The Literacy Studies Forum Executive Committee members will be putting together a call for papers for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia over the course of the next couple of weeks. Please use this discussion thread to suggest any ideas you have framing the CFP (keeping in mind that we only have 35 words).

Thank you to all of our MLA 2016 panelists for two excellent RCWS Literacy Studies Sessions. I hope that we can build a repository of materials from this year’s (and future) panels so that we can continue and extend conversations beyond the conference itself.

There are two ways to upload materials to the forum and two places for forum members to…[Read more]

Congratulations to Peggy Otto on her election to the RCWS Literacy Studies Executive Committee! We welcome your participation in planning for the next several MLA Literacy Studies sponsored sessions and in building an active literacy studies online exchange in the MLA forum over the next several years.

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I’d like to invite any members of this forum 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’s free, promises to be unabashedly nerdy, but should be fun too! A cash bar and prizes will be available.

Space is limited, so please reserve y…[Read more]

I’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]

I’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]

I’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]

I’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]

I’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]

I’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  [Read more]

I’d like to invite members of the group attending this year’s convention to the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz, which takes place on Thursday night at the JW. It promises to be extra nerdy, but in a good way. A cash bar and prizes will be available!

Sign up to reserve your s…[Read more]

I’d like to invite members of the group to the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz at this year’s convention in Austin. It promises to be extra nerdy, but in a good way. A cash bar and prizes will be available!

Sign up to reserve your spot: https://thewire.mla.hcommons-staging.org/2015/12/register-for-the-pub-quiz-at-the-convention/

Hope to…[Read more]

I’d like to invite members of the group to the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz at this year’s convention in Austin. It promises to be extra nerdy, but in a good way. Sign up to reserve your spot: https://thewire.mla.hcommons-staging.org/2015/12/register-for-the-pub-quiz-at-the-convention/

Hope to see you there!

Nicky

Dear All,

Happy (almost) end of semester, and happy holidays! I wanted to alert you to the research papers, book chapters, annotated bibliographies, and pedagogical materials that have been shared with this forum by MLA members using CORE. (They are denoted by the “Deposits” menu item to the left of the group’s page.) I encourage you to read you…[Read more]