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Myrto Drizou started the topic CFP- Volume on Edith Wharton (Critical Insights-Salem Press) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoCall for Papers
Critical Insights
Edith Wharton
Please see below the call for essays for a forthcoming volume on Edith Wharton. The volume is part of the series Critical Insights (Salem Press) and will appear in fall 2017. More information can be found here:http://www.salempress.com/critical_insights.html
Following the guidelines for the…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar started the topic Oct Meeting NYC Chapter of The Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoThe New York City Chapter
of
The Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance (SSWR)
presents:
ROYA BIGGIE
“Inter-Elemental Sympathies and
Cross-Species Compassion:
Caring for the Hybrid Body in Titus Andronicus”
ROYA BIGGIE, a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Grinnell College, is also a PhD Candidate in English at the Gradu…[Read more] -
Lijing Peng deposited Language Ideologies in Gao Xingjian’s Literature: a Linguistic Anthropological Study of Chinese Diaspora Literature in Europe in the group
LSL Linguistics and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoInspired by Samuel Beckett’s attenuation of language, the French Nobel Prize laureate Gao Xingjian has conducted various language experiments in his literary creations in the past two decades. Gao’s literary works, as Diaspora literature, have received extensive attention from European readers due to their Western modernist literary style, the aut…[Read more]
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Jorge Calderón started the topic Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling International Conference University of Toronto, C in the discussion
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoCall for Papers
Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling
International Conference
University of Toronto, Canada
May 24–26, 2017
How can one begin to apprehend that which is not of the order of representation, that which cannot be communicated in any way whatsoever, and that which cannot be rendered immanent through literature, cinema, painting, or by a…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar started the topic Sept Meeting, NYC Chapter of Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe first meeting of the Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance will take place on Thursday, September 15, from 6:00-7:30pm in room 9207 of the CUNY Graduate Center. Francesca Canadé Sautman (French, Hunter and Graduate Center) will speak on “Offstage Direction: French Women and the Shaping of the Renaissance Theater.” Have a look at t…[Read more]
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Carrie Johnston started the topic Deadline Approaching: Gender & the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
The Sept. 1 deadline for the Studies in the Novel special issue, “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupation of the American West” is approaching. Full CFP and submission guidelines below.
Call for Papers: Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West
Studies in the Novel is currently seeking submissions for a s…[Read more]
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Whitney Trettien deposited Renaissance Media syllabus (ENGL 281, Spring 2016) in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe attached syllabus was written for my undergraduate seminar “Renaissance Media” (ENGL 281) taught Spring 2016 at UNC Chapel Hill. The learning objectives for the course were as follows:
“During this course, students will:
* learn the basic history and culture of media technologies in England during the early modern period (roughly 150…[Read more] -
Alexa Huang deposited The Blotted Line | An Interview with Alexa Huang in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoAn Interview with Alexa Huang, George Washington University | The Blotted Line
“I am proud to have answered my calling to tell stories and to show others how to listen for silenced voices. Story-telling makes us human because it…[Read more]
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Martin Paul Eve deposited “You have to keep track of your changes”: The Version Variants and Publishing History of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas in the group
LSL Linguistics and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoIn 2003, David Mitchell’s editorial contact at the US branch of Random House moved from the publisher, leaving the American edition of Cloud Atlas (2004) without an editor for approximately three months. Meanwhile, the UK edition of the manuscript was undergoing a series of editorial changes and rewrites that were never synchronised back into t…[Read more]
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Whitney Trettien deposited "Digital Editing and Curation" (Spring 2016) graduate seminar syllabus in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThe attached syllabus was written for my graduate seminar “Digital Editing and Curation,” taught to 8 PhD students/candidates at UNC Chapel Hill in Spring 2016. The course description is as follows:
“This course introduces students to book history and scholarly editing through the frameworks of media studies and digital humanities. In this…[Read more]
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Roberta Rosenberg started the topic CFP: Global Women's Conference: Understanding and Preventing Violence in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoChristopher Newport University
College of Arts and Humanities
Call for Papers
Global Status of Women and Girls:
“Understanding, Defining, and Preventing Violence”
March 24-26, 2017
to be held at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to foster inquiries into the complex and mul…[Read more]
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Julian Grajewski deposited bringing the war back home (to women) in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoattempt to bring the horrors of the indo-china war to the most intimate part of women, 1967, xuan loc, rvn
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Serguei Alex Oushakine deposited Language and Subjectivity: Theories of Formation. in the group
LSL Language and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThe purpose of this graduate course is to examine key texts of the twentieth century that established the fundamental connection between language structures and practices on the one hand, and the formation of selfhood and subjectivity, on the other. In particular, the course will focus on theories that emphasize the role of formal elements in…[Read more]
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Alison Booth deposited Responsible Parties in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoFor an MLA panel, January 2016, this talk recalls the 2014 crisis at the University of Virginia about an alleged fraternity gang rape, discusses the policy on sexual assault that designates “responsible employees,” and proposes measures: change drinking laws; avoid segregating any space by identity; offer responsible parties. Humanities professors…[Read more]
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Alison Booth deposited Responsible Parties in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoFor an MLA panel, January 2016, this talk recalls the 2014 crisis at the University of Virginia about an alleged fraternity gang rape, discusses the policy on sexual assault that designates “responsible employees,” and proposes measures: change drinking laws; avoid segregating any space by identity; offer responsible parties. Humanities professors…[Read more]
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Fabiana E. Martínez deposited 12 Random Words / 12 Palabras al Azar in the group
LSL Linguistics and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoPeter Pan helps Rita solve the mystery of a stray puzzle piece. Aldo looks at the clouds and decides to quit. A little girl insists on making everything in her coloring book orange. Eve defies darkness turning past dreams into future memories.
12 Random Words / 12 Palabras al Azar is a bilingual collection of interior vignettes told in both…[Read more]
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Stephen Guy-Bray started the topic workshops of Lyly's Galatea in the discussion
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months ago<div class=””>We invite scholars to participate in exploring John Lyly’s <i class=””>Galatea at the Jerwood Space this August. The award-winning theatre maker Emma Frankland and Andy Kesson will be working with a company of performers, exploring the play’s representations of non-normative sexuality and its concluding investment in transge…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic CFP: The Comics of Alison Bechdel (edited collection; 12/1/16) in the discussion
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoOf interest to members of the Sexuality Studies Group:
The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In
“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of critical essays on the comics of Aliso…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic CFP: The Comics of Alison Bechdel (edited collection; 12/1/16) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoThe Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In
“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of critical essays on the comics of Alison Bechdel, offering new examinations of her entire body…[Read more]
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Anna M. Klobucka started the topic Call for submissions for the Journal of Feminist Scholarship in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoThe Journal of Feminist Scholarship is a twice-yearly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published online and aimed at promoting feminist scholarship across the disciplines, as well as expanding the reach and definitions of feminist research. The journal can be found at http://www.jfsonline.org/.
The editors of JFS invite submissions on a…[Read more]
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