Stephen Sheehi
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Stephen Sheehi started the topic Open call for panel ideals: MLA 2016 in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years agoThe Executive Committee of the Arabic Division would like to invite the membership to submit ideas for a special session for the MLA in Austin, 2016. The special session should speak to the Presidential theme, “Literature and Its Publics: Past, Present, and Future.” If you have an ideal, please submit a short abstract of the panel and a sample C…[Read more]
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Stephen Sheehi started the topic PANEL IDEAS: MLA 2016 (AUSTIN, TX) in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoAs Chair-elect of the Arabic Division (2015), the Executive Committee welcome panel ideas for the MLA, 2016 in Austin. Many of the divisions and groups which discuss topics well in advance are in an advantageous position to put together strong panel ideas by the time they need to be submitted in February (2015). Also, the early start also allows…[Read more]
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Stephen Sheehi's profile was updated on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago
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Stephen Sheehi replied to the topic MLA Group Structure: Membership Feedback Sought in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 4 months agoI certainly appreciate the efforts of the MLA to open spaces of representation for fields and sub-fields that are often immersed in larger configurations. Indeed, classical Arabic, in the context of the MLA, is submerged within Arabic, which tends to be modern.
The problem with parsing two different groups is that, at this point, Arabic studies…[Read more]
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West Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 12 years, 6 months agoJeff Sacks (UC Irvine)
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Stephen Sheehi replied to the topic New Directions in Arabic Lit Scholarship? in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 8 months agoThanks to all of your for this productive and provocative conversation. I would only like to intervene regarding Suha’s point about al-nahdah. I don’t think many folks are “cheering” al-nahdah. The *critical* turn […]
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Stephen Sheehi changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 8 months ago