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Thomas Robert Ward deposited Decolonizing Indigeneity: New Approaches to Latin American Literature in the group
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 6 years, 11 months agoWhile there are differences between cultures in different places and times, colonial representations of indigenous peoples generally suggest they are not capable of literature nor are they worthy of being represented as nations. Colonial representations of indigenous people continue on into the independence era and can still be detected in our…[Read more]
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Christopher Warren deposited Hugo Grotius and the Century of Revolution, 1613-1718: Transnational Reception in English Political Thought in the group
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 7 years agoReview for The Seventeenth Century of Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro, _The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Changed the World_ and Marco Barducci, _Hugo Grotius and the Century of Revolution, 1613-1718_
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Allison Margaret Bigelow deposited The Nature of Metallic Matter: Materials-Based Methods in the Study of Mining in the group
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 7 years agoIn 1526, royal refiner and natural historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557) praised the singular quality of the “muchos tesoros de oro labrado / en poder delos indios q̄ se hā cōquistado” (lxv, v). By 1535, however, he had to define what, exactly, he meant by gold: “No hablo aquí en el oro que se ha habido por rescates, o en la guerra, ni…[Read more]
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Allison Margaret Bigelow deposited The Nature of Metallic Matter: Materials-Based Methods in the Study of Mining in the group
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 7 years agoIn 1526, royal refiner and natural historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557) praised the singular quality of the “muchos tesoros de oro labrado / en poder delos indios q̄ se hā cōquistado” (lxv, v). By 1535, however, he had to define what, exactly, he meant by gold: “No hablo aquí en el oro que se ha habido por rescates, o en la guerra, ni…[Read more]
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Elvira L. Vilches started the topic Panel on Humanism, Coloniality, and Imperial Reason/ MLA 2019 in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues,
I think that this panel will be of interest to those of you working on Atlantic and Pacific frameworks .
Friday, Jan 4th
296. Humanism, Coloniality, and Imperial Reason.1:45-3:00 pm. Water Tower, Hyatt RegencyPresiding: Luis Fernando Restrepo, U of Arkansas, FayettevilleSpeakers: Glen Edgar Carman, DePaul U; Freddy…[Read more]
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Elvira L. Vilches started the topic Colonial Latin American History Panels/ AHA 2019 in the discussion
LLC Colonial Latin American on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues,
Here is the list of the AHA 2019 Colonial Latin American History panels, you may find interesting
- Religion and Society in the Early Modern Portuguese Atlantic World
Thursday, January 3, 2019: 3:30 PM-5:00 PMSalon 1 (Palmer House Hilton, Third Floor)Chair: Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, University of WinnipegPapers:Becoming “…[Read more]
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Elvira L. Vilches started the topic Panels and Happy Hour for Colonial Latin American Literatures/ MLA 2019 in the discussion
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoDear Members,
Here is the list of activities sponsored by the Colonial Latin American forum, MLA 2019.
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Thursday Jan 3rd
54. And What does Colonial Mean?
1:45-3:00 pm, Erie, Sheraton Grand
Presiding Mónica Díaz, U of Kentucky
Speakers: Ivonne del Valle, UC Berkley; Kathleen My…[Read more]
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Regenia Gagnier deposited Literatures of Liberalization: Global Circulation and the Long Nineteenth Century in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoFront matter for Literatures of Liberalization: Global Circulation and the Long Nineteenth Century
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Sharon O'Dair started the topic CFP : Women and Language in the discussion
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoHello all, here’s a CFP that may be of interest. I assume W&L must be interested in eco approaches, since the editor asked us to post. Had to edit submission requirements. Cheers.
Women & Language
Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University
Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original…[Read more]
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Sharon O'Dair started the topic CFP : Women and Language in the discussion
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoHello all, here’s a CFP that may be of interest:
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…[Read more]
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Matthew Omelsky deposited Knowledge in the Age of Climate Change in the group
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoAn introduction to the January 2017 special issue of the South Atlantic Quarterly, “Climate Change and the Production of Knowledge.”
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Ben Doyle started the topic *New Environmental Humanities publishing list* in the discussion
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month ago*NEW HUMANITIES PROGRAMME AND ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES LIST: CALL FOR PROPOSALS! *Emerald Publishing (2018 IPG Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year) is pleased to announce investment in a new Humanities book programme. Our commitment to interdisciplinary research means that we are moving into the Humanities for the first time, building…[Read more]
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Joela Jacobs started the topic CfP: Future Past (GSA 2019, Environmental Studies Network) in the discussion
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoGerman Studies Association
Oct. 3-6, 2019 – Portland, Oregon
“Future Past”
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Network
Abstracts due Jan. 15, 2019
The Environmental Studies Network invites submissions for a series of panels for the GSA 2019, taking place October 3-6, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
We invite submissions for a series of pan…[Read more]
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Joela Jacobs started the topic CfP: Future Past (GSA 2019, Environmental Studies Network) in the discussion
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoGerman Studies Association
Oct. 3-6, 2019 – Portland, Oregon“Future Past”
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Network
Abstracts due Jan. 15, 2019
The Environmental Studies Network invites submissions for a series of panels for the GSA 2019, taking place October 3-6, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
We invite submissions for a series of pan…[Read more]
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Joela Jacobs started the topic MLA 2020 CfP: Vegetal Imaginations: Plants in German Literature and Culture in the discussion
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoVegetal Imaginations: Plants in German Literature and Culture
This panel will explore the role of plants in the German literary and cultural imagination, with a special focus on questions of gender, sexuality, and ecofeminism.
Please send 300-word abstracts and a short bio or CV by 1 March 2019 to Joela Jacobs (joelajacobs@email.arizona.edu) and…[Read more]
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Maria Chouza-Calo started the topic Third Biennial Conference of the Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN) in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoThird Biennial Conference of the Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN)School of Advanced Study, Senate House | University of London 25-27 June 2020CALL FOR PAPERSTHEATRICAL PROCESSESThe Third Biennial Conference of the Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN) will focus on the topic of theatrical processes. We are particularly i…[Read more]
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Katherine Hummel started the topic "Resisting Otherwise" CFP: Guaranteed Panel for ASLE, June 26-30, 2019, Davis CA in the discussion
TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoResisting Otherwise: Mobilizing Submerged Perspectives in Global Social Ecologies (Guaranteed Panel for ASLE, June 26-30, 2019, Davis CA)
Ends on December 15, 2018
Organizers: Katherine Hummel (hummel@umich.edu) and Constanza Contreras (cbcontre@umich.edu), University of Michigan
Planned Format: Roundtable (5-6 Presenters)
For decades, i…[Read more]
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Carlo M. Bajetta deposited Elizabeth I ‘in Sight and View of all the World’: An Unpublished Spanish Letter (UPDATED VERSION) in the group
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoPrints an unpublished Spanish letter signed by Elizabeth I and addressed to Maria of Austria
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Dennis Looney deposited From Hell to Harlem: African American Responses to Dante’s Divine Comedy from 1850 to Today in the group
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoA course (MA level) I taught at the University of Pittsburgh in 2001, the research for which culminated in my book Freedom Readers (Notre Dame 2011).
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Whitney Sperrazza deposited Intimate Correspondence: Negotiating the Materials of Female Friendship in Margaret Cavendish’s Sociable Letters in the group
CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoIn this article, I argue that Margaret Cavendish uses ‘Sociable Letters’ and the female friendship within its pages to intervene in early modern epistolary traditions and negotiate alternatives for conventional markers of intimacy between correspondents. Grounding the argument in current scholarly debates on familiar letter conventions, I…[Read more]
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