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Melissa Ridley Elmes deposited “Mewn Dau Gae” Response: “In Two Fields: A Reconciliation” in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
I was the invited respondent for this panel of papers jointly-sponsored by the CLCS Celtic and Old English MLA Forums. These are the remarks which I prepared in response to the papers in order to help draw them together into a frame to generate discussion, and which were read for me in abstentia.
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Rebecca Chung deposited The Lead-to-Pixels Project: Digitization and the Materiality of Book-History Training in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
Book history, letterpress conservation, pedagogy, humanities-STEM education
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Nicky Agate deposited Making the Most of Humanities Commons in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
This workshop (session 362 at the 2018 convention) served as an introduction to the nonprofit scholarly network Humanities Commons and its open-access repository, CORE. Attendees learned how to gain more readers while increasing the impact of their work, make interdisciplinary connections, build class blogs and collaborative Web sites, find and…[Read more]
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David Healey deposited The Empty Chair: Anna Ella Carroll and the Hidden Business of Persuasive Writing in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
Anna Ella Carroll was one of the more remarkable, if relatively unknown, business and political writers during the Civil War era. She wrote government pamphlets that explained complex legal issues, lobbied for the railroad industry by writing business articles, and campaigned on behalf of governors and presidents. This paper explores Carroll’s i…[Read more]
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Andie Silva replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
FYI: Some of these will take a cab or train ride to get to
For a quick but delicious and affordable dinner: Room Service (Thai)
Vegetarian/Vegan (again, Asian): hangawirestaurant.com
Israeli cuisine in Soho: http://12chairscafe.com/soho/menu.html
Italian (East Village): http://www.damarcella.com/
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Vimala C. Pasupathi replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
If you want to get away from the conference and eat the best/cheapest South Indian food, go to Temple Canteen. Take the 7 train to Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Ave, Woodside, or Citifield & catch a cab/Lyft from there. The ride won’t cost much & you’ll save $ on the food. Seriously cheap & you can get a feast. Open daily 8:30 to 9:30.
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Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
Thank you so much! — Best, NST
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Vimala C. Pasupathi replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
This place: a https://www.friedmansrestaurant.com/
“…The original store opened in 2009 in the Chelsea Market. One of the pioneers Vanessa had been diagnosed with celiac disease and had to eat gluten-free. So when the first location opened she was vocal about making it a gluten-free safe haven for her and her celiac peers. She was adamant that t…[Read more]
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Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
Thanks to everyone who has recommended places to eat — on behalf of me and others with dietary restrictions, could someone be so kind as to recommend places with good gluten-free options?
(And by that I mean at least two or three entrées that meet gluten-free restrictions; ideally in places with separate preparing spaces but even if shared…[Read more]
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Vimala C. Pasupathi replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months ago
I hesitate to tell people all of this because I’d like for my favorite spaces to be free of crowds.
If you want cheap and delicious food, you should go to Queens, particularly Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, & Flushing. Golden Mall in Flushing if you’re cool on walking down some steps into a basement mall & ordering super cheap and a…[Read more]
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Suzanne Blum Malley started the topic Dont’ Miss the RCWS Literacy Studies Sessions at MLA 2018! in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
RCWS Literacy Studies Sponsored Sessions:
402. Literacies in Motion: Crossing National, Cultural, Generational, and Local Borders
FRIDAY, 5 JANUARY 5:15 PM-6:30 PM, CONCOURSE D (HILTON)
Sponsoring Entity: RCWS Literacy Studies
Presentations
1. Digital Stewards of Alaska Native Languages and Literacies, Jennifer Stone (U of Alaska,… -
Hatem Akil started the topic Please Join us for GAAM’s Sessions at MLA 2018 in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
Dear Colleague,
Please join the Global Arab and Arab American forum at the following sessions during MLA 2018. This is a very crucial time for those engaged in Arab and Islamic topics at the MLA – and our solidarity is more essential than ever.
44A: Global Arab Precarity and the Contemporary US Academy: Race, Religion, Profession: …[Read more]
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Stacey Courtney edited the post MLA Exhibit Hall – Penn Press Spotlight in the group
2018 MLA Convention: on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
Check out the newest publications from one of the oldest university presses in the United States, University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press), in booth 121 in the exhibit hall (Rhinelander Gallery, second floor) at the 2018 MLA convention. What makes them so special? Read on.
Support for Humanities Academics
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Nicky Agate started the topic Have 45 minutes at the convention? Help us improve CORE! in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
Thursday, Jan 4 at 2:30pm in the Sheraton
We will be hosting a focus group to find out more about MLA member use of CORE, our open-access repository for sharing scholarship and increasing the impact of your work. If you are free on Thursday, January 4 at 2:30pm, please consider taking part in this group and helping us improve the CORE platform. I…[Read more]
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Heekyoung Cho posted an update in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
You are cordially invited to Korean Forum Reception at the MLA Convention!
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Korean Forum Reception
Sponsored by the Center for Korean Research, Columbia UniversityDate: Saturday, 6 January
Time: 8:45-10:00 p.m.
Place: Murray Hill East, Hilton, New York, NY
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Stacey Courtney wrote a new post Welcome Universitas Press at MLA 2018 in the group
2018 MLA Convention: on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
Stop by booth 321 in the MLA exhibit hall (Americas I, third floor) and say hello to Universitas Press, one of our newest exhibitors and probably the youngest press in the exhibit hall. Why should you get to know […]
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Nicky Agate posted an update in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months ago
If you’d like to know more about MLA Commons/Humanities Commons and how to make the most of them, consider attending our workshop in NYC: Friday, January 05, 2018, 03:30 PM – 04:45 PM, Hilton – Hudson (session 362)
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Joydeep Chakraborty posted an update in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months ago
What is the significance of post-9/11 American poetry sixteen years after the attack? It would be great if this topic is introduced in 2018 Covention under the forum head 20th and 21st century American. Interested MLA members are requested to talk to me on this point.
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Stacey Courtney wrote a new post Celebrating University Presses at MLA 2018 in the group
2018 MLA Convention: on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months ago
In the exhibit hall at the MLA convention, attendees have access to a wide range of publishers, from small independent journals to large international booksellers. In honor of University Press Week (6–11 N […]
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
As an NYC local, I’d like to recommend the following around the convention area (if you’re looking for recommendations beyond a mile radius of the convention, particularly in Brooklyn, send me a message here @terrainsvagues):
BAR: Valhalla NYC, for a really good selection of craft beers. It’s a 10-minute walk west from the Sheraton along 53rd…[Read more]
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