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Devoney Looser edited the post TSLL Special Issue: What’s Next for Jane Austen? in the group
Jane Austen Studies: on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoWhat’s Next for Jane Austen?
Texas Studies in Literature and Language (TSLL, an established journal that’s recently come under new editorship) is planning a special issue on “What’s Next for Jane Aust […]
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Great idea!
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Devoney Looser edited the post Jane Austen Studies! in the group
Jane Austen Studies: on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoWelcome to Jane Austen Studies on MLA Commons. I look forward to working with others to build this space, in order to share ideas and information among MLA members (and beyond) about what’s happening in the study of Jane Austen.
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Devoney Looser posted an update on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
“What’s Next for Jane Austen?” Janine Barchas and I welcome 250-500 word proposals (by 1 March) that promise complete essays in March 2019, for a special issue on the topic to be published by Texas Studies in Language and Literature. More information may be found here: https://utpress.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/tsll_austen_cfp_updated.pdf
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Devoney Looser's profile was updated on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
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Devoney Looser changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 7 years, 1 month ago
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What would my vita look like if it recorded not just the successes of my professional life but also the many, many rejections?
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Devoney Looser's profile was updated on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
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Rivka Swenson started the topic CFP: MLA 2016: THE BRITISH PHARMACOPOEIA in the discussion
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoPapers on Scottish physicians/rhetoricians–Enlightenment redefinitions of British bodies/bodies politic. Collaborative session between Late 18th-Century English Literature and Scottish Literature forums. 250-word abstracts by 5 March 2015; Rivka Swenson (rswenson@vcu.edu) and Juliet Shields (js37@u.washington.edu).
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Rivka Swenson replied to the topic Join us for our sessions and events at the MLA in Vancouver in the forum
Scottish Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoA wealth of sessions!
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Rivka Swenson commented on the post, The Conference Interview: Do or Don’t?, on the site From the Executive Director on MLA Commons 9 years ago
Terrific piece, extremely well-considered and well-executed.
First, thanks for giving the concise history, about which many newer MLA members aren’t aware:
‘There were good reasons to extract the job system […]
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Rivka Swenson commented on the post, An Introduction to the New Forum Structure, on the site Executive Council on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months ago
“For the sake of democratization and simplification, the distinction between discussion groups and divisions has been eliminated in favor of the single category forums.”
That’s great.
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months ago
As many of you will have heard, Resolution 2014-1 got 60% of the votes cast but did not reach the minimum of 10% of the total membership required (by a recent rule) in order to be officially adopted. Thank you to all who voted. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd that to my mind gives a good sense of the meaning of the event:
Academics Vote for…[Read more]-
I’m among the 1500, but what worries me more than the opposition is the apathy of those who did not care to cast any vote. Not that we are much different here in Poland… Thank you for your post.
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months ago
Thank you to everyone who voted on resolution 2014-1. As you will have heard, the resolution got 60% of the votes in its favor but did not pass because it did not reach the minimum of 10% of the membership required (by a recent rule). This still counts as a major victory. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd:
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Rivka Swenson started the topic Deadline: Midnight: Request to Vote in the forum
Restoration and Early-Eighteenth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoDelegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).
The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification
You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]
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