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Ramzi Salti deposited Vivian and Her Son in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis short story, written by Dr. Ramzi Salti, was published as part of his book titled “The Native Informant and Other Stories: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World”. It has been turned into a short film titled “The 40th Day’–available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fspvJSiSQkc. Complete E-Book now available on Google Play and Kindle.
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Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón deposited Civil Wars: Escalation and De-Escalation in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoWhen we study civil wars and conflicts we tend to conceptualise them as occurring in stages: starting from domestic political disagreements, to demon-strations and protests escalating into violence and war. How armed conflicts end is often seen as the reverse process, moving from high intensity armed interaction, to a drawing down, war weariness,…[Read more]
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Mimi Winick deposited Abstracts for panel, “Anthropology and Speculative Fiction,” MLA 2024 in the group
TC Anthropology and Literature on MLA Commons 2 years ago“Anthropologists, Aliens, and Indigenous Futurism: Writing against Culture in Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning” Eric Aronoff, Michigan State U
“Alberto Vanasco: An Alien Ethnography of Argentina,” Caleb Delorme, Rutgers U, New Brunswick
“H. G. Wells’s Fetishism ” Jayne Hildebrand, Barnard C
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Michail St. Fountoulakis (Μιχαήλ Φουντουλάκης) deposited Unlocking the Potential of Language Learners: Effective Strategies for Lifelong Achievement and Personal Development in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis study presents innovative strategies for EFL educators aimed at cultivating resilience and growth mindsets in learners. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, we engaged 200 learners aged 11-20 from varied linguistic backgrounds. The methodology comprised surveys and interviews, enabling customized interventions that significantly improved…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Garçonne, but Make Her Flapper. Using American Femininity Models to Re-Fashion the Romanian ‘Modern Girl’ in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThis chapter examines the reception of the American ‘flapper’ model and how it was interpreted and translated into the interwar Romanian fashion and beauty discourse, into the 1920s model termed as the ‘modern girl’, as opposed to the ‘new woman’ of the 1930s. It follows the evolution of 1920s styles, including Jazz and Hollywood cultures, J…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Creative Negotiations. Romania – America 1920-1940 in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThroughout the interwar period, America’s interest in Romania grew and encompassed not only political, diplomatic, and historical aspects but also financial, cultural, and educational contributions. Thus, the Romanian- American ties throughout the interwar period suggest innate complexity and dynamism. This volume presents novel techniques and i…[Read more]
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Sonia D. Andras deposited Creative Negotiations. Romania – America 1920-1940 in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThroughout the interwar period, America’s interest in Romania grew and encompassed not only political, diplomatic, and historical aspects but also financial, cultural, and educational contributions. Thus, the Romanian- American ties throughout the interwar period suggest innate complexity and dynamism. This volume presents novel techniques and i…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited social perception-social consciousness: J Bargh: “ingrained, implicit knowledge about appropriate values and behavior” = automated social perception + Historical w/ community in Christianity & Judaism, Celtic Anum Cara, Filipino kapwa-loob, Dharma, in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoIn each of these [identities-roles] there is stored implicit and ingrained knowledge about appropriate values and behaviors, likes and dislikes, ways of being.
A. Three main forms of automatic self-regulation are identified: an automatic effect of perception on action, the automatic pursuit of a goal and a continuous automatic evaluation of one’s…[Read more] -
Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception (translated into Persian by Mostafa Hosseini) in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoویتمن ایرانی: فراتر از پذیرش ادبی ــ که به پذیرش والت ویتمن، شاعر نامدار آمریکایی، در یک دورۀ تقریباً صد ساله در ایران معاصر میپردازد ــ دارای نُه فصل، مقدمه، مؤخره و ضمیمه است. کتابِ حاضر تحقیقی بینارشتهای است: از سویی ادبیات تطبیقی (پذیرش ادبی، تأثیرپژوهی و تصویرشناسی) و نقد ادبی (تاریخگرایی نو)، و از سوی دیگر مطالعات ترجمه (ترجمه و ای…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception (translated into Persian by Mostafa Hosseini) in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoویتمن ایرانی: فراتر از پذیرش ادبی ــ که به پذیرش والت ویتمن، شاعر نامدار آمریکایی، در یک دورۀ تقریباً صد ساله در ایران معاصر میپردازد ــ دارای نُه فصل، مقدمه، مؤخره و ضمیمه است. کتابِ حاضر تحقیقی بینارشتهای است: از سویی ادبیات تطبیقی (پذیرش ادبی، تأثیرپژوهی و تصویرشناسی) و نقد ادبی (تاریخگرایی نو)، و از سوی دیگر مطالعات ترجمه (ترجمه و ای…[Read more]
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Alenda Chang started the topic MS Screen Arts and Culture sessions at MLA 2024 in the discussion
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 2 years agoHi everyone! As this year’s forum executive committee chair for MS Screen Arts and Culture, I just wanted to alert everyone to the sessions that our forum has organized/sponsored. Thanks to our committee members for their hard work.
