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Cheryl E. Ball replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: TM Manuscript Culture and Textual Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoI endorse this petition.
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Cheryl E. Ball replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: HEP Program Administration on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoI endorse this petition!
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Cheryl E. Ball replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: RCWS Creative Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoI sign to affirm that the Creative Writing group should be started at MLA this year.
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Cheryl E. Ball started the topic Petition for Literacy Studies forum in the forum
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear Teaching of Writing forum members:
MLA has tentatively approved a new forum for Literacy Studies under the Rhetoric and Writing Studies group, but it needs 35 MLA members to sign the petition by June 15 in order for the forum to make for the 2014 year. Currently, 8 people have signed the petition, which is located here:…[Read more]
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Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months ago
We are thrilled to announce a new structure to replace the division/discussion groups. Join in! http://news.mla.hcommons-staging.org/2014/05/14/new-mla-forum-structure
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Rosemary Feal replied to the topic Discussion in the forum
Prospective Forum: HEP Program Administration on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoWe left it open precisely so MLA members could determine the scope. It could be about writing programs only, or it could include language program admins, DGSs, DUSs, and so on (so the sessions could vary year after year at the convention).
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Alex Saum-Pascual posted an update in the group
21st Century Hybrid Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoThe 2014 PAMLA Conference in Riverside, California (Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2014) will encounter the theme “Familiar Spirits.” We invite participants to consider papers on magic, conjuring, spirits, hauntings, Spiritualism, and manifestations as well as presentations that treat the familiar, familial, and the commonplace in relation to the paranormal,…[Read more]
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Call for Papers
WORLDS and WORDS
29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
Carrollton, Georgia
October 30-November 1, 2014Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]
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Rosemary Feal started the topic Sample Common Core tests in the forum
Common Core Standards Initiative Discussion Group on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoPlease see this story on testing and the Common Core. There is a link to sample tests.
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Katina Rogers posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago
Glad to see so many terrific calls for papers for #mla15 on the Commons! If you’re proposing a session, the Commons is a great place to post an expanded CFP, respond to questions, and spark a discussion at any point in the convention planning process.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago
Very excited about the new MLA partnership with DHSI!
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Katina Rogers posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago
MLA members may be interested in a new call for papers at #Alt-Academy on power, privilege, and social identity. Editor Lisa Knisely seeks essays and articles on the role of social identity, such as race, gender, class, and sexuality, in alternative academic careers.
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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, 12 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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Jesse Stommel posted an update in the group
Digital Pedagogy on MLA Commons 12 years agoDigital Pedagogy for Non-traditional Students: http://www.slideshare.net/jessestommel/digital-pedagogy-for-nontraditional-students-30241026
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Jesse Stommel posted an update in the group
Digital Pedagogy on MLA Commons 12 years agoDigital Pedagogy for Non-traditional Students http://www.slideshare.net/jessestommel/digital-pedagogy-for-nontraditional-students-30241026
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Daniel Cohen changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years ago
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Katina Rogers started the topic Storified convention tweets in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoA number of people used Storify to compile tweets on particular sessions and topics during the convention. Here are a few; please reply to add more!
Session 80: Hard Mode: Games and Narratives of Marginalization (Anastasia Salter)
Session 130: Things My Computer Taught Me About Poems (Amanda French)
Session 188: New Approaches to Science Fiction…[Read more] - Load More
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