Knowledge Commons | Aureliano M. DeSoto | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/amdesoto/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Aureliano M. DeSoto is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:17:57 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 084a019d484abc583af12fbee2ccf294 Domna C. Stanton replied to the topic CFP for MLA 2027--Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2027-beyond-the-professoriat-the-broader-humanities-ecosystem/#post-1040987 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:36:47 -0400 Thank you so much for sending me this announcement about the topic your plan investigate with your panelists at the 2027 MLA. It is enormously  timely and interesting and I know  members will want to attend. Unfortunately  I am on leave as of the end of december 2026 and very eager to return to my book project which is way over due. So sosry ca…[Read more]

]]> fa10eb0e78fbd8db520238fa9a08ae57 Grace Monk started the topic CFP for MLA 2027--Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2027-beyond-the-professoriat-the-broader-humanities-ecosystem/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:20:47 -0400 Sharing a CFP for the MLA 2027 Convention in Los Angeles. I hope it is of interest!

Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem

Roundtable examining jobs beyond faculty roles, highlighting how humanities training informs career trajectories. All career stages welcome.

Deadline March 16, 2026

Link:…[Read more]

]]> 86e4e75ec10857b0692754404a40a12d Brian Croxall replied to the topic CFP: Pedagogy Poster session for Digital Humanities 2026 conference, South Korea in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-pedagogy-poster-session-for-digital-humanities-2026-conference-south-korea-2/#post-1040727 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:11:21 -0500 As an update, we are extending the deadline for submissions to the poster slam at DH 2026 for the DH Pedagogy and Training SIG. Please submit proposals by Monday, February 9. Accepted participants will now be notified no later than 28 February.</span>

Please see the original post for full details.

]]> ebbb4a01a4573f5eba5fd63eee70d12f Brian Croxall replied to the topic CFP: Pedagogy Poster session for Digital Humanities 2026 conference, South Korea in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-pedagogy-poster-session-for-digital-humanities-2026-conference-south-korea-2/#post-1040727 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:11:21 -0500 As an update, w<span style="font-weight: 400;">e are extending the deadline for submissions to the poster slam at DH 2026 for the DH Pedagogy and Training SIG. Please submit proposals by Monday, February 9. Accepted participants will now be notified no later than 28 February.</span>

Please see the original post for full details.

]]> 5db699579b9a1163567e55cf51c326f9 Philip Trotter started the topic MLA 2026 Convention Session in the forum TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/mla-2026-convention-session-2/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:45:32 -0500 Please find attached a link to the abstract and details for the MLA 2026 Convention Session: “Illness, Healing, and Relationality in Eighteenth-Century Women’s Health Writing.”

]]> a08bc0563ba2c56c3663cdc183a8043e William J. Spurlin created the doc Call for Papers: African Literature Association 2026 Conference in the group TC Sexuality Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1936465/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:35:30 -0500 1892c7f56b398edf0c5c5e82806be2a9 William J. Spurlin created the doc Call for Papers: African Literature Association 2026 Conference in the group TC Sexuality Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1936464/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:32:29 -0500 a479c956d938c1e569ff3897ea2cc58d Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Teaching Assistant Professor of World Languages & Humanities Technologies in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/teaching-assistant-professor-of-world-languages-humanities-technologies-5/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:55:30 -0500 Please consider applying and share widely.

]]> 2026f89c16ec13126857a2eb4b9009d5 Brian Croxall started the topic CFP: Pedagogy Poster session for Digital Humanities 2026 conference, South Korea in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-pedagogy-poster-session-for-digital-humanities-2026-conference-south-korea-2/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:13:02 -0500 Overview
The DH Pedagogy and Training SIG will hold a Pedagogy Poster Slam at the 2026 DH Conference in Daejeon, South Korea. The Pedagogy Poster Slam will take place during the SIG’s reserved slot during one of the conference’s two workshop days, either Monday, 27 July 2026, or Tuesday, 28 July 2026.

Posters will either focus on a) a spe…[Read more]

]]> 227876ecd355d0675cbe7ebd2574d1d5 Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - Openness in Language Education in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-openness-in-language-education/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:34:04 -0500 📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review

I’m happy to share that The EUROCALL Review is launching a new thematic issue on:
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”.

