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Matthew Thomas Miller started the topic Best Bibliographies on Cognitive Approaches to Literature in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoCan anyone recommend any good, comprehensive bibliographies on cognitive approaches to literature? I am in particular looking for studies that use cognitive linguistics in their analysis of poetry, but any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Matthew Miller
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Anna Faktorovich started the topic Free E-Review Copy of "Romances of George Sand" in the forum
Nineteenth-Century French Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoI hope you will be interested in reading my novel, “The Romances of George Sand,” which is forthcoming 9/12/2014. I believe this is a great book, and I would also like to see reviews on it up on Goodreads, LibraryThing, Amazon, etc. before the release date. If you are curious about this book, I’d be delighted to offer a free electronic copy in ex…[Read more]
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Christopher Looby started the topic Research Study on LGBTQ Faculty in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoMESSAGE FROM PROF. SEAN ROBINSON RE: STUDY ON THE EXPERIENCES OF LGBTQ FACULTY
Inside the Lavender Tower: Stories of LGBTQ Faculty
Call for LGBTQ Faculty ParticipantsDear Faculty Colleagues,
I am conducting an international, qualitative study on the experiences of LGBTQ faculty. The purpose of my research is to capture the stories and…[Read more]
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Jason A. Baumann started the topic NYPL Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoThe New York Public Library
LGBT Visiting Scholars Program
Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars
http://www.nypl.org/node/113221
Each year, The New York Public Library provides stipends for up to two Martin Duberman Visiting Scholars. The stipends support travel to New York City and related expenses to do research in the Library’s premier LGBT (…[Read more]
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Christopher Looby started the topic CFP: Sexualities, Legislation, and Memory in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoSponsored by both the Division on Postcolonial Studies and the Discussion Group on Law as Literature.
Sexualities, Legislation, and Memory
How are global victories and legal challenges to LGBT rights shaping autobiography, film, relationships with nations of origin, political engagement? 300 word abstracts by 14 March 2014 (deadline may be…[Read more] -
Christopher Looby started the topic 2015 Divisional CFPs in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago<p class=”MsoNormal”>QUEER ARCHIVES.
Remembering, forgetting; loss, abandonment, preservation, invention; foundations, authorities; remainders, survivals, salvages; epistemic arrangements, derangements, reorderings; material and immaterial archives; future archives; archive fever; presence, place, trace. 250-word abstracts, 1-page CV by 15 March…[Read more] -
Julien Jacques Simon posted an update in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCall for Papers — MLA 2015, Vancouver
Division on Cognitive Approaches to Literature (Guaranteed sessions)
Experiments, Cross-disciplinary Research, and Scientific Engagements
A panel devoted to experiment and collaboration between literary scholars and cognitive scientists. How do science experiments illuminate literary or aesthetic experience?…[Read more] -
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great stuff! are you publishing this somewhere?
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Hello, the paper is by Thom Bryce (@tbryce); I merely posted it on his behalf. Please do get in touch with him on the Commons! Apologies for the confusion.
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thanks, Katina! will do!
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I’m struck by the juxtaposition here of Thom Bryce’s paper on grindr and Cheryl Higashida’s earlier cfp for the special issue on ‘Sexing the Left’. Arguably, the former demonstrates the timeliness, and urgency, of the latter.
Thom’s conclusion – that, despite some reservations, a commercial, profit-driven form of new communication such as grind…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: Load More Guys: Queered Space and the Politics of Grindr to
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago[Originally uploaded by Thom Bryce on 10 January 2014.] A script from the roundtable discussion at the MLA on \”Digital Queers\”
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Hans Adler replied to the topic New Franz Kafka play in progress in the forum
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoHello, I’d appreciate if you could send me your play to the following email address: hadler@wisc.edu. I might consider to use it for my annual Kafka lecture here at the UW Madison.
Thanks in advance and congratulations to your achievement!
Sincerely,
Hans Adler
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New Franz Kafka play in progress in the forum
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoGood afternoon, Kafka fans,
The play is finished! Anybody wish to read it? I would love comments.
