The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision on 23 August “that student assistants working at private colleges and universities are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act.” https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-student-assistants-covered-nlra-0

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Of Podcasts, Performances, and Public Engagement: Asserting Yourself as a Junior Scholar

I’m kind of scared of the academy/ I think my parents are proud of me/ I just wish I knew how to be comfortable here/ I never feel like I’m allowed to breathe/Rubbing shoulders with these old nerds/ Rockin’ sweater vests in they office hours/ Eating hors d’oeu…

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In order to encourage graduate students and part-time faculty members, the Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages has dropped membership dues to zero for those whose income is below $20,000/year. This is only one strategy of many in our campaign to revitalize our membership. Please visit http://www.wcml.org for more information.

Hi there! I’m trying to spread the word about the availability of NeMLA Summer Fellowships. Here is a brief description. Please follow the link for more information.

The NeMLA Summer Fellowship Program Summer fellowships up to $1,500 are intended to defray the cost of traveling incurred by researchers in pursuing their work-in-progress over…[Read more]

I’d like to invite members of the group to the first ever Commons literary trivia quiz at this year’s convention in Austin. It promises to be extra nerdy, but in a good way. Sign up to reserve your spot: https://thewire.mla.hcommons-staging.org/2015/12/register-for-the-pub-quiz-at-the-convention/

Hope to see you there!

Nicky

An analysis by the MLA Subconference collective re CSA 2015 and the MLA Subconference 2015.

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The (Capitalist) Devil is in the Details, or, the theory and praxis of academic conferences

The academic conference is a microcosm of academia as a whole and contains all of the latter’s contradictions. Primary among t…

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MLA Commons now comes with a repository (the CORE button in the top menu on the right) which allows you to upload articles, syllabi, dissertation chapters, conference papers, data sets, works-in-progress, talks, blog posts, etc. You retain the copyright to your work, but you get the opportunity to publicize it or request feedback on a draft by…[Read more]

I invite members of this group who might be interested in exploring careers beyond university teaching to explore our new site for the Connected Academics initiative. Content—interviews, advice, resources—will updated regularly, but please let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see up there.

connect.mla.hcommons-staging.org

I have a student who is graduating with a B.A. in English and wants to pursue an M.A. in English through an online graduate program. The school is accredited and has a physical campus, but my student would be enrolled in the online graduate program only. She is choosing an online option because her husband is in the military, and they will be…[Read more]

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Beyond the Professoriate: A Virtual Conference for PhDs in Career Transition

Hosted by Maren Wood (Lilli Research Group) and Jennifer Polk (From PhD to Life)

May 2 and 9, 2015

Attend one day: US $25

Attend two days: US $39

Register at: beyondprof.com/registration

Career Day (May 2, 2015)

11:00 A.M. – 12:20 P.M. (EDT): Higher E…[Read more]

The MLA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession invites you to submit proposals for one of our guaranteed panels “Humanities beyond Humanities.” We welcome proposals on teaching languages and general humanities courses at STEM institutions, military academies, and smaller programs, languages and literature and alt-ac and…[Read more]