Morocco, in Arabic and French with English subtitles, now available from Amazon in DVD and VOD.
When writer/ director Sean Gullette’s feature film–a feminist thriller, shot in Morocco with a new Moroccan star, Chaimae ben Acha– opened at the Tribeca Film Festival, an African-American woman in the au…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP: Arab American Women: Representation, Reception and Subjectivity in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoCall for Proposals:
Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Triennial Conference
November 4-8, 2015
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PAPanel on “Arab American Women: Representation, Reception and Subjectivity in Contemporary American Literature by Women”
This panel welcomes papers that examine how Arab American women…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic Invitation to Join New MLA Forum on Global Arab and Arab American in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Colleagues,
The MLA has agreed to launch the new forum on Global Arab and Arab American Lit & Culture (a.k.a. GAAM).
GAAM would like to urge MLA members who are interested in the new focum to sign up for it on the MLA Commons: http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/global-arab-and-arab-american/
We still…[Read more]
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Mary McAleer Balkun started the topic CFP – MLA 2016: Literature and the Public Sphere in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years ago“Literature and the Public Sphere: Connecting Classroom and Community”
The focus of this session is on the interconnections, both actual and possible, between what we teach in the literature classroom and the world beyond that classroom. This can mean looking at literature that engages public events/ideas/issues, as well as exploring the ways lit…[Read more]
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María Gil Poisa started the topic CFP: Body Memory Trauma // Exhibition: Water, Art, Women, Life in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years agoTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
5TH ANNUAL HISPANIC STUDIES GRADUATE CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE TITLE:
BODY, MEMORY, TRAUMA
Friday March 6 – Saturday March 7, 2015
CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENSION
Sponsored by:
Department of Hispanic Studies – Texas A&M University
Religious Studies Program – Texas A&M University
Indigenous studies Working Group…[Read more]
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Miriam S. Gogol started the topic Book — Call for essays in the forum
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 11 years agoDear Members of the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society Group:
You may be interested in the following:
Call for Critical Essay Submissions: Working Women
For a book to be published by a major publisher, I am inviting essays on working women in late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century American literature. The volume will focus on…[Read more]
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Miriam S. Gogol started the topic Call for essays in the forum
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoCall for Critical Essay Submissions: Working Women
For a book to be published by a major publisher, I am inviting essays on working women in late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century American literature. The volume will focus on the American working woman and how she has been represented and underrepresented in American realistic and…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic CFP: Southeastern Women's Studies Conference (deadline: Jan. 9, 2015) in the forum
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoThe Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University has extended the deadline for general CFP submissions until January 9, 2015. Please also note that this CFP includes below a link for SEWSA conference registration and membership.
The FAU WGSS Center is proud to host SEWSA 2015: “Trafficking in Gender: Feminist Di…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic Southeastern Women's Studies Conference CFP (Deadline: Jan. 9, 2015) in the forum
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoThe Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University has extended the deadline for general CFP submissions until January 9, 2014. Please also note that this CFP includes below a link for SEWSA conference registration and membership.
The FAU WGSS Center is proud to host SEWSA 2015: “Trafficking in Gender: Feminist Di…[Read more]
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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]
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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]
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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!
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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.
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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]
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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.
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