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Lisa Stein Haven replied to the topic CFP American Humor Studies at ALA in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoThanks, Roberta. Of course, the dates are January 10, 2015 for abstracts and notifications will then go out January 20th. Thanks for the heads-up.
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Roberta Rosenberg replied to the topic CFP American Humor Studies at ALA in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoHi Lisa, I think you need to change the dates in the last paragraph since they must be from a past CFP. Looks like some wonderful topics, however.
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Lisa Stein Haven started the topic CFP American Humor Studies at ALA in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoAmerican Literature Association
26th Annual Conference
May 21-24, 2015
The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue ,
Boston MA 02116-5798Conference Director:
Olivia Carr Edenfield, Georgia Southern UniversityConference Fee: For those who pre-register before April 15, 2015: $90 ($60 for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, and Retired…[Read more]
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Kathleen Venema replied to the topic Citing Comics in the forum
Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months 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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Andre Carrington started the topic CFP: Queers & Comics Conference in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months agoView the complete detailed CFP at http://www.clags.org/queers-comics/call-for-proposals
Queers & Comics Conference – Presented by CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies
Location: The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Date: May 7-8, 2015
Keynote Speakers: Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comics) and Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out F…[Read more] -
Shayani Bhattacharya started the topic CFP NeMLA: Writings about the Evolution of the Metropolis in the 20th Century in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoPanel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century
(Session ID: 15391)
Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)
Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)
For Ra…[Read more]
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William E. Lenz started the topic CFP Travel Culture at Popular Culture 2015 in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
PCA/ACA Travel & Tourism
CALL FOR PAPERS AT NATIONAL PCA/ACA CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY, APRIL 1-4, 2015
We had 7 panels in Travel and Tourism last year in Chicago; I hope to see 15 this year.
I’m looking for any and all interesting papers or presentations regarding travel and tourist culture. This i…[Read more]
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Anna Faktorovich started the topic Free E-Review Copy of "Romances of George Sand" in the forum
The Victorian Period on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoI hope you will be interested in reading my novel, “The Romances of George Sand,” which is forthcoming 9/12/2014. I believe this is a great book, and I would also like to see reviews on it up on Goodreads, LibraryThing, Amazon, etc. before the release date. If you are curious about this book, I’d be delighted to offer a free electronic copy in ex…[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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Joseph Paul Fisher started the topic CFP: Music behind Bars: Articulating Incarceration and Popular Music in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoPopular music’s relationship with incarceration has been a long and complicated one. The musician Lead Belly spent long stretches in prison for murder and other crimes but was eventually turned into a musical legend by folklorists John and Alan Lomax. In 1957, Elvis Presley had a number one hit with the Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller composition “…[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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Marina Fedosik started the topic CFP MLA 2015: Transnational Adoption in Film in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoAlliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture seeks paper proposals for its guaranteed session at the MLA Annual Convention in Vancouver, Canada. January 8-11, 2015
The panel will explore adoption in film with special focus on the ways national/transnational policies, politics, and ideologies shape the institution of adoption and lives of the…[Read more]
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Gabrielle Malcolm started the topic Jane Austen: Fan Phenomena – call for chapter submissions in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoCall for Submissions
FAN PHENOMENA: JANE AUSTEN
Intellect Books
Editor: Gabrielle Malcolm
A Call for Essay/Chapter Submissions for a collection on the Fan Culture of Jane Austen.
This book will be an edited collection of essays and texts on the Fan Phenomena of Jane Austen. It will be a new addition to the successful Fan Phenomena…[Read more]
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Daniel Hack posted an update in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 12 years agoFrom Sharon Aronofsky Weltman:
Applications are now open for “Performing Dickens: Oliver Twist and Great Expectations on Page Stage, and Screen,” a four-week National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers, sponsored by the Dickens Project at the University of California Santa Cruz. From Monday, July 7,…[Read more] -
Daniel Hack posted an update in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 12 years agoHere are the Victorian Division’s calls for papers for MLA 2015:
Victorian Animals
Human and nonhuman animals; reflections on the in-, non-, post-human. Papers welcome on the state of the field and on new methods and modes of inquiry. One-page abstracts and CVs by 1 March 2014; William A. Cohen (wcohen@umd.edu).
Victorian…[Read more]
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Sharon Aronofsky Weltman started the topic Performing Dickens — NEH Summer Seminar in the forum
Popular Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoApplications are now open for “Performing Dickens: Oliver Twist and Great Expectations on Page Stage, and Screen” a four-week National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers, sponsored by the Dickens Project at the University of California Santa Cruz. From Monday, July 7, 2014 to Friday, August 1, 2014[Read more]
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Open access, open source, open to all
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, 2014
Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]