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Rebecca Jane Stanton posted an update in the group
LLC Russian and Eurasian on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDear all,
Please note the following Slavic-related CFPs for the MLA 2015 conference!
The Cold War and Experimental Fiction
Panel proposed by the Slavic and East European Literatures Division
In what ways did the Cold War generate experimental narratives? What impact did the Cold War discourse have on unofficial literature? 300-word abstracts by…[Read more] -
Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic Please consider submitting: A session on ”How Should Comparatists ’Read’ Lit.? in the forum
Translation on MLA Commons 12 years agoPlease consider submitting:
A session on ”How Should Comparatists ’Read’ Literature?” Given the renewed interest in methodologies/modes of reading: close, distant, surface, deep but not close, paranoid and reparative; reading as translation, reading translations; the turn to reading the “world” in world literature; to the “planet” in planetarity;…[Read more] -
S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years agoHello everyone,
I apologize for not sharing the following update with you earlier: the Executive Committee (EC) for the division is going request setting up two new forums: “Arab American Literature and Culture,” to be listed under 15: “American,” within the broader category “Languages, Literatures, and Cultures,” and “Translingual and Diasporic…[Read more]
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Steve Rowland started the topic Call for participants: Survey for development of Shakespeare Central in the forum
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear Wonderful Teachers of Shakespeare,
CultureWorks Productions, in partnership with Shakespeare’s Globe (London), is developing an exciting new service called<b> Shakespeare Central</b>, an easily accessible database of all kinds of Shakespeare media.
<b>Shakespeare Central</b> will be the hub for a vast collection of Shakespeare inf…[Read more]
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Gayle B. Rogers started the topic CFP: Modernist Studies Association (Nov. 6-9, Pittsburgh, PA) in the forum
Translation on MLA Commons 12 years agoThe Modernist Studies Association invites proposals of all types for its annual conference. We are especially interested in the work of scholars who expand the field of modernism and avant-garde studies in new directions through studies of translation and other related topics. The conference will be held in the historic Omni William Penn hotel i…[Read more]
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Christopher Micklethwait started the topic MLA 2015 CFP: Special Session "Narrating 'Arab Americans'" in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoNarrating “Arab Americans”
Reflections on the term and its intersections with history, memory, geography, religion, race, gender, and sexuality in narratives by and about Arab Americans. 250-300 word abstract and CV by 10 March 2014; Pauline Homsi Vinson (phvinson@gmail.com) and Dalia Gomaa (dmgomaa@uwm.edu).
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years ago[Please feel free to post these CFPs widely and to circulate them within your departments]
Dear Colleagues,
The MLA Division for Arabic Literature and Culture has announced its CFPs for four panels scheduled for the MLA (Modern Language Association)130th annual convention, January 8–11, 2015, Vancouver, B.C. (Canada).
1) [Guaranteed Panel] U…[Read more]
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Translation on MLA Commons 12 years ago -
Jonathan Evans started the topic CFP From classroom to workplace (U. Portsmouth, 8 November 2014) in the forum
Translation on MLA Commons 12 years ago<p align=”center”><b>Call for Papers</b></p>
<p align=”center”><b>14<sup>th</sup> Annual Portsmouth Translation Conference</b></p>
<p align=”center”><b>8 November 2014</b></p>
<p align=”center”><b>From classroom to workplace</b></p>
Translation studies is always at the meeting point of theory and practice. Professional practice affects and…[Read more] -
S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years agoHello everyone,
The Arabic Literature and Culture Division would like to encourage all our members to propose special panels, if they want to. These panels are vetted by the MLA, not by our division. Even if the final proposal is rejected, the whole exercise is informative, educational, and enjoyable. You’ll be connected to colleagues in your f…[Read more]-
Thank you, Suha and all. Please see and feel free to distribute the following CFP for a special session that Dalia Gomaa are hoping to propose:
Narrating “Arab Americans”: Reflections on the term and its intersections with history, memory, geography, religion, race, gender, and sexuality in narratives by and about Arab Americans. 250-300 word…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear Friends,
A quick reminder of session 119 “Open Hearing on the Future of the MLA Divisions”, a very important meeting today. Please try to attend it and make your voice heard regarding how the new structure will affect the Arabic Division. Here are the details of the the meeting:
119. Open Hearing on the Future of the MLA Divisions and…[Read more] -
S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years agoDear Colleagues:
The Executive Committee seeks nominees to stand in the Fall 2014 election for the Division on Arabic Literature and Culture. Nominees for the Fall 2014 election must be current MLA members (i.e., their names must appear in the membership list at the MLA Web site http://www.mla.org/member_search ).
The individual elected in 2014…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoHello everyone, you are cordially invited to the following cash bar on Sat. evening:
Cash Bar Arranged by SAMLA, NEMLA, and PAMLA:
Saturday, 11 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m., Addison, Chicago Marriott
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
This year’s MLA convention features 21 panels that focus on Arabic literature and culture, listed below
The executive committee of the division looks forward to seeing you in Chicago
Best,
Suha Kudsieh
Secretary of the MLA Arabic lit. & Culture Division, 2013-14
Chair of the MLA Arabic lit. & Culture Division,…[Read more] -
Gary Totten started the topic African Diaspora Heritage Studies Assistant Professor Position in the forum
Travel Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoI wanted to bring to your attention a tenure-track assistant professor position in African Diaspora Heritage Studies, which may be of interest to travel writing scholars in this group. North Dakota State University is a Carnegie RU/VH institution, and English Department faculty teach a 2/2 course load. Here is the MLA JIL p…[Read more]
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Janelle A. Jenstad replied to the topic Globe to Globe Shakespeare in the forum
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoSteve: I’m the Assistant Coordinating Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions (internetshakespeare.uvic.ca). If you are willing to share your work in our open-access environment (used by students and scholars in 149+ countries), we’d love to host your stories and interview excerpts. Would you be in touch at your convenience?
Janelle Jenstad…[Read more]
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Matthew Thomas Miller started the topic Special Session on Persian Literature in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoAlthough this is the Arabic group, I thought I would post the announcement below here as well in case some of you find it relevant for your research interests.
For those of you that are attending the MLA conference next month in Chicago, I would like to draw your attention to a special session/panel on Persian literature (see details below)…[Read more]
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Shaden M. Tageldin replied to the topic MLA Group Structure: Membership Feedback Sought in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoDear Division of Arabic Literature and Culture colleagues:
I’d like to share my post to the MLA draft proposal on group structure, which appears in the comments sections to the overall proposal as well as to the paragraphs on African and Arabic literatures. I quote:I deeply appreciate the MLA’s efforts to rethink the organization of its di…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
Please longin to the MLA Commons and make voice your opinion regarding the draft proposal to restructure the MLA groups and divisions, especially regarding Arabic. The deadline to add your
comment is Nov. 20. Here is the Commons link:Thank you for your…[Read more]
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