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Ricia Anne Chansky's profile was updated on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month ago
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic The Routledge Auto/Biography Studies book series in the discussion
GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoRoutledge Auto/Biography Studies
Series Editor: Ricia Anne Chansky
The Routledge Auto/Biography Studies book series publishes outstanding new work from preeminent scholars and emerging voices in autobiography, biography, life writing, life narrative, and identity studies. This series is an interdisciplinary project that maintains interest in all…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic CFP: Palgrave Series in Life Writing in the discussion
GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month ago
Palgrave Studies in Life Writing Brant, C. (Ed), Saunders, M. (Ed) This series features books that address key concepts and subjects, with an emphasis on new and emergent approaches. It offers specialist but accessible studies of contemporary and historical topics, with a focus on connecting life writing to themes with cross-disciplinary appeal.…[Read more] -
Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic CFP: Special Issue — The Textualities of the Auto/biogrAfrical in the discussion
GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoThe Textualities of the Auto/biogrAfrical
Following the founding colloquium of the IABA Africa chapter in October 2017, this special issue of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies will both explore and provisionally consolidate examples of contemporary scholarship on the varied forms of ‘auto/biogrAfrical’ life storying that emerge from (and in rel…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic CFP: International Auto/Biography Association Americas Conference – Jamaica in the discussion
GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoLives in Transition: Negotiating the Currents in a Changing World
The 4th Biennial Conference of the IABA Americas Chapter
The conference conveners invite papers that explore the means by which auto/biographical subjects explore lives ‘in transition’ and/or in the process of ‘transitioning.’ How do life narratives explore the kinds of adjustm…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic CFP: Women and Language in the discussion
GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoCall for Papers | Women & Language
Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University
Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be empirical,…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky created the event MLA GS Life Writing Social in the group GS Life Writing. on MLA Commons 8 years ago
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GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCFP: POSTHUMAN LIVES
Deadline: October 15, 2017
a/b: Auto/Biography Studies seeks original articles for a special issue on “Engaging Donna Haraway: Lives in the Natureculture Web” to be published as volume 34.3, Autumn 2019. A major theorist in such diverse areas as feminisms, Marxism, new materialism, science studies, posthumanism, animal stu…[Read more]
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GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCall for Papers
Secret Lives: Hiding, Revealing, Belonging
The International Auto/Biography Association
Biennial World Conference: July 11-14, 2018
Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Co-conveners: Suely Quintana, Alberto Ferreira da Rocha, Junior, and Sergio da Silva Barcellos
The co-…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky posted an update in the group
GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCall for Papers: a/b: Auto/Biography Studies Special Issue on Trans Narratives
“Trans” has taken on a number of important theoretical and critical meanings inside and outside the academy. A prefix with the sense in the OED of ‘across, through, over, to or on the other side of, beyond, outside of, from one place, person, thing, or state to anoth…[Read more]
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GS Life Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoA little spoiler to get everyone excited for MLA 2018 in NYC:
The GS Forum in Life Writing panels are as follows:
Eminent Victorians at One Hundred; Thu Jan 4; 1:45-3:00 pm
Catfished: Lies Online; Fri Jan 5; 1:45-3:00 pm
New York Transit; Sat Jan 6; 12:00-1:15 pmAnd, an additional auto/biography studies panel:
#wethepeople; Thu Jan 4;…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic CFPs for 2018 MLA GS Forum in Life Writing in the discussion
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoCatfished: Lies Online
How do platforms that facilitate sharing life narratives open doors to fake lives? This panel explores social media and other online spaces as means for constructing counterfeit lives: romantic, political, and otherwise.250 word abstracts and brief bios by March 15.
Contact: Ricia Anne Chansky (ricia.chansky@upr.edu) and…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic CFP: MLA 2018 Special Session Proposal in the discussion
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months ago<div id=”js_1kj” class=”_5pbx userContent” data-ft=”{"tn":"K"}”>
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This panel examines auto/biographical narratives that challenge the myth of a homogeneous United States. What complex and nuanced aspects of American national identities are revealed…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic MLA GS Life Writing 2017 Social in the discussion
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoSaturday, January 7, 2017 6 pm to 7:30 pm
Take some time out to enjoy the annual MLA GS Life Writing Forum social. To be held at the Marriott Philadelphia Courtyard Downtown, 21 North Juniper Street. Check back on Jan 5 for suite number. Hope to see you there!
Sponsored by a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.

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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic MLA GS Life Writing 2017 Social in the discussion
Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoSaturday, January 7, 2017 6 pm to 7:30 pm
<span class=”_4n-j _3cht fsl”>Take some time out to enjoy the annual MLA GS Life Writing Forum social. To be held at the Marriott Philadelphia Courtyard Downtown, 21 North Juniper Street. Check back on Jan 5 for suite number. Hope to see you there!</span>
Sponsored by a/b: Auto/Biography…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky started the topic Emergency Resolution in the discussion
Radical Caucus on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoHowdy Folks: I am concerned about many aspects of a Trump presidency, including civil liberties, critical thinking, and support for education. I wonder if anyone has considered drafting an emergency resolution for the MLA convention in regards to affirming tolerance and academic freedom in the face of what has already proven to be a reductive,…[Read more]
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Ricia Anne Chansky became a registered member on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months ago