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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Infinite Summer: Reading, Empathy, and the Social Network on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months ago

This chapter explores the Infinite Summer reading project, in which a group of bloggers read and discussed David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest in dialogue with one another and with a wide readership, arguing that such social reading projects present the potential for developing crucial kinds of ethical human connection (of which the novel depicts…[Read more]
Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited The Pleasure of the Blog: The Early Novel, the Serial, and the Narrative Archive on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months ago

This paper explores the literary potential of the personal blog, arguing that the form may usefully understood in relationship to the early novel. As it has been argued that the representations of individual characters in the early novel helped to bring the modern understanding of the individual into being, so this paper argues that the character…[Read more]
Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Open on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months ago

Critical credo: on the significance of openness in humanities scholarship.
Rosemary Feal replied to the topic Ethnic Studies Division Endorses the Boycott Resolution in the discussion MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months ago

Please see this link:

http://www.mla.org/policies_for_divisio
Divisions
Definition. The MLA divisions encompass the primary scholarly and professional concerns of the association, with each division representing a major area of membership interest. The divisions are not autonomous organizations but are an integral part of the MLA; they have no…[Read more]
Rosemary Feal replied to the topic Ethnic Studies Division Endorses the Boycott Resolution in the discussion MLA Members for Justice in Palestine on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months ago

The members of these divisions have not voted to endorse a resolution, nor is it their purview to do so. Executive committee members of divisions have no authority to speak for the division’s members, and only the MLA Executive Council may speak on behalf of the association in any way. I will be contacting the executive committees of the divisions…[Read more]
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months ago

Have you read Profession on the Commons recently? http://profession.mla.hcommons-staging.org
Katina Rogers replied to the topic #MLA15 Conversation on the Commons in the forum 2015 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 11 years ago

Hello all,

Materials from “Careers for Humanists: A Job Search Workshop” are available at http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/careers-for-humanists-a-job-search-workshop/. All are welcome to join the group.
Kathleen Fitzpatrick posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months ago

Want to create a public presence for your professional work? Check out our new portfolios.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Join the 2015 MLA Convention group for information about the upcoming Vancouver meeting.
Rosemary G. Feal changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago
Rosemary G. Feal posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago

Registration is now open for #MLA15. Hope to see you in Vancouver!
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Steven Wheatley

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Steven Wheatley

@swheatley