Knowledge Commons | Anna Maria Nogar | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/anogar/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Anna Maria Nogar is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:34:50 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 6cc787ce89f07b5dffb5383d1d64c73b Pamela Phillips started the topic Deadline Extended -- CFP for 2 18thC panels at MLA 2027 in the forum LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/18th-and-19th-century-spanish-and-iberian/forum/topic/deadline-extended-cfp-for-2-18thc-panels-at-mla-2027-3/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:29:27 -0400 Please consider submitting a proposal for either of the following 2027 MLA panels in eighteenth-century comparative studies (CLCS 18th-Century).

Panel: Places and Traces: Eighteenth-Century Networks and Neighborhoods

Inspired by Los Angeles as a city of neighborhoods and networks of missions that characterize California, this panel seeks…[Read more]

]]> e434e8fb37710f6db8f35e4596214da0 Christine A. Jones started the topic Fairy Tale Event at the Chichester Center: April 21 in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/fairy-tale-event-at-the-chichester-center-april-21/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:12:57 -0400 Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode

Michelle Anya Anjirbag

Anjirbag examines Disney’s storytelling practices to reveal how the corporation has influenced public understanding of what fairy tales are – and who is allowed to appear within them. From the 1989 animated The Little Mermaid to the 2023 live-action remake sta…[Read more]

]]> 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]

]]> 6c40929115590ed39ff22f250c94092e Lennie Amores uploaded the file: CFP: MLA Convention 2027 Los Angeles ( to LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1945300/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:47:11 -0500 MLA Annual Convention
Los Angeles, January 7-10, 2027
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
LLC 20th- and 21st- Century Spanish and Iberian Forum
Emancipatory Narratives of Aging
This guaranteed session will examine cultural and literary representations of aging, old age, and memory in Spain, its emancipatory potential, challenges to aging, ageism, discrimination,…[Read more]

]]> 0 9dec1b8182a28b2722b0b4e32ccb21c5 Abigail Heiniger started the topic “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th Special Issue CFP in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/we-the-people-telling-the-story-of-the-us-250th-special-issue-cfp/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:33:11 -0500 “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th in Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Myth

Humanities Special Issue

SUBMISSION LINK: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/OEHU7S891S

Due June 2026

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The Modern Language Association (MLA) Executive Committee for Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales is interested in cre…[Read more]

]]> 15a8ba10e9b743106a67206f239b250e Christine A. Jones started the topic MLA 2027 CFP: Emancipatory Transfiguration in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-emancipatory-transfiguration/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:58:49 -0500 The Guaranteed Session for 2027 of the GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales Forum takes up the Presidential theme of emancipatory narrative through transfiguration:

Title: Emancipatory Transfiguration
Call for Papers #33753

From ecological degeneration to generative AI, striking change abounds and demands response. We invite papers on myths and…[Read more]

]]> 80810ad7dc92f8c95b68a98350bc892e Christine A. Jones started the topic Talks in March and April at the Chichester Centre! in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/talks-in-march-and-april-at-the-chichester-centre/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:50:46 -0500 Tuesday 17 March, 5:30-6:30 p.m. UTC, online (Teams)

Tales for Fairies: Tracing Queer Fairy‑Tale Retellings

Alba Morollón Díaz-Faes

Explore the evolution of queer reinterpretations of the fairy tale across three transformative decades: the first wave of fairy-tale publications for a predominantly gay male readership in the 1990s; a second wav…[Read more]

]]> 651b9ff81676ea0c0061aff8d40e11f2 Donald Gilbert-Santamaria replied to the topic MLA 2027 CFP: Embodied Difference and the Making of Ability in Early Modern Span in the forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-poetry-and-prose/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-embodied-difference-and-the-making-of-ability-in-early-modern-span/#post-1040931 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:58:51 -0500 CORRECTION:  Submit a 250-word abstract by March 18, 2026.

