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David F. Johnson started the topic Candidate Intro in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoFollowing Nicole’s lead, I too have been nominated for election to the Executive Board of the Old English Forum of the Modern Language Association. Here’s my statement of interest in this important function:
Having attended several MLA conferences in a row over the past three or four years—after a brief hiatus—I was struck by the energy, vib…[Read more]
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Nicole Guenther Discenza started the topic Candidate introduction in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoI am a candidate for the Old English forum and would like to introduce myself and my goals.
Old English has long had a strong presence at MLA. I want to continue the mix of panels and paper sessions we have had in recent years, with representation including all levels of the profession from graduate students through senior scholars.
I am a…[Read more]
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Candace Barrington deposited Medievalism and Gwendolyn Brooks' The Anniad in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoIn this brief paper, I first introduce Gwendolyn Brook’s “The Anniad,” a 43-stanza ballad at the center of her 1949 Pulitzer-prize winning collection, Annie Allen. Next, I make a case that “The Anniad” is informed by a medievalism combining Brooks’ girlhood reading and the physical environment of Bronzeville, her Chicago neighborhood. Finally, I…[Read more]
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Philip Smith started the topic CFP: The Novels of Elie Wiesel in the discussion
Jewish Cultural Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoCFP: The Novels of Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel has long been a pivotal figure in Holocaust discourse. His book Night was one of the earliest works by a survivor and continues to be a significant point of reference in Holocaust literature. He went on to become an incredibly prolific writer, working in a range of genres. His death in July 2016 invites…[Read more]
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Russell A. Berman started the topic Against Academic Boycotts: Presentation at APA in the discussion
Scholarship, Censorship, Exclusion on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months ago(You can also read this piece here.)
Academic Boycotts and Professional ResponsibilityDelivered at the Annual Convention of the
American Philosophical Association,
San Francisco, March 31, 2016
Russell A. BermanI was invited to speak on this panel, having been reassured that it would be devoted to academic boycotts, in general, but I cannot…[Read more]
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Russell A. Berman started the topic The Ten Worst Things about BDS in the discussion
Scholarship, Censorship, Exclusion on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months ago
The Ten Worst Things About the BDS Movement
Cary Nelson1. BDS demonizes, antagonizes, and delegitimizes one of the two parties who have to negotiate a solution to the conflict by working together and uncritically idealizes the other.
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Russell A. Berman started the topic The Myth of Institutional Boycotts in the discussion
Scholarship, Censorship, Exclusion on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoProponents of BDS (currently) argue that they are (only) proposing a boycott of institutions (only Israeli universities) and that this will not harm individuals. In Inside Higher Education, David Hirsh dismantles this myth. Boycotts of institutions harm the individuals in those institutions.
Attacking Israeli universities is an attack on un…[Read more]
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Karl Steel deposited Insensate Oysters and our Nonconsensual Existence in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoA consideration of classical and medieval oyster lore, a study of oysters as the “minimal animal.” Hand-corrected proof for Steve Mentz, ed. OCEANIC NEW YORK (Punctum 2015) – https://punctumbooks.com/titles/oceanic-new-york/
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Karl Steel deposited Introduction: Fabulous Animals in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoAlthough “fabulous” animals tend to be thought of as, say, unicorns, for early modern and medieval natural history, as well as the developed attention to gender and reproduction in twenty-first century science, the “fabulous” animal might be the one next door, like, say, squirrels.
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Karl Steel deposited The Past as Past is its disappearance: Erkenwald and the Jews in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoI’m taking the word “synagogue” seriously, and read Erkenwald’s judge as symbolically “Jewish,” a figure of the sclerotic quality of the law, a foil for Christianity’s uncertain relationship to its own law. I’ll probably publish this before my career’s over, but clearly I’m in no hurry….
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Karl Steel deposited The Past as Past is its disappearance: Erkenwald and the Jews in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoI’m taking the word “synagogue” seriously, and read Erkenwald’s judge as symbolically “Jewish,” a figure of the sclerotic quality of the law, a foil for Christianity’s uncertain relationship to its own law. I’ll probably publish this before my career’s over, but clearly I’m in no hurry….
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Karl Steel deposited Bad Heritage: The American Viking Fantasy, from the Nineteenth Century to Now in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoHere’s a key paragraph:
“This chapter will be an exploration of the heritage function of Vikings in America. It will look at their presumptive whiteness, from the early nineteenth century, through the real mania for all things Viking in the mid to late nineteenth century, and on to present day fascinations with the Norse in popular music,…[Read more] -
Karl Steel deposited Mostly Automatic: Humanity at the Edge of Agency and Ethics in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoMy response to “New Materialisms and the End of Critique,” MLA 2015, Session 454. http://newmaterialisms.mla.hcommons-staging.org/2015/01/07/hello-world/
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John MacKay deposited Christ Among the Herdsmen: From Refugee to Propagandist (1918-1922) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoVertov’s early years in film: the Kino-Nedelia newsreels, the work on the agitational trains, the anti-religious propaganda films.
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John MacKay deposited The Beating Pulse of Living Life: Musical, Futurist and Newsreel Matrices (1916-18) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoVertov in 1917, and an investigation of some of his shaping contexts: musical practice, Futurist poetry, early non-fiction filmmaking, and Marxism.
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John MacKay deposited Social Immortality: David Kaufman at the Psychoneurological Institute (1914-1916) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoDziga Vertov’s education during the early years of World War: his changing personal situation as a war refugee, the connections he made at the Institute, the ideas that exerted an influence.
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John MacKay deposited Province of Universality: Vertov before the War (1896-1914) in the group
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoOn Dziga Vertov’s early life and the city (Bialystok) and situations in which he grew up.
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Daniela Goldfine started the topic Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production in the discussion
Jewish American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoThe editors of a volume titled “Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production” invite proposals from potential contributors. The volume is planned for publication with Lexington Books as part of their Latin American Gender and Sexualities series edited by Carolina Rocha.
Essay proposals should explicitly address issues and…[Read more]
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Daniela Goldfine started the topic Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production in the discussion
Jewish Cultural Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoThe editors of a volume titled “Gender and Sexuality in Jewish Latin American Cultural Production” invite proposals from potential contributors. The volume is planned for publication with Lexington Books as part of their Latin American Gender and Sexualities series edited by Carolina Rocha.
Essay proposals should explicitly address issues and…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia: Arabic in Europe (dealine: March 20, 2016) in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoFrom: Samer Ali <samerali@umich.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:34 PM
Subject: CFP for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia: Arabic in EuropeCall for Papers — Please Distribute Widely
MLA Annual Convention 2017, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2017
Arabic in Europe: Medieval Connectivity and “Contamination”
Problem/Significance:…[Read more]
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