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Joela Jacobs posted an update in the group
LLC 19th- and Early-20th-Century German on MLA Commons 10 years agoGerman Studies Association Conference Seminar (September 29 ‐ October , 2016 in San Diego)
THE LITERARY LIFE OF PLANTS: AGENCY, LANGUAGES, AND POETICS OF THE VEGETALCONVENERS
Joela Jacobs, University of Arizona (joelajacobs@email.arizona.edu)
Isabel Kranz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (isabel.kranz@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)SEMINAR DES…[Read more]
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Joela Jacobs posted an update in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century German on MLA Commons 10 years agoGerman Studies Association Conference Seminar (September 29 ‐ October , 2016 in San Diego)
THE LITERARY LIFE OF PLANTS: AGENCY, LANGUAGES, AND POETICS OF THE VEGETALCONVENERS
Joela Jacobs, University of Arizona (joelajacobs@email.arizona.edu)
Isabel Kranz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (isabel.kranz@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)SEMINAR DES…[Read more]
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Shazia Rahman deposited Rachna Mara’s Cosmopolitan (Yet Partial) Feminisms in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoThis article shows how Rachna Mara’s collection of short stories Of Customs and Excise puts forth a cosmopolitan feminism that reveals the losses and gains of diaspora in an arena of partiality and relationality.
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Caroline Edwards deposited Unearthing the ‘gold-bearing rubble’: Ernst Bloch’s Literary Criticism in the group
LLC 19th- and Early-20th-Century German on MLA Commons 10 years agoIn lieu of an abstract, here is the beginning of the chapter:
Ungleichzeitigkeit and global modernisms
Over the last twenty-five years, the modernist canon has been significantly revised as theoretical and empirical interventions have emphasised its transnational and globalised patterns of connection through a range of disciplinary…[Read more]
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Shazia Sadaf deposited Daniyal Mueenuddin’s Dying Men in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoDaniyal Mueenuddin’s In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is reflection of Pakistani masculinity in a metamorphosed state. A disturbingly masculine vocabulary frames the appearance and actions of the female characters. In contrast, the speech and thought of the male characters is minified in words of loss and regret. Their material ambitions and the r…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoHoward Eiland (MIT) and Michael Jennings (Princeton)’s response to the Future of Benjamin Project. What a beautiful closure to a list of brilliant articles. Let us know what you think:
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Madelyn Detloff started the topic Join our Roundtable on Gender and (anti)Social Media at MLA 16 in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoJoin us for our roundtable discussion on Gender and (anti)Social Media on January 8, 2016 from 1:45–3:00 p.m. Central Time (2:45 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
If you are at the MLA convention, join us live in room 203, JW Marriott hotel. You can join us online via live tweet at #mla16genderandmedia or via the comments stream at
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Nicky Agate started the topic Literary Trivia Quiz in Austin in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoI’d like to invite any members of this group attending the 2016 convention to participate in the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz, which will take place next Thursday night at the JW Marriott. It promises to be unabashedly nerdy, but fun too! A cash bar and prizes will be available.
Space is limited, so please reserve your spot at [Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Commons literary trivia quiz at the Convention in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoI’d like to invite any members of this group attending the 2016 convention to participate in the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz, which will take place next Thursday night at the JW Marriott. It promises to be unabashedly nerdy, but fun too! A cash bar and prizes will be available.
Space is limited, so please reserve your spot at [Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 7: Galili Shahar about Benjamin’s (Jewish) tradition:
http://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/one-foot-study-tradition-walter-benjamin
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Elana Hornblass Dushey deposited Tortured Zionism: Messianism, Ambivalence, and Israel in post-Holocaust Jewish American literature in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThis dissertation examines post-Holocaust, Jewish American novelists that utilize messianism in their narratives to negotiate ambivalence about Zionism. Studying novels from the mid-1980’s to 2013, I look at the triangular relationship between Jewish American identification, the Holocaust, and Israel, to explore major topics in contemporary J…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 6: Annika Thiem (Villanova) about the Benjamin field and the philosophy of disciplinary boundaries:
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Katherine Arens started the topic U of Texas at Austin Germanic Studies is having a reception at the MLA in the discussion
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The ‘home team’ would be very pleased to see you there!
Finger food provided; cash bar.
Thursday, Janury 7, 2016, 7-10 pm
Austin Ale House (Back room)
301 W. 6th Street (6th and Lavaca)
http://www.theaustinalehouse.com
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Katherine Arens started the topic U of Texas at Austin Germanic Studies is having a reception at the MLA in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThe ‘home team’ would be very pleased to see you there!
Finger food provided; cash bar.
Thursday, Janury 7, 2016, 7-10 pm
Austin Ale House (Back room)
301 W. 6th Street (6th and Lavaca)
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Anna M. Klobucka started the topic Call for submissions: Journal of Feminist Scholarship in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month 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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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 5: Daniel Weidner (Humboldt/ZfL) about the AFTERLIFE of Benjamin:
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Lawrence M. Venuti started the topic Call for Papers: “Translation and Ethnography: Reflexivity and Representation.” in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies
Second Call for Papers (new deadline: January 29, 2016)
“Translation and Ethnography: Reflexivity and Representation”
University of Calgary (Alberta)
May 30 to June 1, 2016
The 29th annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies is plea…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 3: Brian Britt (Virginia Tech) about Benjamin’s displaced Judaism:
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 2: Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth) about Benjamin Biographies: https://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/node/1
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Joela Jacobs started the topic Oceans and Deserts: CfP for emerging scholars in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers
OCEANS AND DESERTS 2016: CHARTING TRANSDISCIPLINARY CURRENTS IN ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
The graduate students in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona invite proposals for their third annual interdisciplinary conference in the Environmental Humanities for emerging scholars (graduate students, postdoctoral…[Read more] - Load More
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