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Lisa H. Cooper deposited The Poetics of Practicality in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoThis essay explores insistently practical medieval texts—works whose explicit goal is to assist their readers to make something in the world beyond the page (a book, a culinary dish, an ointment, an object) and asks if they can be said to have a poetics. Drawing on Michel de Certeau and Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of practice as well as Gérard Gene…[Read more]
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Lisa H. Cooper deposited The Poetics of Practicality in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoThis essay explores insistently practical medieval texts—works whose explicit goal is to assist their readers to make something in the world beyond the page (a book, a culinary dish, an ointment, an object) and asks if they can be said to have a poetics. Drawing on Michel de Certeau and Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of practice as well as Gérard Gene…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Fall 2017 Forum Delegate Election: Call for Suggestions in the discussion
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoWhen it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia, this forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for the fall 2017 election of a new Delegate Assembly representative. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who has been su…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Call for Membership Suggestions for 2017 Delegate Election in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoThe term of this forum’s current Delegate Assembly representative is due to expire in January 2018, so the election for a new representative will be held in the fall of 2017. The forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the Philadelphia convention in January. Though the exec…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Delegate Assembly representative election in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2017, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to…[Read more]
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William A. Quinn posted an update in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThanks to whoever nominated me to stand for election to the Chaucer Forum’s Executive Committee. My own research interests include the implications of recital, the history of verse form and and the history of reading. I hope to provide enthusiastic support for a diversity of approaches to all medieval literature. I am particularly concerned…[Read more]
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David F. Johnson started the topic Candidate Intro in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoFollowing Nicole’s lead, I too have been nominated for election to the Executive Board of the Old English Forum of the Modern Language Association. Here’s my statement of interest in this important function:
Having attended several MLA conferences in a row over the past three or four years—after a brief hiatus—I was struck by the energy, vib…[Read more]
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Nicole Guenther Discenza started the topic Candidate introduction in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoI am a candidate for the Old English forum and would like to introduce myself and my goals.
Old English has long had a strong presence at MLA. I want to continue the mix of panels and paper sessions we have had in recent years, with representation including all levels of the profession from graduate students through senior scholars.
I am a…[Read more]
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Karl Steel deposited The Past as Past is its disappearance: Erkenwald and the Jews in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoI’m taking the word “synagogue” seriously, and read Erkenwald’s judge as symbolically “Jewish,” a figure of the sclerotic quality of the law, a foil for Christianity’s uncertain relationship to its own law. I’ll probably publish this before my career’s over, but clearly I’m in no hurry….
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Whitney Trettien deposited "Digital Editing and Curation" (Spring 2016) graduate seminar syllabus in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe attached syllabus was written for my graduate seminar “Digital Editing and Curation,” taught to 8 PhD students/candidates at UNC Chapel Hill in Spring 2016. The course description is as follows:
“This course introduces students to book history and scholarly editing through the frameworks of media studies and digital humanities. In this…[Read more]
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Patricia M. Hswe deposited Data Envy in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoPanelists explore the research impact of digital scholarship. How is it enabling novel yet critical questions and discoveries otherwise unimaginable? What new paradigms for authorship, attribution, scholarly work, audience, and value are emerging? If research and teaching inform each other, how does their give-and-take play out for humanists…[Read more]
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Ryan Cordell started the topic MLA 2017 Panel: What Is Critical Bibliography? in the discussion
Bibliography and Textual Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoWe are excited to announce our first panel for MLA 2017 in Philadephia and provide the abstracts. Be sure to add this session to your convention schedule!
Chair: Ryan Cordell
Respondent: Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (University of Virginia and Director, Rare Book School)
Barbara Heritage (University of Virginia), “Literature as Artifact: Critical…[Read more] -
Michelle R. Warren deposited Ar-ar-archive in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoA reflection on the state of the archive in the state of post-theory.
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Caroline Edwards deposited The New Open Access Environment: Innovation in Research, Editing and Publishing in the group
TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis panel was designed to address the convention’s featured issues of the academic profession, publishing & editing, open access, and new technologies. Using a roundtable format, the panel discussed how open access publications are transforming the kind of research that is possible and necessitating new editorial practices. The session hosted an…[Read more]
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Ryan Cordell started the topic CFPs for MLA17 in Philadelphia in the discussion
Bibliography and Textual Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoOur CFPs for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia are now posted. Please consider applying and share widely!
“What Is Critical Bibliography?”
Seeking short position papers exploring the intellectual reach and possibilities for bibliography beyond textual criticism. What is the function of bibliography at the present time? 300 word abstracts by…[Read more] -
Molly A. Martin started the topic Teaching Arthur in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoHello, All!
I would love to see this forum become a community of scholars and teachers. If you have any wonderful or terrible–or somewhere in between but could be wonderful with just a little bit of help–experiences in Arthurian literature classes, share them here.
Last semester, I turned my final exam in to a final Arthurian experience.…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin deposited First Year Seminar: Arthurian Legends in the group
CLCS Arthurian on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoThis is a syllabus for my fall 2015 First Year Seminar on the Arthurian legend and its literature.
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Molly A. Martin replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoWelcome to the Commons, Alex!
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Alex Mueller replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoHi, everyone! And thanks, Molly, for getting this forum conversation going.
I’m Alex Mueller, former committee member for this group and Review Editor for Arthuriana. I am Associate Professor of English at University of Massachusetts Boston, specializing in medieval literature and digital pedagogy. In addition to all things Arthurian, my i…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoWelcome, Elizabeth! I am intrigued by these virtual Arthurian environments. Is this something that you would/could use in the classroom?
Molly
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