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Miriam S. Gogol posted an update in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDear members of the Women’s and Gender Studies, for your consideration:
Call for Papers
The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, CA on May 24-27, 2018.Panel One: Open Topic
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoAs an NYC local, I’d like to recommend the following around the convention area (if you’re looking for recommendations beyond a mile radius of the convention, particularly in Brooklyn, send me a message here @terrainsvagues):
BAR: Valhalla NYC, for a really good selection of craft beers. It’s a 10-minute walk west from the Sheraton along 53rd…[Read more]
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Marlene Daut posted an update in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoHello, fellow 19th-century Americanists! This is Marlene Daut, and I am on the ballot for the 19th-Century American Executive Committee this MLA. So, I thought I’d take just a few moments to tell you a little bit about my interests.
After being at the Claremont Graduate University for 7 years, I’ve recently moved to the University of Virginia…[Read more]
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Jervette Ward posted an update in the group
LLC African American Forum on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoCFP: Pacific Rim Conference on English Studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage
Adapt, Adopt, Adept: The Material Phenomenon
March 23rd and 24th 2018
Pacific Rim Conference
University of Anchorage Alaska: English Department
BP Energy Center, Anchorage, AKThe various forms and mediums of adaptation is, according to Linda Hutcheon, often…[Read more]
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Helene Meyers deposited Got Jewish Milk? Screening Epstein and Van Sant for Intersectional Film History in the group
LLC Jewish American on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoA B ST R A C T
Rob Epstein’s The Times of Harvey Milk (USA, 1984) and Gus Van Sant’s Milk (USA,
2008), the two major films that narrate the life and tragically dramatic death of gay
politician and activist Harvey Milk (1930–1978), are widely recognized as part of
the queer cinematic canon but are less often categorized as Jewish films. While…[Read more] -
Helene Meyers deposited Got Jewish Milk? Screening Epstein and Van Sant for Intersectional Film History in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoA B ST R A C T
Rob Epstein’s The Times of Harvey Milk (USA, 1984) and Gus Van Sant’s Milk (USA,
2008), the two major films that narrate the life and tragically dramatic death of gay
politician and activist Harvey Milk (1930–1978), are widely recognized as part of
the queer cinematic canon but are less often categorized as Jewish films. While…[Read more] -
Prentiss Clark created the doc Emerson Society Awards announcement 2018 in the group
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Simone Sacchi deposited HuMetricsHSS: towards value-based indicators in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThis presentation will introduce the HuMetricsHSS (Humane Metrics in the Humanities and Social Sciences) initiative, which aims to develop and support a values-based framework of indicators for excellence for the humanities and social science in academia and, by extension, academic libraries. This value-based evaluation paradigm uses metrics only…[Read more]
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Laurence D. Roth started the topic CFP: American Jews and Music: Assembling New Canons and Contexts in the discussion
Jewish American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoSpecial Issue of Studies in American Jewish Literature
Guest editors: Jonathan Freedman and Laurence Roth
If the first major waves of popular interest in, philanthropic funding of, and scholarship on contemporary Jewish music and songwriters in the U.S. have finally receded, they’ve left a treasure in their wake. From Orthodox popular music and…[Read more]
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Anne Garland Mahler posted an update in the group
LLC African American Forum on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoCFP: Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South
We are soliciting contributions to Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South. https://globalsouthstudies.as.virginia.edu
This digital platform aims to advance the field of Global South Studies by providing a conceptual mapping of key concepts, m…[Read more]
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Benjamin Fagan deposited Review of Daniel Hack, Reaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature in the group
LLC African American on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoA review of Daniel Hack’s work on the intersections of African American and Victorian literatures.
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Benjamin Fagan deposited Review of Daniel Hack, Reaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoA review of Daniel Hack’s work on the intersections of African American and Victorian literatures.
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Anne Donlon deposited “A Black Man Replies”: Claude McKay’s Challenge to the British Left in the group
LLC African American on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoAnne Donlon delves into the history of the British Left after World War I to assert the significance of the Black and feminist interventions of Claude McKay and Sylvia Pankhurst. Donlon centers the publication of “A Black Man Replies,” McKay’s letter to the editor published in Pankhurst’s newspaper The Worker’s Dreadnought, against white supremaci…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon deposited “A Black Man Replies”: Claude McKay’s Challenge to the British Left in the group
LLC African American on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoAnne Donlon delves into the history of the British Left after World War I to assert the significance of the Black and feminist interventions of Claude McKay and Sylvia Pankhurst. Donlon centers the publication of “A Black Man Replies,” McKay’s letter to the editor published in Pankhurst’s newspaper The Worker’s Dreadnought, against white supremaci…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2018 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
Jewish Cultural Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2018, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2018 convention in New York. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nom…[Read more]
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Karin Bagnall started the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoIf you’re a New York City local, please share your expertise by suggesting nearby restaurants, bars, or things to see or do. Provide as much information as you can: Distance from the convention venue, price range, URL, and what you like about a place are particularly useful.
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