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Sharon O'Dair replied to the topic Your Friendly Neighborhood LLC Shax Forum Secretary: AMA (Ask Me Anything) in the discussion
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 8 months agoHi Sujata! A good idea to use the Commons, but I find–and have always found–the site frustrating to use. Why isn’t there just one way to log in, for instance? And just now I clicked on your posted set of abstracts for 2022 and was told by the site that I should try deleting cookies. Which I did. Returned to the site and received the same me…[Read more]
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Sujata Iyengar started the topic Your Friendly Neighborhood LLC Shax Forum Secretary: AMA (Ask Me Anything) in the discussion
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 8 months agoOpen thread for anyone curious about what it’s like being on the LLC Shax Forum Committee! If I don’t know the answer to your question, I know whom to ask to find out!
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Sujata Iyengar started the topic LLC Shakespeare is not cancelled 😉 in the discussion
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 8 months agoI am pleased to report that the MLA Executive has approved the renewal of the LLC Shakespeare Forum for another five years, following a successful review. (Ignore my clickbait subject header: this is a ROUTINE review that ALL groups must undergo regularly.)
I’m attaching the report so that the membership can see the suggestions made from the…[Read more]
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Sujata Iyengar started the topic LLC Shakespeare is not cancelled 😉 in the discussion
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 8 months agoI am pleased to report that the MLA Executive has approved the renewal of the LLC Shakespeare Forum for another five years, following a successful review. (Ignore my clickbait subject header: this is a ROUTINE review that ALL groups must undergo regularly.)
I’m attaching the report so that the membership can see the suggestions made from the…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Call for Abstracts: Making Queer Comics (edited collection, UP Mississippi, 7/1) in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 9 months agoCall for Papers (please share)
Making Queer Comics: Foundations and Touchstones
“Making Queer Comics: Foundations and Touchstones” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi (advance contract). This volume will survey the work of foundational figures in LGBTQ+ comics art and…[Read more]
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Sujata Iyengar deposited Some Practices for Publishing the Precariat in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 9 months agoIn this paper, in a panel co-sponsored by the MLA Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession and the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, I summarize some of the structural and practical problems that challenge contingent scholars when they try to publish their work in scholarly journals. I share the record of the online, multimedia,…[Read more]
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Sujata Iyengar deposited ‘Maiden Blossoms’: Shakespeare and Climate Grief in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 9 months agoThis reflective paper contextualizes my own climate grief in light of botanical and geological references to sorrow in Shakespeare’s plays and to habitat and climate change in the North Georgia Piedmont.
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aecklund started the topic New recorded presentation from the Charleston Library Conference, November 2020 in the discussion
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoMLA staff member and University of Scranton instructor Dan Connor shares his recent experience teaching with the MLA International Bibliography in this recorded presentation from the November 2020 Charleston Library Conference.
View the recording on Vimeo here: Searching to Engage: Teaching with the MLA International Bibliography
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Sujata Iyengar created the doc Template Ack letter for MLA 2022 in the group
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Global mediation: Performing Shakespeare in the age of networked and digital cultures,” The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance, ed. Peter Kirwan and Kathryn Prince (London: Bloomsbury, 2021), pp. 132-150 in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoPerforming Shakespeare in modern times is an act of mediation between characters and actors, creating channels between geocultural spaces and time periods. The multiplicity of the plural term global Shakespeares helps us push back against deceivingly harmonious images of Shakespeare’s ubiquitous presence. Adaptations accrue nuanced meanings as t…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited Fulbright Snapshot: Snapshot: Shakespeare & East Asia by Alexa Alice Joubin, March 24, 2021 in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoShakespeare and East Asia (Oxford, 2021) explores distinctive themes in post-1950s Asian-themed performances and adaptations of Shakespeare. In this Snapshot, Alexa Alice Joubin discusses the book and the importance of wider research into Global Shakespeares.
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “The Roots of Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S.” George Washington University Department of English Blog, March 23, 2021 in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoCOVID-19 has exacerbated anti-Asian racism—the demonization of a group of people based on their perceived social value—in the United States in the cultural and political life. This article that analyzes the language of racism and misogyny. It also offers strategies for inclusion during and after the pandemic. Racialized thinking is ins…[Read more]
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Sujata Iyengar started the topic EXTENDED DUE DATES for MLA Shax Panels: MARCH 26th in the discussion
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoThe Exec Committee of the Shakespeare Forum for the Modern Language Association of America announce calls for presentations for three sessions at the annual convention from January 6-9, 2022. Please note updated DUE DATE of MARCH 26th, 2021.
Re-Reading “Timon of Athens”
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Sujata Iyengar edited the doc Calls for Presentations, MLA 2022, from the Exec Committee in the group
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Pamela Lim-McAlister started the topic March 25 Deadline for HEP CFPs–Come join us! in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoExtended CFP deadlines: March 25! We want YOU to be a part of one of our sessions at MLA 2022 in D.C. Please submit an abstract or share these with your colleagues. Much appreciation for your interest and assistance.
Building Bridges and Breaking Down Walls: The Teaching of World Literature in English
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Cristina León Alfar deposited Reading Mistress Elizabeth Bourne Marriage, Separation, and Legal Controversies in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months ago*Reading Mistress Elizabeth Bourne Marriage, Separation, and Legal Controversies,* Edited by Cristina León Alfar and Emily G. Sherwood, Routledge 2021, The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions. “Reading Mistress Elizabeth Bourne tells the story of Mistress Bourne’s petition for divorce, its resolution, and her ongoing di…[Read more]
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Anne Donlon replied to the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoApologies for the additional message. For some reason, the link broke in my original post. Here is the correct link: https://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/teaching-remotely/.
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Anne Donlon started the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 4 years, 10 months agoHello, all,
I’m writing to invite you to join a new group on MLA Commons: Teaching Remotely. The group was created to provide a space for MLA members to build collective resources, share their experiences with one another, and ask questions about teaching remotely.
I thought that members of this Commons group may be interested in—and would h…[Read more]
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Pamela Lim-McAlister started the topic CFPs for MLA 2022 from HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum in the discussion
HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months agoDear colleagues,
We are excited to share our three CFPs from the HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum for MLA 2022. Please read the details below and submit an abstract and short bio by March 15. We are looking forward to a terrific convention in D.C. and would love for YOU to be a panelist in one of our sessions. Please share these…[Read more]
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