]]> 2dd2f4e6b64691c7d49118a02b7be672 Donald Gilbert-Santamaria started the topic MLA 2027 CFP: Empowering Others in Early Modern Spanish Poetry and/or Prose in the forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-poetry-and-prose/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-empowering-others-in-early-modern-spanish-poetry-and-or-prose/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:55:28 -0500 This panel invites paper proposals that explore the multiple representations of the empowerment of the “Other” in early modern Spanish poetry and prose of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We are particularly interested in literary articulations that represent or problematize agency, resistance, mediation, and the visiualization of rac…[Read more]

]]> bfdf75869ef24b6c263fd5f967cd44a6 Donald Gilbert-Santamaria started the topic MLA 2027 CFP: Embodied Difference and the Making of Ability in Early Modern Span in the forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-poetry-and-prose/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-embodied-difference-and-the-making-of-ability-in-early-modern-span/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 03:50:09 -0500 Over the past two decades, disability studies has transformed medieval and early modern scholarship and continues to expand across literary, historical, and comparative fields. The scale and global circulation of Iberian writing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries make early modern Spanish prose and poetry a uniquely capacious tradition for…[Read more]

]]> 979a29570c073e22868d98f366c77a00 Paula Park started the topic CFP - MLA 2027- Global Hispanophone Forum in the forum CLCS Global Hispanophone https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-hispanophone/forum/topic/cfp-mla-2027-global-hispanophone-forum/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:45:28 -0500 Aesthetics of Anti-Authoritarianism in the Global Hispanophone

In memory of the author Francisco Zamora Loboch, who passed away in 2025, the MLA Global Hispanophone committee invites proposals exploring literary and other cultural productions that respond to authoritarianism across the diverse Spanish-speaking world, with a specific focus on the…[Read more]

]]> 6fb44110c847f56105435123316c33c3 Luis Fernando Restrepo started the topic CFP MLA 2027 Roundtable in the forum LLC Colonial Latin American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/colonial-latin-american/forum/topic/cfp-mla-2027-roundtable/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:58:27 -0500 MLA 2027 CFP Sponsored by the LLC Colonial Latin America Forum (guaranteed session)
 Unbounding the Colonial Latin American Archive
Round table examining historical and critical approaches to the colonial archive and their political implications. Dissident narratives, emerging subjectivities, new geographies, displacements, regimes of visibility,…[Read more]

]]> fa54fb4b89259857f2c169bc42a0a7cc Abigail Heiniger started the topic International Society for Folk Narrative Research Event in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/international-society-for-folk-narrative-research-event/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:37:42 -0500 This ISFNR Event is open to anyone:

This is a kind reminder that tomorrow, February 18, at 5 p.m. CET, we will present the 19th lecture in the series, given by Lewis Seifert, professor of French and Francophone Studies at Brown University (Providence, RI, USA). The lecture is entitled “(Post-) Colonial Folklore Collections as Transcultural T…[Read more]

]]> bec805cbd0f060d1e675eaad436c676d Marco Caracciolo started the topic 2027 MLA CfP: Gut Cognition (Cognitive and Affect Studies forum) in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/cognitive-and-affect-studies/forum/topic/2027-mla-cfp-gut-cognition-cognitive-and-affect-studies-forum/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:51:02 -0500 Gut Cognition in Literature
This non-guaranteed session explores interoceptive feelings in literature. How do they interact with literary forms? How do they reflect historical and cultural variations in bodily experience?

Please submit a 200-word abstract and a brief bio to Marco Caracciolo, Ghent U (marco.caracciolo@ugent.be)

Submission…[Read more]

]]> 0e0603b41731d0a83737c5a05a3d66cb Haiyan Lee started the topic 2027 MLA Panel CFP: Elements of Surprise in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/cognitive-and-affect-studies/forum/topic/2027-mla-panel-cfp-elements-of-surprise/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:57:07 -0500 <div><b data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Elements of Surprise</b></div>
<div>2027 MLA Convention, January 7-10, Los Angeles</div>
<div>Co-sponsored by TC Cognitive and Affect Studies and LSL Linguistics and Literature</div>
<div>Co-organizers: Zhuo Jing-Schmidt and Vera Tobin; presider: Haiyan Lee</div>
<div></div>
<div>We invite contributions…[Read more]

