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Ian Balfour started the topic Self-nomination for this committee in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 4 days, 15 hours ago
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The Philosophy and Literature Forum Executive Committee solicits self-nominations to join the committee for a five-year term, starting in 2026. The committee typically meets during the convention to discuss and organize roundtables and panels for the following year’s convention, as well to nominate delegates to the MLA Delegate Assembly e…[Read more]
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María Herrera-Sobek replied to the topic MLA Religion and Literature Executive self-nominations invited in the forum TC Religion and Literature via email on MLA Commons 1 week ago
Dear Professor Cynthia Wallace,
I am responding to your invitation to self-nominate for the position in the
MLA Executive Committee for the forum TC Religion and Literature.
Much of my research has focused on the Virgin of Guadalupe in the Mexican
ballad and the Mexican Christmas plays or Pastorelas.
Thanking you,
Maria Herrera-Sobek
Professor…[Read more] -
Cynthia R. Wallace started the topic MLA Religion and Literature Executive self-nominations invited in the forum TC Religion and Literature on MLA Commons 1 week ago
The executive committee of TC Religion and Literature invites self-nominations for a five-year term on the executive committee beginning January 2026. Here’s a clarifying paragraph from the MLA:
<i data-olk-copy-source=”MessageBody”>Appointments</i>. Forum executive committees appoint one new member annually to their committees. Members may…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Session 413: Navigating the Academy: A Mentoring Session in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 weeks, 4 days ago
MLA 2025 Convention
MLA Committee on Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Profession
Session 413: Navigating the Academy: A Mentoring Session
NB: Session Information Follows. The mentoring session will continue informally following the roundtable via happy hour. Location: Ernst Café (600 S. Peters St.; across the street from the Hilton R…[Read more]
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Ted Laros started the topic Session on “War, Literature, and Human Rights” at MLA 2025 in the forum TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 1 month ago
All are welcome to join our session on “War, Literature, and Human Rights” at the 2025 MLA Annual Convention in New Orleans. The session is an initiative of research group “Literature, Law and Society” and was made possible with the financial support of the Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies:
703 – War, Literature, and Human Righ…[Read more]
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Nathaniel Isaacson started the topic Self-Nominations: MLA Modern and Contemporary Forum in the forum LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese on MLA Commons 1 month ago
The MLA Forum for Modern and Contemporary Chinese invites self-nominations for executive committee candidates. Executive committee members serve a five-year term, beginning at the MLA Annual Convention in 2026, and must be prepared to retain MLA membership and regularly attend the MLA Convention during this period. The Forum will vote on nominees…[Read more]
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Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election in the forum LLC East Asian on MLA Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hello!
The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2025, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2025. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one can…[Read more]
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Mark Dahlquist started the topic Call for Chapters: Libraries and the Futures of the Humanities in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 2 months ago
The editors of a book project, Libraries and the Futures of the Humanities, call for chapter proposals for a volume that Rowman & Littlefield has invited us to submit, focused on how libraries can play a role in reimagining the humanities during a time of crisis and opportunity.
We invite proposals for chapters in five sections, focusing…[Read more]
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Isabel Jaén-Portillo started the topic Job posting, please distribute in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies via email on MLA Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dear colleagues, Please distribute the following job posting. Thanks!
The Department of English at the University of California Santa Barbara
invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in
Literature and Mind studies. We welcome applications from scholars of
literatures in English working in Cognitive Humanities and/or…[Read more] -
Isabel Jaén-Portillo started the topic Job Posting, please share in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dear colleagues,
Please distribute the attached job posting. Thanks!
Warm regards,
Isabel
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Isabel Jaén-Portillo started the topic Job Posting, please share in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dear colleagues, Please distribute the following job posting. Thanks! Warm regards, Isabel
The Department of English at the University of California Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Literature and Mind studies. We welcome applications from scholars of literatures in English working in Cognitive…[Read more]
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Isabel Jaén-Portillo started the topic Job Posting, please share in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Dear colleagues, Please distribute the following job posting. Thank you! Warm regards, Isabel
The Department of English at the University of California Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Literature and Mind studies. We welcome applications from scholars of literatures in English working in…[Read more]
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Weihsin Gui started the topic CFP: Special Topic in Antipodes journal on “Australia And…” in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 3 months, 4 weeks ago
CFP: Special Topic in Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian and New Zealand Literature — “Australia And…”
Priority Deadline 1 November 2024
Antipodes invites articles for a special feature section in Antipodes, journal of the American Association for Australasian Studies (AAALS) that considers a literary or cultural work (including fil…[Read more]
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Peter Leman started the topic ACLA 2025 Session CFP: “World Literature and Disappearance” in the forum TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Hi All,
I am co-organizing a session with Joseph Wager for the 2025 ACLA. Our topic is “World Literature and Disappearance.” Please consider submitting, and feel free to share with anyone who might be interested. Full CFP below. Thank you!
Best,
Peter Leman
World Literature and Disappearance
Enforced disappearance has become a lingua franca…[Read more] -
Aarthi Vadde started the topic CFP: Novel Languages (Society of Novel Studies Biennial Conference) in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 5 months, 1 week ago
Biennial Conference of the Society for Novel Studies 2025: NOVEL LANGUAGES
Hosted by Duke University (Organizers: Aarthi Vadde and Sarah Quesada)
Location: Durham Convention Center in beautiful Downtown Durham!
Dates: May 29-June 1, 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Abstracts due November 15, 2024 to the conference website: h…[Read more]
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Martha Dana Rust started the topic CfP: Divergence and Interconnectivity: Premodernity in Five Objects in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Medieval and Renaissance Center
New York UniversityCall for papers: New York University’s Medieval and Renaissance Center invites proposals for ten-minute papers for its annual conference to be held May 1-2 2025.
Divergence and Interconnectivity: Global Premodernity in Five Objects
Keynote speaker
Lia Markey, Director of the Center for R…[Read more] -
Alexa Alice Joubin deposited AI and the Humanities, a Course by Alexa Alice Joubin in the group LLC East Asian on MLA Commons 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence is a feminist issue, and technologies often have colonial implications. In fact, technologies as disruptive agents are inherently queer. This course examines the long history of technologies leading up to the public release of ChatGPT. We will chart the Western societies’ apprehension of and faith in, as the case may be, t…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New article on Turkish Girls’ Studies in the discussion Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Dear All,
I am a Turkish researcher who is an associate professor in sociology with a focus on Turkish girlhood studies from İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey. I recently published an article with the title “A Study on the Poem “Zamane Kızları” (Girls of Today) Regarding the Representations of Young Turkish Girls from a Male-centered Perspec…[Read more]
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Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic Research based news piece on hybridity and Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands in the discussion Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Dear All,
I would like to present our research on hybridity and immigrants in the Netherlands in the form of a news piece below. I will be happy if you could distribute in your networks.
https://x.com/bianet_eng/status/1656667905487151105
Best regards,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe
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Brian Gregory Caraher deposited Review of Joseph O’Neill, in the group CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Early, refereed review of Joseph O’Neill’s third, groundbreaking novel set in post-9/11 New York City: the review charts key plot developments, a transatlantic mapping of the characters (Netherlands, Trinidad, UK and US) and its structural similarities to F Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”. Originally published in the third issue of the…[Read more]
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