The home of the Modernist Studies Association on the MLA Commons. Here group members will find news and updates from the MSA, calls for papers, and a place to network and connect.
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Carl Gelderloos posted an update in the group
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 5 months agoVery excited that my essay on Paul Scheerbart’s Lesabéndio is now live on Modernism/modernity Print Plus! https://modernismmodernity.org/articles/gelderloos-nowhere-obstacle
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for Redisigning Modernities Special Issue of Comparative Literature Studies in the discussion
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 1 year, 7 months agoThe journal Comparative Literature Studies invites proposals for a special issue titled “Redesigning Modernities Part II,” edited by Waïl Hassan (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Maria Truglio (Penn State U). The issue solicits inquiries into the divergences, inequalities, and commonalities that define “modernity” in different parts of the w…[Read more]
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Carl Gelderloos deposited Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics in Weimar Germany—Helmuth Plessner in Translation (review essay) in the group
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 2 years, 7 months agoIn this short essay I discuss two new translations of Helmuth Plessner’s work, “Political Anthropology,” translated by Nils F. Schott (Northwestern University Press, 2018), and “Levels of Organic Life and the Human: An Introduction to Philosophical Anthropology,” translated by Millay Hyatt (Fordham University Press, 2019).
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James Gifford deposited Political & Social History of Music (Study Guide PDF) in the group
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 3 years, 3 months agoAn introduction to music appreciation and history that emphasizes the political, cultural, and social influences on music from antiquity to the 20th century. Contents include sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental, and folk and art music from across the Western world, including modern popular song. No previous musical experience necessary. All…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited “In Our Time” and “They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?”: The 1923 Text in the group
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThis critical edition of the 1923 state of Hemingway’s In Our Time is the first of three volumes for each major state of the text. Few writers have shaped the style of twentieth century prose as did Hemingway, and it all began with the “vignettes” in The Little Review, which have been largely unavailable for scholars and entirely out of reach for…[Read more]
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Celia Marshik started the topic Field Bibliographers and Fellows sought for coverage of books and periodicals in the discussion
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months agoThe MLA is currently seeking new field bibliographers, and we are also accepting applications for three-year MLA Bibliography fellowships. We believe that members of the Modernist Studies Association might welcome the opportunity to become contributors to the Bibliography. The MLA International Bibliography database is an essential humanities…[Read more]
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Celia Marshik started the topic CFP: Joint Session "Modernism, Copyright and Public Domains" (MLA Toronto, Jan. in the discussion
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoI am pleased to announce this Call for Papers for a non guaranteed session organized jointly by MSA and SHARP (The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) at the next MLA convention in Toronto (January 2021): “Modernism, Copyright and Public Domains.” Impact of early 20th-century works coming out of copyright; Archives now…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic MSA Members! Call to Vote on Bylaws! in the discussion
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoFrom Matt Hart, President of MSA, on Behalf of the Executive Committee of the MSA:
The Executive Committee of the MSA has proposed creating two new elected voting Trustees of the Association with the aim of being more responsive to the full range of its membership: Contingent Faculty Representative and Graduate Student Representative. Beca…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell edited the post Welcome to the MSA on MLA Commons in the group
Modernist Studies Association: on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoWelcome to the MSA on the MLA Commons! Here you’ll find updates from the Modernist Studies Association, calls for papers, and a place to network and connect.
- Looking for news from the MSA Board?
- Wanting to share a CFP or an event?
- Got an idea you’d like to discuss with other scholars, teachers, and writers in modernist studies?
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Janine M. Utell started the topic Welcome to the Modernist Studies Association on the MLA Commons! in the discussion
Modernist Studies Association on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoWelcome to the MSA on the MLA Commons! Here you’ll find updates from the Modernist Studies Association, calls for papers, and a place to network and connect.
- Looking for news from the MSA Board?
- Wanting to share a CFP or an event?
- Got an idea you’d like to discuss with other scholars, teachers, and writers in modernist studies?
- Seeking…