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Susan Oliver started the topic Join us for our sessions and Scottish Lit events at the MLA in Vancouver in the forum
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
Scottish Literature is particularly well represented at the MLA in Vancouver this year. We warmly invite you to our sessions and to the Friday night Cash Bar jointly hosted with the English Romantic and Victorian Divisions. Please see below for further details.
If you don’t already know the The Association for Scottish Literary…[Read more]
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Carla Sassi started the topic CF: "Empires and Revolutions" – Annual ASLS Conference 2015 in the forum
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
I am writing to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, UK, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style=”text-align: center;”>R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on Globalisation and De…[Read more] -
Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Medieval Academy Meeting 2015 in the forum
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi all,
The deadline for Medieval Academy 2015 submissions is just around the corner–June 15. The full CFP is here:
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.medievalacademy.org/resource/resmgr/pdfs/maa2015_cfp_final.pdf
Among the threads is one on manuscript studies, consisting of the following sessions:
o English Manuscript Studies
o Women in the…[Read more] -
Susan Oliver posted an update in the group
LLC Scottish on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 months agoGreat new edition of The Bottle Imp with papers from the MLA 2013 and 2014 Discussion Group sessions. Introduced by Matt Wickman. Thanks to Gwen Enstam, Duncan Jones, Matt, Caroline McCracken-Flesher and everyone else involved. http://asls.arts.gla.ac.uk/SWE/TBI/TBISupp/TBISupp1/WickmanIntro.html
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Alex Mueller started the topic CFP for MLA 2015 in Vancouver: Disability and the Arthurian World in the forum
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDisability and the Arthurian World
From the maimed king to the leprous beggar to the blind queen to dwarves and giants, Arthurian characters exhibit a wide variety of disabilities and modes of embodiment that offer insights into social and cultural understandings of health, identity, sexuality, and language, among other subjects. The Arthurian…[Read more]
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Susan Oliver started the topic MLA 2015 Calls for Papers in the forum
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoCalls for papers have been published for the Scottish Literature Discussion Group’s sessions at the 130th MLA Convention in Vancouver, 8th -11th January 2015. There are two sessions, as follows. Both are listed in the MLA’s calls for papers. We welcome abstracts, or please contact us with any enquiries.
1. Discussion Group in Scottish…[Read more]
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Susan Oliver started the topic Opening the Commons forum on Scottish Literature. . . in the forum
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe forum provides a place where we can discuss what’s happening in Scottish literature. Do you have anything to share? Here’s your chance . . .
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Elaine Treharne uploaded the file: Old English Division Committee's Letter to MLA President to
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 9 months agoThis three-page letter is the OE Committee’s response to the proposal that Old English, Middle English, and Chaucer might wish to reconfigure themselves into one new Division.
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Thank you for thinking through these issues in a powerful, well-formed reply to the myopic notion of merging O.E. and M.E. Divisions. John M. Hill
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Thank you for thinking through these issues in a powerful, well-formed reply to the myopic notion of merging O.E. and M.E. Divisions. John M. Hill
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This is an excellent response, and well argued. I hope that the MLA takes this matter and this response seriously. Thank you and all the rest of the authors for working on this letter.
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Terrific, thoughtful, compelling letter — thank you so much to the authors.
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Open access, open source, open to all
