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Daniela Goldfine started the topic Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoThe editors of a volume titled Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production invite proposals from potential contributors. The volume is planned for publication with Lexington Books as part of their Latin American Gender and Sexualities series edited by Carolina Rocha.
Essay proposals should explicitly address issues and/or…[Read more]
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Angel M. Diaz Miranda started the topic CFP MLA 2017 Unbounded: David Huerta's Incurable at 30 in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoSpecial Session
Incurable (1987) shatters the boundaries of form. Papers on readership, intertextuality, illness, poetic connections, and fragmentation are especially welcomed. 200-word abstract and very short bio. by 10 March 2016; Angel M. Diaz Miranda (diazam@hollins.edu). -
Olivia Jones Choplin started the topic CFP: American Council of Quebec Studies Biennial Conference 4/15/16 deadline in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoCONVERSATIONS-COMMERCE-COMMUNAUTÉS–CONVERSATIONS-COMMERCE-COMMUNITIES
Le 20e colloque bisannuel de l’ACQS / The 20th biennial conference of the ACQS:
du 3 au 6 novembre, 2016, au Westin Harborview Hotel, Portland, ME
L’American Council for Québec Studies sollicite des propositions de communication pour notre prochain congrès en 2016. Si le thèm…[Read more] -
Stefanie Harris started the topic CFP MLA 2017: Mobility/Stasis: Crossing Borders, Media, Disciplines in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 12 months agoMLA 2017 Session sponsored by the Forum on 20th- and 21st Century German
Transnational, multimedial, interdisciplinary – although often employed as distinct descriptors, the mobility (and immobility) of peoples, material objects, information, and ideas suggests these concepts might be more productively thought together as tangled and i…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic Kafka and ideology of race in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoHi, all,
As someone partly of both German and Czech background, I feel very torn in some ways similarly to the old boy Kafka himself. Rather than ignoring the issue of Czechs and Germans as so many writers are doing, or–worse–siding with one or other, why not take a more interesting question: given that Czech-speakers and German-speakers (and…[Read more]
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Zoe Roth started the topic CFP: Transnational French Modernisms – Modernismes et francophonie in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 10 years ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Call for Papers:
Transnational French Modernisms
7th-8th July 2016, Durham University, UK
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Jonathan Eburne (Penn State)
Professor Susan Harrow (Bristol)
Professor Debarati Sanyal (Berkeley)
The rise of France’s colonial empire in the 19th century shaped French culture as a global arena and fra…[Read more] -
Joela Jacobs posted an update in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century German on MLA Commons 10 years agoGerman Studies Association Conference Seminar (September 29 ‐ October , 2016 in San Diego)
THE LITERARY LIFE OF PLANTS: AGENCY, LANGUAGES, AND POETICS OF THE VEGETALCONVENERS
Joela Jacobs, University of Arizona (joelajacobs@email.arizona.edu)
Isabel Kranz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (isabel.kranz@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)SEMINAR DES…[Read more]
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Tsitsi Jaji started the topic CFP: The Performance of Pan-Africanism: From Colonial Exhibitions to FESMAN in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe Performance of Pan-Africanism:
from Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals
International Conference
20-22 October, 2016
Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Florida State University
Keynote speakers: Andrew Apter (UCLA), Cheryl Finley (Cornell University), Souleymane B…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoHoward Eiland (MIT) and Michael Jennings (Princeton)’s response to the Future of Benjamin Project. What a beautiful closure to a list of brilliant articles. Let us know what you think:
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Nicky Agate started the topic Literary Trivia Quiz in Austin in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoI’d like to invite any members of this group attending the 2016 convention to participate in the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz, which will take place next Thursday night at the JW Marriott. It promises to be unabashedly nerdy, but fun too! A cash bar and prizes will be available.
Space is limited, so please reserve your spot at [Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 7: Galili Shahar about Benjamin’s (Jewish) tradition:
http://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/one-foot-study-tradition-walter-benjamin
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 6: Annika Thiem (Villanova) about the Benjamin field and the philosophy of disciplinary boundaries:
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Katherine Arens started the topic U of Texas at Austin Germanic Studies is having a reception at the MLA in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThe ‘home team’ would be very pleased to see you there!
Finger food provided; cash bar.
Thursday, Janury 7, 2016, 7-10 pm
Austin Ale House (Back room)
301 W. 6th Street (6th and Lavaca)
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Jorge Calderón started the topic Colloque (Non)Futurité(s) queer(s) in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago(Non)Futurité(s) queer(s)
De la thèse de l’antisocialité aux perspectives utopistes dans la théorie queer
Colloque international
84e Congrès de l’Association francophone pour le savoir
Université du Québec à Montréal
11, 12, 13 mai 2016
En 1988, en pleine crise du sida, Douglas Crimp édite un collectif intitulé AIDS : Cultural Analysis…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 5: Daniel Weidner (Humboldt/ZfL) about the AFTERLIFE of Benjamin:
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Daniel Escandell Montiel started the topic Journal Caracteres: new issue. Cybertheatres and Performativity (monograph) in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoMessage both in English & Spanish; Mensaje en español e inglés]
Estimados colegas:
El nuevo número de la revista Caracteres, vol.4 n. 2, ya está disponible tanto a través de la web como mediante descarga (en PDF): http://revistacaracteres.net/revista/vol4n2noviembre2015/ Este número incluye un monográfico coordinado por María Ángeles Grande t…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 3: Brian Britt (Virginia Tech) about Benjamin’s displaced Judaism:
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Vicky Unruh deposited Unpacking the Libraries of Post-Soviet Cuba in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoBeginning with the renowned “Words to Intellectuals” (1961) delivered by Fidel Castro in the José Martí National Library and the creation of a state network of libraries, the library in Cuba was transformed into a cultural sphere saturated with ideological ambiguity. On the one hand, the library embodied the symbolic axis of the literacy campa…[Read more]
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Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 2: Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth) about Benjamin Biographies: https://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/node/1
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Joela Jacobs started the topic Oceans and Deserts: CfP for emerging scholars in the discussion
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers
OCEANS AND DESERTS 2016: CHARTING TRANSDISCIPLINARY CURRENTS IN ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
The graduate students in the Department of German Studies at the University of Arizona invite proposals for their third annual interdisciplinary conference in the Environmental Humanities for emerging scholars (graduate students, postdoctoral…[Read more] - Load More
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