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Octavio Gonzalez posted an update in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoHi Everyone, I’m Octavio (Tavi) Gonzalez, and I’m running for the Sexuality Studies Executive Committee election. I am assistant professor at Wellesley College, and have been a member of MLA since I was a graduate student. Last year, I presented on a panel on “Rethinking AIDS in the Age of Archival Publics,” where I presented on the Archives of…[Read more]
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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic Call for Articles. Spectral Mexico in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoSpectral Mexico. Ghosts and the Talking Dead in Contemporary Mexican Culture
The persistence of death and its figurative representations is a recognizable commonplace in the visual and narrative discourses of Mexican culture. Underworlds like Mictlan and Xibalba, the Catrina skull, the Santa Muerte, ghosts, dancing skeletons, post-mortem…[Read more]
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Miriam S. Gogol posted an update in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDear members of the Sexuality Studies group, for your consideration:
Call for Papers
The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, CA on May 24-27, 2018.Panel One: Open Topic
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoAs an NYC local, I’d like to recommend the following around the convention area (if you’re looking for recommendations beyond a mile radius of the convention, particularly in Brooklyn, send me a message here @terrainsvagues):
BAR: Valhalla NYC, for a really good selection of craft beers. It’s a 10-minute walk west from the Sheraton along 53rd…[Read more]
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Maia Gil'Adi started the topic MLA Forum Elections in the discussion
Latina and Latino on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoGood afternoon everyone,
This is just a quick reminder to please vote in the MLA elections! The LLC Latina and Latino forum is electing a new member of the executive committee and we want your input. Voting opened October 26 and closes December 10. You should have received an email with instructions from MLA last week.
Stay tuned for MLA 2018…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick started the topic Assoc/Full Professor, Literary Studies, Digital Humanities, Critical Diversity in the discussion
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe Department of English at Michigan State University invites applications for a scholar, at the level of Associate or Full Professor, whose work connects literary studies and the digital humanities to critical diversity. This position is part of the College of Arts and Letters’ Critical Diversity in a Digital Age initiative, which will f…[Read more]
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Helene Meyers deposited Got Jewish Milk? Screening Epstein and Van Sant for Intersectional Film History in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoA B ST R A C T
Rob Epstein’s The Times of Harvey Milk (USA, 1984) and Gus Van Sant’s Milk (USA,
2008), the two major films that narrate the life and tragically dramatic death of gay
politician and activist Harvey Milk (1930–1978), are widely recognized as part of
the queer cinematic canon but are less often categorized as Jewish films. While…[Read more] -
Merrill Cole posted an update in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoHi everyone,
My name is Merrill Cole and I am running for a seat on the executive committee of TC Sexuality Studies. I would like to introduce myself, my academic work, and my plans for the next few years. I am thrilled to have received the nomination, and I look forward to meeting more members of the group.
I have taught in the Department of…[Read more]
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Julie Ward posted an update in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoHi, As I am on the ballot for the Forum Executive Committee, I was invited to introduce myself here in the Commons.
I work on representations of reality in contemporary Latin American cultural production, in particular in Mexican theatre and drama, though I write about South American theatre, including Brazilian, as well.
My goals for the LLC…[Read more]
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Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Jorge Calderón started the topic CFP – L’art queer de la performance / Queer Art Performance in the discussion
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoL’art queer de la performance / Queer Art Performance
Colloque international
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
2, 3 et 4 mai 2018
Le rapport entre la théorie queer et les théories de la performance, du performatif et de la performativité a été marqué très fortement par la publication de Gender Trouble (1990) et de Bodies That Matter …[Read more]
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Anne Garland Mahler posted an update in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoCFP for Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South
We are soliciting contributions to Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South. https://globalsouthstudies.as.virginia.edu
This digital platform aims to advance the field of Global South Studies by providing a conceptual mapping of key c…[Read more]
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Anne Garland Mahler posted an update in the group
LLC Latina and Latino on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoCALL FOR PAPERS: Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South
We are soliciting contributions to Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South. https://globalsouthstudies.as.virginia.edu
This digital platform aims to advance the field of Global South Studies by providing a conceptual mapping of key…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall deposited Introduction to Digital Humanities, Fall 2017 syllabus in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThis syllabus was my fourth version of a course aimed at introducing the digital humanities at an undergraduate level. The course was organized around four projects, each of which was oriented by a theoretical reading: mapping a novel; text analysis with archival sources; creating composite images from digital films; and text digitization,…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2018 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
CLCS Caribbean on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2018, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2018 convention in New York. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]
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