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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

Please forgive this graceless appeal. The Israel resolution (Right to Enter) that I co-sponsored with Dick Ohmann is now being voted on. I think it’s a moderate and necessary gesture of support for our Palestinian and Arab colleagues who, though US citizens, have been denied entry to the West Bank to teach, do research, lecture, or attend…[Read more]
Benjamin Fraser posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

Two 2014 books: Antonio López García’s Everyday Urban Worlds: A Philosophy of Painting [August 2014] Bucknell University Press / Marxism and Urban Culture [edited volume 2014] Lexington Books [Rowman & Littlefield].
- Luz Maria Umpierre replied 11 years, 4 months ago
  
  Congrats!
Benjamin Fraser started the topic CFP-Disability in World Film Contexts [edited book] in the forum Disability Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

Disability in World Film Contexts [cfp-edited volume]

The edited volume titled ‘Disability in World Film Contexts’ has received initial interest from Yoram Allon of renowned film publisher Wallflower Press (now part of Columbia UP). Contributions are invited in the form of chapters that focus on an individual film or films from a specific nat…[Read more]
Roger Whitson replied to the topic Petition in the forum Prospective Forum: RCWS Creative Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

I believe this group will help scholars in both rhetoric and composition and creative writing have the visibility they deserve in the MLA, especially since both groups are informing some of the most exciting scholarship being produced today. I fully support the creation of this group.
Benjamin Fraser replied to the topic Petition in the forum Prospective Forum: TC Geography and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

Benjamin Fraser
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

We are thrilled to announce a new structure to replace the division/discussion groups. Join in! http://news.mla.hcommons-staging.org/2014/05/14/new-mla-forum-structure
Rosemary Feal replied to the topic Discussion in the forum Prospective Forum: HEP Program Administration on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago

We left it open precisely so MLA members could determine the scope. It could be about writing programs only, or it could include language program admins, DGSs, DUSs, and so on (so the sessions could vary year after year at the convention).
Alex Saum-Pascual posted an update in the group 21st Century Hybrid Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months ago

The 2014 PAMLA Conference in Riverside, California (Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2014) will encounter the theme “Familiar Spirits.” We invite participants to consider papers on magic, conjuring, spirits, hauntings, Spiritualism, and manifestations as well as presentations that treat the familiar, familial, and the commonplace in relation to the paranormal,…[Read more]
- Betsy Dahms replied 11 years, 7 months ago
  
  Call for Papers
  WORLDS and WORDS
  29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
  Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
  University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
  Carrollton, Georgia
  October 30-November 1, 2014
  
  Deadline Extended until July 22nd
  
  We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]
Rosemary Feal started the topic Sample Common Core tests in the forum Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months ago

Please see this story on testing and the Common Core. There is a link to sample tests.

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/299073572/an-education-reporter-puts-himself-to-the-standardized-test?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=share&utm_medium=twitter
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month ago

Have you checked out the new PROFESSION? http://profession.mla.hcommons-staging.org/
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months ago

Hoping everyone who reads this goes and comments on the draft proposal on Groups! http://groupsdiscussion.mla.hcommons-staging.org/draft-proposal/
- Linda Hutcheon replied 12 years, 3 months ago
  
  Amen! Happy to have done so–this is a positive step in the right direction to reflect the constantly changing intellectual configuration of our times.
  Linda
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months ago

Blogging this week at PhDs at Work! http://phdsatwork.com/2013/09/22/witl-rgfeal-intro/
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months ago

Hoping many members will participate in the convo on new group structure to replace current divisions and discussion groups: http://groupsdiscussion.mla.hcommons-staging.org/
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months ago

Thanks to Linde Brocato @linde4duende for starting a blog for those teaching Hispanomedieval literature and culture! http://hispanomedieval.mla.hcommons-staging.org/
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Kyra A. Kietrys

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Kyra A. Kietrys

@kyrakietrys