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Kristin E. Pitt started the topic Visiting Assistant Professor, Queer and Sexuality Studies, UW-Milwaukee in the discussion
Gender Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 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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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, 9 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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Kristin E. Pitt's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 6 months ago
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Kevin Curran's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
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Pamela Kirkpatrick started the topic CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment. in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment.
Seeking proposals to a non-guaranteed session about kinship terminology or terms of endearment used for friends and foes. For example, in The Song of Roland, characters use sarcasm to describe enemies as friends, and interestingly, demeaning monikers are used to chastise…[Read more]
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Pamela Kirkpatrick replied to the topic CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment. in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoI apologize for that post! I’m not sure why it shows the code? Here’s the text:
CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment.
Seeking proposals to a non-guaranteed session about kinship terminology or terms of endearment used for friends and foes. For example, in The Song of Roland, characters use sarcasm to…[Read more]
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Pamela Kirkpatrick started the topic CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment. in the discussion
German Literature to 1700 on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment.
<span style=”font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif; color: #333333;”>Seeking proposals to a non-guaranteed session about kinship terminology or terms of endearment used for friends and foes. For example, in <span style=”font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif;”>The Song of Roland</span>,…[Read more]
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Pamela Kirkpatrick started the topic CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment. in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months ago<span style=”font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif; color: #333333;”>Seeking proposals to a non-guaranteed session about kinship terminology or terms of endearment used for friends and foes. For example, in <span style=”font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif;”>The Song of Roland</span>, characters use sarcasm to describe enemies as friends, and interestingly,…[Read more]
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Pamela Kirkpatrick started the topic CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment. in the discussion
French Medieval Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoSeeking proposals to a non-guaranteed session about kinship terminology or terms of endearment used for friends and foes. For example, in The Song of Roland, characters use sarcasm to describe enemies as friends, and interestingly, demeaning monikers are used to chastise friends. What do these epithets say about the cultural boundaries between…[Read more]
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Pamela Kirkpatrick changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month ago
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Heidi Tiedemann Darroch started the topic Invitation to coffee and chat at MLA 2016 in the discussion
Part-Time Faculty Members on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession will be hosting a coffee hour on Saturday, January 9 between our two panel sessions. We invite you to join us from 11:30-1:30 in 502-503 of the JW Marriott to share ideas and initiatives. Additional information is available here: https://contingent.mla.hcommons-staging.org/.
Many thanks to all…[Read more]
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Kristin E. Pitt's profile was updated on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months ago
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Kristin E. Pitt replied to the topic Is this forum still active? in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoHi, everyone,
I’m an associate professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and my research focuses primarily on discourses of the body in the contemporary literature of the Americas. I publish more on Hispanophone, Lusophone, and Anglophone authors in the Americas, but I do incorporate some Francophone American…[Read more]
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Kristin E. Pitt replied to the topic CFPs in the discussion
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoHaiti: Beyond Commemorations & Boundaries (University of Chicago, May 12-14, 2016; Deadline: August 14, 2015)
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Kristin E. Pitt replied to the topic Literature about business in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoA couple of accessible short story suggestions from the environmentally-focused series on Oil and Water that The Guardian published in the past few years: “The Swimming Pool” by Jekwu Anyaegbuna, http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/16/jekwu-anyaegbuna-swimming-pool-short-story , and “Barthelme” by Joanna Kavenna, http://www.theguardian.com/bo…[Read more]
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago
As many of you will have heard, Resolution 2014-1 got 60% of the votes cast but did not reach the minimum of 10% of the total membership required (by a recent rule) in order to be officially adopted. Thank you to all who voted. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd that to my mind gives a good sense of the meaning of the event:
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I’m among the 1500, but what worries me more than the opposition is the apathy of those who did not care to cast any vote. Not that we are much different here in Poland… Thank you for your post.
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago
Thank you to everyone who voted on resolution 2014-1. As you will have heard, the resolution got 60% of the votes in its favor but did not pass because it did not reach the minimum of 10% of the membership required (by a recent rule). This still counts as a major victory. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd:
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Kristin E. Pitt replied to the topic Petition in the forum
Prospective Forum: TC Indigenous Studies on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoI support the creation of this forum.
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months ago
Prove participatory citizenship is still alive! Vote on the MLA resolution! Last 8 hours!
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