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Bradley J. Fest deposited Isn’t It a Beautiful Day? An Interview with J. Hillis Miller in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis interview with esteemed literary critic J. Hillis Miller was conducted via Skype on July 17, 2013. Miller speaks about a number of issues important to his life and work. Providing a number of emblematic parables, Miller discusses his early career, his work on the poetry of William Carlos Williams, and his famous essay “The Critic as H…[Read more]
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Bradley J. Fest deposited An Interview with Jonathan Arac in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThis interview with literary critic Jonathan Arac was conducted at the University of Pittsburgh on May 19, 2015. Arac, a member of the boundary 2 editorial collective since 1979, speaks at length about his life and work. Addressing the impact of theory on his career, he discusses how he came to be associated with the New Americanists, his project…[Read more]
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Ross Wilson deposited Reading Materials: Pots, Plaster, Poetry, and the Press, 1766-1861 in the group
CLCS Romantic and 19th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoThis is the proposal for ‘Reading Materials: Pots, Plaster, Poetry, and the Press, 1766-1861’, a (putative) panel for MLA 2024. Individual paper abstracts and other materials will follow.
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Priya Wadhera started the topic CFP: Surrealism dans tous ses états in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months ago2024 marks the centennial of the Surrealist Manifesto. Roundtable participants will examine the conceptual, verbal, and formal tools and strategies at stake in this preeminent artistic and critical stance in 20th-century French studies. They will explore the evolving ways in which surrealism still manifests in today’s cultural and literary imagina…[Read more]
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Atia Sattar started the topic NWSA CFP: Decolonizing Feminist and Queer Pedagogies in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThe CFP below is for a pedagogy workshop to be conducted at the National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting in Baltimore, October 26–29, 2023.
“This workshop highlights pedagogical practices that seek to transform Feminist and Queer Studies classrooms into radical and liberatory spaces for decolonial thought and practice. Even as we emp…[Read more]
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Elena Machado Sáez started the topic “What the New York Times gets wrong about the “American Dirt” controversy” in the discussion
2022 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoAn op-ed article I co-wrote with Latinx Studies colleagues David J. Vázquez and Magdalena L. Barrera was just published in Salon. Check it out!
“What the New York Times gets wrong about the “American Dirt” controversy: Who gets to wield the power of representation might be important to columnist Pamela Paul, but it’s a…[Read more]
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Kathryn Anne Everly deposited Intersectional Silencing in the Archive: Salaria Kea and The Spanish Civil War in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoSalaria Kea was the only African American woman to serve with the American Medical Unit during the Spanish Civil War. Her experience has been silenced and edited within the archive by traditionally more authoritative voices. Reconsidering the impact of intersectionality on personal experience can lead to a better understanding of Black U.S.…[Read more]
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Kath Burton replied to the topic Publicly Engaged Publishing – OER now live! in the discussion
Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 12 months agoTo find out more about the fabulous work of the HuMetricsHSS Initiative, the team have just released a new format newsletter that provides updates on how the project has been evolving.
And check out Section 6 of Publishing Values-Based Scholarly Communication to explore how the HuMetrics Values Sorter can support values-based publishing…[Read more]
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Bonnie Russell replied to the topic Publicly Engaged Publishing – OER now live! in the discussion
Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years agoI’m delighted that the OER has finally been released! Gathering real-life examples from those engaged in this work has been a journey of discovery. I’ve learned so much from those we’ve interviewed, as well as thinking through how values frameworks can help negotiate both the work itself and the interpersonal relationships that work resides. This…[Read more]
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Catherine Cocks replied to the topic Publicly Engaged Publishing – OER now live! in the discussion
Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years agoIt’s so exciting to see the OER go live! Many thanks to Kath Burton and to Bonnie Russell for making it a reality, and also to Rebecca Kennison for coming up with the idea. My favorite parts are video interviews with several people who have broad experience in publicly engaged work: Michelle May-Curry, director of Humanities for All; Teresa Mangum…[Read more]
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Kath Burton started the topic Publicly Engaged Publishing – OER now live! in the discussion
Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities on Humanities Commons 3 years agoHow do OERs support values-based publishing?
As we launch into 2023, members of the Publishing and the Publicly Engaged Humanities Group have teamed up with the HuMetricsHSS (Humane Metrics in Humanities and Social Science) initiative to co-author a new open educational resource (OER).Publishing Values-based Scholarly Communication is a wholly…[Read more]
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Guylian Nemegeer started the topic CFP Conference: USES OF MODERNISM (Ghent, Belgium – 20-22 September 2023) in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years agoDear colleagues,
Members of this group may be interested in the following Call for Papers.
CFP Conference: Uses of Modernism – Ghent, 20-22 September 2023
The conference Uses of Modernism brings together scholars from various disciplines and specialisations to reconsider the Modernist concept in the wake of the post-colonial and global turn i…[Read more]
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Karin E. Westman uploaded the file: MLA Sessions 2004-2023 to
GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature on MLA Commons 3 years agoAn archive document listing MLA sessions in children’s / YA literature, 2004-2023.
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Karin E. Westman uploaded the file: MLA Sessions 1980-2003 to
GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature on MLA Commons 3 years agoAn archive document listing MLA sessions in children’s / YA literature, 1980-2003.
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Sujata Iyengar deposited ‘It was the best butter’: Choosing the Right Journal for Your Work in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 3 years agoSeries of Powerpoint slides. Background on the limited time of faculty at “the 99%” of institutions (Francisco and O’Dair) to conduct research and thus the importance of not wasting that labor by choosing inappropriate venues. Overview of types of journal, and suggestions for using reflection prompts, the MLA directory of Periodicals, and a…[Read more]
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Deborah Elise White started the topic Forum Exectuive Committee Suggestions in the discussion
CLCS Romantic and 19th-Century on MLA Commons 3 years agoHello — Please email me with any suggestions you may have for people to serve on the forum executive Committee for CLCS Romanticism & 19th Century. (Every year needs new names so even if someone is not considered for this year, it’s good for us to have several names in mind.) My email: dwhite2@emory.edu Thanks!
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Karin E. Westman started the topic Updates from the MLA Children’s and YA Lit Forum Executive Committee in the discussion
GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature on MLA Commons 3 years agoGreetings from the MLA Children’s and YA Lit Forum Executive Committee!
Our committee will be meeting online this year directly following the MLA Convention (Jan 5-8). At the meeting, we will be considering nominations for the Executive Committee as well as session proposals for MLA 2024 in Philadelphia (Jan 4-7).
So we can ensure representation…[Read more]
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