“First Peoples, Palestine and the Crushing of Free Speech.” A talk by professor Stephen Salaita, American professor whose hiring at the University of Illinois was recently reversed because of his tweets about Israel’s war on Gaza. Two presentations: Monday, January 12, at 7:30 PM in the Segal rooms at Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St., and Wedne…[Read more]

Please join the newly formed MLA Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities Forum for our inaugural event: a happy hour with cash bar that that is also an informal brainstorming session and a chance to enjoy some good company. We will rendezvous Friday January 9 at 5 PM at Shebeen (210 Carrall St in Vancouver’s Gastown, not far from the c…[Read more]

On Friday, January 9 from 11 AM-1 PM, members of Rising Tide Vancouver Coast Salish Territories, a grassroots environmental justice collective, and other area activists will lead participants in a walking tour of the Territories. The tour will familiarize participants with the spatial history of struggle in Vancouver, and specifically with areas o…[Read more]

Please consider attending the Delegate Assembly in order to support this MOTION:

Motion 2015-1:
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern Languages
Supporting materials: Click here to see the information provided by the proposers.

Whereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF)…[Read more]

This motion was submitted by the radical caucus of the MLA, and will be discussed at the open hearing on Friday and the Delegate assembly on Saturday. Please come to both venues, if you can, to support the motion and speak in its behalf!

Motion 2015-1

Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus…[Read more]

Please consider attending this important conference, to be held on two days before the regular MLA.

http://mlasubconference.org/2015-program/

Subconference of the MLA “Non-Negotiable Sites of Struggle” January 7-9, 2015
Location: Simon Fraser University
Harbour Centre Joseph and Rosalie Segal Room

*co-sponsored by the TSSU

Wednesday, Jan…[Read more]

Abstracts below:

Friday, 9 January

Reading Memory: Approaches to Teaching the Memoir

10:15–11:30 a.m., West 210, VCC West

Program arranged by the Community College Humanities Association

Presiding: Stacey Lee Donohue, Central Oregon Community Coll.

“Photo-graphics: Mediating Memory in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home,” David Bahr, Borough of Man…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues:

The faculty in the Ph.D. program in English and the Teaching of English at Idaho State University invites nominations for the Teaching Literature Book Award. This new, nationally-juried prize seeks to encourage and recognize excellence in teaching by honoring every other year a book-length work on teaching literature at the…[Read more]

Please publicize the full motion that the DA will be considering in the ‘agenda” section of the DA materials webpage.

The existence of travel grants to sitting DA members does not seem to be posted anywhere. I found out about this grant “by accident” on an unrelated twitter conversation. Please make sure that the travel grant page informs people of this grant, and please make the existence of this grant known to DA members who might be able to use it, and…[Read more]

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Vancouver-ians,

Does anyone know if the Canada Line airport train to downtown stops near the Fairmont Waterfront? I see a Waterfront stop, but I can’t quite tell if it’s the same area as the hotel. How long does the train take from the airport to the Waterfront stop (which looks like the last stop)?

Thanks!

Stacey