This issue focuses on the role and impact of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in language education worldwi…[Read more]

]]> 331fdbb76ec0d66fd7caa3e7ff63e943 Berna Gueneli started the topic CF Applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Film Studies, UGA in the forum MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/cf-applications-for-the-position-of-assistant-professor-of-film-studies-uga/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:10:00 -0500 The Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Georgia welcomes applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Film Studies.

 

Area of specialization is open. Desired areas of specialization include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: global animation; cinemas of East, Southeast, South, or Western Asia and…[Read more]

]]> bc23953ca41a5b0470b18ce556a91ae7 Guylian Nemegeer started the topic CFP - Incontri. Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani in the forum MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/cfp-incontri-rivista-europea-di-studi-italiani-3/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:03:43 -0400 <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear colleagues,</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For its upcoming issues, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Incontri. Rivista europea di studi italiani</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is currently accepting essay submissions and proposals for special issues.</span>

<i><span…[Read more]

]]> 705489ea008668cfaa17a8195b2fb19b Guylian Nemegeer started the topic CFP - Incontri. Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani in the forum TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/cfp-incontri-rivista-europea-di-studi-italiani-2/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:01:55 -0400 <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear colleagues,</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For its upcoming issues, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Incontri. Rivista europea di studi italiani</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is currently accepting essay submissions and proposals for special issues.</span>

<i><span…[Read more]

]]> 58da3414739d0ec665d9eb3a651681a1 Shawna Ross started the topic CFP - A Field Guide to Lost Modernisms in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-a-field-guide-to-lost-modernisms/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:03:35 -0400 A Field Guide to Lost Modernisms
Call for papers

The Internet is a significant yet leaky infrastructure by which modernism circulates. Members of the public often encounter modernist literature and culture online, while students and scholars depend on the World Wide Web for conducting and disseminating their research. Worryingly, Internet assets…[Read more]

]]> 275c3ca7836c66a87f92819f43a93b69 José Alonso de la Garza Valenzuela uploaded the file: Pasados Special Issue: Against the Past/Contra Pasados to LLC Chicana and Chicano https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1925703/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:03:43 -0400 Deadline: January 15, 2026

]]> 0 f2abc3a6ad564a418ef1822a9abe18df Lisa Nalbone started the topic CFP: Amplifying Women’s Voices of Resistance in the forum TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/cfp-amplifying-womens-voices-of-resistance-2/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:06:21 -0400 CFP for “Amplifying Women’s Voices of Resistance: Challenging Power, Shaping Change”, for a special issue of the South Atlantic Review: The Journal of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association.

This special issue seeks to honor and amplify the voices of women who have resisted, challenged, and redefined societal norms—both histori…[Read more]

]]> dbcc7fc10cc931586e43d33246d7b1db Francisco E. Robles started the topic TC Race and Ethnicity - MLA 2026 panel on contemporary poetry of statelessness in the forum TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/tc-race-and-ethnicity-mla-2026-panel-on-contemporary-poetry-of-statelessness/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:10:57 -0400 Contemporary Poetry of Statelessness

In her poem "Nights," Mona Kareem cycles between images of natural processes (cloud formation, rain, phases of the moon) and human ritual actions (dancing, lamenting, singing), suggesting a delicate balance in the liminal zone between the porous self and the ever-changing world. Celestial bodies and human…[Read more]

]]> 405dcc5c6cf6c0a64a3bddb0f6b74af3 Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers MLA 2026 in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-mla-2026/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:49:57 -0500 <div class="bbp-reply-content">
(Re)thinking AI on Language Pedagogy: Discourses of Resemblances & Disparities (Online)
Papers should critically address AI’s impact on language pedagogy, focusing on resemblances and disparities between AI-driven and “more traditional” approaches; i.e. AI’s role in language learning, assessment, cultural biases,…[Read more]

]]> 2100708011846a82b918a18f62d19b8a Mark Dahlquist started the topic Call for Chapters: Libraries and the Futures of the Humanities in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-libraries-and-the-futures-of-the-humanities-4/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:01:22 -0500 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]

]]> 73215c5974629be9153feaf055551809 Mark Dahlquist started the topic Call for Chapters: Libraries and the Futures of the Humanities in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-libraries-and-the-futures-of-the-humanities-3/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:55:17 -0500 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]

]]> 51dfa962c8509dc311cdee9b05cdc507 Aarthi Vadde started the topic CFP Deadline Reminder: SNS 2025: Novel Languages in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-deadline-reminder-sns-2025-novel-languages/ Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:54:04 -0500 NOVEL LANGUAGES: The Biennial Meeting of the Society for Novel Studies

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 we…[Read more]

]]> f5ec3a5c25c83fd9ea0bc470829eafb1 Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for "Reading Cultures," a special issue of the journal Culture as Text in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-for-reading-cultures-a-special-issue-of-the-journal-culture-as-text/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:16:00 -0400 Reading Cultures

A special issue of the journal Culture as Text (degruyter.com).

