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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
I apologize for possibly repeating myself. I’m writing to encourage people to vote on the Israel resolution (right of entry for Americans of Palestinian and Arab descent). I co-sponsored it, so obviously I believe it’s a good and fair and appropriate thing, but I think you will agree if you take a moment to look it over. Voting ends at midnight…[Read more]
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Bruce W. Robbins changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Please forgive this graceless appeal. The Israel resolution (Right to Enter) that I co-sponsored with Dick Ohmann is now being voted on. I think it’s a moderate and necessary gesture of support for our Palestinian and Arab colleagues who, though US citizens, have been denied entry to the West Bank to teach, do research, lecture, or attend…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic Reminder: Pls. cast your vote: MLA Resolution 2014-1 in the forum
West Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear Colleagues,
Please remember to cast your vote concerning Resolution 2014-1. Regardless of how you intend to cast your vote, please vote.
You can read the MLA Executive Director’s letter, Rosemary G. Feal, here: http://t.e2ma.net/message/mx8ig/yum5sh
Please click on http://t.e2ma.net/click/mx8ig/yum5sh/6c2vcc (you need to log into your…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic Reminder: Pls. cast your vote: MLA Resolution 2014-1 in the forum
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear Colleagues,
Please remember to cast your vote concerning Resolution 2014-1. Regardless of how you intend to cast your vote, please vote.
You can read the MLA Executive Director’s letter, Rosemary G. Feal, here: http://t.e2ma.net/message/mx8ig/yum5sh
Please click on http://t.e2ma.net/click/mx8ig/yum5sh/6c2vcc (you need to log into your…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear Colleagues,
The MLA will establish a new forum for “Global Arab and Arab American Lit” to be listed under “Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies.” According to the MLA’s FAQ regarding Prospective new forums (http://executivecouncil.mla.hcommons-staging.org/new-forum-structure-faq/):
“Members are nominating themselves for these…[Read more]
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I support the new division though would like it to be part of U.S. Literature.
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I support the new division though would like it to be part of U.S. Literature.
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I support the new division though would like it to be part of U.S. Literature.
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I support the new division though would like it to be part of U.S. Literature.
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I support the new division though would like it to be part of U.S. Literature.
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I also add my voice in support of this new division.
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Shaden M. Tageldin started the topic MLA Resolution 2014-1 regarding entry to West Bank in the forum
Arabic Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoDear colleagues in the MLA Division on Arabic Literature and Culture:
As your Divisional Delegate to the MLA Delegate Assembly, I write to remind you of the fast-approaching deadline of 12:00 a.m. EDT on 2 June 2014 (in other words, Sunday 1 June 2014, before midnight EDT), to cast your online ballot for the MLA member ratification vote on R…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoFYI:
Dear Colleagues,
If you’re an MLA member, here is your opportunity to vote for or against Resolution 2014-1, criticizing Israel’s policy of denying visas to American academics suspected of being of Palestinian descent:
http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov/border-crossings.htmlThe Resolution was approved by the MLA Delegates Assembly in…[Read more]
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Dear colleagues in the MLA Division on Arabic Literature and Culture:
As your Divisional Delegate to the MLA Delegate Assembly, I write to remind you of the fast-approaching deadline of 12:00 midnight EDT on Sunday, 1 June 2014, to cast your online ballot for the MLA member ratification vote on Resolution 2014-1. This resolution, passed at the…[Read more]
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The message above failed to include the link to the online ballot, so I am reposting here. –SMT
Dear colleagues in the MLA Division on Arabic Literature and Culture:
As your Divisional Delegate to the MLA Delegate Assembly, I write to remind you of the fast-approaching deadline of 12:00 midnight EDT on Sunday, 1 June 2014, to cast your online…[Read more]
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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 11 years, 10 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, 10 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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S K posted an update in the group
LLC Arabic on MLA Commons 11 years, 12 months 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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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 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 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 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 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
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Shaden M. Tageldin started the topic Abstracts # 369: 21st-Century University: Gender, Technology, and Learning in the forum
2014 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 12 years agoPlease join us for the following session, arranged by the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession:
MLA 2014 Convention • Chicago • Presidential Theme: Vulnerable Times
369. The Twenty-First-Century University: Gender, Technology, and Learning
Friday, 10 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Michigan B, Sheraton Chicago
Program arranged by the M…[Read more]
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Michelle Hartman changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 12 years, 1 month ago
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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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