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Elisa Kriza deposited Wer ist hier der Feind? Verbündete und Gegner in Alexander Solschenizyns Darstellung von Deutschland in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century German on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe prominent Russian writer and Nobel Prize Laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) was known mainly for his work on the Soviet prison camps. In many of his fictional and non-fiction works, however, Solzhenitsyn dealt with the subject of Germany. This article analyses Solzhenitsyn’s depiction of Germany in the works August 1914, The Gulag A…[Read more]
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Elisa Kriza deposited Helena. La soledad en el laberinto. Epistolario de Helena Laura Paz Garro y Ernst Jünger, por: Elsa Margarita Schwarz Gasque y María del Carmen Vázquez Martínez, ISBN: 9786078706433, Ediciones del Lirio, 2020. in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century German on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThis is a book review that evaluates the Spanish-language edition of the letters written by the Mexican poet Helena Paz Garro to the German writer Ernst Jünger, which were originally written in French. The reviewer had access to the original letters in the German Literature Archive in Germany and she compares the original texts with the…[Read more]
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Tekla Babyak deposited Teaching Music and Disability Through Disclosure-Oriented Pedagogy in the group
TC Disability Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 4 months agoIn this paper, presented at the 2022 H-Net Teaching Conference, I describe how I teach undergraduate students about disability in music through what I call disclosure-oriented pedagogy. This practice involves demonstrating cross-historical comparisons between my lived experiences of disability and the representations of disability in 19th-century…[Read more]
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Amel Abbady deposited The Intersections of Masculinity and Disability in Khaled Hosseini᾿s A Thousand Splendid Suns and Leila Aboulela᾿s Lyrics Alley in the group
TC Disability Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 5 months agoAbstract of my full article published on disability and masculinity in the Global South.
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Ari Borrell deposited Ko-wu or Kung-an? Practive, Realization and Teaching in the Thought of Chang Chiu-cheng in the group
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 3 years, 6 months agoExamines the intersection between Chan Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism during the Southern Song dynasty period (1126-1279) in China.
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Cheryl Farris-Clayton deposited On Dickinson in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoEssay on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her impact upon literature. This essay celebrates her global reach from within societal spheres of gender. “Emily Dickinson transformed the genre of poetry from the academic salon styled idealism to the personal poignant voice of reality from the poet’s point of view.”
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Kristin E. Pitt started the topic Visiting Assistant Professor, Queer and Sexuality Studies, UW-Milwaukee in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoWomen’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee invites applications for a visiting assistant professor with expertise in Queer and Sexuality Studies for 2022-2023. Must be able to teach Queer Theory and Feminist Theory courses. Apply by April 10, 2022 to ensure consideration. https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/33994
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP: Redesigning Modernities Special Issue of Comparative Literature Studies in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century German on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThe journal Comparative Literature Studies invites proposals for a special issue titled “Redesigning Modernities Part II,” edited by Waïl Hassan (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Maria Truglio (Penn State U). The issue solicits inquiries into the divergences, inequalities, and commonalities that define “modernity” in different parts of t…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo deposited Dante for Mothers in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis chapter details the efforts of the kindergarten educator, Elizabeth Harrison, to introduce Dante’s Divine Comedy to children in the midwestern United States during the late nineteenth century.
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Daniel Williams deposited Transatlantic Climate and Gulf Stream Aesthetics in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe Gulf Stream gained scientific prominence in the nineteenth century as a test case for theories about the dynamics of ocean currents and the equilibrium of transatlantic climate. Discourse about the current supplied descriptions, analogies, and myths that persist into the present. Triangulating oceanic, ecological, and transatlantic approaches…[Read more]
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Jodi Berry deposited Multilingual Identities and Service Learning Experiences in the group
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoWhat started as a theoretical analysis of multilingual international high school students teaching at a local learning center for refugees in Jakarta became a closer look at how translanguaging appears within and around these community exchanges. More specifically, through first-person accounts, this paper highlights dialogue as a suitable…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine started the topic Thank you for terrific attendance! in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoThank you to everyone who came to our “Sadness” panel yesterday, featuring papers by Haiyan Lee, Anna Shields, Lisa Zunshine, and Ya Zuo! It was extremely well attended and featured a wonderful discussion. Kudos to our chair Benjamin Ridgway for bringing together “cognitive” and historicist perspective of emotion, drawing on Chinese literature.
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Lisa Zunshine started the topic Session # 645, “Life Writing and Cognition” (Sunday) in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoPlease join us for “Life-Writing and Cognition” (session # 645, Sunday), which will feature papers by Laura Otis, Ralph James Savarese, Ellen Spolsky, and Lisa Zunshine.
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Shazia Rahman posted an update in the group
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoJoin us at MLA 2022 tomorrow at 1:45 pm for Ecofeminist Imaginings https://mla.confex.com/mla/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Session/12655
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Lauren Russell started the topic “Neurodivergent Poetics: Extending the Choreography” Roundtable Tonight, 7 PM in the discussion
TC Disability Studies on MLA Commons 4 years agoHello All,
Happy New Year! If you are attending the MLA conference this week, whether virtually or in person, please consider joining us tonight at 7 PM for Neurodivergent Poetics: Extending the Choreography, a virtual roundtable with Chris Martin, Joel Dias-Porter, Hannah Emerson, Estee Klar, Adam Wolfond, and Julia Miele Rodas, moderated…[Read more]
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Rielle Navitski started the topic MS Screen Arts and Culture Virtual Panels and Postponement in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoAs the 2022 convention approaches, a quick update on the Screen Arts and Culture Forum sessions.
The following sessions will now be held virtually:
Viral Media – Thursday, January 6, 3:30 – 4:45 pm
Presider: Rielle Navitski
A Very Smart Bug: Viral Intelligence and Contagion Theory Bishnupriya Ghosh, U of California, Santa…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon started the topic Sharing convention materials on the Commons in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoHello, all,
If you’re looking for more information about how to share your convention materials, this post has details about how to share work in CORE or in Docs. CORE assigns your work a DOI and gives you the option to share the deposit with groups. Work in CORE is publicly accessible–no log-in necessary to read or download. If you want to…[Read more]
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Rosi Song started the topic UPDATE: LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Studies Online Panels in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoDue to the surge in coronavirus cases and members changing travel plans, the executive committee of the LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Studies has moved the following panels online.
Please join us by attending the virtual panels listed below. We look forward to listening to our panelists and engaging in a lively discussion…[Read more]
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Julie Grossman started the topic MLA Adaptation Forum Sessions in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoThe MLA Adaptation Studies Forum is pleased to announce three online panels, the final one co-sponsored with the Translation Studies Forum. We were sorry to have to cancel the Adaptation/Translation Studies Cash Bar but hope to see you this coming week virtually at the events below (links provided for information on…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic Update re: US Latinx Studies @ 2022 MLA Convention in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years agoDue to the surge in coronavirus cases, the executive committee of the LLC Latina/Latino Forum has cancelled the cash bar reception and moved all of our panels online.
We’re still looking forward to vibrant conversations about US Latinx Studies at the 2022 MLA convention, so please join us by attending the virtual panels listed b…[Read more]
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