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José Francisco Robles deposited Una singular defensa novohispana de la república de las letras: “Oración vindicativa” (1763) de Cristóbal Mariano Coriche in the group
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months ago“Oración vindicativa del honor de las letras y de los literatos” (1763) del dominico poblano Cristóbal Mariano Coriche es un ensayo novohispano que nace como respuesta a un discurso cuyo supuesto autor era nada menos que Jean Jacques Rousseau. En este discurso se sostenía que el trabajo intelectual desarrollado en distintas etapas históricas hab…[Read more]
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Annette Kolodny deposited Schooling the Nation’s Newspaper of Record: The New York Times and Indian Genocide in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoIn late 1991, an editor at the Sunday New York Times Book Review asked me to write a feature article about that uniquely American genre, the Indian captivity narrative. When the editor called, I was dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona. I accepted the Times assignment in hopes that writing this article might prove a…[Read more]
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Noreen O'Connor started the topic Call for Papers: Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield (due 3/15) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe Elizabeth von Arnim Society and the Katherine Mansfield Society welcome scholars interested in Women’s Studies to the “
Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield – Literary Connections, Friendships and Influence Conference” which will be held 19 & 20 July 2017 at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CaliforniaConference web sit…[Read more]
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Rebecca Haidt started the topic CFP: Sets, Spaces, Stages of Cinema 1750-1899 in the discussion
Literature and Other Arts on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoMLA 2018 Call for Papers: please circulate to Spanish media/film/visual/cultural studies lists and urge your students and colleagues to submit abstracts!
SETS, SPACES, STAGES OF CINEMA 1750-1899
Submission requirements: 250-word abstracts by March 15th
Deadline for submissions: 15 March 2017
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Rebecca Haidt started the topic CFP: Sets, Spaces, Stages of Cinema 1750-1899 in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoMLA 2018 Call for Papers: please circulate to Spanish media/film/visual/cultural studies lists and urge your students and colleagues to submit abstracts!
CFP for MLA 2018:
SETS, SPACES, STAGES OF CINEMA 1750-1899
Submission requirements: 250-word abstracts by March 15th
Deadline for submissions: 15 March 2017
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Samara Hayley Steele deposited The Reality Code: Interpreting Aggregate Larp Rules as Code that Runs on Humans in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoAggregate larp rules are a type of code that runs on humans. Code can be thought of as a linguistic form that is both declarative and imperative; it is both truth and command (Buswell 2009). In aggregate larp, elements of the game’s
diegesis are rendered codic, or playable, allowing players a degree of autonomy from game staff. Through the m…[Read more] -
Samara Hayley Steele deposited The Reality Code: Interpreting Aggregate Larp Rules as Code that Runs on Humans in the group
#TransformDH on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoAggregate larp rules are a type of code that runs on humans. Code can be thought of as a linguistic form that is both declarative and imperative; it is both truth and command (Buswell 2009). In aggregate larp, elements of the game’s
diegesis are rendered codic, or playable, allowing players a degree of autonomy from game staff. Through the m…[Read more] -
Lisa Zunshine deposited Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoFantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture. What kind of behavior do we expect from such conceptual hybrids in science fiction, nonsense poetry, and surrealist art?
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Nicky Agate started the topic Lisa Zunshine's book, "Strange Concepts," available open access in CORE in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHello!
