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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic New Rust Belt Literature Group at Commons in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoCertainly! We can also include Northern Mexico’s mining and steel areas.
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic New Rust Belt Literature Group at Commons in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoRust Belt Literature
Public Group active 5 hours, 52 minutes ago
<div id=”item-meta”>We welcome your participation in the Rust Belt Literature group.
This group will host discussions of all types of literary responses to living in the Rust Belt, defined here as industrial communities in the United States. Those ho have been affected by the rust…[Read more]
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Anu Aneja replied to the topic Do you have news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHi Nicky,
Here is the link to my recently published co-authored book (with Shubhangi Vaidya) entitled Embodying Mothering: Perspectives from Contemporary India. https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/embodying-motherhood/<
Best wishes!Anu Aneja
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Kelly Sultzbach replied to the topic Do you have news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHello Nicky and my fellow teacher-scholars,
I appreciate the chance to share my forthcoming book publication: Ecocriticism in the Modernist Imagination: Forster, Woolf, and Auden. It is coming out from Cambridge UP in September.
I will follow Petar’s lead and include the official link…[Read more]
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Val Dumond replied to the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months ago
After a five year struggle, my book, American-English: The Official Guide, has been published and is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kindle. Not a “rule” book, it is aimed at writers and emphasizes the benefits of creating Your Style Manual and recording personal choices of grammar and punctuation usage. A special section offers…[Read more]
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Petar Penda replied to the topic Do you have news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Nicky,
Thank you for this opportunity to share our news.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing published The Whirlwind of Passion: New Critical Perspectives on William Shakespeare in May, a collection of essays I edited.
Here’s the link to the book: http://www.cambridgescholars.com/the-whirlwind-of-passion
With best wishes,
Petar Penda -
Maria Lujan Figueredo replied to the topic Do you have news to share? in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHello,
Thank you for this message. I recently won an award and I would like to have this news
shared with other MLA members in the Commons Newsletter to be included in the
September issue!
Professor Maria Figueredo wins 2016 President’s University-Wide Teaching
Award (Full-Time Faculty Category)
This prestigious award is an important recogni…[Read more]
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Maria Lujan Figueredo replied to the topic News to share? in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHello,
Thank you for this message. I recently won an award and I would like to have this news shared with other MLA members in the Commons Newsletter to be included in the September issue!
Professor Maria Figueredo wins 2016 President’s University-Wide Teaching Award
(Full-Time Faculty Category)
This prestigious award is an important recognit…[Read more]
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoMy chapter “East to West – The Inter-Connectedness of All Things Created” will be published in the forthcoming book Sustainability in/and Writing Intensive Courses as part of the Lexington Books’ Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series. The book should be out by MLA 2017.
Thanks!
Pam
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Aryandes Aaron Lacayo replied to the topic Do you have news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHi Nicky,
Thank you for letting us know! My English translation of a novella in Spanish (from El Salvador) was recently published: They Have Fired Her Again by Claudia Hernández.
Thank you!
Cheers,
Aarón Lacayo
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Nicky Agate started the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHave you recently published a book, presented a project, or won an award? Share your news with other MLA members in the Commons Newsletter. Message me your news here on the Commons (@terrainsvagues) or e-mailcommons@mla.org over the next couple of days to be included in the September issue!
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Laura C. Mandell started the topic P4P Classes — Register Now! in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoProgramming for Humanists
A continuing education course and online webinar Offered by the
Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture – Texas A&M
UniversityRegistration is still possible!
Go to: Fall 2016 Programming4HUMansits Registration:Beginning Friday, September 2, 2016 – 9:0…[Read more]
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Amanda Starling Gould deposited Restor(y)ing the Ground: Digital Environmental Media Studies in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThis article presents a digital environmental media studies (DEMS) framework that shifts the primary focus of digital media study from one grounded in computation to one fully rooted in the earth. DEMS proposes a relational, metabolic ontology wherein popular media theory terms like atmospheric media, elemental media, cyborg, and digital labor are…[Read more]
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Carrie Johnston started the topic Registration for Bucknell's Digital Scholarship Conference is now open in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months ago(With apologies for cross-posting)
Registration is now open for #BUDSC16, Bucknell University’s third annual Digital Scholarship Conference, October 28-30. This year’s conference, “Negotiating Borders through Digital Collaboration,” will feature speakers with a range of interests and specializations, including faculty, librarians, students, an…[Read more]
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Alexa Huang deposited Yukio Ninagawa in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoStemming from a culture of translation, Ninagawa’s interpretations of Shakespeare were nurtured by Japan’s rebirth and consolidation of its national identity after the war. His stage works thrive in the contentious space between cultures. In fact, the notion that ‘modern Japan is a culture of translation’ has been taken for granted by many Japanes…[Read more]
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Anastasia Salter deposited Syllabus: Digital Cultures & Narrative in the group
TC Popular Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoUndergraduate syllabus for a course combining media studies with creative production practices in digital narratives and culture. Designed for delivery online, with an emphasis on individual projects.
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Anastasia Salter deposited Syllabus: Digital Cultures & Narrative in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoUndergraduate syllabus for a course combining media studies with creative production practices in digital narratives and culture. Designed for delivery online, with an emphasis on individual projects.
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Alexa Huang deposited The Blotted Line | An Interview with Alexa Huang in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoAn Interview with Alexa Huang, George Washington University | The Blotted Line
“I am proud to have answered my calling to tell stories and to show others how to listen for silenced voices. Story-telling makes us human because it…[Read more]
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Alexa Huang deposited Global Shakespeare 2.0 and the Task of the Performance Archive in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoWhat are digital video’s functions? How can those functions be best facilitated in the field of Shakespeare studies when the disciplinary boundary between text and performance is blurred by virtual performative texts? This article surveys the state of global Shakespeare and analyses the implications of digital video in scholarly and pedagogic practice.
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John Laudun started the topic CFP: Culture Analytics Workshop at SocInfo 2016 in the discussion
Computer Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoCFP: Culture Analytics Workshop at SocInfo 2016
The Culture Analytics Working Group invites proposals for papers to be part of a day-long workshop on Culture Analytics at this year’s International Conference on Social Informatics.
Previous workshops have focused on the intersections of text and media, on UX design, on multiscale data-driven…[Read more]
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