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Amel Abbady deposited “‘You cannot assimilate Indian ghosts’ : a magical realist reading of Louise Erdrich’s The Night Watchman” in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 3 years, 6 months agoIn The Night Watchman (2020), Louise Erdrich continues to blur the lines between history and fiction as she has done in several of her novels. Erdrich introduces the reader to several magical elements that appear to be entirely real: two ghosts, a dog that talks, and an unearthly powwow with Jesus as one of the dancers. The main objective of this…[Read more]
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Cheryl Farris-Clayton deposited On Dickinson in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoEssay on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her impact upon literature. This essay celebrates her global reach from within societal spheres of gender. “Emily Dickinson transformed the genre of poetry from the academic salon styled idealism to the personal poignant voice of reality from the poet’s point of view.”
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Patrick Chura started the topic Call for Essays on African American Literature and Culture in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoThe non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research. We are in the process of expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture.
We’re interested in commissioning reference articles (2,000-…[Read more]
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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, 10 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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Carol Chiodo deposited Dante for Mothers in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis chapter details the efforts of the kindergarten educator, Elizabeth Harrison, to introduce Dante’s Divine Comedy to children in the midwestern United States during the late nineteenth century.
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Aldon Lynn Nielsen deposited Of Dr. Shelby Steele and Others in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 3 years, 12 months agoA sharply critical response to Shelby Steele’s first book, The Content of Our Character.
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Lauren Russell started the topic “Neurodivergent Poetics: Extending the Choreography” Roundtable Tonight, 7 PM in the discussion
TC Disability Studies on MLA Commons 4 years agoHello All,
Happy New Year! If you are attending the MLA conference this week, whether virtually or in person, please consider joining us tonight at 7 PM for Neurodivergent Poetics: Extending the Choreography, a virtual roundtable with Chris Martin, Joel Dias-Porter, Hannah Emerson, Estee Klar, Adam Wolfond, and Julia Miele Rodas, moderated…[Read more]
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Danica Savonick deposited The Pedagogical Legacy of bell hooks in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoThis article reflects on the pedagogical legacy of bell hooks.
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Emily Friedman deposited ENGL4160EA: Fall 2022: How Games Tell Stories in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month agoWe are quickly approaching the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, the 10th anniversaries of Twitch and Itch.io, and the ninth generation of video game consoles. The most successful TV/film Kickstarter of all time funded the animated series for D&D livestream Critical Role. Game Studies has existed as an interdisciplinary field for over three…[Read more]
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Leigh Gilmore started the topic Job Opportunity in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 2 months agoPosition No. 00005756. The Department of English at Southern Methodist University invites outstanding applicants for a tenured appointment at the rank of Late Associate or Early Full Professor to the Daisy Dean Frensley Chair in English Literature beginning Fall 2022. The field is open. We welcome candidates in any and all fields of literary…[Read more]
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Catherine Barbour started the topic Women’s Historical Fiction across the Globe Online Conference 28-29 October 2021 in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months ago‘Women’s Historical Fiction across the Globe’ Online Conference 28-29 October 2021 – free to register
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing, Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
This online symposium examines historical fiction by women writers across languages, time periods and c…[Read more]
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Rocío Quispe-Agnoli deposited Hablando desde el archivo colonial: Voces femeninas del Virreinato del Perú in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months agoInvited contribution to the book-catalog “Libros y autores del virreinato del Perú (1542-1824)” [Books and authors of the Viceroyalty of Peru] that accompanies the one-year exhibit (same title as the book) at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid (Spain). The exhibit can be visited from September 2021-September 2022. This chapter addresses the…[Read more]
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Amanda Caleb started the topic TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies Forum election in the discussion
TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months agoDear colleagues,
My name is Amanda Caleb, and I am Professor of Medical Humanities at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, having previously served as founding director and Professor of Medical and Health Humanities and Professor of English at Misericordia University. Although formally trained in Victorian studies and at the intersections…[Read more]
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Patrick McEvoy-Halston deposited Rollback: Leaving Women to Demons in Gene Wolfe’s Fiction in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months agoGene Wolfe, living though Severian, re-experiences via Thecla’s characterization of him as not being worth enough to value highly for being what he thought he could only amount to her when he first met her, that is, simply a boy at hand, his own once being lured into the attentions’ of his mother and then dismissed by her when she was done usi…[Read more]
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Bassam Sidiki started the topic TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies Election 2021 in the discussion
TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months agoGreetings!
My name is Bassam Sidiki and I am a PhD Candidate in English and Rackham Merit Fellow at the University of Michigan. I also hold an MA in Medical Humanities and Bioethics from Northwestern University. I work at the intersections of health humanities, postcolonial studies, and disability studies. My dissertati0n/first book, “Parasitic…[Read more]
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Kendra Leonard deposited Review: Katherine R. Larson, The Matter of Song in Early England in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 3 months agoReview of Katherine R. Larson, The Matter of Song in Early England. Abstract: Katherine R. Larson’s The Matter of Song in Early England is an exceptional study. It offers the perspective not just of an academic—Larson is professor of English at the University of Toronto—but also that of a performer, as Larson is an ac- complished singer. In this…[Read more]
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Erin Lamb started the topic Health Humanities Syllabus Repository Now Available in the discussion
TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 4 months agoGreetings Medical Humanities and Health Studies Forum!
The Health Humanities Consortium, in collaboration with the Medical Futures Lab at Rice University, is pleased to introduce the Health Humanities Syllabus Repository, a new curricular resource for medical/health humanities educators working in academic, professional, and public settings.
The…[Read more]
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Jesse A. Goldberg started the topic CFP: 2022 Quarry Farm Symposium on “Abolition Studies” in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 4 months agoCALL FOR PAPERS: 2022 Quarry Farm Symposium on “Abolition Studies”
Sept 30 — Oct 1, 2022
Elmira, NY
The Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College is hosting its annual Quarry Farm Symposium during the Fall 2022 semester, from September 30th to October 1st, organized around the theme of Abolition Studies. This year’s Keynote Address will…[Read more]
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Hania A.M. Nashef deposited “The right to narrate”: Gazans contest popular geopolitics with film in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 4 years, 5 months agoSince the Intifada of 2000, living conditions in the Gaza Strip have progressively deteriorated, and when Hamas came to power in 2006–07, a complete blockade was enforced on the inhabitants by Egypt and Israel. In addition, five full-scale wars have been
waged on the Strip. Despite these conditions, Gazans remain resilient, as evidenced by s…[Read more] -
Ferdâ Asya started the topic CFP – AMERICAN WRITERS IN PARIS: THEN AND NOW – PROPOSALS BY AUGUST 31, 2021 in the discussion
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 4 years, 6 months agoI am inviting original essays on the literary works written by American writers, who have lived in Paris from the 1800s to the present, for a book tentatively titled American Writers in Paris: Then and Now.
Although American expatriate literature in Paris is typified by the Lost Generation or the Jazz Age of the 1920s, Americans show a distinct…[Read more]
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