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Christopher Looby started the topic CFP: Sexualities, Legislation, and Memory in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoSponsored by both the Division on Postcolonial Studies and the Discussion Group on Law as Literature.
Sexualities, Legislation, and Memory
How are global victories and legal challenges to LGBT rights shaping autobiography, film, relationships with nations of origin, political engagement? 300 word abstracts by 14 March 2014 (deadline may be…[Read more] -
S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoHello everyone,
Here is also another reminder regarding the approaching deadline of two panels on Arab American and Latin American Literature and Culture. Please note that the deadline for the first panel (Narrating Arab American) is Monday March 10, i.e. in just 2 days, while the deadline for the second panel is Sat. March 15.
• Narrating “…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDear colleagues,
I hope you are all well. I thought I’d post a reminder regarding the deadline to submit proposals for the panels proposed by the Division of Arabic Literature and Culture for the MLA’s annual convention to be held in Vancouver, 2015. The deadline is next Saturday on March 15, 2014.
The proposed panels are:
1) Untiming the…[Read more]
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Christopher Looby started the topic 2015 Divisional CFPs in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months ago<p class=”MsoNormal”>QUEER ARCHIVES.
Remembering, forgetting; loss, abandonment, preservation, invention; foundations, authorities; remainders, survivals, salvages; epistemic arrangements, derangements, reorderings; material and immaterial archives; future archives; archive fever; presence, place, trace. 250-word abstracts, 1-page CV by 15 March…[Read more] -
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great stuff! are you publishing this somewhere?
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Hello, the paper is by Thom Bryce (@tbryce); I merely posted it on his behalf. Please do get in touch with him on the Commons! Apologies for the confusion.
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thanks, Katina! will do!
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I’m struck by the juxtaposition here of Thom Bryce’s paper on grindr and Cheryl Higashida’s earlier cfp for the special issue on ‘Sexing the Left’. Arguably, the former demonstrates the timeliness, and urgency, of the latter.
Thom’s conclusion – that, despite some reservations, a commercial, profit-driven form of new communication such as grind…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers uploaded the file: Load More Guys: Queered Space and the Politics of Grindr to
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months ago[Originally uploaded by Thom Bryce on 10 January 2014.] A script from the roundtable discussion at the MLA on \”Digital Queers\”
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years agoHello everyone,
I apologize for not sharing the following update with you earlier: the Executive Committee (EC) for the division is going request setting up two new forums: “Arab American Literature and Culture,” to be listed under 15: “American,” within the broader category “Languages, Literatures, and Cultures,” and “Translingual and Diasporic…[Read more]
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Cheryl A. Higashida started the topic CFP: Sexing the Left/ English Language Notes in the forum
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 12 years ago“Sexing the Left” <i>English Language Notes</i> 53.2 (Spring/Summer 2015)
Sex is everywhere – even on the left. Then why have many of us been so heedless of its presence there, or so reluctant to acknowledge it? Even in scholarship where the left is at its most sexual, and sex is at its most left, there are unexplored avenues, missed encount…[Read more]
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Christopher Micklethwait started the topic MLA 2015 CFP: Special Session "Narrating 'Arab Americans'" in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years agoNarrating “Arab Americans”
Reflections on the term and its intersections with history, memory, geography, religion, race, gender, and sexuality in narratives by and about Arab Americans. 250-300 word abstract and CV by 10 March 2014; Pauline Homsi Vinson (phvinson@gmail.com) and Dalia Gomaa (dmgomaa@uwm.edu).
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years ago[Please feel free to post these CFPs widely and to circulate them within your departments]
Dear Colleagues,
The MLA Division for Arabic Literature and Culture has announced its CFPs for four panels scheduled for the MLA (Modern Language Association)130th annual convention, January 8–11, 2015, Vancouver, B.C. (Canada).
1) [Guaranteed Panel] U…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years agoHello everyone,
The Arabic Literature and Culture Division would like to encourage all our members to propose special panels, if they want to. These panels are vetted by the MLA, not by our division. Even if the final proposal is rejected, the whole exercise is informative, educational, and enjoyable. You’ll be connected to colleagues in your f…[Read more]-
Thank you, Suha and all. Please see and feel free to distribute the following CFP for a special session that Dalia Gomaa are hoping to propose:
Narrating “Arab Americans”: Reflections on the term and its intersections with history, memory, geography, religion, race, gender, and sexuality in narratives by and about Arab Americans. 250-300 word…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoDear Friends,
A quick reminder of session 119 “Open Hearing on the Future of the MLA Divisions”, a very important meeting today. Please try to attend it and make your voice heard regarding how the new structure will affect the Arabic Division. Here are the details of the the meeting:
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues:
The Executive Committee seeks nominees to stand in the Fall 2014 election for the Division on Arabic Literature and Culture. Nominees for the Fall 2014 election must be current MLA members (i.e., their names must appear in the membership list at the MLA Web site http://www.mla.org/member_search ).
The individual elected in 2014…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoHello everyone, you are cordially invited to the following cash bar on Sat. evening:
Cash Bar Arranged by SAMLA, NEMLA, and PAMLA:
Saturday, 11 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m., Addison, Chicago Marriott
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoDear Colleagues,
This year’s MLA convention features 21 panels that focus on Arabic literature and culture, listed below
The executive committee of the division looks forward to seeing you in Chicago
Best,
Suha Kudsieh
Secretary of the MLA Arabic lit. & Culture Division, 2013-14
Chair of the MLA Arabic lit. & Culture Division,…[Read more] -
Heather Love posted an update in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoCourtesy of Lawrence M. LaFountain-Stokes, I would like to announce the winners of this year’s GL/Q Caucus prize winners. They will be honored at the MLA Cash Bar (Thursday, Jan 9, 8:45-10 pm, Chicago VIII, Sheraton).
GL/Q Caucus for the Modern Languages
Prize Winners for 2013 CompetitionCrompton-Noll Prize for Best LGBTQ Studies Article: José…[Read more]
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Heather Love posted an update in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month agoAt MLA2014 in Chicago, please join us for these sessions sponsored or co-sponsored by the Division on Gay Studies in Language and Literature
Thursday, 9 January
140. Queer Modern Philologies
5:15–6:30 p.m. Lincolnshire, Chicago Marriott
Presiding: Ashley Shelden, Kennesaw State Univ.
1. “The Sexual World System,” Benjamin Kahan, L…[Read more]
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Please also join the GL/Q Caucus for its joint cash bar (with prize award ceremony) and sponsored session:
Thursday, January 9. Cash Bar: Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages, together with the Ages Studies Discussion Group, Feministas Unidas, GL/Q Caucus, Women in French, and Women in German. 8:45 – 10:00 p.m., Chicago VIII,…[Read more]
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The link for Twitter is: https://twitter.com/GLQMLA
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Matthew Thomas Miller started the topic Special Session on Persian Literature in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoAlthough this is the Arabic group, I thought I would post the announcement below here as well in case some of you find it relevant for your research interests.
For those of you that are attending the MLA conference next month in Chicago, I would like to draw your attention to a special session/panel on Persian literature (see details below)…[Read more]
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Shaden M. Tageldin replied to the topic MLA Group Structure: Membership Feedback Sought in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 12 years, 2 months agoDear Division of Arabic Literature and Culture colleagues:
I’d like to share my post to the MLA draft proposal on group structure, which appears in the comments sections to the overall proposal as well as to the paragraphs on African and Arabic literatures. I quote:I deeply appreciate the MLA’s efforts to rethink the organization of its di…[Read more]
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