Charlie-Hebdo and its Publics

Ever since the tragic murders of staff members of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, there have been heated discussions in the public sphere regarding free speech, religious expression, and the power of satire. Reactions have differed dramatically among national and social groups, East and West. These varied…[Read more]

Call for Papers for a guaranteed panel at the Modern Language Association

(MLA) Annual Convention, 7-10 Jan. 2016, in Austin.

Satire and the Editorial Cartoon

Ever since the days of William Hogarth and his brand of pictorial satire, expressing an opinion on the politics of the day in print demanded the combination of humor, hyperbole, and…[Read more]

General Call for Papers
Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference

May 8-10, 2015, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

*What is the future of illustration studies?
*What can comics scholars learn from animation studies and vice versa?
*Do illustrated books or graphic novels resist the supposed obsolescence of the book? *What do pictures want…[Read more]

Call for Papers Special Issue of American Jewish History dedicated to Material Culture

American Jewish History is currently seeking submissions for a special issue on material culture, guest-edited by Laura Leibman (Reed College).  The journal offers articles on every aspect of the American Jewish experience and is the most widely recognized…[Read more]

Call for Submissions: In geveb, a Journal of Yiddish Studies
We are proud to announce In geveb, a new online journal of Yiddish Studies. In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the presentation of digitized archival documents, the exchange of…[Read more]

Come one, come all to the two panels sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Studies [no longer called Discussion Group, but I forget what it’s now called] at this year’s MLA, starting this week:

275. Jewish Geographies, Jewish Space(s)

Friday, 9 January: 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 204, VCC West

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Jewish C…[Read more]

Come one, come all to the two panels sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Studies [no longer called Discussion Group, but I forget what it’s now called]:

275. Jewish Geographies, Jewish Space(s)
Friday, 9 January: 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 204, VCC West
Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Jewish Cultural Studies and the Discussion Group on J…[Read more]

Any brave souls want to put their names up–or put someone else’s name up–for election to the Jewish Cultural Studies executive board? The term is five years, starting at the close of this year’s MLA: thus, the lucky winner will serve starting with MLA 2016 and running through MLA 2020, serving as Secretary for MLA 2019 and Grand Dragon for MLA 2…[Read more]

The Asian American Literature Division has organized two panels for MLA 2015 in Vancouver. We hope you will be able to attend.
324. Asian American Literary Studies and the Vietnam War
Friday, 9 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 120, VCC West

Program arranged by the Division on Asian American Literature

Presiding: Crystal Parikh, New York Univ.

1. “…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

I wrote an essay about a specific comic book and the essay is going to be published in an anthology. My question is about reproducing images from the comic in the anthology. I am, of course, citing the comic and the images in the essay, so is there any issue with using images from the comic in the anthology? It would be much more…[Read more]

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Rethinking Shakespeare and Italy: Cultural Exchanges from the Early Modern Period to the Present, ed. by Enza De Francisci and Chris Stamatakis (Routledge: Studies in Shakespeare Series)

This volume brings together international scholars from English literature, Italian studies, drama, and linguistics, as well as actors…[Read more]

Hello, Everybody Shakespearean,

A group of us have been thinking and rethinking a documentary film project that would show the value of crossing the line between science and the arts.

At first we were going to make it a conversation between Galileo and Shakespeare–roughly contemporaries.
But granting agencies didn’t like the fictional…[Read more]

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