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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic CFP: MLA: Satire and the Editorial Cartoon (Austin, 7-10 Jan 16) in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoCall for Papers for a guaranteed panel at the Modern Language Association
(MLA) Annual Convention, 7-10 Jan. 2016, in Austin.
Satire and the Editorial Cartoon
Ever since the days of William Hogarth and his brand of pictorial satire, expressing an opinion on the politics of the day in print demanded a combination of humor, hyperbole, and c…[Read more]
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Carrie Johnston started the topic CFP: The Lore and Lure of the Academic Job Market for MLA 2016 in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoSpecial Session: MLA 2016
The Lore and Lure of the Academic Job Market
This roundtable will consider how discipline-specific “lore” continually lures graduate students, contingent faculty, and even full-time faculty into an already overcrowded market. This panel seeks to initiate discussions about the psychodynamics of job candidacy in dis…[Read more]
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Amy Rubens started the topic CFP: MLA Special Session Proposal / Circulating Notions of TB in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoCFP: Special session proposal for the 2016 Modern Language Association convention in Austin, TX.
“Circulating Notions of TB”
Conference papers invited that examine the representation of patients’ experiences with tuberculosis in imaginative, digital, and other texts.
How do these narratives, metaphors, or images intersect with–or even active…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP: Arab American Women: Representation, Reception & Subjectivity in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoSociety for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Triennial Conference
November 4-8, 2015
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PAPanel on “Arab American Women: Representation, Reception and Subjectivity in Contemporary American Literature by Women”
This panel welcomes papers that examine how Arab American women are represented in…[Read more]
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Therí Alyce Pickens started the topic CFP: Arab American Aesthetics, edited collection in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoCFP: Arab American Aesthetics, edited collection
<div class=”paragraph”>This edited volume takes as its main question, how might we define Arab American Aesthetics? The impetus that undergirds this query is two-fold. First, the field of Arab American Studies contests the idea that Arab Americans and their various art(s) define themselves and their…[Read more] -
Suha Kudsieh started the topic Invitation to Join New MLA Forum: Global Arab and Arab American in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Colleagues,
I hope you are well. The MLA has agreed to launch the new forum on Global Arab and Arab American Lit & Culture (a.k.a. GAAM).
GAAM would like to urge MLA members who are interested in Arab American Lit. and Culture, and Global Arab Lit., to sign up for the new website on the MLA Commons: http://m…[Read more]
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Michael LeMahieu replied to the topic Public Arts/Criticism @ASAP/7 in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoJust uploaded the full CFP for ASAP/7. Check it out! ml
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Michael LeMahieu uploaded the file: CFP: ASAP/7 "Arts & the Public" to
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoASAP/7: Arts & the Public
September 24-27, 2015
Hosted by Clemson University at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, SC
Call for Papers
ASAP/7 invites proposals from scholars and artists on the relations between the public—broadly conceived – and contemporary visual, literary, performing, musical, and media arts. From parks, schools, and museums to…[Read more] -
Samuel Cohen replied to the topic Public Arts/Criticism @ASAP/7 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoFeel free to share!
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Public Arts/Criticism @ASAP/7 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoNo problem! I loved yesterday’s misophonia tweets, by the way. My husband and I spent quite some time trying to compose suitable haiku last night.
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Samuel Cohen replied to the topic Public Arts/Criticism @ASAP/7 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoThanks!
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Public Arts/Criticism @ASAP/7 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoHi Samuel,
I fixed the tags. If you go into the “Visual” rather than the “Text” tab, you’ll be able to see how your post should work.
Cheers,
Nicky
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Rita Bode started the topic CFP Society for the Study of American Women Writers 2015 Conference in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoReminder of deadline for all proposals: February 13, 2015
For the 2015 Triennial Conference of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Nov. 4-8, 2015, Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA., the conference organizers welcome proposals on any topic related to the study of American women writers, broadly conceived. The strength of…[Read more]
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Samuel Cohen replied to the topic Public Arts/Criticism @ASAP/7 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoSorry for the tags. No preview function!
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Samuel Cohen started the topic Public Arts/Criticism @ASAP/7 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoASAP/7: Arts & the Public, September 24-27, 2015 (Clemson University)
For ASAP (Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present) conference, ASAP/7: Arts & the Public, September 24-27, 2015, hosted by Clemson University. Looking for papers for a panel on pamphleteers, broadsiders, sidewalk ranters, bloggers, trollers, Tweeters, and other…[Read more] -
Miriam S. Gogol started the topic Book — Call for essays in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoDear Members of the Twentieth-Century American Literature Group: I thought you would be interested in this project:
Call for Critical Essay Submissions: Working Women
For a book to be published by a major publisher, I am inviting essays on working women in late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century American literature. The volume will focus…[Read more]
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Sue J. Kim started the topic Mentoring at Midcareer in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoMentoring isn’t just for students. Great advice from Joycelyn Moody. Let’s keep the conversation going at #MLA15! Blog post here: http://bit.ly/1wPU6y9
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Tana Jean Welch replied to the topic CFP: Contemporary American Poetry and Science Panel for ALA 201 in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoALA 2015 Panel Reminder:
Quantum Metaphors and Fractal Verse: Intersections in Contemporary American Poetry and Science
How are contemporary American poets utilizing science-based theories and ideas to create verse relevant to the concerns of the 21st century? Seeking abstracts for a panel that explores intersections between science and…[Read more]
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James E. Dobson started the topic ANN: 2015 Futures of American Studies Institute: Questions Worth Asking in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoDARTMOUTH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES A ONE WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE
THE FUTURES OF AMERICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE: QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
MONDAY, JUNE 22 — SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
Director: Donald E. Pease (Dartmouth College)
Co-Directors: Colleen Boggs (Dartmouth College), Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Elizabeth Maddock Dillon (Northeastern U…[Read more]
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Brad Evans started the topic MLA 2015: Special Screening of In the Land of the Head Hunters (2014) in the forum
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoSpecial Centenary Film Screening: In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Vancity Theater, Saturday, January 10, Noon
http://www.viff.org/theatre/series/vancity-theatre-screening
In the Land of the Head Hunters was the first feature film made in B.C. and is the oldest extant feature made in Canada. It’s also the first feature made with an e…[Read more]
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