Steven Petersheim
,@stevenpete
3
Following
6
Followers
-
Dana Luciano started the topic Invitation and Panel Info: Afterlives of 19c American Racism, 8:30 am 1/9/16 in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago82. Afterlives of Nineteenth-Century American Racism
Saturday, 9 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 14, ACCProgram arranged by the forum LLC 19th-Century American
Presiding: Dana Luciano, Georgetown Univ.
Speakers: Marlene Daut, Claremont Graduate Univ.; Gordon Fraser, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs; Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; <…[Read more]
-
Maria DiFrancesco started the topic Summer Fellowship Opportunity: NeMLA in the discussion
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThe NeMLA Summer Fellowship Program Summer fellowships up to $1,500 are intended to defray the cost of traveling incurred by researchers in pursuing their work-in-progress over the summer. Fellowships primarily support untenured junior faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars. All applicants will be notified before the convention.…[Read more]
-
Rodrigo Lazo started the topic Invitation – Canon and Archives Panel MLA in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago19. From Canon to Archival Encounters
<div id=”conv_program_details”>Thursday, 7 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 8C, ACC
Program arranged by the forum LLC 19th-Century American
Presiding: Rodrigo Lazo, Univ. of California, Irvine
1. “Slavery and the Archival Uncanny,” Jennifer C. James, George Washington Univ.
2. “Tales of Archival E…[Read more]
-
Nicky Agate started the topic Literary Trivia Quiz in Austin in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoI’d like to invite any members of the group attending this year’s convention to the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz, which will take place on Thursday night at the JW. It promises to be unabashedly nerdy, but fun too! A cash bar and prizes will be available.
For more information (and to reserve your spot), visit
-
Stacy Alaimo started the topic "Energy, Matter, Force" roundtable. Friday 8 Jan. 5:15, 6A ACC in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoHope to see people at the “Energy, Matter, Force,” roundtable; the inaugural session of the Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities Forum, at MLA:
Friday 8 Jan. 5:15, 6A ACC
Ken Hiltner, “Coal”
Catriona Sandilands, “Combustion”
Steve Mentz: “Error”
Serpil Opperman, “Storied Matter”
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson,”Solastalgia”
Ursula K. Heise, “Terra…[Read more] -
Nicky Agate started the topic Articles of Interest? in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoDear All,
Happy (almost) end of semester! I wanted to alert you to the scholarly materials that have been shared with this forum by MLA members via CORE. (They are denoted by the “Deposits” menu item to the left of the group’s page.) I encourage you to read your colleagues’ work and, perhaps, share some of your own!
– Nicky Agate (Manag…[Read more]
-
Nicky Agate started the topic Articles of Interest? in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoDear All,
Happy (almost) end of semester! I wanted to alert you to the many pedagogical materials and publications that have been shared with this forum by MLA members via CORE. (They are denoted by the “Deposits” box to the left of the group’s page.) I encourage you to read your colleagues’ work and, perhaps, to share some of your own.
– Nicky…[Read more]
-
Jonathan Senchyne deposited Bottles of ink, and reams of paper: Clotel, Racialization, and the Material Cultue of Print in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoThis essay argues that greater attention to the significance of the material culture of print, especially in early African American print culture, shows how technologies of racialization emerge in conjunction with technologies of printed words and images. The stereotype is perhaps the most familiar case. In one sense it offers quick reproduction…[Read more]
-
Jason Charles Courtmanche started the topic Extended Deadline for 21st Summer Meeting of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society in the discussion
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoExtended Deadline!
Call for Papers
The 21st Summer Meeting
of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society
June 2-5, 2016
The Stoweflake Inn at Stowe, Vermont
During an extended period of self-imposed isolation following his graduation from Bowdoin, Hawthorne embarked on a tour of New England and the Hudson Valley. In 1832, he visited Burlington,…[Read more]
-
Jason Charles Courtmanche started the topic CFP w/ extended deadline for Hawthorne ALA panels in the discussion
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month ago*Extended Deadlines!*
Calls for Papers: Nathaniel Hawthorne Society Sessions, American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, May 26-29, 2016.
“Hawthorne, Poe, and Childhood”
Proposals for papers on the topic of “Hawthorne, Poe, and Childhood” are sought for a Nathaniel Hawthorne Society session at the American Literature Associat…[Read more]
-
Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoArticle # 6: Annika Thiem (Villanova) about the Benjamin field and the philosophy of disciplinary boundaries:
https://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/node/5 -
Nicholas Birns deposited The Horizon’s Hoop: Emerson’s “Monadnoc” in Contingency and History in the group
LLC 19th-Century American on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoWhen it is spoken of at all, Emerson’s “Monadnoc” is described as a solicitation of natural sublimity. But a close rhetorical analysis of the poem reveals greater ambivalence about this sublimity than is apparent—linking it to later American philosophic poems by Frost, Stevens, Ammons, and Kinnell that at once solicit and question natural plenitu…[Read more]
-
Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 5: Daniel Weidner (Humboldt/ZfL) about the AFTERLIFE of Benjamin:
-
Lisa Zunshine deposited Lisa Zunshine in Conversation with Ralph James Savarese in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoHave cognitive scientists misread autism? What happens if, instead of simply accepting such research, literary critics turned to the actual prose and poetry written by autistic authors, such as Tito Mukhopadhyay and Donna Williams? Literary theory may never be the same once it comes to terms with neurodiversity.
-
Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 3: Brian Britt (Virginia Tech) about Benjamin’s displaced Judaism:
-
Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoArticle # 2: Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth) about Benjamin Biographies: https://importance_of_benjamin.cas2.lehigh.edu/node/1
-
Prentiss Clark started the topic Awards Announcement — Ralph Waldo Emerson Society in the discussion
Nineteenth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months ago**Awards Announcements** 2016
<div class=”column”>The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society announces four awards for projects that foster appreciation for Emerson.
*Graduate Student Paper Award*
Provides up to $750 of travel support to present a paper on an Emerson Society panel at the American Literature Association Annual Conference (May 2016) or the…[Read more] -
Nitzan Lebovic replied to the topic The Future of (Walter) Benjamin: A new series of articles on MLA Commons in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThe introduction to the series is now on line:
-
Brian Gregory Caraher deposited Cocoons of Desire and Thought: Metaphor as Metafunction in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThis conference paper was an invited plenary lecture for the 11th annual meeting of ICEG in January 2014. It builds upon numerous articles, essays and books the author has published on the grammar, epistemology and socio-historical aspects of metaphor and metaphorical discourse. This paper provides a model for understanding metaphor as a needed…[Read more]
-
Luz Angélica Kirschner started the topic CfP "Human Rights in the Americas," October 4-6, 2016, UCSB in the discussion
Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoDear Friends, Colleagues, Inter-Americanists, Theorists, Arab, Asian, Chicana/o, Decolonial, Ethnic, Hemispheric, Jewish, Latin American, Latina/o studies devotees and supporters I invite you to participate in the conference “Human Rights in the Americas” that will take place October 4 – 6, 2016, at the University of California, Santa Barba…[Read more]
- Load More
