131. Violence on the Borders: Memory, Gender, Geography
Thursday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 122, VCC West

Program arranged by the Division on Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature

Presiding: Penelope M. Kelsey, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; Amritjit Singh, Ohio Univ., Athens

1. “New Jurisdictions of Violence and Survivance in the Native B…[Read more]

We are happy to share the good news that the MLA has approved the formation of the CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum!

There will be an organizational meeting of the new CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum at the upcoming MLA convention. The meeting will take place on Thursday, January 8, 2015 from 8:45 to 10:00…[Read more]

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Dear Colleagues:

The faculty in the Ph.D. program in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University invites nominations for the Teaching Literature Book Award. This new, nationally-juried prize seeks to encourage and recognize excellence in teaching by honoring every other year a book-length work on…[Read more]

Call for Papers
International Conference
Why the Humanities:
Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences
http://www.kent.edu/cas/why-humanities
Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center
Kent, Ohio, USA
July 9-12, 2015
The purpose of this conference is to highlight and enhance the contributions that humanities education makes to personal…[Read more]

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2015 Society for the Study of American Women Writers Triennial Conference
Nov. 4-8, 2015
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Proposed Panel: “Women Playwrights of the Harlem Renaissance”

Taking a cue from the conference theme, “Liminal Spaces, Hybrid Lives,” this panel asks how African American women playwrights worked…[Read more]

<h1 style=”text-align: center;”>SoTL Commons Conference
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning  as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)…[Read more]

<h1 style=”text-align: center;”>SoTL Commons Conference
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning  as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)…[Read more]

 
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning  as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) “the work of the classroom [becomes] a site for inq…[Read more]

 
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning  as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
<div style=”margin-left: 10em;”>When engaging in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

“the work of the classroom [becomes] a site for inq…[Read more]

View the complete detailed CFP at http://www.clags.org/queers-comics/call-for-proposals

Queers & Comics Conference – Presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Location: The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Date: May 7-8, 2015
Keynote Speakers: Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comics) and Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out F…[Read more]

View the complete detailed CFP at http://www.clags.org/queers-comics/call-for-proposals

Queers & Comics Conference – Presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Location: The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Date: May 7-8, 2015
Keynote Speakers: Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comics) and Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out F…[Read more]

46th annual convention, NeMLA 2015
Toronto; April 30- May 3, 2015
Host institution: Ryerson University

Panel: Embracing Language Musicality in L2 Classrooms

This panel is sponsored by the area on pedagogy and professional

The goal of this panel is to examine language musicality, both in terms of linguistic phenomena and as a teaching tool fo…[Read more]

Dear Forum Members,

For anyone who might be interested in pursuing a Ph.D., with the aim of teaching literature and composition at a two-year college, I wanted to draw your attention to the Idaho State University Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English, which is program that aims to prepare students for these types of jobs.

The Ph.D. is a…[Read more]

Please Circulate Widely!
Friday, 9 January
351. Chicano Narrative at Twenty-Five
3:30–4:45 p.m., West 202, VCC West
Program arranged by the Division on Chicana and Chicano Literature
Presiding: Yolanda Padilla, Univ. of Washington, Bothell
1. “The Diachronics of Difference: Chicano Narrative Then, Now, and before Chicanidad,” Jesse Alemán, Univ.…[Read more]

Colleagues,

The Ethnic Studies Division Executive Committee has sent the following letter to UIUC Chancellor Wise urging her to reinstate Professor Steven Salaita.

If you would like to sign on to this letter as a member of the Ethnic Studies Division, please email me by Friday, August 22 at Cheryl.Higashida@colorado.edu.  I will then send…[Read more]

One of the Ethnic Studies Division’s 2015 sessions, Whose Border? Whose Memory? Ethnic Studies and Palestine and Israel, will examine “the intellectual, political, and professional stakes of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement” (further details below).  Featuring Professors Salah Hassan, Rajini Sr…[Read more]

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise the standards in order to…[Read more]

Delegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).

The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification

You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]

Delegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).

The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification

You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]

I am proposing a roundtable about new approaches and strategies to integrate the literary text into the language class. The subject is not new and  it is time for an update. The NeMLA convention will meet in Toronto, Ontario April 30 – May 3rd.  Each participant will have about 10 minutes to present a project or class experience and  the re…[Read more]