This is a surreal play about the Franz Kafka few people know.
Intriguing?Just ask with a valid email address and I will sennd the play on to you.
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Cheryl A. Higashida started the topic CFP: Sexing the Left/ English Language Notes in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 12 years ago“Sexing the Left” <i>English Language Notes</i> 53.2 (Spring/Summer 2015)
Sex is everywhere – even on the left. Then why have many of us been so heedless of its presence there, or so reluctant to acknowledge it? Even in scholarship where the left is at its most sexual, and sex is at its most left, there are unexplored avenues, missed encount…[Read more]
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Laurence D. Roth posted an update in the group
LLC Jewish American on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoDear Members,
As we approach the upcoming convention, I want to urge all of you who’ll be in Chicago to attend our discussion group’s panel, “Jewish American or Jewish Americas?,” which will run on Sunday, January 12 at 12:00 noon at the Marriott in the Great America room (yes, oddly appropriate isn’t it).
To whet your appetite for our four…[Read more]
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Heather Love posted an update in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoCourtesy of Lawrence M. LaFountain-Stokes, I would like to announce the winners of this year’s GL/Q Caucus prize winners. They will be honored at the MLA Cash Bar (Thursday, Jan 9, 8:45-10 pm, Chicago VIII, Sheraton).
GL/Q Caucus for the Modern Languages
Prize Winners for 2013 CompetitionCrompton-Noll Prize for Best LGBTQ Studies Article: José…[Read more]
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Phillip Lundberg uploaded the file: Josephine the Songstress to
Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoKafka’s last word – the spiritual underpinnings of Kafka’s life work is apparent in his last alter-ego – Josephine – the mouse that roars to those who have ears…-? More info at the Kafka group or on my website.
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Good afternoon, Kafka fans,
RE: Gregor’s Hard Hat, a one-act play by Gloria Ptacek McMillanThe play is finished! Anybody wish to read it? I would love comments.
This is a surreal play about the Franz Kafka few people know.
Intriguing?Just ask with a valid email address and I will sennd the play on to you.
Thanks,
Gloria
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Heather Love posted an update in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoAt MLA2014 in Chicago, please join us for these sessions sponsored or co-sponsored by the Division on Gay Studies in Language and Literature
Thursday, 9 January
140. Queer Modern Philologies
5:15–6:30 p.m. Lincolnshire, Chicago Marriott
Presiding: Ashley Shelden, Kennesaw State Univ.
1. “The Sexual World System,” Benjamin Kahan, L…[Read more]
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Please also join the GL/Q Caucus for its joint cash bar (with prize award ceremony) and sponsored session:
Thursday, January 9. Cash Bar: Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages, together with the Ages Studies Discussion Group, Feministas Unidas, GL/Q Caucus, Women in French, and Women in German. 8:45 – 10:00 p.m., Chicago VIII,…[Read more]
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The link for Twitter is: https://twitter.com/GLQMLA
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Phillip Lundberg uploaded the file: Josephine the Songstress to
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoFranz Kafka’s Last Word – a musical homage. More info in the Kafka Group.
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Julien Jacques Simon posted an update in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoOTHER COGNITIVE PANELS at 2014 MLA
51. Literature and Affordances: Rhetoric, Perception, Design
Thursday, 9 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Chicago F, Chicago Marriott
A special session
Presiding: Julian D. Yates, Univ. of Delaware, Newark
1. “Furnitura: Disclosing Shakespearean Affordances,” Julia Reinhard Lupton, Univ. of California, Irvine
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Julien Jacques Simon posted an update in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoPANELS at 2014 MLA
22. Cognitive Approaches to Film
Thursday, 9 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Chicago X, Sheraton Chicago
Program arranged by the Division on Cognitive Approaches to Literature
Presiding: Julien Jacques Simon, Indiana Univ. East
1. “Seeing Is Not Believing: How Cognitive Science Can Redeem Popular Film,” Jennifer M. William, P…[Read more] - Load More
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