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David Palmer uploaded the file: CFP, MLA, Austin, January 2016: Evolution, Ethics & Tragedy to
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoCall for Papers
Special Session Topic: Evolution, Ethics, and Tragedy
MLA Convention
Austin, Texas
January 7-10, 2016
Contact Person for this Special Session:
David Palmer
Humanities Department
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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David Palmer started the topic CFP: Evolution, Ethics & Tragedy (Kent State Humanities Conference, July 2015) in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoCall for Papers
Panel Topic: Evolution, Ethics, and TragedyConference:
Why the Humanities: Answers from Cognitive and Neuroscience
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
July 9-12, 2015
http://www.kent.edu/cas/why-humanitiesContact Person for this Panel:
David Palmer
Humanities Department
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
dpalmer@maritime.eduI am…[Read more]
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Patrick Colm Hogan started the topic CFP: Scientific Study of Literature (journal) in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoFor information, go to https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/ssol/main .
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Martha Dana Rust started the topic CFP: Teaching Memory Studies (MLA 2016) in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoDear Members of the Cognitive Approaches to Literature Group,
Please consider submitting an abstract for our special session, “Teaching Memory Studies.” Here’s the full CFP:
Teaching Memory Studies
Integrating studies of memory and literature: e.g. memory as metaphor, personal or collective practice, neuroscience, narrative hindsight, cinem…[Read more]
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Martha Dana Rust started the topic CFP: Teaching Memory Studies (MLA 2016) in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoDear Cognitive Approaches to Literature Group,
Please consider submitting an abstract for our special session, “Teaching Memory Studies.” Here’s the full CFP:
Teaching Memory Studies
Integrating studies of memory and literature: e.g. memory as metaphor, personal or collective practice, neuroscience, narrative hindsight, cinematic flash…[Read more]
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Dustin D. Stewart started the topic CFP: Naming the 18th Century in the discussion
Late-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoIf you’re concerned about the place of eighteenth-century studies in the new forum structure being implemented by the MLA, you might consider applying to the following proposed special session for the 2016 convention in Austin:
Naming the 18th Century. What’s at stake in naming this period “long” (1660-1830), “short” (1715-1789), early modern, En…[Read more]
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Dustin D. Stewart started the topic CFP for MLA '16: Naming the 18th Century in the discussion
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoA call for papers for the 2016 convention now up at mla.org:
Naming the 18th Century. What’s at stake in naming this period “long” (1660-1830), “short” (1715-1789), early modern, Enlightenment (etc.)? What’s its role in the new MLA forum structure? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2015 to Dustin D. Stewart (dustin.d.stewart@gmail.com) and Joshua…[Read more]
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Stephanie LeMenager replied to the topic Best Bibliographies on Cognitive Approaches to Literature in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoYes, thanks for the suggestion!
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Elena Garcia-Martin replied to the topic 685: "Politics and Poetics of Cognition"-special session at the MLA in Vancouver in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoDear Lisa. I am so disappointed they scheduled my paper on “Cognitive Approaches to Race, Gender and Religion in Spanish Early Modern Captivity Plays” (# 686) in conflict with your panel. I am familiar with your work and was looking forward to meeting you and hearing your paper. Unfortunately, I have to leave right away after giving the paper but…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine started the topic 685: "Politics and Poetics of Cognition"-special session at the MLA in Vancouver in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoDear All,
I very much hope that those of you going to the MLA will consider attending our special session, which will take place on Sunday, January 11 (see below).
Sincerely,
Lisa Zunshine685. Politics and Poetics of Cognition
Sunday, 11 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 214, VCC West
A special session
Presiding: Lisa Zunshine, Univ. of Kentucky
1. “…[Read more]
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Mark Bracher started the topic Conference CFP–Why the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers
International Conference
Why the Humanities:
Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences
http://www.kent.edu/cas/why-humanities
Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center
Kent, Ohio, USA
July 9-12, 2015
The purpose of this conference is to highlight and enhance the contributions that humanities education makes to personal…[Read more] -
Matthew Thomas Miller replied to the topic Best Bibliographies on Cognitive Approaches to Literature in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoThanks for your response! I have seen this website before and looked through the bibliographies on it. However, they are somewhat dated. Most of the works listed are from the late 1990s with only a few works from the early 2000s. As far as I can tell, there are no works after 2004-5. I was hoping to find something a bit more up to date. Thank you…[Read more]
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Teresa Egbert replied to the topic Best Bibliographies on Cognitive Approaches to Literature in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoThis website might be a place to start:
Literature, Cognition and the Brian
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Matthew Thomas Miller started the topic Best Bibliographies on Cognitive Approaches to Literature in the forum
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoCan anyone recommend any good, comprehensive bibliographies on cognitive approaches to literature? I am in particular looking for studies that use cognitive linguistics in their analysis of poetry, but any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Matthew Miller
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Rivka Swenson started the topic Deadline: Midnight: Request to Vote in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDelegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).
The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification
You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]
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Rivka Swenson started the topic Deadline: Midnight: Request to Vote in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDelegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).
The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification
You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]
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Julien Jacques Simon posted an update in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCall for Papers — MLA 2015, Vancouver
Division on Cognitive Approaches to Literature (Guaranteed sessions)
Experiments, Cross-disciplinary Research, and Scientific Engagements
A panel devoted to experiment and collaboration between literary scholars and cognitive scientists. How do science experiments illuminate literary or aesthetic experience?…[Read more] -
Deidre Lynch posted an update in the group
LLC Late-18th-Century English on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoHello, members of the MLA Division for Late Eighteenth-Century English Literature.
The executive is proposing three panels for the 2015 Vancouver MLA meeting. Here are our calls for papers:
“Literary Science.”
Given the 18th-Century use of “science” as a term for knowledge and “literature” as writings that bear knowledge, can this his…[Read more] -
Gabrielle Malcolm started the topic Jane Austen: Fan Phenomena – call for chapter submissions in the forum
The English Romantic Period on MLA Commons 12 years agoCall for Submissions
FAN PHENOMENA: JANE AUSTEN
Intellect Books
Editor: Gabrielle Malcolm
A Call for Essay/Chapter Submissions for a collection on the Fan Culture of Jane Austen.
This book will be an edited collection of essays and texts on the Fan Phenomena of Jane Austen. It will be a new addition to the successful Fan Phenomena…[Read more]
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David Samuel Mazella started the topic MLA 2014 Revised Draft, Open Hearings on Forum Changes in the forum
Late-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 12 years agoThis is a reminder to the members of the late 18th century division that the proposed reorganization and consolidation of the 18c period divisions has been abandoned by the latest version of the Draft Proposal, which is now available here:
http://groupsdiscussion.mla.hcommons-staging.org/
If you are attending MLA, please try to make an…[Read more]
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