Guest Editor: Thomas O. Beebee, Penn State University (Emeritus)

It is common practice among literary scholars to divide their field into a variety of authorial strategies and attachments, e.g. by form, genre, style or literary movement. Romanticism generally makes…[Read more]

]]> d96b0196cf95344577f6bbedf241c451 Louise Geddes deposited ‘And we will ship him hence’: The case for Shakespeare Fan Studies in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1901836/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 04:03:50 -0400 This chapter argues that
by including fan studies as part of appropriation theory scholarship can account for
this conversation, manifest in likes, re-posts and experimental fan work. Because of
the interplay between creator and audience, the focus of appropriative study shifts
from the end product, the new Shakespeare iteration, to the fan…[Read more]

]]> 0 2fefff99434499ac9c1c4efad33eb939 Doris Hambuch deposited Humorous Takes on Marriage in the UAE: Digital Comics, Social Media Comedy and Short Films in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1900965/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:11:04 -0400 This article investigates humorous representations of marriage in digital comics, standup comedy and short films created by Emirati artists and content creators who primarily rely on social media as their most effective form of distribution. Studied against theories of humor in the Western and the Arabic traditions, selected examples demonstrate…[Read more]

]]> 0 98412a2e171d72d17c3d1a23ff1aa1ce Doris Hambuch deposited Ways of Seeing Nujoom Alghanem’s Nearby Sky (سماء قريبة) and Sharp Tools (آلات حادة) as Docupoetry,Comment voir le ciel proche de Nujoom Alghanem (سماء قريبة) et les outils tranchants (آلات حادة) comme docupoésie in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1900963/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:05:42 -0400 This article proposes to establish a
sub-category called “docupoetry” to
classify the documentary films by
Emirati poet and filmmaker Nujoom
Alghanem. Detailed analysis of two
selected films, Sharp Tools (2017) and
Nearby Sky (2014), illustrates the
unique composition, cinematography,
and use of poetic devices, such
as rhythm, sym…[Read more]

]]> 0 5524f885b1ca8f70043d5b36e70bec1e Francisco E. Robles started the topic TC Race and Ethnicity Studies - Jobs in the forum TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/tc-race-and-ethnicity-studies-jobs/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:59:24 -0400 Hi all,

I'm sending along a job posting from Texas A&M, which is in long nineteenth-century <span id="_mainContent__descriptionText">multi-ethnic, transnational, and comparative approaches to US literature</span>. This search is being chaired by Jessica Howell: https://faculty.tamu.edu/JobDetail?JobId=151010.

I also invite folks to add to this…[Read more]

]]> 27d9774623e34f616ab47334370fe09d Guylian Nemegeer started the topic Conference: Pan-Movements, Regeneration, and Modernity (29 October) in the forum TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/conference-pan-movements-regeneration-and-modernity-29-october/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:45:26 -0400 Dear colleagues,

Members in this group may be interested in the following conference. It is possible to attend the event online. Registration is needed: https://event.ugent.be/registration/event/89430443-ec0a-4dd1-8d2c-d3dfb82ad014

Pan-Movements, Regeneration, and Modernity (29 October)

This conference investigates the global development of…[Read more]

]]> 4e6d52f756a39eed94abd4345aeb13eb Ryan Cordell deposited Surveying the Humanities MakerLab Movement in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1899998/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 03:01:21 -0400 SHMLM analyzes the humanities’ maker turn by surveying the research, pedagogical, and public service missions of existing humanities makerspaces; identifying commonalities among such efforts across disciplines, technologies, and organizational structures; comparing their activities and institutional identities with comparable contemporary STEM- o…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf04cc70728539641e8e0dc0676f74c8 Aarthi Vadde started the topic CFP: Novel Languages (Society of Novel Studies Biennial Conference) in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-novel-languages-society-of-novel-studies-biennial-conference-4/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:12:38 -0400 “NOVEL LANGUAGES” The Biennial Conference of the Society for Novel Studies
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: https…[Read more]

]]> dd661837a32fb4a7f5fc1b51acddc57d Brian Croxall deposited Duffy Encoding Editorial Decisions in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1897134/ Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:01:42 -0400 This document provides guidelines for encoding the first five books of poetry by Carol Ann Duffy into TEI-XML. It was collaboratively authored by my students and I during the Winter 2018 and Winter 2019 semesters at Brigham Young University.

