MLA staff member and University of Scranton instructor Dan Connor shares his recent experience teaching with the MLA International Bibliography in this recorded presentation from the November 2020 Charleston Library Conference.

View the recording on Vimeo here: Searching to Engage: Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography

Guaranteed session at MLA 2022:Where Do We Go From Here? Anti-Racism and the Future of the Profession

This panel explores the ways educators are engaging with anti-racist practices in their language and literature classrooms as we re-envision the future of our profession. We are seeking practical pedagogical experiences and reflections,…[Read more]

Extended CFP deadlines: March 25! We want YOU to be a part of one of our sessions at MLA 2022 in D.C. Please submit an abstract or share these with your colleagues. Much appreciation for your interest and assistance.
 
Building Bridges and Breaking Down Walls: The Teaching of World Literature in English
Studying world languages and literature…[Read more]

Hello, all,

I’m writing to invite you to join a new group on MLA Commons: Teaching Remotely. The group was created to provide a space for MLA members to build collective resources, share their experiences with one another, and ask questions about teaching remotely.

I thought that members of this Commons group may be interested in—and would h…[Read more]

Hello, all,

I’m writing to invite you to join a new group on MLA Commons: Teaching Remotely. The group was created to provide a space for MLA members to build collective resources, share their experiences with one another, and ask questions about teaching remotely.

I thought that members of this Commons group may be interested in—and would h…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

We are excited to share our three CFPs from the HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum for MLA 2022. Please read the details below and submit an abstract and short bio by March 15. We are looking forward to a terrific convention in D.C. and would love for YOU to be a panelist in one of our sessions. Please share these…[Read more]

MLA 2022 CFP: Afrosouthernfuturism and the Black Speculative Arts

Recently scholars have begun to explore how black artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers construct blackness, black embodiment, and black experiences in the speculative arts. Indeed, as Isiah Lavender III has argued, “one might argue that chattel slavery is an apocalyptic e…[Read more]

For MLA 2022:

Subaltern Souths

2022 MLA Convention

Washington, D.C., January 6–9, 2022

In her contribution to Keywords for Southern Studies (2016), Shirley Elizabeth Thompson contends that southern studies would benefit from “more precisely articulating the disruptive knowledge of subalterns.” This panel seeks to continue this work by problem…[Read more]

Columbus State Community College is hiring two full-time TT positions in English.

I hope you will consider Columbus State in your search or share our posting with colleagues.

For more information and to apply: https://www.cscc.edu/about/faculty-recruitment/

This is a great time to join the college with a cohort of focused hires targeted for our…[Read more]

I’m happy to announce the Higher Education Professions Community College Forum call for presentations for MLA 2o22, 6-9 January in Washington, D.C.
Conflict and Contradiction: Antiracist Pedagogy, Language Justice, and Institutional Priorities
Presentations advancing faculty efforts to displace structures of systemic racism and linguistic inequity…[Read more]