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Rebecca Comay replied to the topic Files and materials in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoYou will find, under “Files” (to left), an FAQ sheet which might be useful for thinking about this issue. For extensive documentation supporting these claims, please refer to the PDF “ Resolution ACBI Evidence”, also under “Files.”
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David C. Lloyd started the topic BDS Meeting at MLA 2015 in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoInvitation to BDS Working Group: first meeting at MLA 2015, Jan 9 2:30-5:00
If you would like to work actively over the next two years towards gathering support for the MLA resolution to endorse the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, please contact David Lloyd (david.lloyd@ucr.edu) or Rebecca Comay…[Read more]
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Tana Jean Welch replied to the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 201 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoALA 2015 Panel Reminder:
Quantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science and…[Read more]
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David C. Lloyd started the topic MLA and Political Interventions in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoContrary to claims made on the MLA Commons site Scholarship, Censorship, Exclusion, that “Those who would impose a sectarian political platform on the MLA will harm it and weaken its ability to act on behalf of the profession”, the MLA already has a long-standing and honorable record of speaking out on political issues and passing resolutions a…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis replied to the topic Files and materials in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoHere are a few key resolutions passed in the 1980s. They are indisputably engaged with national and international issues:
1981 Delegate Assembly Meeting; 1982 membership vote
Resolution 1
Be it resolved that the Modern Language Association express its outrage and sorrow at the suppression of human rights in Poland, which involves the…[Read more]
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David C. Lloyd replied to the topic Resolution to Endorse the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoHi Margaret,
It is my understanding from DAOC that any pro-boycott resolution would come up against the counter-resolution that is also still on the table and would be subjected by the DA to the same process, as explained in our opening remarks on this forum. That may be frustrating to many of us, but hopefully in the course of debate over the…[Read more]
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Rebecca Comay started the topic Files and materials in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoHere’s hoping this will start a good discussion of this important issue. I’d like to urge you all to read the PDF “ Resolution ACBI Evidence” which was prepared to accompany the proposed boycott resolution (see under “Files” on the left side of this page). It provides documentation about the situation of the Palestinian universitie…[Read more]
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Margaret Hanzimanolis replied to the topic Resolution to Endorse the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions in the forum
MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoI am assuming that the agreement that this group made with the DAOC does not bind “other” groups or individuals from advancing a resolution similar to this one. How can the DA say that it will not entertain any resolutions before 2017 based on this agreement with a small group? Is that sort of pre-emptive maneuver not a violation of democratic…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA 2015: Special Screening of In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) in the forum
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an enti…[Read more]
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James E. Dobson started the topic ANN: 2015 Futures of American Studies Institute: Questions Worth Asking in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDARTMOUTH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES A ONE WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE
THE FUTURES OF AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE: QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
MONDAY, JUNE 22 — SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
Director: Donald E. Pease (Dartmouth College)
Co-Directors: Colleen Boggs (Dartmouth College), Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Elizabeth Maddock Dillon (Northeastern U…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA 2015: Special Screening of In the Land of the Head Hunters (2014) in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA Vancouver, Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
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James E. Dobson started the topic ANN: 2015 Futures of American Studies Institute: Questions Worth Asking in the forum
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDARTMOUTH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES A ONE WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE
THE FUTURES OF AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE: QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
MONDAY, JUNE 22 — SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015Director: Donald E. Pease (Dartmouth College)
Co-Directors: Colleen Boggs (Dartmouth College), Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Elizabeth Maddock Dillon (Northeastern U…[Read more]
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Anna Maria Nogar started the topic Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature: MLA 2015 in the forum
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months ago131. Violence on the Borders: Memory, Gender, Geography
Thursday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 122, VCC WestProgram arranged by the Division on Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
Presiding: Penelope M. Kelsey, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; Amritjit Singh, Ohio Univ., Athens
1. “New Jurisdictions of Violence and Survivance in the Native B…[Read more]
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Anna Maria Nogar started the topic Announcing New Forum: CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum in the forum
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoWe are happy to share the good news that the MLA has approved the formation of the CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum!
There will be an organizational meeting of the new CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum at the upcoming MLA convention. The meeting will take place on Thursday, January 8, 2015 from 8:45 to 10:00…[Read more]
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Tana Jean Welch started the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 201 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoQuantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
Panel for ALA 2015 (Boston, May 21-24)How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science…[Read more]
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