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Dorothy Stringer started the topic Join TC Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature’s Executive Committee! in the discussion
TC Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature on MLA Commons 2 years agoMLA’s Transdisciplinary Connections Forum for Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature solicits nominations and self-nominations for a seat on the Executive Board. The Executive Board devises and runs programming for the MLA Convention, including at least two panels yearly. The Forum is an excellent way to meet colleagues with similar interests.…[Read more]
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Kristin Moriah started the topic Un-Bioed: Radically Reimagining Black Women’s Lives in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoUn-Bioed: Radically Reimagining Black Women’s Lives
This 2-day conference is an opportunity to celebrate and expand the community of Black women’s life writers. Black women’s life writing has been among the fastest-growing literary subgenres in the past several years. Long before this explosion of memoirs and biographies on and by Black women…[Read more]
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Regenia Gagnier deposited The Geopolitics of Beauty in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 2 years agoBuilding on eighteenth-century philosophical traditions, Victorian aesthetics were often posed as an antidote to the vicissitudes of the Industrial Revolution and the political and economic demands of the marketplace, and in most cultures undergoing modernization the Beautiful has often functioned in opposition to the forces of power and…[Read more]
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Regenia Gagnier deposited The Futures of English: Introduction from the UK in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 2 years agoWill students raised on social media still read English literature?
• What is the role of English/American literature in the PRC, India,
Australasia, the USA?
• What is the role of English language in relation to other global
and local languages?
• What is the role of decolonising efforts?
• How do our respective state apparatuses affect…[Read more] -
Bernadette Andrea started the topic Nominees to Executive Committee in the discussion
GS Travel Writing on MLA Commons 2 years agoThe MLA Travel Writing Forum seeks nominees to the Executive Committee, with a term to begin after the 2025 MLA Convention and run through Jan 2030. Please send nominations to bernadette.andrea@ucsb.edu by January 15, 2024. Self-nominations are welcome.
- Only current MLA members are eligible for appointment.
- Seven convention years must elapse…
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David A. Wacks started the topic Online talk on Sephardi Diaspora in Algeria (14th-15th c.) (Jan 30) in the discussion
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 2 years agoProf. Amina Boukail (Univ. Jijel), “Written Sephardic Diaspora to Survive from Spain to Algeria (14th–15th Centuries)”
Respondent: Javier Castaño (U Complutense)Jan 30, 8:00am Pacific US/11:00am Eastern US/17:00 Paris
“Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History”, presented by the German Historical Institutes of Paris and Rome
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Crystal Anne Chemris deposited Flyer for The Spanish Baroque and latin American Literary Modernity: writing in Constellation in the group
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis contains a table of contents and description for the book, The Spanish Baroque and Latin American Literary Modernity: Writing in Constellation, as a follow up to my paper for the 2024 MLA. Chapter One formed the basis for “Góngora, Inca Garcilaso, and the Meeting of Humanist and Indigenous Modes of Knowledge.”
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David A. Wacks started the topic Summer Workshop: “Sephardic Culture: An Introduction” (July 8-11, 2024) in the discussion
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 2 years agoThe Mediterranean Seminar Summer Skills Seminars are intensive, interactive four-day workshops that provide students, scholars, and professionals with the foundational training in technical skills related to Mediterranean Studies.
The Seminars, run by leading scholars, emphasize hands-on reading complemented by supplementary and contextual…[Read more]
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Marc Caplan replied to the topic Nominations for Global Jewish Executive Committee in the discussion
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 2 years agoI’m pleased to second Jonathan’s nomination, if necessary…!
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Jonathan S. Skolnik replied to the topic Nominations for Global Jewish Executive Committee in the discussion
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 2 years agoHi Laini, I’d like to self-nominate. I’ll also send an email. All best, Jonathan Skolnik UMass Amherst
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Christine Y Lupton started the topic Seeking Nominations for committee members in the discussion
GS Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 2 years agoWe’d very much like nominations for our new committee member. The term would begin Jan 25 and run for three years. Nominees must be MLA members and NOT be on any other MLA committee. Feel free to email mail me directly with ideas (self nomination totally OK!): c.lupton@warwick.ac.uk. DEADLINE: Jan 15th 2024.
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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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Ramzi Salti deposited Vivian and Her Son in the group
TC Postcolonial 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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Raj Chetty started the topic CLCS Caribbean Forum panel at MLA 2024 (in-person, Philadelphia) in the discussion
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 2 years agoHey all!
Please join us for this year’s Caribbean forum in-person panel, “Evolutions in Caribbean State Formation” (326), which has been selected by Frieda Ekotto, MLA President, to be included in this year’s Presidential Theme, “Celebration: Joy and Sorrow.”
- Friday, 5 January 2024
- 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM
- Loews – Congress B (4th Floor)
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Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call For Book Chapters: Beyond Networks of Domination: Rethinking Machinic Media in the discussion
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 2 years agoCall For Book Chapters: Beyond Networks of Domination: Rethinking Machinic Media, Digitality & Cinema of our Times
Editors: Ananya Roy Pratihar(IMIS,Bhubaneswar), Saswat Samay Das (IIT, Kharagpur) & Shashibhushan Nayak(GP Nayagarh)
The biopolitical schemas for restructuring machinic networks of Media, Digital, and cinema do not stand as…[Read more]
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Laini Kavaloski started the topic Nominations for Global Jewish Executive Committee in the discussion
CLCS Global Jewish on MLA Commons 2 years agoWe are looking for nominations for appointment to the Global Jewish Forum Executive Committee (self-nominations encouraged). The term runs for five years, from January 2025 through January 2030.
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SBussey started the topic Philadelphia plans in the discussion
TC Race and Ethnicity Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoLooking forward to seeing some of you in Phily! TC Aging Studies has two panels: Thursday, 3:30 (Marriott 308) and Saturday 10:15 (Marriott Franklin-8). We are also planning an informal gathering on Saturday at 9:30, at the Exhibit Hall coffee area. I hope you will come by and introduce yourself to me and next year’s Forum president, Shawn Maurer.…[Read more]
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SBussey started the topic Philadelphia plans in the discussion
TC Age Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoLooking forward to seeing some of you in Phily! TC Aging Studies has two panels: Thursday, 3:30 (Marriott 308) and Saturday 10:15 (Marriott Franklin-8). We are also planning an informal gathering on Saturday at 9:30, at the Exhibit Hall coffee area. I hope you will come by and introduce yourself to me and next year’s Forum president, Shawn Maurer.…[Read more]
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Preetha Mani deposited The Literary Management of Multilingualism in Postcolonial India in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 2 years agoThis chapter explores a tension in postcolonial Indian literature between the monolingual form of the nation and the multilingual tendencies of the linguistic regions through a comparison between the Sahitya Akademi’s (India’s national academy of letters) activities and Tamil putukkavitai (new poetry) writing. By promoting translation and con…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Angela Carter’s Adaptations of the Ashputtle Story in the discussion
GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale on MLA Commons 2 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
We recently published an article titled as “Deconstructing a Disempowering Normative Identity: Angela Carter’s Adaptations of the Ashputtle Story” in Interlitteraria journal. We present the information and the abstract of the article below. If you would like to have a copy of it, please click this l…[Read more]
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