THE DEADLINE FOR THE NEH SUMMER SEMINAR ON KING LEAR DIRECTED BY RICHARD STRIER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THIS SUMMER (JULY 10-28) IS MARCH 1.  NON-TENURE TRACK AS WELL AS TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK INSTRUCTORS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY.  STIPEND IS $2700.  DETAILS ON THE SEMINAR AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS CAN BE FOUND AT:  [Read more]

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DEAR FOLKS,

THE DEADLINE FOR THE NEH SUMMER SEMINAR ON KING LEAR DIRECTED BY RICHARD STRIER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THIS SUMMER (JULY 10-28) IS MARCH 1.  NON-TENURE TRACK AS WELL AS TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK INSTRUCTORS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY.  STIPEND IS $2700.  DETAILS ON THE SEMINAR AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS CAN BE FOUND AT:  [Read more]

The “Arrival” of Jia Pingwa in World Literature: Translation and Interpretation

A Roundtable sponsored by the LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese Forum for the MLA Annual Meeting in New York, Jan. 4-7, 2018.

Jia Pingwa is considered one of the most original and influential novelists in contemporary China. A prolific writer, he has non…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

As you may have heard, Duquesne University abruptly announced a week ago that it would close its press: press staff, including the director, Susan Wadsworth-Booth, had no advance notice. There is an Inside HigherEd piece about it here: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/07/duquesne-university-press-shut-down-later-year

E…[Read more]

Ming/Qing China LLC Forum

MLA 2017 Meeting Notes, Philadelphia

January 6, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

Chair, Prof. Tina Lu presiding, started at 7:35 p.m.

12 colleagues in attendance (attendance/e-mail sign-up page passed around)

How do we increase representation and build community of Chinese scholars at MLA?

Encourage panel proposals, direct…[Read more]

The Ming/Qing China Forum is meeting tonight, Friday, 7:30 p.m. in Marriott 303.

ALL ARE WELCOME, whether you are officially in the Forum or not!

If you are interested in seeing more China sessions at the MLA please come contribute to the conversation. Thanks!

Here are some topics we’ll discuss:

What is the ideal schedule for Asia/China…[Read more]

Please come to the East Asian Languages and Literatures Reception on Saturday night at 8:45 pm in Marriott 411-412. There will be food and drink! I hope to see you there.

Christopher Lupke

You are invited! Social Gathering and Networking Event Arranged by the Forums LLC Asian American, LLC East Asian, LLC Korean, LLC Ming and Qing Chinese, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, and LLC Japanese to 1900
<span class=”aBn” tabindex=”0″ data-term=”goog_1575449218″><span class=”aQJ”>Saturday, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m.</span></span>, 4…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you very much for supporting the LLC Ming/Qing Chinese forum!

We hope to see you all at our second forum meeting on

Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott, room 303.

Please join us to talk about plans for promoting more China scholarship at the MLA.

Because of your participation in this forum, this year…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you very much for supporting the LLC Ming/Qing Chinese forum!

We hope to see you all at our second forum meeting on

Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott, room 303.

Please join us to talk about plans for promoting more China scholarship at the MLA.

Because of your participation in this forum, this year we will…[Read more]

The expansive contours of the Iberian world in the 16th and 17th centuries, expressed in the imperial motto plus ultra or “further beyond,” can at times obscure the aporias (of ecologies, ethnicities, and epistemologies) at its fringes. Recent scholarship on the material cultures, political economies, and discourses of gender of imperial Spain has…[Read more]

CFP: Social Justice and the Golden Age Comedia

This is a call for an EDITED VOLUME on Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theater.

This edited volume will focus on issues of social justice in theatrical works of Golden Age Spain. For example, the 2013 Repertorio Español production of Fuenteovejuna illustrates how relevant social justice…[Read more]

When this forum’s executive committee meets during the Philadelphia convention in January, it will take up the matter of nominations for the first election of a Delegate Assembly representative for the forum; the election will be held in the fall of 2017. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to no…[Read more]

This summer (July, 2017), Richard Strier is directing an NEH seminar on King Lear — text, sources, criticism, afterlife, etc. — at the U of Chicago.  All interested tenured, tenure-track, and full-time non-tenure-track instructors at colleges and universities are invited to apply.  The 16 accepted applicants will receive a stipend to attend t…[Read more]

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<div>Please join us at MLA 2017 for the International Spenser Society’s Hugh MacLean Memorial Lecture, to be given by Prof. Anne Coldiron (Florida State University), on ‘Spenser and the Resources of Translation’. The lecture takes place during the International Spenser Society luncheon, to be held at Amada, 217-219 Chestnut St,…[Read more]