I wanted to let members of this group know that Lisa Zunshine has made her 2008 book, “Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible” available open access in CORE at http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6904F. Here’s the abstract: “Fantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture and have…[Read more]
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Nicholas Rinehart deposited Native Sons; Or, How “Bigger” Was Born Again in the group
TC Translation Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThis article reconsiders Richard Wright’s Native Son by comparing divergences between the published novel and an earlier typeset manuscript. It argues that such revisions render protagonist Bigger Thomas an icon of global class conflict rather than a national figure of racial tension. By revealing the continuities among critical essays that…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic CFP MLA 2018– Connecting the Dots: Museums and Comics (12 March 2017) in the discussion
Literature and Other Arts on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoConnecting the Dots: Museums and Comics
Drawing from art theorist André Malraux—“The museum invites comparison of each of the expressions of the world it brings together, and forces us to question what it is that brings them together,” what indeed brings comics and museums into dialogue and/or dispute over exhibitionary spaces and praxis?…[Read more]
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Joanne Bernardi started the topic Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese-Language Texts (CFP, NY 2018) in the discussion
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years agoDigital Humanities Approaches to Japanese-Language Texts (CFP, NY 2018)
Papers on the application of DH techniques to pre-modern and modern Japanese literature. Challenges, possibilities, needs, and ideas. 250-word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017; Michael Emmerich (emmerich@humnet.ucla.edu).
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Joanne Bernardi posted an update in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years agoLLC Japanese since 1900 session CFP, MLA NY 2018 just posted:
Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese Media
Papers on the application of DH techniques to nontextual materials from or concerning Japan, including film, art, sound. 250 word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017
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Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic Nueva publicación: Decimonónica in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 9 years ago[Disculpas por el error de formato en el mensaje anterior]
Estimados/as colegas:
Nos complace presentarles el último número (Invierno 2017) de Decimonónica, Revista de producción cultural hispánica decimonónica.
ARTÍCULOS EN ESTE NÚMERO
• “Women and Huevos: Matters of Food, Religion, and Gender in Emilia Pardo Baz…[Read more]
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Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic Nuevo número de la revista "Decimonónica" in the discussion
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 9 years ago<div>
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<div><span style=”font-family: Verdana;”>Nos complace presentarles el último número (Invierno 2017) de Decimonónica, Revista de producción cultural hispánica decimonónica.
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Jap-Nanak Makkar started the topic CFP: "Global Literature and Technology," Special Session for MLA 2018 in the discussion
Literature and Other Arts on MLA Commons 9 years agoDetails:
Proposal for Special Session: “Global Literature and Technology”
Organizer: Jap-Nanak Makkar, University of Virginia
MLA 2018 in New York CityPlease consider submitting to a special session, proposed to take place at MLA 2018 in New York City, on “Global Literature and Technology.”
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Jap-Nanak Makkar started the topic CFP: "Global Literature and Technology," Special Session for MLA 2018 in the discussion
Literature and Other Arts on MLA Commons 9 years agoDetails:
Proposal for Special Session: “Global Literature and Technology”
Organizer: Jap-Nanak Makkar, University of Virginia
MLA 2018 in New York CityPlease consider submitting to a special session, proposed to take place at MLA 2018 in New York City, on “Global Literature and Technology.”
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Digital media pose a challenge…[Read more] -
Jap-Nanak Makkar started the topic CFP: "Global Literature and Technology," Special Session for MLA 2018 in the discussion
Literature and Other Arts on MLA Commons 9 years agoDetails:
Proposal for Special Session: “Global Literature and Technology”
Organizer: Jap-Nanak Makkar, University of Virginia
MLA 2018 in New York CityPlease consider submitting to a special session, proposed to take place at MLA 2018 in New York City, on “Global Literature and Technology.”
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Hania Nashef deposited Demythologizing the Palestinian in Hany Abu-Assad’sOmarandParadise Now in the group
MS Visual Culture on MLA Commons 9 years agoIn the past, Palestinian cinema was dominated by a nationalist discourse revolving around refugee ideology, resulting from the trauma of the lost homeland. As the past is generally static, revisiting it became an exercise in nostalgia. The last decade, however, has seen the emergence of a number of transnational Palestinian films telling stories…[Read more]
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Gayle Rogers deposited Introduction to *Incomparable Empires: Modernism and the Translation of Spanish and American Literature* in the group
TC Translation Studies on MLA Commons 9 years agoAn approach to understanding modernism in literary history through the lens of translation by tracing the work of key figures such as Pound, Dos Passos, Jiménez, and Unamuno to translate US and Spanish literatures after the Spanish-American War of 1898.
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