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Ramzi Salti deposited Vivian and Her Son in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis short story, written by Dr. Ramzi Salti, was published as part of his book titled “The Native Informant and Other Stories: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World”. It has been turned into a short film titled “The 40th Day’–available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fspvJSiSQkc. Complete E-Book now available on Google Play and Kindle.
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Sarah Benharrech started the topic MLA 18th century French Forum dinner on Saturday January 6th at 8:00pm in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years agoDear MLA members and 18th century enthusiasts,
You are invited to attend the 18c French Forum dinner on Saturday, January 6th at 8:00pm.
The dinner will take place at Caribou Café (1126 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107), which is a short walk from the PA Convention Center and the Downtown Marriott. The chef, Olivier Desaintmar…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman? in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University, Sweden published an article titled “Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman?” in Nordic Review of Iconography.
I present the abstract of this article below and the article can be downloaded for free from the link b…[Read more] -
Arif Camoglu deposited Loving Sovereignty: Political Mysticism, Seyh Galib, and Giorgio Agamben in the group
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoCentering on the poetry of Şeyh Galib (1757–1799), this article considers Ottoman imperial sovereignty in tandem with the discourse of mysticism that underpinned it. A key rhetorical device that enables the abstraction of the politics of empire in this discourse is the metaphor of the beloved sovereign. In the mystical writing of Galib, this me…[Read more]
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Arif Camoglu deposited “Supreme in Ruin”: Empire’s Afterlife in Romantic Encounters with Imperial Ruins in the group
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoRegistered in Romantic depictions of imperial ruins is the endurance of empire in its immateriality: the imageries of empire’s ruination announce a future where imperial sovereignty maintains its presence spectrally. Using Jacques Derrida’s notion of hauntology, and recruiting further insight from political theory, this essay argues that emp…[Read more]
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Dorothy Stringer replied to the topic Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature Panels at the 2024 MLA Convention in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoApologies for missing info; dates and times as follows:
194 – Lacan and the Event: Papers in Honor of Mari Ruti
Friday, 5 January 2024 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Marriott – Franklin 7 (Level 4)
648 – Queer Theory and Psychoanalysis
Sunday, 7 January 2024 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Marriott – Franklin 2 (Level 4)
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Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2024 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
LLC 18th-Century French on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]
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Sarah Benharrech started the topic Assistant Professor of French at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThe Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Tennessee flagship campus in Knoxville is seeking applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in early modern French studies, with a focus on the 18th century, to begin August 1, 2024. To broaden our programs, innovative and…[Read more]
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Corine Tachtiris deposited Syllabus for grad seminar on Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Translation – revised in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 3 months agoThis is a revised 2023 version of a course was first taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in fall 2018. It addresses feminism, gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, and critical race and ethnic studies in conjunction with translation studies.
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Ervin Malakaj started the topic CfP: Sessions Organized by the Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching in the discussion
LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoCfP: Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching2024 Modern Language Association Annual ConventionJanuary 4-7, Philadelphia
The MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2024 MLA…[Read more] -
Tracy Rutler posted an update in the group
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoCFP: 2024 MLA in Philadelphia
There is still time to submit a proposal for these three panels organized by the LLC 18th-century France (including one non-guaranteed panel co-organized with LLC 17th-century France)!
France in the Eighteenth-Century Americas
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Yvonne Fuentes posted an update in the group
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoReminder of Calls for Papers: Abstracts due March 17.
Politics of Celebration in 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian Performance
We invite papers that address forms of celebration and expressions of collective joy or sorrow through dance, song, satire, or ritual from the Spanish and Iberian 18th and 19th Centuries. Please send a 250-word…[Read more] -
David Alff started the topic CFP MLA 24 — New Methods in 18th-Century Comparative and Cross-Cultural Reading in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 10 months agoIt has been nearly 20 years since Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak called, in Death of a Discipline (2005), for a radical reorientation of comparative literature’s methods for the 21st century. Observing the institutional shift from Area Studies to Cultural and Ethnic Studies, Spivak urged comparatists to reimagine the political imperatives of the d…[Read more]
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Atia Sattar started the topic NWSA CFP: Decolonizing Feminist and Queer Pedagogies in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoThe CFP below is for a pedagogy workshop to be conducted at the National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting in Baltimore, October 26–29, 2023.
“This workshop highlights pedagogical practices that seek to transform Feminist and Queer Studies classrooms into radical and liberatory spaces for decolonial thought and practice. Even as we emp…[Read more]
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David Alff started the topic CFP MLA 2024 — Comparative Media Histories in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoRecent work in book history, bibliography, and media studies has expanded definitions of “the book” and turned attention to materiality more broadly. Eighteenth-century studies in particular has seen an interest in non-print media, queer and trans book history, speculative archives, and critical making, among other approaches. This panel seeks con…[Read more]
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Kathryn Anne Everly deposited Intersectional Silencing in the Archive: Salaria Kea and The Spanish Civil War in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 11 months agoSalaria Kea was the only African American woman to serve with the American Medical Unit during the Spanish Civil War. Her experience has been silenced and edited within the archive by traditionally more authoritative voices. Reconsidering the impact of intersectionality on personal experience can lead to a better understanding of Black U.S.…[Read more]
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Guylian Nemegeer started the topic CFP Conference: USES OF MODERNISM (Ghent, Belgium – 20-22 September 2023) in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 2 years, 12 months agoDear colleagues,
Members of this group may be interested in the following Call for Papers.
CFP Conference: Uses of Modernism – Ghent, 20-22 September 2023
The conference Uses of Modernism brings together scholars from various disciplines and specialisations to reconsider the Modernist concept in the wake of the post-colonial and global turn i…[Read more]
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Allison Margaret Bigelow started the topic Associate or Assistant Professor of Medieval and Iberian Studies, Spanish, UVA in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months agoWe’re hiring! Please spread the news about our search for a colleague in early modern or medieval Iberian Studies, at the rank of assistant or associate professor (tenure-track or tenured). Position description and application information are available h…[Read more]
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Cheryl Farris-Clayton deposited On Dickinson in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoEssay on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her impact upon literature. This essay celebrates her global reach from within societal spheres of gender. “Emily Dickinson transformed the genre of poetry from the academic salon styled idealism to the personal poignant voice of reality from the poet’s point of view.”
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Kristin E. Pitt started the topic Visiting Assistant Professor, Queer and Sexuality Studies, UW-Milwaukee in the discussion
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoWomen’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee invites applications for a visiting assistant professor with expertise in Queer and Sexuality Studies for 2022-2023. Must be able to teach Queer Theory and Feminist Theory courses. Apply by April 10, 2022 to ensure consideration. https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/33994
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