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Lisa Voigt started the topic Women & Language CFP (https://www.womenandlanguage.org/submissions) in the discussion
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoCall for Papers | Women & Language Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University
Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be empirical,…[Read more]
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Ashley "Aley" O'Mara replied to the topic Thinking about Careers for Scholars of Renaissance Studies in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoI’m curious about the outlook for careers in theater administration, given the pandemic. I’ve noticed layoffs and cancellations of job searches. Any sense of which areas of theater admin might recover soonest?
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Daniel Williams deposited Life among the Vermin: Nineveh and Ecological Relocation in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoHenrietta Rose-Innes’s novel Nineveh (2011) catalogs the activities of a humane pest expert as she discovers, on an estate under construction outside Cape Town, how human and insect actors undermine the spatial expectations of post-apartheid South Africa. Rose-Innes advances a vision of interspecies connection by recasting controversial themes…[Read more]
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Jessica Wolfe replied to the topic Doing Research in Renaissance Studies in the Age of COVID-19 in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoAnother suggestion for Kristin Bezio: sometimes, university libraries are willing to foot the bill for a faculty member or graduate student at that university to order a scanned reproduction of one or more documents, so long as you promise to deposit it in the library collection once you have finished using it. You might see whether there are…[Read more]
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Christopher Flanagan started the topic Call for Submissions – A Quit Lit Reader in the discussion
Academic Job Market Support Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Abstracts due July 15, 2020The Graduate School Press of Syracuse University invites submissions for a contributed volume titled A Quit Lit Reader, to be published by the Graduate School Press and distributed by Syracuse University Press. The editors welcome contributions from graduate students, faculty, and administrators…[Read more]
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Richard Freedman started the topic Welcome to the RSA Humanities Commons Group! in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoPlease join the RSA Humanities Commons group!
The Renaissance Society of America is the largest international academic society devoted to the study of the era 1300-1700. Founded in 1954, the RSA includes thousands of members around the world. Learn more about the RSA at https://www.rsa.org.
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Carla Zecher replied to the topic Doing Research in Ren Studies in the Age of COVID-19 in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThree posts came in while we were still in the process of setting up this discussion topic. Pasting them in here.
From Kristin Bezio:
“At some point, I need access to an MS at the British Library that isn’t part of their digital collection… not sure how I’m going to accomplish that!”
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Reply from Stephen Merriam Foley:
“I was pleas…[Read more]
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Carla Zecher started the topic Doing Research in Renaissance Studies in the Age of COVID-19 in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoLet’s share questions about research strategies and suggestions for workarounds. How will we progress in our research and writing this summer without being able to travel to libraries, archives, and historical sites? What sorts of help do researchers need?
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Pedro P. Palazzo deposited Architecture as Portrait: Exoticism and the Royal Character of the Louvre, 1380–1681 in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThe architectural evolution of the Louvre between the 15th and 17th centuries is characterized by systematic attempts to distinguish the building within the broader context of French styles. In the 15th and early 16th centuries, this is achieved by producing grander and more elaborate versions of the contemporary French architectural solutions.…[Read more]
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Carla Zecher started the topic Thinking about Careers for Scholars of Renaissance Studies in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoPublishing and editing, translating, consulting, curating, public engagement, digital humanities, creative industries: What questions do scholars of the Renaissance have about these different career paths, and more? What suggestions do scholars at mid-career and beyond have for emerging scholars just starting out?
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Carla Zecher started the topic Teaching the Renaissance Virtually and Finding Guest Speakers in the discussion
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoWhat are the challenges and rewards of teaching courses online in your field? What is working well? What sorts of help do you need? Would you be willing to volunteer to be a guest speaker in an online course taught by a colleague at another institution? Would you like to have a guest speaker for a course that you will be teaching?
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited Ejército, desarrollo y Alianza para el Progreso en Chile (1961-1970) in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThis essay analyzes the role of the Chilean Army in the debate for development and the Alliance for Progress in the country between 1961 and 1970. The Army followed the idea of development through articles in its magazines, and contributed with it through of special courses for conscript soldiers, as well as in construction tasks carried out by…[Read more]
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Froilán Ramos R. deposited La inmigración en la Administración de Pérez Jiménez (1952-1958) in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agocountry, due to two reasons: one, the high growth of the economy determined by high oil revenues, two, the lack of
This article analyzes the immigration policy of the Venezuelan State during administration of Pérez Jiménez (1952-1958). From December 1952 until January 1958, Marcos Pérez Jiménez governs Venezuela, first as interim president (un…[Read more] -
Froilán Ramos R. deposited La Historia de los portugueses en Venezuela (1959), de Miguel Acosta Saignes in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 5 years, 8 months agoThe following historiographical study is referred to the History of the Portuguese in Venezuela (1959), by Miguel Acosta Saignes, it hill analyze the work of critical and reflective way, both internally and externally, to elucidate its contribution to one of the process greatest historic modern Venezuela, such as immigration, as well as…[Read more]
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