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Evan Chaloupka deposited Prosthetic Narration and the Engagement of Disability in Literary Naturalism in the group
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThis talk introduces the concept of “prosthetic narration,” a narrative technique that mediates the engagement of disabled cognition such that the reader is invited to reimagine how one thinks and perceives. In his essay, “The Novel,” Émile Zola establishes the “intimate union” between the author and “the reality of the scene” as a premise of fic…[Read more]
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Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2023 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2023, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2023. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]
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Molly D. Appel deposited Syllabus for Digital Humanities and Early Latinx Literatures in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months agoLatinx/o/a writing has existed long before 20th century state policies and publishing markets created the category we recognize today as “Latino/a literature.” This course will focus on the literary and cultural production of writers from the era of initial colonization through Latin American independence and the 19th century actions fueled by the…[Read more]
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Patrick Chura started the topic Call for Papers African American Literature and Culture in the discussion
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 3 years, 4 months agoThe non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research. We are in the process of expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture. We’re interested in commissioning reference articles (2,000-…[Read more]
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Catherine Barbour started the topic CFP: Youth Theatre and Performance in Regional, Minority, and Minoritised Langs in the discussion
LLC Catalan Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 5 months agoA conference will be held on the theme of ‘Youth Theatre and Performance in Regional, Minority, and Minoritised Languages’ on 23-25 March 2023, hosted by the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore, University College Dublin, Ireland. The deadline for submission of 250 word abstracts is Friday, 28 October 2022. Further information about the…[Read more]
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Amel Abbady deposited Afghanistan’s “Bacha Posh”: Gender-Crossing in Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl That Broke Its Shell in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 6 months agoThis article explores the tradition of Bacha Posh in Afghan culture as depicted in Afghan-American Nadia Hashimiʼs debut novel The Pearl that Broke its Shell (2014). In this novel, Hashimi shows how Afghan girls are obliged to cross-dress and live dual lives as boys for several years to lay claim for their rights to education and freedom of…[Read more]
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Ari Borrell deposited Ko-wu or Kung-an? Practive, Realization and Teaching in the Thought of Chang Chiu-cheng in the group
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 3 years, 6 months agoExamines the intersection between Chan Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism during the Southern Song dynasty period (1126-1279) in China.
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Mary Kate Donovan started the topic TRECE Symposium 2022 in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months agoCFP – TRECE Symposium 2022 to be held in person at Northwestern University, September 29 – October 1. Proposals for papers are due July 15, 2022 to ColectivoTRECE@outlook.com. Please see attached document for more details.
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Laura Vilardell Domenech posted an update in the group
LLC Catalan Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months ago“Books against Tyranny”: New book looks at Catalan publishers under Franco, by Laura Vilardell https://t.e2ma.net/click/jv8gej/nm0bnf7b/3etl1fb
Catalan-language publishers were under constant threat during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco (1939–75). Both the Catalan language and the introduction of foreign ideas were banned by the regim…[Read more] -
Zahid R. Chaudhary deposited Paranoid Publics in the group
2020 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThis article takes up the insurrection in Washington DC, and the paranoid politics of QAnon. It analyzes the gamification of paranoia across QAnon and related paranoid publics, tracking such gamification as a political-economic demand generated by neoliberalism. Taking seriously Sigmund Freud’s insight that delusional formations are attempts at…[Read more]
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Francesco Ardolino deposited Jordi Sarsanedas i la cultura francesa: influències, traduccions i autotraduccions in the group
LLC Catalan Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoDuring the second half of the 20th century, Jordi Sarsanedas was a relevant actor in the bilateral relationship between Catalonia and France. His engagement as a cultural activist led him to occupy strategic positions to disseminate the Catalan language and literature. Suffice to say that he was Serra d’Or editor-in-chief, dean of the I…[Read more]
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Ana I Simón-Alegre started the topic Call for Papers-Feministas Unidas-MLA in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoCall for Papers MLA 2023-Feministas Unidas -Sesión Garantizada-, March 25, 2022. Transatlantic Dissidences from Tierra del Fuego to the Pyrenees. Interdisciplinary panel exploring dissidences and/or disruptions in the global Transatlantic (gender, sexualities, race, ethnicity, cultural, literary, economic, visual, etc.). Submit 150-word abstract…[Read more]
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Yvonne Fuentes started the topic Friendly reminder MLA 2023 abstracts due March 15 in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThe Power of Ridicule in Spanish and Iberian Political Satire of the 18th and 19th CenturiesWe invite 250-word abstracts that explore satire’s function as preserver of the established order; or that question whether it conserves important structures while allowing the collective a therapeutic release of tension. Is satire inherently…[Read more]
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Yvonne Fuentes started the topic Friendly reminder 2023 MLA abstracts due March 15th. in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoDissent and Dissension in Spanish and Iberian Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary and Visual TextsWe invite abstracts that explore dissent & dissension at the micro/macro levels. Examples include actors, artists, artisans, craftsmen, writers who pushed back against decrees & social norms while expressing dissent or dissension. 250-word…[Read more]
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Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic Latest Issue of “Decimonónica” in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoDear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that the latest issue of the online journal Decimonónica (Revista de producción cultural hispánica) has just been released. The five essays comprising this issue (19.1 – Winter 2022) as well as all previous issues are available for free at the journal’s website: http://www.decimononica.org/
Saludos,
Luis
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Nicholas Wolters started the topic International Association of Galdós Scholars: Book Fair, 8 April 2022 in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoYou are cordially invited to attend the Second Book Fair hosted by the International Association of Galdós Scholars (Asociación Internacional de Galdosistas). This is a virtual event that will take place on Friday, April 8, 2022. See attached flier for details about time, registration link (registration is required), and program including the n…[Read more]
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William Viestenz started the topic CfP MLA 2023 LLC Catalan Studies in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoTheories and Practices of Emotional Labor in Catalan Culture
Submissions related to emotional labor in Catalan culture from a variety of theoretical and historical perspectives, including histories of the emotions, affect theory, memory and trauma, practices of care, and the gendered division of labor. Deadline for submissions: Monday, 21 March…[Read more] -
Yvonne Fuentes started the topic MLA 2023 CfP: The Power of Ridicule in Spanish and Iberian Satire… in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe Power of Ridicule in Spanish and Iberian Political Satire of the 18th and 19th Centuries
We invite 250-word abstracts that explore satire’s function as preserver of the established order; or that question whether it conserves important structures while allowing the collective a therapeutic release of tension. Is satire inherently subversive? De…[Read more] -
Yvonne Fuentes started the topic MLA Call for Papers: Dissent and Dissension in Spanish and Iberian… in the discussion
LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoDissent and Dissension in Spanish and Iberian Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary and Visual Texts
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