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John Gruesser deposited Humanities in Five: A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line PowerPoint in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 1 month agoBased in the South throughout his career, the Black Baptist minister Sutton E. Griggs wrote nearly fifty books and pamphlets, including five novels, nearly all of which he issued through his own publishing companies. Griggs was a founder of American Baptist Theological Seminary, which several Civil Rights Movement leaders attended in the 1950s.…[Read more]
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John Gruesser deposited Poe’s Last Jest: The Magazine Prison-House, Colonial Exploitation, and Revenge in “Hop-Frog” in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 1 month agoAs I have done in connection with another tale about vengeance Edgar Allan Poe published two and a half years earlier, “The Cask of Amontillado,” in what follows I offer a generalized biographical interpretation of the 1849 story “Hop-Frog,” linking it to Poe’s February 1845 essay “Some Secrets of the Magazine Prison-House” and his September 184…[Read more]
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Talin Lindsay started the topic Deadlines extended! ARISC Funding Opportunities for 2022-23! in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement via email on ASEEES Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThe American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) is extending deadlines for the following funding opportunities for 2022-23! Short descriptions below. Please check our website for full eligibility and application information.
– ARISC Research and Mentoring Fellowships
– US citizens; up to $10,000– ARISC…[Read more]
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Elisa Kriza deposited Wer ist hier der Feind? Verbündete und Gegner in Alexander Solschenizyns Darstellung von Deutschland in the group
LLC Russian and Eurasian on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe prominent Russian writer and Nobel Prize Laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) was known mainly for his work on the Soviet prison camps. In many of his fictional and non-fiction works, however, Solzhenitsyn dealt with the subject of Germany. This article analyses Solzhenitsyn’s depiction of Germany in the works August 1914, The Gulag A…[Read more]
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Talin Lindsay started the topic ARISC Funding Opportunities for 2022-23! in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement via email on ASEEES Commons 3 years, 2 months agoThe American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) announces funding opportunities for 2022-23! Short descriptions below. Please check our website for full eligibility and application information.
– ARISC Junior Research Fellowship
– US citizens and permanent residents; $5,000– ARISC Short Term Research…[Read more]
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Asha Nadkarni started the topic CFP: MELUS 2023 in the discussion
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months agoDear colleagues and friends,
On behalf of Butler University, which is sponsoring the MELUS 2023 conference in Indianapolis, April 20-23, 2023, we’d like to reach out and invite you to send a proposal for the upcoming conference and announce our extended deadline of November 30th. We encourage individual, panel, and/or roundtable proposals. Please…[Read more] -
Juliane Braun deposited Theater of War: Reconstructing (Trans)National Affiliation and Performance Residue in a Divided City in the group
LLC Francophone on MLA Commons 3 years, 3 months agoThis essay examines ethnic strife and cultural friction in New Orleans during the Mexican-American war. Specifically, it explores how the Crescent City’s anglophone and francophone populations navigated the tension between national and transnational affiliation through performance. By considering both the material and the immaterial aspects of p…[Read more]
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Amel Abbady deposited The Intersections of Masculinity and Disability in Khaled Hosseini᾿s A Thousand Splendid Suns and Leila Aboulela᾿s Lyrics Alley in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 5 months agoAbstract of my full article published on disability and masculinity in the Global South.
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Esha Sil started the topic ‘Creole Indias, Creolising Pondicherry’: New Article in the discussion
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months agoDear all
It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of the article, ‘Creole Indias, Creolising Pondicherry’, authored by Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir (Department of English, King’s College, London). The essay develops her theory of littoral enclaves, archipelagic theory, and creolisation in India, via Pondicherry, and has a…[Read more]
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Louise Bethlehem deposited Hydrocolonial Johannesburg in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months agoJohannesburg is a landlocked city, famously the largest human concentration in the southern hemisphere not located on a river. What opportunities does it afford for hydrocolonial analysis, given Isabel Hofmeyr’s anchoring of that term in oceanic studies? How might a hydrocolonial orientation defamiliarize the relations between surface and depths…[Read more]
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Esha Sil started the topic Lorna Sage Memorial Lecture 2022: Paul Gilroy in the discussion
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoThe School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Lorna Sage Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Paul Gilroy.
Date: Thursday 9th June 2022Time: 17:30-19:00, followed by a drinks reception
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Paul was the recipient of the 2019 H…[Read more]
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Cheryl Farris-Clayton deposited On Dickinson in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoEssay on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her impact upon literature. This essay celebrates her global reach from within societal spheres of gender. “Emily Dickinson transformed the genre of poetry from the academic salon styled idealism to the personal poignant voice of reality from the poet’s point of view.”
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Lisa Zunshine deposited The Secret Life of Literature in the group
LLC Russian and Eurasian on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoAn innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a wide range of literary works.
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Kristin E. Pitt started the topic Visiting Assistant Professor, Queer and Sexuality Studies, UW-Milwaukee in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoWomen’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee invites applications for a visiting assistant professor with expertise in Queer and Sexuality Studies for 2022-2023. Must be able to teach Queer Theory and Feminist Theory courses. Apply by April 10, 2022 to ensure consideration. https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/33994
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Job Listing: Lecturer in Ukrainian Language at UC Berkeley in the discussion
Job Announcements via email on ASEEES Commons 3 years, 10 months agoLecturer in Ukrainian Language at UC Berkeley
Applications Due: March 24, 2022
The UC Berkeley Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Ukrainian language for the 2022-23 academic year, with the possibility of renewal and of subsequent continuing status. This is a part-time position with an anticipated start…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University seeks applications for a Senior Preceptor in Czech Language in the discussion
Job Announcements via email on ASEEES Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University seeks applications for a Senior Preceptor in Czech Language. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2022, with teaching and administrative responsibilities to begin in Fall Semester 2022. The job announcement is available at…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic KU CREES is looking for an outreach coordinator in the discussion
Job Announcements via email on ASEEES Commons 3 years, 11 months ago===============================
The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Kansas (KU) is seeking an Outreach Coordinator to develop Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia-related programs, events, and resources for teachers, students, and the general public. The position will support CREES’ mission as a…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian at Wake Forest University in the discussion
Job Announcements via email on ASEEES Commons 3 years, 11 months agoWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY’s Department of German and Russian invites applications for a one-year non-renewable position in Russian/Russian Studies at the level of Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, beginning in July 2022. The area of specialization is open. The teaching load is 3 courses per semester, and may include courses in language,…[Read more]
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