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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Democratic Poetics: A Comparative Study of the US and Iran in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoWalt Whitman (1819–1892), the father of American free verse, and Nima Yushij (1897–1960), the father of Persian New Poetry, each played a central role in his respective poetic tradition. Whitman’s free verse and Yushij’s New Poetry are the results of translating the discourse of democracy to a literary discourse. In this way, there are multipl…[Read more]
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Roopika Risam started the topic March News from DEFCon! in the discussion
Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) on Humanities Commons 3 years, 10 months agoPlease check out our March newsletter! If you want to join our email list, please fill out the form on our website!
We hope to see you soon at one of our upcoming events, including our DEFCon Speaker Series talks or our Virtual Annual Meeting!
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic Call for Applications: Bucknell English MA Program in the discussion
LLC Latina and Latino on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoDo you have any undergraduates who are interested in pursuing graduate studies but perhaps not ready to enter a PhD program yet?
I’m hoping that you’ll consider advising them to apply to Bucknell’s MA in English program. Admission comes with two years of tuition remission and an approximately $12,000 stipend.
The MA program features one-on-…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Roger Sedarat. Emerson in Iran: The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years agoThrough the case of Emerson’s appropriation of Persian poetry this volume provides a thought-provoking example of how the literary founding father of a nation is cosmopolitan and receptive of foreign cultures in what might seem a purely “nationalistic” agenda. It will appeal to those in the field of Persian literature, comparative liter…[Read more]
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Aldon Lynn Nielsen deposited Of Dr. Shelby Steele and Others in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 4 years agoA sharply critical response to Shelby Steele’s first book, The Content of Our Character.
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Contagio (De virus y rumores) in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years agoSpanish abstract: La película ‘Contagio’ (dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2011) pertenece al género ‘catástrofe – multiprotagonista’, aquí potenciado por varias circunstancias. La catástrofe es mundial y creíble, una epidemia de una gripe mortífera, como la Peste Negra, o como la Peste Escarlata de Jack London. Y la catástrofe se difunde por las relacione…[Read more]
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Laura Torres-Rodríguez started the topic Call for nominations for the LLC Mexican Forum Executive Committee in the discussion
LLC Mexican on MLA Commons 4 years agoThe LLC Mexican group calls for nominations (or self-nominations) to its Executive Committee. You may suggest new committee members by writing or typing in the name of an individual to be considered for appointment in the space reserved for that on the ballot of the annual MLA election or at the MLA website or by sending a letter to the MLA…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic Nominations Welcome for Executive Committee of “LLC Latina and Latino” Forum in the discussion
LLC Latina and Latino on MLA Commons 4 years agoThe MLA has just announced a new process for appointments to the executive committee which now allows us to “solicit suggestions directly from the forums’ members in the forums’ MLA Commons groups.”
The executive committee appoints one new member to the executive committee every year. We welcome recommendations of colleagues as well as sel…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Persian Huck: On the Reception of Huckleberry Finn in Iran in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years agoFirst translated into Persian in 1949, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is among the most popular works of American fiction in Iran. Although the anti-US policy of the post-1979 political system has tried to erase the manifestations of the previous period’s American influence, Iranian interest in Huckleberry Finn has been inc…[Read more]
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited همه چیز در خدمت شعر نو: خوانش نیما یوشیج از پدر شعر آزاد امریکا in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years agoنوگرایی شعری در کشورهای مختلف با پذیرش والت ویتمن، پدر شعر آزاد امریکا همراه بودهاست. روندی مشابه در شعر فارسی نیز مشاهده میشود. آشنایی فارسیزبانان با ویتمن به زمانی برمیگردد که شعر فارسی در آستانة تحول بود. نخست یوسف اعتصامالملک در سال ۱۳۰۱ بخش کوتاهی از شعر ویتمن را ترجمه و در مجلة بهار منتشر کرد. بعدها پروین اعتصامی در شعر «جولای خ…[Read more]
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Andrew Newman deposited ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’: The Great Gatsby in the 1980s in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThis essay illustrates the application of reception study, the subfield of literary history that emphasises the historical experiences of readers, to pedagogical contexts by investigating the teaching of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) in American high schools during the 1980s. Focusing on the episode in which Jay Gatsby leads Nick a…[Read more]
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Andrew Newman deposited Captivity: From Babylon to Indian Country in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoLiterary historical overview of the genre of the captivity narrative in colonial North America.
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Danica Savonick deposited The Pedagogical Legacy of bell hooks in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThis article reflects on the pedagogical legacy of bell hooks.
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Roopika Risam started the topic DEFCon 2022 Regrant Webinar Recording Available! in the discussion
Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoHosted by Roopika Risam and Keja Valens (Salem State University) and featuring DEFCon Steering Committee members Sonya Donaldson, Jamila Moore Pewu, and Toniesha Taylor, this webinar on December 13, 2021 offered an overview of the funding opportunities from DEFCon for 2022: Teaching Fellowships, Capacity Building Fellowships, and…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic (Dec. 13, 2021; 6-7:30pm) Latinx Project featuring NYU Press Books in the discussion
LLC Chicana and Chicano on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoLatinx Studies at NYU Press
Mon, December 13, 2021, from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST
On Monday, December 13, 2021, The Latinx Project is holding a feature of NYU Press books on Latinx Studies; including Jesica S. Fernández, author of Growing Up Latinx: Coming of Age in a Time of Contested Citizenship; Mary Beltran, author of the forthcoming Latino TV…[Read more]
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Roopika Risam started the topic DEFCon Funding Opportunities in 2022 in the discussion
Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) on Humanities Commons 4 years, 1 month agoWith the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DEFCon will be offering $100,000 in grants to support course and curriculum development in digital ethnic studies. An additional $75,000 will be offered to hire mentors to support grant recipients.
On December 13, 2021 at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific, Roopika Risam (Consortium Director) and…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic US Latinx Studies @ 2022 MLA Convention in the discussion
LLC Latina and Latino on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThe Latina/Latino Forum invites you to join us for the vibrant conversations about US Latinx Studies at the 2022 MLA in Washington, DC!
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Thursday, 6 January 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Session 163 Democracy and the Latinx Novel
In-Person @ Marriott Marquis – Gallaudet
Presider: Alberto Varón
Recent events have demonstrated the…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic US Latinx Studies @ 2022 MLA Convention in the discussion
LLC Latina and Latino on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoThe Latina/Latino Forum invites you to join us for the vibrant conversations about US Latinx Studies at the 2022 MLA in Washington, DC!
Thursday, 6 January 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
- Session 163 Democracy and the Latinx Novel
- In-Person @ Marriott Marquis – Gallaudet
- Presider: Alberto Varón
- Recent events have demonstrated the…
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Allison Margaret Bigelow started the topic Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies (UVA) in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoDear colleagues,
Please help us share the news with early career scholars in your networks. Maltyox chawe’/Thank you very much! — Allison. You can find the original job ad here: https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/Charlottesville-VA/Tenure-track-Assistant-Professor—Native-American-and-Indigenous-Studies_R0030413. I’ve also pasted i…[Read more]
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Rielle Navitski started the topic Latinx Media: An Open-Access Textbook in the discussion
LLC Latina and Latino on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoI’m excited to announce that a beta version of Latinx Media: An Open-Access Textbook is now available online: https://open.online.uga.edu/latinxmedia/
Edited by Leslie Marsh and myself (Rielle Navitski) with the support of the Affordable Learning Georgia initiative, the freely available textbook addresses a range of media forms (film, te…[Read more]
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