]]> 5d86f57405a6bb40518a3e79babc78f4 Aili Pettersson Peeker started the topic Seeking Support for MLA Forum Proposal on Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/cognitive-and-affect-studies/forum/topic/seeking-support-for-mla-forum-proposal-on-trauma-informed-pedagogy/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:32:01 -0500 Dear all,

I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to add your name in support of a new MLA forum proposal, “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy.” This proposed forum offers a space for scholarship and dialogue on how trauma (personal, historical, and structural) shapes teaching, learning, and literary study. It complements existing MLA forums but…[Read more]

]]> eed160b9adf7eb4744a28cbd016c0b6c Cole Rizki started the topic Nominations for Candidates to Delegate Election in the forum LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-latin-american/forum/topic/nominations-for-candidates-to-delegate-election/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:19:15 -0500 Hi everyone, I write to solicit nominations for candidates to the MLA delegate election. For eligibility: any candidates for election must have been included in the membership list of the association for the preceding year. No one can occupy more than one delegate seat at a time and delegates may only serve two consecutive terms on the Delegate…[Read more]

]]> 52f3a738a984f0ff19380d0801f9e1d2 Abigail Heiniger started the topic Calling on our members to represent this forum on the Delegate Assembly! in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/calling-on-our-members-to-represent-this-forum-on-the-delegate-assembly/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:52:31 -0500 If you have a vested interest in the presence of folktale and fairy tale at the MLA, the Executive Committee invites you to self-nominate for the role of Delegate to represent the Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale Forum on the Delegate Assembly. This call is open to faculty and graduate students.

Delegates play a crucial role in association…[Read more]

]]> ed3bf905fb590373ab996b08082a1777 Luis Fernando Restrepo started the topic Nominations and Self-Nominations to serve in the Forum Executive Committee in the forum LLC Colonial Latin American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/colonial-latin-american/forum/topic/nominations-and-self-nominations-to-serve-in-the-forum-executive-committee/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:02:29 -0500 The Executive Committee of the LLC Colonial Latin American Literature invites Forum Members to send nominations or self-nominations to the Forum's executive committee.  Send nominations by March 1, 2026 to Karen Stolley (kstolle@emory.edu) or Luis Fernando Restrepo (lrestr@uark.edu) or the MLA directly, as indicated below.  The five year term is a…[Read more]

]]> d7c030560cec9ef12b283da07bfb0f8c Donald Gilbert-Santamaria started the topic Nominations for LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose in the forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-poetry-and-prose/forum/topic/nominations-for-llc-16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-poetry-and-prose/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 01:36:35 -0500 The MLA Forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose (D068) is seeking nominations and self-nominations to serve on the Forum’s Executive Committee.  Nominations can be submitted directly through the MLA here  or by contacting me directly at donalgs@uw.edu.  Additional information about MLA Forums may be found here.

We req…[Read more]

]]> 0fa677612be381536329f58cebeacf2d Carmela Mattza started the topic CFP: Literature, Pedagogy, Research, and AI in Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Education  in the forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-drama/forum/topic/cfp-literature-pedagogy-research-and-ai-in-humanities-and-social-sciences-in-higher-education/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:31:17 -0500 Dear Colleague,

We cordially invite you to submit an abstract for our upcoming special issue at SAR<https://www.jstor.org/journal/soutatlarevi&gt;, focusing on literature, pedagogy, research, and AI within the Humanities and Social Sciences. The CfP is attached and also posted to this…[Read more]

]]> 4d2331b86208f730b5a350865fdd59db Adam Cohn uploaded the file: CFP: Jewish Writing in Modern and Contemporary Spain to LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1941342/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:52:17 -0500 CFP: Jewish Writing in Modern and Contemporary Spain. Special Issue of Hispanófila.
Edited by: Stacy Beckwith (Carleton College) and Adam Cohn (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Proposals due March 6, 2026

]]> 0 0b570da289a6bc7576adf6e8606bfd66 Adam Cohn uploaded the file: CFP: Jewish Writing in Modern and Contemporary Spain to LLC 18th- and 19th-Century Spanish and Iberian https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1941341/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:50:36 -0500 CFP: Jewish Writing in Modern and Contemporary Spain. Special Issue of Hispanófila.
Edited by: Stacy Beckwith (Carleton College) and Adam Cohn (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Proposals due March 6, 2026