Organized by yours truly, tomorrow (THU) at 3:30PM we kick off with #92 “The Micropolitics of Environmental Media”…[Read more]
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Raj Chetty started the topic CLCS Caribbean Forum panel at MLA 2024 (in-person, Philadelphia) in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 2 years agoHey all!
Please join us for this year’s Caribbean forum in-person panel, “Evolutions in Caribbean State Formation” (326), which has been selected by Frieda Ekotto, MLA President, to be included in this year’s Presidential Theme, “Celebration: Joy and Sorrow.”
- Friday, 5 January 2024
- 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
- Loews – Congress B (4th Floor)
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Experimental Films in the discussion
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoLa Oreja (y la cámara) https://personal.unizar.es/garciala/publicaciones/laoreja.pdf
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Edgar Cayce “Sleeping Prophet” 1877 – 1945 – Famous Documented Psychic – Spiritual Healer – Thinker “The spirit is life. The mind is the builder. The physical is the result.” – “Spirituality is a natural human predisposition. K Adams & Brendan Hyde & in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoThe Dietrich Child Perhaps the most incredible case Edgar Cayce ever encountered was the case of the Dietrich child. In fact, because newspapers did publish the remarkable story of the Dietrich child, Edgar Cayce immediately became a sensation. In 1902, Cayce had just begun to gain a reputation as a healer. Aimee Dietrich was a six-year-old child…[Read more]
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Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call For Book Chapters: Beyond Networks of Domination: Rethinking Machinic Media in the discussion
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years agoCall For Book Chapters: Beyond Networks of Domination: Rethinking Machinic Media, Digitality & Cinema of our Times
Editors: Ananya Roy Pratihar(IMIS,Bhubaneswar), Saswat Samay Das (IIT, Kharagpur) & Shashibhushan Nayak(GP Nayagarh)
The biopolitical schemas for restructuring machinic networks of Media, Digital, and cinema do not stand as…[Read more]
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Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call For Book Chapters: Beyond Networks of Domination: Rethinking Machinic Media in the discussion
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 2 years agoCall For Book Chapters: Beyond Networks of Domination: Rethinking Machinic Media, Digitality & Cinema of our Times
Editors: Ananya Roy Pratihar(IMIS,Bhubaneswar), Saswat Samay Das (IIT, Kharagpur) & Shashibhushan Nayak(GP Nayagarh)
The biopolitical schemas for restructuring machinic networks of Media, Digital, and cinema do not stand as…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Batalla del embalse de Chosin: El patriotismo como refutación de la máxima de la ideología materialista “No hay psicología de grupos”, Psicología Social Allport 1927 y la conciencia social histórica: Dharma (hindú), confucianismo, valores filipinos kapwa- in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years ago¿Por qué es importante la conciencia social? Recientemente, desde aproximadamente el año 2000, han surgido una serie de comportamientos antisociales importantes.
1. Ha habido 396 tiroteos en escuelas en Estados Unidos.
2. CDC: Las tasas de suicidio aumentaron aproximadamente un 36 % entre 2000 y 2021.
3. Máximo histórico de tiroteos masi…[Read more] -
Eva Cherniavsky started the topic Updates from the Forum Executive Committee 12/28/23 in the discussion
TC Marxism, Literature, and Society on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear Members of the TC Marxism, Literature and Society Forum,
I am writing on behalf of the Executive Committee of our forum with some information, and a call for self-nominations to serve on the Executive Committee and for your ideas for sessions that we can organize for the 2025 and 2026 MLA Conventions. I also wanted to inform you of a…[Read more]
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SBussey started the topic Philadelphia plans in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoLooking forward to seeing some of you in Phily! TC Aging Studies has two panels: Thursday, 3:30 (Marriott 308) and Saturday 10:15 (Marriott Franklin-8). We are also planning an informal gathering on Saturday at 9:30, at the Exhibit Hall coffee area. I hope you will come by and introduce yourself to me and next year’s Forum president, Shawn Maurer.…[Read more]
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Preetha Mani deposited The Literary Management of Multilingualism in Postcolonial India in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis chapter explores a tension in postcolonial Indian literature between the monolingual form of the nation and the multilingual tendencies of the linguistic regions through a comparison between the Sahitya Akademi’s (India’s national academy of letters) activities and Tamil putukkavitai (new poetry) writing. By promoting translation and con…[Read more]
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