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Eleanor F. Shevlin started the topic 2016 MLA election: Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography in the discussion
Lexicography on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
I am a candidate to represent the Book History, Print Cultures, and Lexicography, and I am writing to ask you for your support and to let you know something about me and my qualifications.
An 18th-century scholar of British literature and culture, I have nonetheless worked widely in the field of book history a…[Read more]
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Myrto Drizou started the topic CFP- Volume on Edith Wharton (Critical Insights-Salem Press) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoCall for Papers
Critical Insights
Edith Wharton
Please see below the call for essays for a forthcoming volume on Edith Wharton. The volume is part of the series Critical Insights (Salem Press) and will appear in fall 2017. More information can be found here:http://www.salempress.com/critical_insights.html
Following the guidelines for the…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar started the topic Oct Meeting NYC Chapter of The Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoThe New York City Chapter
of
The Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance (SSWR)
presents:
ROYA BIGGIE
“Inter-Elemental Sympathies and
Cross-Species Compassion:
Caring for the Hybrid Body in Titus Andronicus”
ROYA BIGGIE, a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Grinnell College, is also a PhD Candidate in English at the Gradu…[Read more] -
Rebecca Kennison deposited Come Together Right Now: An Introduction to the Open Access Network in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoOfficially launched just over a year ago, the Open Access Network (OAN) offers a transformative, sustainable, and scalable model of open access (OA) publishing and preservation that encourages partnerships among scholarly societies, research libraries, and other partners (e.g., academic publishers, university presses, collaborative e-archives) who…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar started the topic Sept Meeting, NYC Chapter of Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe first meeting of the Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance will take place on Thursday, September 15, from 6:00-7:30pm in room 9207 of the CUNY Graduate Center. Francesca Canadé Sautman (French, Hunter and Graduate Center) will speak on “Offstage Direction: French Women and the Shaping of the Renaissance Theater.” Have a look at t…[Read more]
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Doug Steward deposited Anti-Oedipalizing Great Expectations: Masochism, Subjectivity, Capitalism in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDickens, in his infatuation with the orphan, anticipates Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia, which argues against interpreting everyone’s life experience in terms of the Oedipal conflict’s family drama.
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Carrie Johnston started the topic Deadline Approaching: Gender & the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
The Sept. 1 deadline for the Studies in the Novel special issue, “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupation of the American West” is approaching. Full CFP and submission guidelines below.
Call for Papers: Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West
Studies in the Novel is currently seeking submissions for a s…[Read more]
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Whitney Trettien deposited Renaissance Media syllabus (ENGL 281, Spring 2016) in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe attached syllabus was written for my undergraduate seminar “Renaissance Media” (ENGL 281) taught Spring 2016 at UNC Chapel Hill. The learning objectives for the course were as follows:
“During this course, students will:
* learn the basic history and culture of media technologies in England during the early modern period (roughly 150…[Read more] -
Alexa Huang deposited The Blotted Line | An Interview with Alexa Huang in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoAn Interview with Alexa Huang, George Washington University | The Blotted Line
“I am proud to have answered my calling to tell stories and to show others how to listen for silenced voices. Story-telling makes us human because it…[Read more]
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Alexa Huang deposited Global Shakespeare 2.0 and the Task of the Performance Archive in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoWhat are digital video’s functions? How can those functions be best facilitated in the field of Shakespeare studies when the disciplinary boundary between text and performance is blurred by virtual performative texts? This article surveys the state of global Shakespeare and analyses the implications of digital video in scholarly and pedagogic practice.
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Whitney Trettien deposited "Digital Editing and Curation" (Spring 2016) graduate seminar syllabus in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThe attached syllabus was written for my graduate seminar “Digital Editing and Curation,” taught to 8 PhD students/candidates at UNC Chapel Hill in Spring 2016. The course description is as follows:
“This course introduces students to book history and scholarly editing through the frameworks of media studies and digital humanities. In this…[Read more]
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Roberta Rosenberg started the topic CFP: Global Women's Conference: Understanding and Preventing Violence in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoChristopher Newport University
College of Arts and Humanities
Call for Papers
Global Status of Women and Girls:
“Understanding, Defining, and Preventing Violence”
March 24-26, 2017
to be held at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to foster inquiries into the complex and mul…[Read more]
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Alison Booth deposited Responsible Parties in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoFor an MLA panel, January 2016, this talk recalls the 2014 crisis at the University of Virginia about an alleged fraternity gang rape, discusses the policy on sexual assault that designates “responsible employees,” and proposes measures: change drinking laws; avoid segregating any space by identity; offer responsible parties. Humanities professors…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic CFP: The Comics of Alison Bechdel (edited collection; 12/1/16) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoThe Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In
“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of critical essays on the comics of Alison Bechdel, offering new examinations of her entire body…[Read more]
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Anna M. Klobucka started the topic Call for submissions for the Journal of Feminist Scholarship in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoThe Journal of Feminist Scholarship is a twice-yearly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published online and aimed at promoting feminist scholarship across the disciplines, as well as expanding the reach and definitions of feminist research. The journal can be found at http://www.jfsonline.org/.
The editors of JFS invite submissions on a…[Read more]
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Sarah Werner deposited Looking for a radically open digital landscape in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoThe digital landscape has the potential to open up rare books and manuscript libraries. If they used to be places where selected people were invited in to witness the display of special items, and those with sufficient expertise were allowed to use items under careful supervision, they now can become radically more open. More institutions are…[Read more]
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Aurora Peraza-Rugeley deposited Zoé Jiménez Corretjer. Las Camelias de Amelia. Scott Depot, WV: Obsidiana Press. 2009. 207 pp. ISBN: 9781935400158 in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoLa Camelias de Amelia (written in Spanish) is a 2009 collection of short stories about Puerto Rico and its people. Its author, Zoé Jiménez Corretjer, forms part of the Puerto Rican writers called ‘La Generación de los 80’ (authors writing in Spanish from the island and not in English from US territory.)
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Jonathan Senchyne deposited “Between Knowledge and Metaknowledge: Shifting Disciplinary Borders in Digital Humanities and Library and Information Studies” in the group
TM Libraries and Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoThe emergence of the digital humanities in specialized disciplines and librarianship alike necessitates a recalibration of the balance of knowledge and what Julia Flanders calls “metaknowledge.” DH in the disciplines has brought discussion of metaknowledge – data structures, archival and editorial standards, digital curation and representation -…[Read more]
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Jonathan Senchyne deposited “Between Knowledge and Metaknowledge: Shifting Disciplinary Borders in Digital Humanities and Library and Information Studies” in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoThe emergence of the digital humanities in specialized disciplines and librarianship alike necessitates a recalibration of the balance of knowledge and what Julia Flanders calls “metaknowledge.” DH in the disciplines has brought discussion of metaknowledge – data structures, archival and editorial standards, digital curation and representation -…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar uploaded the file: Call for proposals, for a new series from Medieval Institute Publications to
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 8 months agoLate Tudor and Stuart Drama:
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