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Allison Margaret Bigelow uploaded the file: Sensible Translations: Organizing Natural Knowledge Through Language in the Early Modern Iberian World to
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoAs scholars of the early Americas revisit concepts like eye-witnessing and testimonial genres as sites of knowledge-making authority, incorporating insights from new work in the history of sensing in the early modern era (Tobin 2005, Maurette, forthcoming 2018), we would do well to consider how the practices of translation and the mechanics of…[Read more]
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Eric Weiskott deposited Punctuating Old English Poetry: Challenges and Strategies in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoAs in other early language traditions, premodern English poetry was written out with very light punctuation. The sparsity of manuscript punctuation appears especially problematic in the period before 1200, when poetry in English lacked visual linebreaks. The difficulties of parsing this poetry are substantial. Modern editors of Old English verse…[Read more]
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Eric Weiskott deposited English Political Prophecy in the Welsh Marches, 1450-1650 in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoFrom the twelfth century to the seventeenth, political prophecy was prominent among English literary genres no less than in English political life. Derived from Welsh poetic tradition via Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Latin History of the Kings of Britain, prophecy reached all social classes. Prophetic texts influenced the decisions of kings, shaped p…[Read more]
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Angus Grieve-Smith deposited Annotation: U Store It in the group
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoDocument annotation is almost as old as writing. The designers of the World Wide Web envisioned a system that would allow people to publicly annotate any document. The advent of cloud computing has finally made this feasible: distributed annotation systems like Hypothes.is allow users to save annotations privately, or share them with the public.…[Read more]
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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, 4 months agoI 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, 4 months agoBook 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, 4 months agoThis 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, 4 months agoAnna 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, 4 months agoFYI: 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, 4 months agoIf 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, 4 months agoThank 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, 4 months agoThis 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, 4 months agoThanks 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, 4 months agoI 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, 5 months agoRCWS 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, 5 months agoDear 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, 5 months agoCheck 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, 5 months agoThursday, 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, 5 months agoYou 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, 5 months agoStop 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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