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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited “The Sense of That Crush I feel at Certain Times, Even Now”: Jacob Stroyer and the Defense of Fort Sumter in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months agoIn the summer of 1864, fourteen-year-old Jacob Stroyer was sent to work in Fort Sumter. He did not go willingly. Stroyer was a slave owned by the wealthy Mrs. Matthew R. Singleton and was sent from the large Kensington plantation outside Columbia, SC to labor for the Confederate cause. The Confederate Corps of Engineers called upon slave owners to…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate's profile was updated on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months ago
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Katina Rogers started the topic CFP: Community College and the Future of the Humanities (NYC), due March 31 in the discussion
The Two-Year College via email on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months agoCall for Papers for:
“Community College and the Future of the Humanities”*#humsCC*
A National Conference Convened by LaGuardia Community College and the
Graduate Center, City University of New YorkOctober 18 and 19, 2018
Community colleges are redefining the importance and centrality of the
humanities to the lives of the “new majority” of…[Read more] -
Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited “The Sense of That Crush I feel at Certain Times, Even Now”: Jacob Stroyer and the Defense of Fort Sumter on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months ago
In the summer of 1864, fourteen-year-old Jacob Stroyer was sent to work in Fort Sumter. He did not go willingly. Stroyer was a slave owned by the wealthy Mrs. Matthew R. Singleton and was sent from the large Kensington plantation outside Columbia, SC to labor for the Confederate cause. The Confederate Corps of Engineers called upon slave owners to…[Read more]
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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited John Boyle O’Reilly and Moondyne (1878) in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months agoArrested for treason against the British Crown and deported to the penal colonies of Australia, the Irish revolutionary John Boyle O’Reilly managed to escape to the United States and within a few years became one of Boston’s most prominent political and literary figures, one of the best known Irish immigrants in the United States and one of the…[Read more]
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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited A Corrupt Medium: Stephen Burroughs and the Bridgehampton, New York, Library in the group
GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months agoIn his eighteenth-century Memoirs, criminal Stephen Burroughs tells of his campaign to establish a library in Bridgehampton, New York. When the town elders discover the plan, they insist upon reviewing Burroughs’s choices. Undercurrents of other debates spill over into what would otherwise merely be some quibbling over book selections. In a series…[Read more]
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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited John Boyle O’Reilly and Moondyne (1878) on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months ago
Arrested for treason against the British Crown and deported to the penal colonies of Australia, the Irish revolutionary John Boyle O’Reilly managed to escape to the United States and within a few years became one of Boston’s most prominent political and literary figures, one of the best known Irish immigrants in the United States and one of the…[Read more]
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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited A Corrupt Medium: Stephen Burroughs and the Bridgehampton, New York, Library on MLA Commons 7 years, 12 months ago
In his eighteenth-century Memoirs, criminal Stephen Burroughs tells of his campaign to establish a library in Bridgehampton, New York. When the town elders discover the plan, they insist upon reviewing Burroughs’s choices. Undercurrents of other debates spill over into what would otherwise merely be some quibbling over book selections. In a series…[Read more]
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Ryan Williams's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 12 months ago
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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited Jackson Unchained: Reclaiming a Fugitive Landscape on MLA Commons 8 years ago
Slaves were allowed three day’s holiday at Christmas time, and so it was over Christmas that John Andrew Jackson decided to escape.
The first day I devoted to bidding a sad, though silent farewell to my people; for I did not even dare to tell my father or mother that I was going, lest for joy they should tell some one else. Early next…[Read more]
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Susanna Margaret Ashton deposited Playing Hell in Charleston. Daniel Payne, Clementa Pinckney and the Struggle Against White Supremacy on MLA Commons 8 years ago
The men and women massacred while studying the Bible the other night in the Emanuel A. M. E. Church were, in their own way, raising hell. That phrase might seem ill conceived or even disrespectful but it can be invoked here to honor their courage and the A. M. E Church’s long tradition of challenging white supremacy. Their private prayer this w…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers deposited Going Public: How and Why to Develop a Digital Scholarly Identity in the group
Digital Pedagogy on MLA Commons 8 years agoEstablishing a meaningful digital identity is essential to managing one’s scholarly and professional reputation. This workshop addresses ways to cultivate an online identity and offers guidance on “going public” using tools and strategies for building a community around your work. Topics include social media, writing for different audiences, perso…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers deposited Going Public: How and Why to Develop a Digital Scholarly Identity in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years agoEstablishing a meaningful digital identity is essential to managing one’s scholarly and professional reputation. This workshop addresses ways to cultivate an online identity and offers guidance on “going public” using tools and strategies for building a community around your work. Topics include social media, writing for different audiences, perso…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers deposited Going Public: How and Why to Develop a Digital Scholarly Identity in the group
Connected Academics on MLA Commons 8 years agoEstablishing a meaningful digital identity is essential to managing one’s scholarly and professional reputation. This workshop addresses ways to cultivate an online identity and offers guidance on “going public” using tools and strategies for building a community around your work. Topics include social media, writing for different audiences, perso…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers deposited Going Public: How and Why to Develop a Digital Scholarly Identity in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years agoEstablishing a meaningful digital identity is essential to managing one’s scholarly and professional reputation. This workshop addresses ways to cultivate an online identity and offers guidance on “going public” using tools and strategies for building a community around your work. Topics include social media, writing for different audiences, perso…[Read more]
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