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Sue Rowe Doe deposited Academic Freedom for Contingent Faculty Members: Strategies for Establishing Due Process in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoThis presentation explored the implications of constraints on due process and academic freedom in light of contingent faculty hiring.
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Annette Kolodny deposited New World Encounters: Where Do We Go from Here? in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoEarly American studies scholar and feminist literary critic, Annette Kolodny, offers three projects that she would take on if she were not now retiring from the profession. These three projects include a feminist analysis of women’s interactions on the earliest contact and frontier landscapes; the development of a cross- and inter-disciplinary…[Read more]
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Laura Barbas Rhoden deposited Connecting Curriculum to Context: Our Story of Two Liberal Arts College Spanish Programs Engaged in a Changing South in the group
LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe purpose of this article is to refl ect upon the process by which two professors in Spanish programs at small liberal arts colleges in the southeastern United States developed courses with civic engagement components that enabled our students to engage with the local Hispanic community in meaningful ways. From the outset, we focused on what we…[Read more]
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Roberta Rosenberg started the topic CFP: MLA 2017 Session on "The 'Uses' of Literature" in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoMLA Executive Forum Session on The Teaching of Literature:
“The ‘Uses’ of Literature”
The focus of this session will be to explore the “uses” of literature and literary study from a wide variety of points of view. In her book The Uses of Literature (Blackwell, 2008), Rita Felski argues that “reflecting on why literature matters . . . allows us…[Read more]
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Helene Meyers deposited "Why Do Research?" in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoPMLA Forum piece that argues for the direct and indirect value of the scholarly enterprise to the sacred art of teaching.
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Shazia Rahman deposited Rachna Mara’s Cosmopolitan (Yet Partial) Feminisms in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThis article shows how Rachna Mara’s collection of short stories Of Customs and Excise puts forth a cosmopolitan feminism that reveals the losses and gains of diaspora in an arena of partiality and relationality.
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Julia V. Douthwaite deposited "Write YOUR Story" children's writing workshop in the news! in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoIn this free workshop, children and preteens (age 8-12) creatively explore and expand their sense of self by thinking and writing about their life – past, present, and future. Group activities, games, solitary writing, and illustrating provide for a fun and productive setting. Students will receive individual attention and gradually realize how…[Read more]
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Shazia Sadaf deposited Daniyal Mueenuddin’s Dying Men in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoDaniyal Mueenuddin’s In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is reflection of Pakistani masculinity in a metamorphosed state. A disturbingly masculine vocabulary frames the appearance and actions of the female characters. In contrast, the speech and thought of the male characters is minified in words of loss and regret. Their material ambitions and the r…[Read more]
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Madelyn Detloff started the topic Join our Roundtable on Gender and (anti)Social Media at MLA 16 in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoJoin us for our roundtable discussion on Gender and (anti)Social Media on January 8, 2016 from 1:45–3:00 p.m. Central Time (2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
If you are at the MLA convention, join us live in room 203, JW Marriott hotel. You can join us online via live tweet at #mla16genderandmedia or via the comments stream at
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Ivonne del Valle started the topic Panels and Happy hour for Colonial Latin American Literatures/MLA 2016 in the discussion
Colonial Latin American Literatures on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoDear Members,
The Forum for Colonial Latin American Literatures cordially wishes to invite you to the following events at MLA 2016. We hope to see you all very soon!
Best wishes,
Nicolás Wey Gómez
Colonial Texts and Communities of Readers
Friday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 209, JW Marriott
Happy Hour, Colonial Latin American Lit…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Commons literary trivia quiz at the Convention in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoI’d like to invite any members of this group attending the 2016 convention to participate in the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz, which will take place next Thursday night at the JW Marriott. It promises to be unabashedly nerdy, but fun too! A cash bar and prizes will be available.
Space is limited, so please reserve your spot at [Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Literary Trivia Quiz in Austin in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoI’d like to invite any members of the group attending this year’s convention to the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz, which will take place on Thursday night at the JW. It promises to be unabashedly nerdy, but fun too! A cash bar and prizes will be available.
For more information (and to reserve your spot), visit
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Elana Hornblass Dushey deposited Tortured Zionism: Messianism, Ambivalence, and Israel in post-Holocaust Jewish American literature in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThis dissertation examines post-Holocaust, Jewish American novelists that utilize messianism in their narratives to negotiate ambivalence about Zionism. Studying novels from the mid-1980’s to 2013, I look at the triangular relationship between Jewish American identification, the Holocaust, and Israel, to explore major topics in contemporary J…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Articles of Interest? in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoDear All,
Happy (almost) end of semester! I wanted to alert you to the many pedagogical materials and publications that have been shared with this forum by MLA members via CORE. (They are denoted by the “Deposits” box to the left of the group’s page.) I encourage you to read your colleagues’ work and, perhaps, to share some of your own.
– Nicky…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Items of Potential Interest in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoDear All,
Happy (almost) end of semester! I wanted to alert you to the many pedagogical materials and publications that have been shared with this forum by MLA members via CORE. (They are denoted by the “Deposits” box to the left of the group’s page.) I encourage you to read your colleagues’ work and even to share some of your own.
– Nicky Aga…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 6: Annika Thiem (Villanova) about the Benjamin field and the philosophy of disciplinary boundaries:
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Anna M. Klobucka started the topic Call for submissions: Journal of Feminist Scholarship in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoThe Journal of Feminist Scholarship is a twice-yearly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published online and aimed at promoting feminist scholarship across the disciplines, as well as expanding the reach and definitions of feminist research. The journal can be found at http://www.jfsonline.org/.
The editors of JFS invite submissions on a…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 5: Daniel Weidner (Humboldt/ZfL) about the AFTERLIFE of Benjamin:
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Lisa Zunshine deposited Lisa Zunshine in Conversation with Ralph James Savarese in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoHave cognitive scientists misread autism? What happens if, instead of simply accepting such research, literary critics turned to the actual prose and poetry written by autistic authors, such as Tito Mukhopadhyay and Donna Williams? Literary theory may never be the same once it comes to terms with neurodiversity.
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Daniel Escandell Montiel started the topic Journal Caracteres: new issue. Cybertheatres and Performativity (monograph) in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoMessage both in English & Spanish; Mensaje en español e inglés]
Estimados colegas:
El nuevo número de la revista Caracteres, vol.4 n. 2, ya está disponible tanto a través de la web como mediante descarga (en PDF): http://revistacaracteres.net/revista/vol4n2noviembre2015/ Este número incluye un monográfico coordinado por María Ángeles Grande t…[Read more]
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