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Carmela Mattza started the topic Reminder – CFP 2024 MLA Philadelphia in the discussion
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama on MLA Commons 12 hours, 42 minutes agoMLA 2024 – Philadelphia
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama announces the following CFP:
Session 1: Translating and Staging Spanish Early Modern Plays Throughout Time
Submissions on staging early modern Spanish plays in languages other than Spanish exploring the interplay of language, translation, and emotions. 250–300-word abs…[Read more] -
Tania Martuscelli posted an update on MLA Commons 16 hours, 50 minutes ago
CFP (MLA 2024)
Indigenous Thought and the Environmental Crisis
Description & Requirements: Papers focusing on contemporary Brazilian Indigenous art, literature and other productions in dialogue with the environmental crisis and/or cultural shock (en lieu of cultural “encounters”) are particularly welcome. 200-word abstract + short bio.
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Megan Mercedes Echevarría's profile was updated on MLA Commons 18 hours, 49 minutes ago
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Thomas Leitch replied to the topic Membership Suggestions for 2023 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
TC Adaptation Studies on MLA Commons 21 hours, 30 minutes agoI’m writing to second Leigh’s invitation for nominations of any member of the Adaptation Studies Forum to the MLA Delegate Assembly. Kate Gillen has graciously agreed to accept the Executive Committee’s nomination to this position, but the MLA would be happier if we had at least one other nomination from the Forum at large.
I’d ask any member who…[Read more]
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Natalie Berkman wrote a new post, Digital Tools for Academic Success, on the site Natalie Berkman, Ph.D. on MLA Commons 1 day, 16 hours ago
Over the past few years, I’ve been mentoring current Princeton graduate students through the GradFUTURES Mentor Collective. While all my mentees have various career aspirations — both in and out of the academy — […]
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Tom White deposited A Working History of Digital Zoom, Medieval to Modern on MLA Commons 1 day, 18 hours ago
[Article draft from 2020: very of its mid-lockdown moment, but unlikely to be revisiting this, so here it is!]
This article examines one of the most familiar elements of digital interfaces: the zoom tool. By tracing the conceptual, technical, and material histories of
zooming from the late Middle Ages to the present day, it demonstrates how…[Read more] -
Tom White deposited The Affordances of the Book: A Case Study of the Glastonbury Miscellany (Trinity College, Cambridge, MS O.9.38) and its Digital Remediation on MLA Commons 1 day, 18 hours ago
Article draft from Summer 2021; very unlikely to be revisiting/revising this, so here it is!
This essay argues that recent work on affordances provides a potentially valuable theoretical tool for thinking across the history of the medieval manuscript, from the making and remaking of the codex to the intricacies of its digital remediation. It…[Read more]
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Elizabeth E. Tavares's profile was updated on MLA Commons 1 day, 21 hours ago
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Carla Sassi posted an update on MLA Commons 2 days, 4 hours ago
The LLC Scottish Forum is accepting proposals for the following session to be held at the next MLA Annual Convention (Jan 2024), Philadelphia:
Marking the 200th anniversary of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’s publication, we invite papers on James Hogg’s novel, its influence and afterlives. Please send an abstract and b…[Read more]
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Melissa J. Ganz's profile was updated on MLA Commons 2 days, 7 hours ago
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Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic CFPs for MLA 2024 Middle English Forum sessions in the discussion
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 2 days, 13 hours agoHere are the CFPs for the Middle English Forum’s two sessions, along with a third that’s a collaborative session with the Chaucer Forum.
Adapting Middle English Literature
Organizers: Susan Nakley and Ruen-chuan
This session invites us to consider how contemporary adaptations of Middle English literature contribute to the projects of teaching…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Aljamiado retellings of the Hebrew Bible in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 3 days, 9 hours agoStories from the Hebrew Bible were popular among the Iberian Peninsula’s Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beginning in the 14th century, Muslims and Moriscos retold these stories in Aljamiado texts in Spanish or Aragonese written in Arabic characters. These fictionalized retellings drew on vernacular language and literary forms common to C…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Aljamiado retellings of the Hebrew Bible in the group
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 3 days, 9 hours agoStories from the Hebrew Bible were popular among the Iberian Peninsula’s Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beginning in the 14th century, Muslims and Moriscos retold these stories in Aljamiado texts in Spanish or Aragonese written in Arabic characters. These fictionalized retellings drew on vernacular language and literary forms common to C…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Aljamiado retellings of the Hebrew Bible in the group
CLCS Mediterranean on MLA Commons 3 days, 9 hours agoStories from the Hebrew Bible were popular among the Iberian Peninsula’s Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beginning in the 14th century, Muslims and Moriscos retold these stories in Aljamiado texts in Spanish or Aragonese written in Arabic characters. These fictionalized retellings drew on vernacular language and literary forms common to C…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Aljamiado retellings of the Hebrew Bible in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 3 days, 10 hours agoStories from the Hebrew Bible were popular among the Iberian Peninsula’s Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beginning in the 14th century, Muslims and Moriscos retold these stories in Aljamiado texts in Spanish or Aragonese written in Arabic characters. These fictionalized retellings drew on vernacular language and literary forms common to C…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Aljamiado retellings of the Hebrew Bible in the group
CLCS Global Hispanophone on MLA Commons 3 days, 10 hours agoStories from the Hebrew Bible were popular among the Iberian Peninsula’s Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beginning in the 14th century, Muslims and Moriscos retold these stories in Aljamiado texts in Spanish or Aragonese written in Arabic characters. These fictionalized retellings drew on vernacular language and literary forms common to C…[Read more]
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Richard Hacken's profile was updated on MLA Commons 3 days, 12 hours ago
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Bryant Scott's profile was updated on MLA Commons 4 days, 7 hours ago
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Janine M. Utell created the event First Sit and Write in the group MLA Sit and Writes on MLA Commons 4 days, 22 hours ago
Title: First Sit and Write
Description: Join a community of writers this spring for the MLA Sit and Write sessions, virtual writing retreats designed to support members at all stages of their careers. These monthly ninety-minute sessions feature a solid hour of dedicated, quiet writing time for you to focus on your work in the (digital) company…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Welcome to MLA Sit and Writes! in the discussion
MLA Sit and Writes on MLA Commons 4 days, 23 hours agoWelcome to MLA Sit and Writes! Our first gathering is 8 February 2023 at 3pm ET, and will feature a snack by Anne Fernald (Fordham University, editor of Modernism/modernity) on creating a kind writing schedule. Throughout the session, we’ll put up discussion topics so participants can share their process, goals, and reflections.
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