]]> 0 6ad17d03574041682cf2793f5dfa08c6 Shannon Kelley replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/?view=all#post-1040696 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:56:02 -0500 Hi, Lamees, we have two positions: a 2-year replacement who would be Secretary and then Chair, and a 3-year position. This person would observe for a year and then rotate into the Secretary and Chair positions. We organize two guaranteed panels each year at MLA. Attendance at the conference is required to share the work of supporting our speakers.…[Read more]

]]> 84647b979af966f891706a04e75bf9cd Moumin Quazi replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/#post-1040694 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:02:55 -0500 I’d be more than happy to serve, Shannon. My paper (presented Thursday in a virtual session, #63) was a pedagogically-based essay. I’m a 28-year member of the MLA. My email is quazi@tarleton.edu. My cv is attached.

Cheers,
Moumin

]]> bcebea8ea62870f4c9fbc10a9d58ce3f Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/#post-1040693 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:46:43 -0500 I'd be honored and delighted to join the committee; I've emailed you, too, Shannon, with my CV. I'd be glad to provide anything else to support candidacy.

]]> 144e4c8c3fb181d1a29a5971eeee5140 Lamees Fadl replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/#post-1040692 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:46:16 -0500 Hi Shannon,Would you please share more information? The term, the duties…etc
Thank you, Lamees 

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

On Saturday, January 10, 2026, 1:35 PM, Shannon Kelley <noreply@hcommons.org> wrote:

#yiv6192818141 html, #yiv6192818141 body {Margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;min-height:100% !important;width:100% !im…[Read more]

]]> 8c26b802a3e503a3f685ee274416b788 Shannon Kelley started the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:31:23 -0500 The Teaching of Literature Forum needs one replacement committee member and one new committee member. This is an excellent opportunity for junior or senior faculty to serve at a national level. Please email me with any questions: skelley@fairfield.edu.  -- Shannon Kelley, Chair, The Teaching of Literature Forum

]]> 21613f4d7281e7e57f243100ab1f58c4 Cole Rizki started the topic Soliciting Nominations for the Forum Executive Committee in the forum LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-latin-american/forum/topic/soliciting-nominations-for-the-forum-executive-committee-3/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:07:48 -0500 Hi everyone, I write because we are soliciting nominations and self-nominations for the 20th and 21st Century Latin America Forum Executive Committee. Please reply by Friday January 23rd with your nominations. Thanks!

]]> ba5e1f8cc9ad30ad5ad2209d6711be69 Carmela Mattza started the topic Join Our Virtual Sessions! 16th-17th Century Spanish and Iberian Drama Forum in the forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Drama via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-drama/forum/topic/join-our-virtual-sessions-16th-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-drama-forum/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:02:20 -0500 Dear colleagues,

The Modern Language Association's (MLA) Executive Committee of the 16th-17th Century Spanish and Iberian Drama Forum cordially invites you to our two virtual sessions to be held during the MLA's 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

364 - Digital Humanities, AI, and Teaching the Comedia
Friday, January 9 2026, 5:15…[Read more]

]]> 9a69482e422108e49b614808749176b3 Giovanna Montenegro started the topic Join us for Happy Hour/ Cash Bar in Toronto- Friday January 9 5pm in the forum LLC Colonial Latin American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/colonial-latin-american/forum/topic/join-us-for-happy-hour-cash-bar-in-toronto-friday-january-9-5pm/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:36:51 -0500 Coming to MLA#26 in person? Please join LLC Colonial Latin American Literature along with CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern and LLC Medieval Iberian for a Happy Hour in Toronto.</div>

Please join us at 3 Brasseurs at  5pm on Friday January 9 275 Yongue St.
This is a cash bar, and the bar can do individual checks.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/<wbr /&…[Read more]

]]> 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.”

