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Erin McGuirl started the topic BSA Seeks a New Editor for PBSA in the discussion
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) seeks a new Editor or co-Editors of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA).
The Editor is responsible for the editorial direction of the journal, which serves to fulfill the mission of the BSA to foster the study of the material text.PBSA is the Society’s distinguished quarte…[Read more]
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Erin McGuirl started the topic BSA Seeks a New Editor for PBSA in the discussion
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) seeks a new Editor or co-Editors of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA).
The Editor is responsible for the editorial direction of the journal, which serves to fulfill the mission of the BSA to foster the study of the material text.PBSA is the Society’s distinguished quarte…[Read more]
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Erin McGuirl started the topic BSA Seeks a New Editor for PBSA in the discussion
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) seeks a new Editor or co-Editors of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA).
The Editor is responsible for the editorial direction of the journal, which serves to fulfill the mission of the BSA to foster the study of the material text.PBSA is the Society’s distinguished quarte…[Read more]
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Matthew Kirschenbaum deposited ENGL 759C Approaches to the Material Text in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 4 years, 12 months agoSyllabus for spring 2021 graduate seminar, “Approaches to the Material Text.” Readings survey in history of the book and related fields. Includes prose introductions synthesizing each week’s readings.
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Sarah Werner deposited Books and Early Modern Culture in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 5 years agoThe purpose of this course is to introduce students to the history of books by focusing on books and early modern culture. By learning about how books were made and how books were used, students will gain a clearer appreciation of how early modern culture was shaped by and was a shaping force in the development of print culture. The archival…[Read more]
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Michael A. Burke deposited “Double the Fun: Implementing “Multiple Measures” and Accelerated Learning Program Simultaneously” in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 5 years agoThis discusses the multi-year process of implementing co-requisite composition courses and establishing a multiple measures placement mechanism to determine which students need what kinds of developmental course work, if any. The end result was an increase in course pass rates and an increase in retention.
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Hilary Sarat-St. Peter started the topic Candidate for Election to RCWS Pedagogies Forum in the discussion
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoAs I have been nominated to run for the election for the RCWS pedagogies forum executive committee, I would like to introduce myself via this forum.
I’m an associate professor of professional/technical writing in the department of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago, the largest nonprofit arts college in the US. Much of my o…[Read more]
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Alex Mueller deposited The Places of Writing on the Multimodal Page in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoPrior to the advent of the printing press, the page—the medieval manuscript page—was often complexly multimodal, containing elaborate scripts, rubrications, and illuminations; the medieval page was a multimedia experience for its community of readers, viewers, and listeners. Both writing and the page are, and always were, visual: rendered in mul…[Read more]
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Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2021 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
LSL Global English on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2021, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2021. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]
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Katherine S. Flowers started the topic Executive Committee Nomination – Katherine Flowers in the discussion
LSL Global English on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoDear colleagues,
I am happy to have been nominated to be on the executive committee for the LSL Global English forum. In this post I’ll introduce myself and what I would to do if given this opportunity.
I am currently an assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and most of my work focuses on language policy and w…[Read more]
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Marisa Verna deposited Proust une langue étrangère in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoProust was strongly opposed to the idea of a naturally “clear” national language whose directives would be inherent in thought itself. This book questions Proust’s style from the point of view of its theorization and the implementation of diffuse sensory rhetoric in À la recherche du temps perdu.
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Matthew Kirschenbaum deposited Books.Files: Preservation of Digital Assets in the Contemporary Publishing Industry (A Report) in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThe book publishing industry is an important social, cultural, and economic institution whose records deserve to be preserved for the public good. Books.Files was an exploratory project funded in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation aimed at assessing the archival value of digital assets in the contemporary publishing industry for stakeholders…[Read more]
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Roshawnda Derrick started the topic Extended deadline—please submit your abstracts by March 30th in the discussion
LSL Applied Linguistics on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoPlease consider submitting an abstract by March 30, 2020 for the following panels:
Panel 1:
“A (Socio)Historical Perspective” Papers should address how language attitudes and/or ideologies have persisted, evolved, and/or changed over time and its socio-political implications. 300-word abstracts to Roshawnda Derrick, roshawnda.derrick@pepperd…[Read more]
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Kelly Aliano started the topic Looking for Participants for a Roundtable for MLA Conference 2021 in the discussion
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 5 years, 12 months agoI am looking for participants for a roundtable for the 2021 MLA Conference. The description for the session is pasted below. Please reach out to me directly (kel.irene.aliano@gmail.com) with any questions or to submit a proposal.
Putting Writing and Performance in Conversation
This panel welcomes abstracts (max. 300 words) that explore the…[Read more]
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Jennifer Maloy started the topic MLA Forum Panel Presentation: Exploring the Reaches of Translingual Approaches in the discussion
LSL Global English on MLA Commons 6 years agoPlease join us at the 2020 MLA Annual Convention:
297 – Exploring the Reaches of Translingual Approaches to Writing Studies
Friday, 10 January 2020 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM WSCC – Skagit 1
When Translingual Theory Meets Language Policy
Katherine S. Flowers, Mississippi State University
Research on translingual writing and on language policy both…[Read more]
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Enrique Fernandez deposited Database of titles of presentations in the annual conferences of the Canadian Association of Hispanists 1998-2018 in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoDatabase in Excel format with all the titles and authors of the papers presented during the last 21 years in the annual conferences of the Canadian Association of Hispanists – Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas
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Tanja Stampfl started the topic Tenure Track Position in Composition and Rhetoric in the discussion
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThe Department of English at the University of the Incarnate Word invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in Composition and Rhetoric (tenure-track, 4-4 teaching load) beginning August 2020. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric, specialize in the teaching of Composition, and demonstrate a proven…[Read more]
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Chriselle Tidrick started the topic Quick start guide for indexing in the new MLAIB Production Platform in the discussion
Field Bibliographers for the MLA International Bibliography on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months agoOur quick-start guide for indexing in the new MLAIB Production Platform is attached to this post. Ultimately, this guide will be an appendix to the full Indexing Manual which is currently being edited and should be available to you in the next month or so. At that point, there will be page references added to this guide, so you can refer to the…[Read more]
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Chriselle Tidrick started the topic MLA Field Bibliographer Newsletter. November, 2019. Volume 16, Issue 4 in the discussion
Field Bibliographers for the MLA International Bibliography on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months agoA Message from Mary Onorato
A Message from Greg Grazevich
MLA Convention
Indexing Tips
Training Webinars for Indexing in the New MLAIB Production Platform
Field Bibliographer Retirements
Field Bibliographer News
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Chriselle Tidrick started the topic New online scheduling system for individual training sessions in the discussion
Field Bibliographers for the MLA International Bibliography on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoExciting news! We now have an online booking system for scheduling your MLAIB individual training session(s). You will receive a confirmation email from the system once your training session is confirmed with your selected trainer and your Zoom session is set up. Please be aware that if you schedule a session after 5pm on a Friday for the f…[Read more]
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