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Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic Vancouver 2015 Reception in the forum
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoDear Christina,
Thank you for posting this lovely invitation. Thank you also to Christina Laffin for organizing this wonderful opportunity to network. Let me encourage those who attend to promote MLA membership among our Asian Studies colleagues!
Very best,
Melek
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic Please volunteer/sign the petition! in the forum
Prospective Forum: LLC Pre-14th-Century Chinese on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoHello everyone, thank you for becoming members and signing the petition! We are getting closer to satisfying the requirements for the creation of a new forum. Here’s what we still need:
5 people to volunteer for the initial executive committee of this forum (do so under the topic entitled “Volunteer”).
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic Instructions for signing petitions in the forum
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoHello everyone,
Thanks to those who have signed the petitions for the prospective fora. As there seems to be a little bit of confusion about how to navigate to/sign the petitions, however, please allow me to post some instructions:
If you can read this, you are logged into the Commons, which is the first step. Next, you need to know the names of…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi posted an update in the group
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoHello everyone,
Thanks to those who have signed the petitions for the prospective fora. As there seems to be a little bit of confusion about how to navigate to/sign the petitions, however, please allow me to post some instructions:
If you can read this, you are logged into the Commons, which is the first step. Next, you need to know the names…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic Support of EALL after 1900 in the forum
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi ladies,
This forum is already established, and needs no support petition. Please make sure to sign over at the others I listed. Thank you!
Very best,
Melek
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic Your support for new Asian fora needed! in the forum
East Asian Languages and Literatures to 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHello everyone, another PLEA TO SIGN THE PETITION(S) SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED NEW FORA. We are under-enrolled in all of the proposed Asian fora (except for Korean — nice work folks!), which means that they will not be established. This would be a shame, since we have the potential for much more participation of Asianists at the MLA with fora in…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi posted an update in the group
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHello everyone, another PLEA TO SIGN THE PETITION(S) SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED NEW FORA. We are under-enrolled in all of the proposed Asian fora (except for Korean — nice work folks!), which means that they will not be established. This would be a shame, since we have the potential for much more participation of Asianists at the MLA with fora in…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi posted an update in the group
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoCFP
Center for Korean Studies, University of Washington-Seattle
Call for Papers: “Serialization in Asia”
Proposals Due July 1st, 2014The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Washington invites paper
proposals for “Serialization in Asia,” a conference on serialized cultural
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic Comparative Children's Lit panel at MLA 2015 in the forum
Children’s Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoPlease join us!
Watch for this exciting panel, which has just been approved, at the 2015 meeting!
“Writing the Future”
The East Asia to 1900 and East Asia after 1900 divisions have selected for a collaborative session four short papers that focus on the ways in which literature written for children addressed the often turbulent transitions to…[Read more] -
Melek Ortabasi started the topic Comparative Children's Lit panel at MLA 2015 in the forum
Comparative Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoWatch for this exciting panel, which has just been approved, at the 2015 meeting!
“Writing the Future”
The East Asia to 1900 and East Asia after 1900 divisions have selected for a collaborative session four short papers that focus on the ways in which literature written for children addressed the often turbulent transitions to modernity in East…[Read more] -
Melek Ortabasi posted an update in the group
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoWatch for this exciting panel, which has just been approved, at the 2015 meeting!
“Writing the Future”
The East Asia to 1900 and East Asia after 1900 divisions have selected for a collaborative session four short papers that focus on the ways in which literature written for children addressed the often turbulent transitions to modernity in East…[Read more] -
Melek Ortabasi replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: LLC Korean on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoI support the formation of this group!
Best,
Melek Ortabasi
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Melek Ortabasi posted an update in the group
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoHi everyone,
It’s time to participate! As you know, the the restructuring of the association’s divisions and discussion groups has been approved. And thank you to Henry Em and the rest of the executive committee, our voice has been heard. East Asianists now have a variety of forums in which to participate — POTENTIALLY.
Here are the new f…[Read more]
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic Agential Landscape and Human Conduits in the forum
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoCall for Papers
Anthropocene is a neologism that refers to humans’ massive “built” habitats that have disturbingly altered the earthly topography, and over time have infused its presence in the human subconscious as “natural” landscape. In this panel we focus intensely on such erosion of human perception of the nonhuman material world by reveali…[Read more] -
Melek Ortabasi changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months ago
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Melek Ortabasi started the topic CFP Vancouver 2015 in the forum
East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoThe Divisions of East Asian Literatures (pre-1900 and post-1900) are sponsoring a collaborative panel at next year’s Modern Languages Association Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia (January 2015). While it is not a guaranteed panel, chances are good that it will be accepted.
Writing the Future: Children’s Literature in East Asia
We are…[Read more]
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