]]> ae0f6db7ddb684ad47e0728031f6a372 Luis Restrepo started the topic MLA 2026 Toronto Colonial Latin American Literature Sessions-- join us! in the forum LLC Colonial Latin American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/colonial-latin-american/forum/topic/mla-2026-toronto-colonial-latin-american-literature-sessions-join-us/ Sun, 28 Dec 2025 23:32:57 -0500 2026 MLA LLC Colonial Latin American Forum Sessions

 

Thursday, 8 January 2026

 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

#93 - Rethinking Connections between Latin American Colonial and Dutch Atlantic Worlds

Presider, Giovanna Montenegro, Binghamton U, State U of New York

 

Living with Water: Aquatic Engagements in Colonized Neerlandophone Deltas

Julée Al-…[Read more]

]]> 31c52485a068aab6d0f157ac200ed295 Anna Kathryn Kendrick started the topic CFP: Whose East, Which West? (Madrid, June 25-27, 2026) in the forum CLCS Global Hispanophone https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-hispanophone/forum/topic/cfp-whose-east-which-west-madrid-june-25-27-2026/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:44:39 -0500 <b>CFP: Whose East, Which West?</b>

<b>Networks, Archives, and Diasporas in China and the Ibero-American World</b>

June 25-27, 2026  ·  NYU Madrid

In the twenty-first century, cultural relations between China and the Ibero-American world have grown complex and multilayered. A translation boom is bringing Hispanic and Lusophone authors to Si…[Read more]

]]> 94769bd097a589d0e3a2d734482ab6c6 William J. Spurlin created the doc Call for Papers: African Literature Association 2026 Conference in the group TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1936463/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:27:18 -0500 d72a7707864b8534109cf710a007f423 Paula Park started the topic Mark your calendar! - MLA 2026 sessions (co)sponsored by the forum in the forum CLCS Global Hispanophone https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-hispanophone/forum/topic/mark-your-calendar-mla-2026-sessions-cosponsored-by-the-forum/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:01:59 -0500 Session 277 – “Food Studies Pedagogies and the Global Hispanophone” (co-organized by Rebecca Ingram and Eugenia Afinoguénova, sponsored by the Global Hispanophone Forum), on Friday, 9 January 2026, 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM, MTCC - 803B

MLA Program link: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2026/meetingapp.cgi/Session/22911 

Description: Approaches to food st…[Read more]

]]> 6860801d45c0871e5b6be0bfa544f739 Peter Leman started the topic CFP: World Literature and Disappearance (Special Issue of ARIEL) in the forum TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies/forum/topic/cfp-world-literature-and-disappearance-special-issue-of-ariel-3/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:34:57 -0500 Call For Papers: “World Literature and Disappearance” 
Special Issue of <b>ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature</b>

Enforced disappearance is widely recognized as a crime in international law, with legislation that reflects the experiences of Latin America dictatorships and focuses on arbitrary detention and torture or extr…[Read more]

]]> 046c3d1dc057395af9541702c25c40b4 Laura Francis started the topic CFP: Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire (June 10-12, 2026 @ NUIM) in the forum LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-and-17th-century-spanish-and-iberian-poetry-and-prose/forum/topic/cfp-migration-and-the-early-modern-spanish-empire-june-10-12-2026-nuim-3/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:57:44 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

I am excited to announce the following call for papers for a conference on “Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire” that will take place from June 10th-12th, 2026 at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth.

Please see the attached PDF for further details. The deadline for submissions is December 19th, 2025.

I am…[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>

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]]> 4bd54f9a6961a81126511d57079920c6 Abigail Heiniger started the topic International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts Call for Papers in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/international-conference-for-the-fantastic-in-the-arts-call-for-papers/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:10:13 -0400 (Meta)Cognition
The 47th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 47)
March 18–21, 2026 | Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside | Orlando, Florida
Guests of Honor: Ted Chiang and Ann Leckie
Guest Scholar: Sherryl Vint
Register Here

Call for Proposals
Submission deadline: Friday, October 31, 2025 [Submit Here]
If cognition is the p…[Read more]

]]> 8cdd25a78e579a1361394e8141dc22c3 Rob Wilkie started the topic Radical Caucus Resolution Signatures Needed by October 1, 2025 in the forum TC Marxism, Literature, and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/marxism-literature-and-society/forum/topic/radical-caucus-resolution-signatures-needed-by-october-1-2025/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:13:41 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

Do you feel the need for the MLA to take a stand against the fascistic attacks on higher education, the genocide in Gaza, and the spurious distortion of antisemitism as justification for these assaults?