]]> 0 03158f0036249fcd0239fd5e6103c0d6 Martha Dana Rust started the topic CfP: Divergence and Interconnectivity: Premodernity in Five Objects in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-divergence-and-interconnectivity-premodernity-in-five-objects-2/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:15:02 -0400 Medieval and Renaissance Center
New York University

Call 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]

]]> 967829021ce7dd77659781171ad8e457 Inés Vañó García started the topic Newly extended CFP (through 07/21) – JITP Special Issue in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/newly-extended-cfp-through-07-21-jitp-special-issue/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:15:05 -0400 <div class="entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-constrained">
The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Themed Issue 24:
Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation

Issue Editors:

Matthew N. Hannah, Purdue University

Gabriel Hankins, Clemson University

Anna Alexis Larsson,…[Read more]

]]> 2280319751e87a3cb8b20972929638cc Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New article on Turkish Girls' Studies in the discussion Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/new-article-on-turkish-girls-studies-3/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:35:27 -0400 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]

]]> 15b34bb549682037fd6cf2ff025a9519 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New article on Turkish Girls' Studies in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-article-on-turkish-girls-studies/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:28:57 -0400 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 Perspect…[Read more]

]]> 1845e3dd2e102c7614b9d37b574fdb67 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 https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/research-based-news-piece-on-hybridity-and-turkish-immigrants-in-the-netherlands-6/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 08:02:01 -0400 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
İstanbul Aydın University

]]> 5b6bb23195964ddd1cee8d0977a88df6 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic Research based news piece on hybridity and Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands in the discussion TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/research-based-news-piece-on-hybridity-and-turkish-immigrants-in-the-netherlands-3/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 07:49:31 -0400 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
İstanbul Aydın University

]]> 7713e2e4cab1acc57a5b2dccec2ec358 Ramzi Salti deposited Women’s Voices in Arabic Music by Ramzi Salti (Stanford University) in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890606/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 04:01:15 -0400 This is the corrected and edited transcript of Dr. Ramzi Salti’s talk about “Women’s Voices in Arabic Music” which was presented for Women’s History Month at Santa Rosa Junior College on March 7, 2024. You can also watch the video on YouTube (with CC on).

]]> 0 e8bca9b0d17ea827485eb9f34050f6bb Niamh Thornton deposited María Félix A Mexican Film Star and her Legacy in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890472/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:08:37 -0400 María Félix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind pieces; Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera painted portraits; Carlos Fuentes wrote a play; Agustín Lara, a bestselling song. But she was nobody's muse.

Did Félix really bring baby crocodiles to the Car…[Read more]

]]> 0 731791a81a5acbab3f54713b2f8c9b2a Niamh Thornton deposited María Félix A Mexican Film Star and her Legacy in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890471/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:04:41 -0400 María Félix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind pieces; Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera painted portraits; Carlos Fuentes wrote a play; Agustín Lara, a bestselling song. But she was nobody's muse.

Did Félix really bring baby crocodiles to the Car…[Read more]

]]> 0 131b8317c3abea3bae05c595a07cc05e Niamh Thornton deposited María Félix A Mexican Film Star and her Legacy in the group LLC Chicana and Chicano https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890468/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:00:08 -0400 María Félix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind pieces; Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera painted portraits; Carlos Fuentes wrote a play; Agustín Lara, a bestselling song. But she was nobody's muse.

