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Amanda Henrichs deposited Beyond Recovery: Computational Work and Archival Absence in the group
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoShort paper presented for session 417 on Critical Computation.
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Chat with an Editor: Slots still available! in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoHeading to MLA in Chicago? Looking for mentoring in writing for and publishing in peer-reviewed journals in your specialization? It’s not too late to sign up for Chat with an Editor! Sessions with experienced editors from MELUS, English Literary Renaissance, Legacy, Papers on Language and Literature and more still available for Friday and S…[Read more]
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Elvira L. Vilches started the topic Panels and Happy Hour for Colonial Latin American Literatures/ MLA 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years agoDear Members,
Here is the list of activities sponsored by the Colonial Latin American forum, MLA 2019.
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Thursday Jan 3rd
54. And What does Colonial Mean?
1:45-3:00 pm, Erie, Sheraton Grand
Presiding Mónica Díaz, U of Kentucky
Speakers: Ivonne del Valle, UC Berkley; Kathleen Myers, Indiana U, Bl…[Read more]
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Sara Brenneis started the topic MLA RT#233 "Spain, WWII & the Holocaust: History, Literature & Memory" in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years ago233: Spain, World War II, and the Holocaust: History, Literature, Memory 10:15 AM–11:30 AM Friday, Jan 4, 2019 Sheraton Grand – Superior B
Join us for a pair of roundtable discussions at the MLA and AHA meetings in Chicago on Spain, World War II and the Holocaust. Panelists examine how the history, literature, and memory of World War II and the…[Read more]
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Dene M. Grigar started the topic Readings & Performances at M LA 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoNatural Language: Readings and PerformancesJanuary 4, 2019 @ School of the Art Institute of ChicagoReception at 6:30,; Readings at 7:30
In conjunction with the 2019 MLA conference, the Electronic Literature Organization and the Art & Technology Studies (ATS) department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) will host an evening of…[Read more] -
Anne Donlon started the topic AHA-MLA THATCamp, January 2nd in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoWill you be in Chicago on January 2nd? Join the AHA-MLA THATCamp at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois, Chicago. We’ll be taking advantage of the fact that AHA and MLA are meeting in Chicago at the same time to have some interdisciplinary exchanges about digital tools and methods.
Please register by December 17th. And you…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Chat with an Editor: Professional Development Opportunity from CELJ in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month agoThe Chat with an Editor event takes place at the MLA each year. This professional development opportunity, sponsored by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, gives advanced doctoral candidates, postdocs, and new faculty the opportunity to meet one-on-one with editors from some of the top journals in the discipline, including Modernism/modern…[Read more]
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Jamil Mustafa replied to the topic CFP: Gothic Terror, Gothic Horror, Lewis University, July 30-August 2, 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoA chance to revisit Chicago when the weather is much improved!
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Jamil Mustafa started the topic CFP: Gothic Terror, Gothic Horror, Lewis University, July 30-August 2, 2019 in the discussion
2019 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 2 months agoGothic Terror, Gothic Horror: 15th Conference of the International Gothic Association
July 30 – August 2, 2019, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
Gothic writers from Ann Radcliffe to Stephen King have differentiated terror and horror: the former is intellectual, imminent, and escapable; the latter, visceral, immediate, and unavoidable. Te…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Fulbright Lecturership in Italian American Studies in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 8 months agoDear Colleagues,
Please see the attached opportunity for those who work in Italian American
Studies. This is a wonderful opportunity for scholars of any rank. For more
information, see the link below or write directly to Margherita Ganeri.A new Fulbright Lectureship in Italian American Culture and Literature has
been established at the…[Read more] -
Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic 51ST ANNUAL IASA CONFERENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 9 months ago51st Annual IASA Conference at University of Illinois, Chicago
— Call for Papers: Reminder —
“The Conflicts of Immigration Past and Present:
The Position[ing] of Italians and the Diaspora”
October 18-20, 2018
Submission Deadline: Friday, April 27, 2018
Upload/submit proposals to Submitta…[Read more]
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Joydeep Chakraborty deposited Afghanistan in Post-9/11 American Poetry: A Creative Response to Orientalism in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 7 years, 11 months agoOn the basis of the assumption that poetic response to Edward Said’s Orientalism is
rare, this article seeks to read three post-9/11 American poems on Afghanistan – “The Weavers” and
“Burka Women” by Gerald Wheeler, and “Kabul 2002 (From Dislocations)” by Dr. Bronwyn Winter – as a
significant intellectual departure from the standpoint alle…[Read more] -
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Luiza Franco Moreira deposited Remembering Antonio Candido in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years agoIn the 2018 MLA Convention, the Luso-Brazilian Forum organized a meeting to remember Professor Antonio Candido (1918-2017), on January 6, 7:15-8:30 PM. This posting collects most papers read at the meeting. Should you be interested in contributing your own remembrance, or reflections on Candido’s career, please send them to me on the Commons. I…[Read more]
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Katina Rogers deposited Going Public: How and Why to Develop a Digital Scholarly Identity in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years agoEstablishing a meaningful digital identity is essential to managing one’s scholarly and professional reputation. This workshop addresses ways to cultivate an online identity and offers guidance on “going public” using tools and strategies for building a community around your work. Topics include social media, writing for different audiences, perso…[Read more]
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Carolyn McCue Goffman deposited Sending Canaries to the Job Market: Ethical Issues in Training Community College Faculty in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years agoThis presentation explores ethical dilemmas for graduate school educators in programs that prepare M.A. students to teach English in community colleges. Such graduate programs attract students and produce strong, enthusiastic teachers, and university administrators value the programs because they draw tuition; however, the job prospects for…[Read more]
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Elisa Beshero-Bondar deposited Bicentennial Bits and Bytes: The Pittsburgh Digital Frankenstein Project in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years agoSlides accompanying a panel representing the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Frankenstein project to build a digital scholarly variorum edition that updates, bridges, and intersects multiple divergent editions of Frankenstein, including the manuscript notebook drafts of 1816, the 1818, 1823, and 1831 print editions, as well as the handwritten notes in the…[Read more]
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Matthew K. Gold deposited Response to Critical Infrastructure Studies Panel in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years agoThe following is a response delivered at the end of the Critical Infrastructure Studies Panel, which took place at the January 2018 Modern Language Association Conference in New York City. This response argues that the call for critical infrastructure studies can ultimately help us mobilize a critically informed resistance to capital and set of…[Read more]
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