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David A. Wacks deposited ʿAlī ibn Ḥazm, Risāla fī rithāʼ madīnat Qurṭuba (A Treatise on Lamenting the City of Cordova) (Cordova, 1031) (English version) in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoThis unit contains an excerpt of an Arabic treatise composed by ʿAlī ibn Ḥazm (d. 1063) to lament the capital of the province of Córdoba, a city in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. This treatise was composed during the civil war (fitna) that started in 1009 and ended in 1031 with the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.
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Elizabeth M. Holt deposited Resistance Literature and Occupied Palestine in Cold War Beirut in the group
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoFREE ACCESS: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0377919X.2020.1855933
For the last decade of his life, the Palestinian intellectual, author, and editor Ghassan Kanafani (d. 1972) was deeply immersed in theorizing, lecturing, and publishing on Palestinian resistance literature from Beirut. A refugee of the 1948 war, Kanafani presented…[Read more] -
Dan Connor started the topic INSCREVA-SE PARA UMA BOLSA DE MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoINSCREVA-SE PARA UMA BOLSA DE MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
O prazo de inscrição é 1º de abril de 2021
O MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) está aceitando inscrições para bolsas de três anos para bibliógrafos externos. Os bolsistas do MLAIB atuam como bibliógrafos externos que examinam textos acadêmicos, escrevem resumos informativ…[Read more]
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Dan Connor started the topic INSCREVA-SE PARA UMA BOLSA DE MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoINSCREVA-SE PARA UMA BOLSA DE MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
O prazo de inscrição é 1º de abril de 2021
O MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) está aceitando inscrições para bolsas de três anos para bibliógrafos externos. Os bolsistas do MLAIB atuam como bibliógrafos externos que examinam textos acadêmicos, escrevem resumos informativ…[Read more]
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Julia Elsky started the topic CFP (MLA): Making Waves: Two Decades of Experimental Romanian Cinema in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoCall for Papers: MLA 2022 (6-9 January, Washington, D.C.)
Romanian Forum’s Guaranteed Panel
Making Waves: Two Decades of Experimental Romanian Cinema
2021 marks two decades since the symbolic launch of Romanian New Wave cinema, a movement that has received important recognition at international film festivals. The Romanian Forum of th…[Read more]
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Weihsin Gui started the topic CFP: Archipelagic Thinking in Asian American and Southeast Asian Literature in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoCall for papers: Archipelagic Thinking in Asian American and Southeast Asian Literature (MLA 2022)
We invite papers for a proposed session on “Archipelagic Thinking in Asian American and Southeast Asian Literature” for the 2022 Modern Language Association conference (6-9 January). The session is co-sponsored by the MLA’s Asian American Liter…[Read more]
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Jessica Winston started the topic Nominations Invited: Teaching Literature Book Award in the discussion
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoDear Colleagues,
Attached please find a call for nominations for the fourth biennial Teaching Literature Book Award, an international, juried prize for the best book on teaching literature at the undergraduate or graduate level. Nominations of books published in 2019 and 2020 are due March 15, 2021. For more information about the nomination…[Read more]
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Scott Challener deposited The New Border (Spring 2021) in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThis course is a study of the literature of the U.S.-Mexico border from the 1980s to the present. We begin with Gloria Anzaldúa’s foundational texts, Borderlands / La Frontera, and her landmark feminist anthology, co-edited with Cherríe Moraga, This Bridge Called My Back: Radical Writings by Women of Color. We then consider the legacies and aft…[Read more]
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Scott Challener deposited Contemporary Latinx Literatures & Cultures in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThis course is a study of Latinx literatures and cultures produced in the last two decades. We will concentrate our attention on how contemporary art works represent and participate in the upheavals of the twenty-first century—9/11, global economic and ecological crisis, mass migration and mass deportation, political and social mobilization, s…[Read more]
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Scott Challener deposited Contemporary Latinx Literatures & Cultures in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThis course is a study of Latinx literatures and cultures produced in the last two decades. We will concentrate our attention on how contemporary art works represent and participate in the upheavals of the twenty-first century—9/11, global economic and ecological crisis, mass migration and mass deportation, political and social mobilization, s…[Read more]
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Christopher M. Lupke started the topic CFP Ritual and Representation in East Asian Literature in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 4 years, 12 months agoRitual and Representation in East Asian Literature We are inviting proposals for papers featuring ritual as a theme or structuring device in East Asian (including diasporic) literature in relation to belief, kinship, and/or community. This will be a collaborative session between the TC Anthropology and Literature and TC Religion and Literature…[Read more]
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic Call for Papers in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 5 years agoTeaching the Cultures of Portuguese Speaking Countries
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This session is interested in discussing the methodological and epistemological challenges/opportunities of teaching the cultures of the Portuguese speaking countries around the world. 200-word abstract + short bio.Deadline for submissions: Monday, 15 March 2021
Marcus V. C. B…[Read more]
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic Call for Papers (MLA 2022) in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 5 years ago1822-2022: Rethinking Brazilian Independence Today
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Session examines legacies and contradictions of 200 years of Brazilian independence. Literary, artistic, or historical approaches with a focus on questions of race, democracy, or citizenship are especially welcome. 200-word abstract + short bio.Deadline for submissions: Monday, 15…[Read more]
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic Call for Papers (MLA 2022) in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 5 years agoThe Ends of the Lusotropical Consensus
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Papers addressing challenges to Lusotropicalism by the rise of new political and cultural subjects across the Portuguese-speaking world. New literary voices, poetics and politics of the archive, racism, memory, iconoclasm. 200-word abstract + short bio.Deadline for submissions: Monday, 15 March…[Read more]
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic Call for Papers (MLA 2022) in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 5 years agoWater: Memory, Ecology, and Politics in the Lusophone World
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Papers addressing the literary and cultural significance of water the Portuguese-speaking world. We welcome papers on rivers, seas, oceans, dams, access to water, droughts, environmental impacts, ritualistic practices, and others. 200-word abstract + short bio.Deadline for…[Read more]
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic Call for Papers (APSA 2022) in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 5 years agoThe Week of Modern Art 100 Years Later
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Papers exploring Lusophone modernist cultural expressions or topics. Panel reconsiders legacy, cultural influence, and contemporary relevance of the 1922 events. Comparative, transatlantic, and theoretical approaches are especially welcome. 200-word abstract + short bio.
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic Call for Papers (APSA 2022) in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 5 years agoCrime Fiction in Portuguese
Papers addressing crime fiction from the Portuguese-speaking world across periods. A dialogue with the genre and/or comparative and transatlantic approaches, as well as cultural, social, and political analyses are welcome. 200-word abstract + bio.Deadline for submissions: Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Tania…[Read more]
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic New number of journal E-Letras ComVida in the discussion
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Tania Martuscelli started the topic Job Position in the discussion
LLC Luso-Brazilian on MLA Commons 5 years agoSenior Preceptor in Portuguese
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures seeks applications for a senior preceptor in Portuguese. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2021. The senior preceptor will be responsible for teaching three courses…[Read more] -
Lisa Nalbone started the topic 1st Biannual Conference of the Center for José Martí Studies in the discussion
CLCS Hemispheric American on MLA Commons 5 years agoYou are cordially invited to attend the “1st Biannual Conference of the Center for José Martí Studies“, January 28 (7:00pm) to January 30 (5:00pm), hosted by the University of Tampa, themed “Envisaging José Martí in 2021: History, Culture and Education“. Program and registration appear: 1st Biannual Conference Registration | University of Tampa (ut.edu)
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