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Laura R. Braunstein started the topic CFP: Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference @ Dartmouth in the discussion
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years agoGeneral Call for Papers
Illustration, Comics, and Animation ConferenceMay 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?
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María Gil Poisa uploaded the file: CFP: Body Memory Trauma // Exhibition: Water, Art, Women, Life to
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years agoCFP: Body Memory Trauma // Exhibition: Water, Art, Women, Life
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Lexicography on MLA Commons 11 years agoAbstracts for MLA2015, session 356: Teaching with the OED
Friday, 9 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., 111, VCC West
Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Lexicography
Presiding: Lisa Berglund, Buffalo State Coll., State Univ. of New York
Speakers: Kate Levin, Barnard Coll.; Elizabeth Dyrud Lyman, Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville; J. Lawrence M…[Read more] -
Kathleen Venema replied to the topic Citing Comics in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoHi Amanda — I’ve got an article on a graphic narrative about to appear in a collection, and I had to get copyright permissions from all the publishers involved (i.e. Canadian, US, and British publishers); perhaps check with the anthology’s editors — perhaps you’ll get lucky, and they will look after getting copyright permissions for you!?
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Joshua Begley replied to the topic Citing Comics in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoHi, Amanda,
I don’t know if this helps, but I recently wrote an essay about comics for publication, and I had to get permission to use them. I got lucky because one of them was creator-owned, so I could just contact her through Twitter, but the other was owned by Dynamite Comics and was unsuccessful in contacting them.
This was for the journal…[Read more]
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Amanda Roberts started the topic Citing Comics in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoHi 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]
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Michael Hancher started the topic MLA 2015 Discussion Group CFP: Teaching with the Oxford English Dictionary in the forum
Lexicography on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoTeaching with the Oxford English Dictionary: A Roundtable
We invite proposals for 8-10 minute presentations (which will be followed by a general discussion). Topics include: teaching students to use the OED; descriptions of successful assignments; negotiating the OED Online; and broader reflections on dictionaries in the classroom.
Please send…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic MLA 2015: CFP "Comics and Memory" in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its first Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
“Comics and Memory”
The subject of memory has been central to comics studies. From <i>Maus</i> and <i>Fun Home</i> to <i>Crisis on Infi…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its first Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
“Comics and Memory”
The subject of memory has been central to comics studies. From Maus and Fun Home to Crisis on Infinite Earths, the cap…[Read more]
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Call for Papers
WORLDS and WORDS
29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
Carrollton, Georgia
October 30-November 1, 2014Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic MLA 2015: CFP "Immigration and Comics" in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its second Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
<span>”Immigration and Comics”</span>
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<span>Call for Papers for a proposed panel at the Modern Language Association (MLA)…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoThe Modern Language Association (MLA) Discussion Group on Comics & Graphic Narratives is pleased to announce its second Call for Papers for the next MLA convention, to be held in Vancouver in January 2015:
“Immigration and Comics”
Call for Papers for a proposed panel at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention, 8-11 Jan. 2015,…[Read more]
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Hans Adler replied to the topic New Franz Kafka play in progress in the forum
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoHello, I’d appreciate if you could send me your play to the following email address: hadler@wisc.edu. I might consider to use it for my annual Kafka lecture here at the UW Madison.
Thanks in advance and congratulations to your achievement!
Sincerely,
Hans Adler
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New Franz Kafka play in progress in the forum
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months agoGood afternoon, Kafka fans,
The play is finished! Anybody wish to read it? I would love comments.
This is a surreal play about the Franz Kafka few people know.
Intriguing?Just ask with a valid email address and I will sennd the play on to you.
Thanks,
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Phillip Lundberg uploaded the file: Josephine the Songstress to
Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoKafka’s last word – the spiritual underpinnings of Kafka’s life work is apparent in his last alter-ego – Josephine – the mouse that roars to those who have ears…-? More info at the Kafka group or on my website.
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Good afternoon, Kafka fans,
RE: Gregor’s Hard Hat, a one-act play by Gloria Ptacek McMillanThe play is finished! Anybody wish to read it? I would love comments.
This is a surreal play about the Franz Kafka few people know.
Intriguing?Just ask with a valid email address and I will sennd the play on to you.
Thanks,
Gloria
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Phillip Lundberg uploaded the file: Josephine the Songstress to
Twentieth-Century German Literature on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoFranz Kafka’s Last Word – a musical homage. More info in the Kafka Group.
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 12 years, 3 months agoOther Comics Studies Events @ MLA 2014!
Besides the four events—the three panels and the cash bar—sponsored or co-sponsored by our Discussion Group, MLA 2014 in Chicago will host two other sessions devoted comics or graphic narratives, as well as a number of individual papers that, as far as we are able to tell from the program, connect to the…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano posted an update in the group
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months agoMLA 2014—Announcing Our Sessions!
We of the MLA Discussion Group on Comics and Graphic Narratives are proud to announce our sessions for the 129th Annual MLA Convention, to be held 9-12 January 2014 in Chicago. Once more we’ll be doing our full allotment of panels—three, including one in collaboration with the MLA Division on Literature and Other…[Read more]