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Hania A.M. Nashef deposited Waiting for the arrivant: Godot in two poems by Nizār Qabbānī in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThe theme of waiting permeates two poems by the late Syrian poet Nizār Qabbānī. The verse in both poems ‘Waiting for Godot’, and ‘A television interview with an Arab Godot’, describes an arduous wait, at once distressing and unpredictable. In the first poem, the poet urges Godot to arrive, as the savior who will appear in the form of the Messia…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers deposited Translations from ALLADA and EXPERIENCE D’EDWARD LEE, VERSAILLES by Gérard Gavarry in the group
TC Translation Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoAt the heart of Gérard Gavarry’s writing are the questions of what power language holds, and what remains beyond the reach of expression. The two translations included here, excerpts from Allada (P.O.L, 1993) and Expérience d’Edward Lee, Versailles (P.O.L, 2009), share little with each other in terms of setting or structure, but explore simil…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic James Beattie Scholarship: Scotland's links with Poland-Lithuania in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 6 months agoJames Beattie Scholarship: Northern Communities: Scotland’s links with Poland-Lithuania, 1550-1750
Subject Fields: Early Modern History and Period Studies, Eastern Europe History / Studies, Humanities, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Modern European History / Studies
The new Research Centre for Polish-Lithuanian Studies at the…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine deposited Who Is He to Speak of My Sorrow? in the group
LLC Russian and Eurasian on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThis article suggests that comparative literature scholars may benefit from the awareness that different communities around the world subscribe to different models of mind and that works of fiction can thus be fruitfully analyzed in relation to those local ideologies of mind. Taking as her starting point the “opacity of mind” doctrine, the aut…[Read more]
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Rahul K Gairola deposited Digital hijras: Intersex/ tions of Postcolonial and Queer Digital Humanities in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoPlease see abstract.
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Christopher Hill deposited Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoFigures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form overturns Eurocentric genealogies and globalizing generalizations about “world literature” by examining the complex, contradictory history of naturalist fiction. Christopher Laing Hill traces the history of naturalist fiction from its emergence in France in the 1860s through its spr…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Mercyhurst University hiring instructor in Russian Language in the discussion
Job Announcements on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 6 months agoInstructor Position in Russian Language
Mercyhurst University seeks a post-doctoral teaching fellow to teach two courses online and engage with students in the Russian Studies program. The two courses include one section of Intro to Russian I and one section of Intermediate Russian I, both for the Fall 2020 semester. Contingent on final funding,…[Read more]
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Dr Rahul K Gairola deposited Lightening Talk: Brown Skin, White Masks: Predictive Technology, Colonial Histories, and Queer Sexuality Today in the group
TC Sexuality Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoLightening Talk: Brown Skin, White Masks: Predictive Technology, Colonial Histories, and Queer Sexuality Today
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Dr Rahul K Gairola deposited Lightening Talk: Brown Skin, White Masks: Predictive Technology, Colonial Histories, and Queer Sexuality Today in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoLightening Talk: Brown Skin, White Masks: Predictive Technology, Colonial Histories, and Queer Sexuality Today
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Mary Arnstein started the topic The American Council of Learned Societies Launches New Leading Edge Fellowship in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThe American Council of Learned Societies Launches New Leading Edge Fellowship
Luce Foundation Funded Program Partners Early Career Humanities Scholars with Nonprofit Organizations to Advance Initiatives on Public Understanding of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) proudly announces the launch of the Leading E…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic University of Houston hiring instructor in Russian in the discussion
Job Announcements on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 6 months agoThe Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston invites applications for a part-time instructor in Russian to teach one course of intermediate Russian as a synchronous online course in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. Interested candidates should submit an application letter, a current CV, the names and contact…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Kosciuszko Foundation Grants in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 7 months agoCALL FOR RESEARCH GRANT AND FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS!
Promoting academic exchanges between Poland and the United States has been the cornerstone of the Kosciuszko Foundation’s mission ever since its establishment nearly 100 years ago. Therefore, it gives us great pleasure to announce that applications for research grants during the academic year…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Concordia Language Village online instructors in the discussion
Job Announcements on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 7 months agoOur Language Training Center at Concordia Language Villages is seeking to add a new team member to our August virtual immersion programs. Given the timing of our sessions (08/03 – 08/14, and 08/17 – 08/28), it could be a wonderful opportunity for any Russian language and culture enthusiast to master their online teaching skills and experiment with…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Fellowship CFA: “Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures” in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 7 months agoFellowship CFA: “Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures” 2021-22 Katz Center/University of Pennsylvania
Application Deadline: October 12, 2020The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to open a call for applications for the first of two successive fellowship years devoted to Jews and…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Postdoc: "Fakespeak – The language of fake news" in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 7 months agoA 2,5-year postdoctoral research fellowship in linguistics within the “Fakespeak – The language of fake news” project is available at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo. The application deadline is September 1. The successful candidate will have competence within one or more of the foll…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Russian Language Lab Instructor: 2020-2021 in the discussion
Job Announcements on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 7 months agoRussian Language Lab Instructor: 2020-2021
Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, is seeking a Russian Language Lab Instructor for the 2020-2021 academic year. The language lab instructor provides Macalester students with supplemental classroom language instruction. Health and safety conditions permitting, the language lab instructor will…[Read more]
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Mary Arnstein started the topic Fully-funded PhD positions for linguistic analysis of Russian news media in the discussion
Fellowship/Grant Announcement on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 7 months agoAnnouncing two fully-funded PhD positions for linguistic analysis of Russian news media, with secondary focus on media in English, Norwegian, and/or North Saami.
Please use the links below to find the complete announcements and to apply for these positions.
PhD in Russian Linguistics – Language of perceived threats in Russian…[Read more] -
Mary Arnstein started the topic The Russian School of Indiana seeks program coordinator & part-time instructors in the discussion
Job Announcements on ASEEES Commons 5 years, 7 months agoThe Russian School of Indiana seeks a program coordinator and part-time instructors of Russian-as-foreign language (children and adults, various levels) as well as Russian-as-a-heritage-language (children, various levels) to teach on-line. Qualifications: comfortable working with heritage speakers and/or people with no background in Russian; some…[Read more]
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Daniel Williams deposited Coetzee’s Stones: Dusklands and the Nonhuman Witness in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months agoBringing together theoretical writing on objects, testimony, and trauma to develop the category of the “nonhuman witness,” this essay considers the narrative, ethical, and ecological work performed by peripheral objects in J. M. Coetzee’s Dusklands (1974). Coetzee’s insistent object catalogues acquire narrative agency and provide material for a c…[Read more]
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Anne E. B. Coldiron created the doc CFP: PMLA Special Topic on Translation in the group
TC Translation Studies on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months ago - Load More
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