Did Félix really bring baby crocodiles to the Car…[Read more]

]]> 0 4f9442367a2527580c0220213c974ab3 Susan Larson deposited Comfort and Domestic Space in Modern Spain in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890327/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:08:57 -0400 Comfort and domestic space are complex narratives that can help draw our attention to everything from urban planning, everyday objects, and new technologies to class conflict, racial and ethnic segregation, and the gendering of domestic labour. Comfort and Domestic Space in Modern Spain delves into the history of ideas surrounding the modern home.…[Read more]

]]> 0 2e682e928f202731b027a2d21f536987 Susan Larson deposited Comfort and Domestic Space in Modern Spain in the group Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890324/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:00:04 -0400 Comfort and domestic space are complex narratives that can help draw our attention to everything from urban planning, everyday objects, and new technologies to class conflict, racial and ethnic segregation, and the gendering of domestic labour. Comfort and Domestic Space in Modern Spain delves into the history of ideas surrounding the modern home.…[Read more]

]]> 0 43cf5ac51bf84b581d47e8713f012a54 Katina Rogers deposited The Presence of Absence: Meditations on the Unsayable in Writing in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1889660/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:06:26 -0400 The Presence of Absence: Meditations on the Unsayable in Writing is about writers navigating the unspeakable through image, sound, and structure. Each chapter focuses on a specific text, exploring the ways that four writers look to visual and auditory materials and metaphors as passageways to understanding and expressing the ineffable qualities of…[Read more]

]]> 0 90a5f9293d35e8d4d1f7ad732df87940 Ji Eun Lee deposited Wooshing London: Unsettling Acceleration in H. G. Wells’s Tono-Bungay in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1889188/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:27:19 -0400 This essay reads H. G. Wells’s Tono-Bungay (1909) in the context of “wooshing” London—I take the word from the story—to see how the unsettling effect of this rapid urban mobility translates into the generic form of the novel. At the turn of the twentieth century, London was wooshing—that is to say, people and things in the city were moving by b…[Read more]

]]> 0 38bc258457e2b4465bf945c9309c98ef Ji Eun Lee deposited Prowling in London: Canines in Bram Stoker’s Dracula in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1889184/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:17:18 -0400 Dracula first appears in front of the British public in England not as a gentleman but in the form of “an immense dog.” This article reads Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) in the context of human-animal encounters happening on the streets of London when the fear of rabid dogs swept the city. Victorian urban projects aimed at building an urban struc…[Read more]

]]> 0 e80df45677a8e632becee89307897f18 Regenia Gagnier deposited Language and literature in the information economy: the state of English, English and the state in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1887292/ Mon, 27 May 2024 04:04:38 -0400 The impact of colonialism and empire and then of transport, logistics, advertising, media, cinema, radio, tourism, and the internet extended the global reach of English. With 1.13 billion speakers, one in seven in the world now has some English competence. Within this global circulation of English, we have the global teaching of English language…[Read more]

]]> 0 3084f9bfc7d56922dbc6d739624ad043 Inés Vañó García started the topic Join the Collective! -The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) in the discussion TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/join-the-collective-the-journal-of-interactive-technology-and-pedagogy-jitp/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:06:26 -0400 Call for ParticipationThe Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy seeks new members to join our Editorial Collective. We invite applications from graduate students, scholars, and practitioners in all fields who critically and creatively engage with digital technology in their teaching, learning, and research. We will be appointing both gr…[Read more]

]]> 94cd4edd2fc699e0ce59ff16b9868e8d Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New Article: Banal misogynism in Turkish media in the discussion MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/new-article-banal-misogynism-in-turkish-media/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:24:30 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

I , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe, from Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Education, published a new article titled “Banal misogynism in Turkish media at the beginning of the multi-party era: the case of Boşboğaz” in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics which is a Q1 journal. You can find the abstract and the link…[Read more]

]]> 6fb2118fa6fa234001c47c185652e93a Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New Article: Banal misogynism in Turkish media in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-article-banal-misogynism-in-turkish-media-at-the-beginning-of-the-multi-par-2/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:14:48 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

I , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe, from Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Education, published a new article titled “Banal misogynism in Turkish media at the beginning of the multi-party era: the case of Boşboğaz” in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics which is a Q1 journal. You can find the abstract and the link…[Read more]

]]> 23ff7efcb66b216876c715c503196250 Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP: Submissions for JITP Special Issue -Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the discussion TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-submissions-for-jitp-special-issue-labor-political-economy-and-activism/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:23:52 -0400 The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
Themed Issue 24:

Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation

Issue Editors:

Matthew N. Hannah, Purdue University

Gabriel Hankins, Clemson University

Anna Alexis Larsson, Indiana University

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy…[Read more]

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