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Nicky Agate started the topic Call for Papers: Teaching and Resistance in the Age of Trumpism in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThe 2016 election of Donald Trump has brought with it a wave of dangerous, reactionary developments, including an emboldened white supremacy; brazen sexism; a belligerent foreign policy posture; an ever-more punitive stance on “law and order”; racist, xenophobic immigration and border policies; denial of scientifically-proven climate change; an…[Read more]
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Judy Bertonazzi deposited Fleur Pillager, Midewewinini: Food as the Source of Female Power in Louise Erdrich’s Novel Tracks in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoFrom the original paper presentation: In this paper I discuss the figurative language used in Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks with a particular focus on the figures and symbols associated with food and food practices. This paper performs a textual analysis of figurative language and symbols and the themes of food and food practices to reveal the…[Read more]
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Shawna Ross deposited The (Meme) Master: James’s Afterlives in Viral Satire in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis article investigates Henry James’s digital afterlives by analyzing popular James-themed images and articles that have been shared on the Internet since 2000. Adapting Richard Dawkins’s theory of virality and Michael Anesko’s concept of James’s cultural capital, this article engages with viral content published on websites such as Bustle,…[Read more]
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Miriam S. Gogol posted an update in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDear members of the Women’s and Gender Studies, for your consideration:
Call for Papers
The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two panels at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, CA on May 24-27, 2018.Panel One: Open Topic
Papers are invited on any topic concerning…[Read more] -
Kathleen Fitzpatrick started the topic Assoc/Full Professor, Literary Studies, Digital Humanities, Critical Diversity in the discussion
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe Department of English at Michigan State University invites applications for a scholar, at the level of Associate or Full Professor, whose work connects literary studies and the digital humanities to critical diversity. This position is part of the College of Arts and Letters’ Critical Diversity in a Digital Age initiative, which will f…[Read more]
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Rebecca Kennison deposited HuMetricsHSS: Exploring the Potential for Altmetrics as Value-Based Indicators in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThis presentation introduces the HuMetricsHSS (Humane Metrics in the Humanities and Social Sciences [HSS]) initiative (http://humetricshss.org/), which aims to develop and support values-based research indicators in HSS disciplines.
Because researchers’ practices are closely linked with the evaluation metrics by which they are judged, H…[Read more]
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Matthew Levay deposited 2017 Teaching Literature Book Award commendation in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThe Teaching Literature Book Award is an international, juried prize, awarded biennially by the faculty in the graduate programs in English at Idaho State University. This commendation discusses both the winning volume and an honorable mention.
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Matthew Levay started the topic Announcing the Teaching Literature Book Award honorable mention for 2017 in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThe Idaho State University Department of English and Philosophy is pleased to announce Teaching Early Modern Literature from the Archives, edited by Heidi Brayman Hackel (University of California, Riverside) and Ian Frederick Moulton (Arizona State University), as an honorable mention for the 2017 Teaching Literature Book Award. The book was pub…[Read more]
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Matthew Levay started the topic Announcing the Teaching Literature Book Award winner for 2017 in the discussion
Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThe Idaho State University Department of English and Philosophy is pleased to announce Service Learning and Literary Studies in English, edited by Laurie Grobman (Penn State University, Berks) and Roberta Rosenberg (Christopher Newport University) as the winner of the 2017 Teaching Literature Book Award. The book was published by the Modern La…[Read more]
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Anne Garland Mahler posted an update in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoCFP for Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South
We are soliciting contributions to Global South Studies: A Collective Publication with The Global South. https://globalsouthstudies.as.virginia.edu
This digital platform aims to advance the field of Global South Studies by providing a conceptual mapping of key c…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall deposited Introduction to Digital Humanities, Fall 2017 syllabus in the group
Digital Pedagogy on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoThis syllabus was my fourth version of a course aimed at introducing the digital humanities at an undergraduate level. The course was organized around four projects, each of which was oriented by a theoretical reading: mapping a novel; text analysis with archival sources; creating composite images from digital films; and text digitization,…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall deposited Introduction to Digital Humanities, Fall 2017 syllabus in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoThis syllabus was my fourth version of a course aimed at introducing the digital humanities at an undergraduate level. The course was organized around four projects, each of which was oriented by a theoretical reading: mapping a novel; text analysis with archival sources; creating composite images from digital films; and text digitization,…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell posted an update in the group
GS Prose Fiction on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoSpecial Issue of The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914–1945: Call for Essays (of potential interest to those working on narrative and surrealism/dadaism)
Dada and Surrealism: Transatlantic Aliens on American Shores, 1914 – 1945deadline for submissions: December 31, 2017
Please submit full essays of 6,000-7,500 words in Times New Rom…[Read more] -
Janine M. Utell posted an update in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoSpecial Issue of The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914–1945: Call for Essays
Dada and Surrealism: Transatlantic Aliens on American Shores, 1914 – 1945 (essays examining the topic from the perspective of gender and sexuality would be most welcome)deadline for submissions: December 31, 2017
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Janine M. Utell posted an update in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoSpecial Issue of The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914–1945: Call for Essays
Dada and Surrealism: Transatlantic Aliens on American Shores, 1914 – 1945
deadline for submissions: December 31, 2017
Please submit full essays of 6,000-7,500 words in Times New Roman 12 pt. font, with MLA citation style, to the guest-editor James W. McM…[Read more] -
Jennifer R. Ballengee posted an update in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCFP: ACLA 2018. Dangerous Passages (Benjamin 1940/2018).
As is well known, Walter Benjamin undertook a dangerous passage over the Pyrenees, a route taken by many refugees hoping to flee Nazi-occupied France. In the spirit of Walter Benjamin — his work and/or his life — this panel examines dangerous passages of all sorts. Papers might consider…[Read more] -
Matthew Kirschenbaum deposited The Speculative Situation in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoSyllabus for ENGL 758D, The Speculative Situation, graduate seminar in the University of Maryland English department, Fall 2017.
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Carlos Gardeazabal Bravo started the topic CFP: ACLA 2018. Topographies of narrative empathy: the social and the cognitive in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoIn recent times, empathy has occupied a privileged status in cross-disciplinary research on human behavior and social interaction. Cognitivists have identified empathy as a key emotion that explains why humans behave pro-socially. There is now evidence to suggest empathy as not only a key ingredient of altruism and cooperation, but also a…[Read more]
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Anastasia Salter deposited Principles of Visual Language Syllabus in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoThis course focuses on developing visual language literacy and theoretical frameworks through analyzing and creating a range of narrative media. We will examine a range of visual scholarly and creative works, starting with sequential art and moving into time-based and interactive media.
Students will:
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Amanda Licastro deposited Composition and Writing with Sources in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCourse Description: Develops the ability to write clear, coherent, and well-developed expository prose. This course requires analytical reading and critical thinking and includes instruction and practice in research methods and writing from sources.
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