The MLA Radical Caucus is sponsoring a resolution for the 2026 MLA Convention that will address these concerns. It is titled…[Read more]

]]> b302942b077fcb316d6e29952c2030d2 Christine A. Jones started the topic ISFNR, Reykjavík 2026: Nature(s) in Narratives Call for Papers in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/isfnr-reykjavik-2026-natures-in-narratives-call-for-papers/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:15:23 -0400 The ISFNR Interim conference in 2026 will be held in Reykjavík Iceland, June 13th to 16th. The conference will take place at the main campus of the University of Iceland, a walking distance from the vibrant city centre of Reykjavík. With nearly 24 hours of daylight, and plenty of geothermal pools to soak in, it’s the perfect place to recharge on…[Read more]

]]> deb335d49db218b143c2394a572b0f71 Ruchika Jain started the topic Call for Applications–SRF–“Myths and Morality" Project, India in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/call-for-applications-srf-myths-and-morality-project-india/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:47:15 -0400 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET), ACT Centre, and the Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (TSLAS), Patiala, India, invite applications for two Senior Research Fellows (SRFs) on the project “Myths and Morality.” The interdisciplinary project explores the relation between classical Indian myths and moral theories. Myths suc…[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 895c3dd6571a8af9459c5806c4ee68a8 Nattie Golubov uploaded the file: CFP Love and Resistance: Popular Romance Fiction and the Right, 2025-2025 to TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1924521/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:30:00 -0400 The first election of Donald Trump sparked a series of "Rogue" romance anthologies that framed love as resistance, and the romance genre as progressive and inclusive. Looking back after a decade, how has the genre registered and responded to ongoing political contexts--in the United States and elsewhere--of political radicalization, xenophobia,…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ff0ae544a33c6d7030e23974b575637 Maria Windell created the doc Panel description for Latinx Fracasos: Past, Present, and Future in the group LLC Latina and Latino https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1921433/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:55:51 -0400 561bf0c62e3e95c2b5762fa1ac04a9f9 Abigail Heiniger started the topic Reimagining the Witch: Feminist Retellings in Maguire's Fiction - ONLINE EVENT in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/reimagining-the-witch-feminist-retellings-in-maguires-fiction-online-event/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:15:54 -0400 Reimagining the Witch: Feminist Retellings in Gregory Maguire’s Fiction
Two free online events with César F. Más Sánchez

Please note, the times are in GMT (London, UK) and EDT (New York, USA)

Reading Group: Wicked. Thurs 24 July, 6–7 p.m. GMT
2-3pm EDT
A friendly, social reading group focused on key themes in Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Guided…[Read more]

]]> 85e49265120ad3e37df59b4369507e6b Christine A. Jones started the topic ISFNR 2026 in Reykjavík, Iceland – Call for Panels in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/isfnr-interim-conference-2026-ireykjavik-iceland-call-for-panels/ Sat, 24 May 2025 17:50:59 -0400 Posting on behalf of ISFNR!

The ISFNR Interim conference in 2026 will be held in Reykjavík Iceland, June 13th to 16th. The guiding theme is Nature(s) in Narrative. The conference will take place at the main campus of the University of Iceland, a walking distance from the vibrant city centre of Reykjavík. It is hosted by the department of F…[Read more]

]]> 1dae2563d770f0208a92101be5abb28e Abigail Heiniger started the topic “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th Folk Narratives CFP in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/we-the-people-telling-the-story-of-the-us-250th-folk-narratives-cfp/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:38:45 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

The Modern Language Association (MLA) Executive Committee for Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales is interested in creating a Special Issue of Humanities in connection with the guaranteed panel at the 2026 Convention, exploring fairy tales, folklore, mythology, and the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence: “We t…[Read more]

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