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Bruce W. Robbins changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Please forgive this graceless appeal. The Israel resolution (Right to Enter) that I co-sponsored with Dick Ohmann is now being voted on. I think it’s a moderate and necessary gesture of support for our Palestinian and Arab colleagues who, though US citizens, have been denied entry to the West Bank to teach, do research, lecture, or attend…[Read more]
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Benjamin Fraser posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Two 2014 books: Antonio López García’s Everyday Urban Worlds: A Philosophy of Painting [August 2014] Bucknell University Press / Marxism and Urban Culture [edited volume 2014] Lexington Books [Rowman & Littlefield].
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Benjamin Fraser started the topic CFP-Disability in World Film Contexts [edited book] in the forum
Disability Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDisability in World Film Contexts [cfp-edited volume]
The edited volume titled ‘Disability in World Film Contexts’ has received initial interest from Yoram Allon of renowned film publisher Wallflower Press (now part of Columbia UP). Contributions are invited in the form of chapters that focus on an individual film or films from a specific nat…[Read more]
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Benjamin Fraser replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: TC Geography and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoBenjamin Fraser
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Stephen Sheehi replied to the topic MLA Group Structure: Membership Feedback Sought in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months agoI certainly appreciate the efforts of the MLA to open spaces of representation for fields and sub-fields that are often immersed in larger configurations. Indeed, classical Arabic, in the context of the MLA, is submerged within Arabic, which tends to be modern.
The problem with parsing two different groups is that, at this point, Arabic studies…[Read more]
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Benjamin Fraser posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months ago
Two University Press books out in 2013:
Disability Studies and Spanish Culture: Films, Novels, the Comic and the Public Exhibition (Liverpool UP)
http://www.amazon.com/Disability-Studies-Spanish-Culture-Representations/dp/184631870X/Understanding Juan Benet: New Perspectives (U South Carolina…[Read more]
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Benjamin Fraser posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 5 months ago
Podcast series on the culture of cities launched with 5 conversational scholarly interviews at urbanculturalstudies.wordpress.com .
Cities discussed run from Madrid to Tokyo to LA/Hollywood to Valencia/Barcelona/Bilbao, and more.Click there on the Urbanculturalstudies Podcasts page or look for us on iTunes and Internet Archive. More to follow!
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Stephen Sheehi uploaded the file: ABSTRACTS: Language, Colonialism, and the State in Nineteenth Century Southwest Asia to
West Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 12 years, 6 months agoJeff Sacks (UC Irvine)
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Benjamin Fraser posted an update on MLA Commons 12 years, 7 months ago
I’ve just started a series of podcasts at:
UrbanCulturalStudies Podcasts
The first one is a conversational interview inspired by scholar Stephen Vilaseca’s recent article “From Graffiti to Street Art: How Urban Artists Are Democratizing Spanish City Centers and Streets,” originally published in the journal Trans…[Read more] -
Stephen Sheehi replied to the topic New Directions in Arabic Lit Scholarship? in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 8 months agoThanks to all of your for this productive and provocative conversation. I would only like to intervene regarding Suha’s point about al-nahdah. I don’t think many folks are “cheering” al-nahdah. The *critical* turn […]
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Stephen Sheehi changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 9 months ago
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Benjamin Fraser changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 11 months ago
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Benjamin Fraser changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 11 months ago
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