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Molly Des Jardin deposited Teaching “East Asian DH” in the group
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoThis presentation explains my undergrad/grad seminar “East Asian DH” (EALC111/511) at University of Pennsylvania in Spring 2018. I focus on the survey format of the seminar, as dictated by the challenge of trying to reach students working on many aspects of the un-discipline of East Asian studies, which encompasses a large region, at least three…[Read more]
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Kenton Rambsy deposited African American Short Fiction & Data Driven Humanities in the group
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoDatasets, that is, digital collections of related information, and data visualizations are really crucial ways for understanding the circulation of African American short stories and black literature in general. Calculating the number of unique stories and the many reprints allow us to survey how editors collectively shaped canonical histories.…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon deposited MLA Commons and Humanities Commons Workshop (MLA 2019) in the group
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoBuild Your Online Presence, Share Your Scholarship, and Collaborate on MLA Commons and Humanities Commons, session 140
This workshop introduces the features of MLA Commons and Humanities Commons, highlighting a number of cases that demonstrate how people are using the platform to get feedback on work in progress, develop a professional online…[Read more]
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Molly Des Jardin replied to the topic Recommendations for food and drinks in Chicago in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoThis morning I checked out the Prudential location of Wildberry. It has a vegan hash among other many tasty items, is open at 6:30 and a five-minute walk from the Hyatt. Highly recommended but go early!
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Anne Donlon started the topic Recommendations for food and drinks in Chicago in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoIf you’re from Chicago, if you’ve visited before, or if you discover good food options during your time at the convention, share them here!
The Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession did an accessibility survey of restaurants.
I have not spent a ton of time in Chicago, but I did gather some recommendations from friends when I was here…[Read more]
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Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson started the topic PANEL: 040 Echoes of Sepharad, Thurs, January 3 at 1:45 pm, Sheraton Grand Huron in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years ago040 Echoes of Sepharad Across the Humanities:
Strategies for Teaching Sephardic Content
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Sheraton Grand – Huron
Session Information:
Scholars from different disciplines with an interest in Sephardic literature and culture present strategies for including Sephardic content in…[Read more]
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Amanda Henrichs deposited Beyond Recovery: Computational Work and Archival Absence in the group
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoShort paper presented for session 417 on Critical Computation.
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Chat with an Editor: Slots still available! in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoHeading to MLA in Chicago? Looking for mentoring in writing for and publishing in peer-reviewed journals in your specialization? It’s not too late to sign up for Chat with an Editor! Sessions with experienced editors from MELUS, English Literary Renaissance, Legacy, Papers on Language and Literature and more still available for Friday and S…[Read more]
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Elvira L. Vilches started the topic Panels and Happy Hour for Colonial Latin American Literatures/ MLA 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoDear Members,
Here is the list of activities sponsored by the Colonial Latin American forum, MLA 2019.
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Thursday Jan 3rd
54. And What does Colonial Mean?
1:45-3:00 pm, Erie, Sheraton Grand
Presiding Mónica Díaz, U of Kentucky
Speakers: Ivonne del Valle, UC Berkley; Kathleen Myers, Indiana U, Bl…[Read more]
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Sara Brenneis started the topic MLA RT#233 "Spain, WWII & the Holocaust: History, Literature & Memory" in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month ago233: Spain, World War II, and the Holocaust: History, Literature, Memory 10:15 AM–11:30 AM Friday, Jan 4, 2019 Sheraton Grand – Superior B
Join us for a pair of roundtable discussions at the MLA and AHA meetings in Chicago on Spain, World War II and the Holocaust. Panelists examine how the history, literature, and memory of World War II and the…[Read more]
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Dene M. Grigar started the topic Readings & Performances at M LA 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoNatural Language: Readings and PerformancesJanuary 4, 2019 @ School of the Art Institute of ChicagoReception at 6:30,; Readings at 7:30
In conjunction with the 2019 MLA conference, the Electronic Literature Organization and the Art & Technology Studies (ATS) department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) will host an evening of…[Read more] -
Anne Donlon started the topic AHA-MLA THATCamp, January 2nd in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoWill you be in Chicago on January 2nd? Join the AHA-MLA THATCamp at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois, Chicago. We’ll be taking advantage of the fact that AHA and MLA are meeting in Chicago at the same time to have some interdisciplinary exchanges about digital tools and methods.
Please register by December 17th. And you…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Chat with an Editor: Professional Development Opportunity from CELJ in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoThe Chat with an Editor event takes place at the MLA each year. This professional development opportunity, sponsored by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, gives advanced doctoral candidates, postdocs, and new faculty the opportunity to meet one-on-one with editors from some of the top journals in the discipline, including Modernism/modern…[Read more]
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Jamil Mustafa replied to the topic CFP: Gothic Terror, Gothic Horror, Lewis University, July 30-August 2, 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoA chance to revisit Chicago when the weather is much improved!
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Jamil Mustafa started the topic CFP: Gothic Terror, Gothic Horror, Lewis University, July 30-August 2, 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoGothic Terror, Gothic Horror: 15th Conference of the International Gothic Association
July 30 – August 2, 2019, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
Gothic writers from Ann Radcliffe to Stephen King have differentiated terror and horror: the former is intellectual, imminent, and escapable; the latter, visceral, immediate, and unavoidable. Te…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin started the topic Call for Papers | Women & Language in the discussion
CLCS Arthurian on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers | Women & Language
Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University
Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be empirical,…[Read more]
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Susan M. Nakley deposited “Rowned She a Pistel”: National Institutions and Identities According to Chaucer’s Wife of Bath in the group
CLCS Arthurian on MLA Commons 7 years, 3 months agoThis article analyzes the politics of anachronism in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale. It argues that the Wife of Bath counters the Man of Law’s descending model of sovereignty and regulation of feminine agency with a powerful heroine who wields ascending sovereignty. The Old Wife lives in her Arthurian present and its English future simul…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin replied to the topic Executive Committee in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoHere is a statement from Jenny Wollock, who is up for election to the CLCS Arthurian Forum Executive Committee.
Dear Colleagues,
I am honored to be invited to stand as a candidate for election to the
Executive Committee of the CLCS Arthurian Literature Forum.Arthurians of our generation are fortunate in their field of study. We…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin replied to the topic Teaching Arthur in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThere were some great videos, quests for the holy grail of coffee during finals week, some Lancelot getting busted texting Guinevere, one Meleagant on trial, etc. I continue to tweak how I explain the goals of the assignment for the students, and am hoping to see results in May.
I love that you have students doing a creative assignment. I look…[Read more]
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