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Laura E. Savu started the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. The essays need to focus on the discourses and practices of the good life, understood in all of its dimensions—material, psychological, ethical, spiritual, etc. –and appro…[Read more]
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John Harlan Underhill replied to the topic Sci. and Lit. (Shakespeare) Film Project looking for comments in the forum
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoI personally love the idea of Shakespeare and Galileo. Your intuition seems exactly right to see a parallel in the cultural (mental) achievement of the two. For both, the essence was personal observation rather than illustration of pious dogma, such as we think of when we think of medieval thought. But Shakespeare confined himself to the s…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic Sci. and Lit. (Shakespeare) Film Project looking for comments in the forum
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHello, Everybody Shakespearean,
A group of us have been thinking and rethinking a documentary film project that would show the value of crossing the line between science and the arts.
At first we were going to make it a conversation between Galileo and Shakespeare–roughly contemporaries.
But granting agencies didn’t like the fictional…[Read more] -
Suha Kudsieh started the topic Endorsing the new MLA forum on Global Arab and Arab American (deadline: June 14) in the forum
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear colleagues,
I wonder if those of you who are interested in Arab American literature and culture can take a couple of minutes of your time to endorse the new MLA forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature and Culture. All you have to do is follow the four steps I listed below.
You don’t need to be working on Global Arab or Arab…[Read more]
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Paul Y. Lai replied to the topic Wikipedia edit-a-thon? in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoHey, so this is happening through the Smithsonian this year!
http://smithsonianapa.org/wiki/
We’re thrilled to invite you to Wikipedia APA, an editing event for improving and increasing the presence of cultural, historic, and artistic information on Wikipedia pertaining to Asian Pacific American (APA) experiences.
The first Wikipedia ed…[Read more]
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Timothy Yu replied to the topic Call for Papers in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe following special session CFP may be of interest to Asian American Literature Division members. Please note that this is not a guaranteed session.
Crossing Borders in Asian North American Literature
Intersections between Asian American and Asian Canadian literature: cross-border influence and exchange, transnational/global frameworks, theory…[Read more]
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Paul Y. Lai replied to the topic Call for Papers in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoHere are the Asian American Literature Division’s call for papers for MLA 2015 in Vancouver!
Asian Americans and the Vietnam War
2015 marks 40 years since the “fall of Saigon.” Papers exploring literary perspectives on Asian Americans and the war by American authors. 500-words abstracts, 1-pg CV by 15 March 2014; Crystal Parikh (cr…[Read more] -
Paul Y. Lai started the topic Call for Papers in the forum
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoPlease share call for papers for conference, edited collections, and books here!
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Robin E. Visel started the topic CFP: Special Issue of Doris Lessing Studies in the forum
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months ago<i>Doris Lessing Studies</i> seeks submissions for a special issue, “Émigrés and Exiles: Doris Lessing in Postwar London.” We invite papers about Lessing’s life and work in the 1950s, when she joined an influx of immigrants to London. Comparative studies welcomed.
Please send 10-to-15-page MLA-style papers to the issue’s co-editors Robin Visel ([Read more] -
Steve Rowland started the topic Call for participants: Survey for development of Shakespeare Central in the forum
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear Wonderful Teachers of Shakespeare,
CultureWorks Productions, in partnership with Shakespeare’s Globe (London), is developing an exciting new service called<b> Shakespeare Central</b>, an easily accessible database of all kinds of Shakespeare media.
<b>Shakespeare Central</b> will be the hub for a vast collection of Shakespeare inf…[Read more]
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Janelle A. Jenstad replied to the topic Globe to Globe Shakespeare in the forum
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoSteve: I’m the Assistant Coordinating Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions (internetshakespeare.uvic.ca). If you are willing to share your work in our open-access environment (used by students and scholars in 149+ countries), we’d love to host your stories and interview excerpts. Would you be in touch at your convenience?
Janelle Jenstad…[Read more]
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