Knowledge Commons | Benjamin Schacht | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/bschacht/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Benjamin Schacht is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:37:02 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 682dee35cff1684c4dac860df66e2712 Bonnie Russell started the topic Job: Knowledge Commons is looking for a Python/React developer in the forum Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/groups/academic-job-market-support-network/forum/topic/knowledge-commons-is-looking-for-a-python-react-developer/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:19:51 -0500 Knowledge Commons is looking for a developer to work with us to build out new functionality on our KCWorks repository. More information at the link: https://careers.msu.edu/jobs/python-react-web-developer-information-technologist-i-east-lansing-michigan-united-states

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]]> 10ba8a0b9300327cd339775b6ed44763 Bonnie Russell started the topic Job: DH@MSU is hiring a Digital Humanities Research Coordinator in the forum Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/groups/academic-job-market-support-network/forum/topic/job-dhmsu-is-hiring-a-digital-humanities-research-coordinator/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:46:05 -0500 The College of Arts & Letters (CAL) at Michigan State University seeks a Digital Humanities Research Coordinator 1) to oversee and promote Digital Humanities (DH)-based research within CAL and 2) to connect the College with other units on campus that engage in/support DH, digital history, and digital scholarship. This is a full-time 12-month…[Read more]

]]> c45fccf534e0875f19eeb80a9062f0c1 Elana Lubka created the doc Stay Ahead of the Curve with ALE’s Free "AI Tools Boot Camp for Researchers: Core Essentials" Course in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1905966/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 10:47:09 -0500 489a162a816d58c7ea25774145c951e8 Ji Eun Lee deposited Prowling in London: Canines in Bram Stoker’s Dracula in the group 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1889180/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:11:39 -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 71e06ab33ff4fcaae20d2d377bac2c52 Ji Eun Lee deposited Victorian Humanity in Colonial Korea, Where Asians Did Not See Themselves as the Other in the group 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1889175/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:00:07 -0400 This article reconsiders the racial hierarchies rendering the nonwhite race as the Other in Anglo-American Victorian studies by examining the case of colonial Korea, where both the colonizer and the colonized were people of color. In colonial Korea, reading Victorian and Edwardian literature enabled Koreans to find an alternative humanity beyond…[Read more]

]]> 0 db67182db3d449fe3e244819a468c97e Priya Wadhera started the topic CFP: Surrealism dans tous ses états in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/cfp-surrealism-dans-tous-ses-etats-2/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:12:52 -0500 2024 marks the centennial of the Surrealist Manifesto. Roundtable participants will examine the conceptual, verbal, and formal tools and strategies at stake in this preeminent artistic and critical stance in 20th-century French studies. They will explore the evolving ways in which surrealism still manifests in today’s cultural and literary imagina…[Read more]

]]> fed01636f5095d46b4b80dddeae77656 Elena Machado Sáez started the topic "What the New York Times gets wrong about the "American Dirt" controversy" in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/what-the-new-york-times-gets-wrong-about-the-american-dirt-controversy-2/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:19:55 -0500 An op-ed article I co-wrote with Latinx Studies colleagues David J. Vázquez and Magdalena L. Barrera was just published in Salon. Check it out!

"What the New York Times gets wrong about the "American Dirt" controversy: Who gets to wield the power of representation might be important to columnist Pamela Paul, but it's a…[Read more]

]]> b8632b75b28f11e2746abded9fca848c Salim Said Bani Orabah deposited Omani Students’ Satisfaction with Independent Learning Tools during Covid-19 in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833944/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 02:26:15 -0500 Omani students were introduced to Independent Learning Tools, such as MyELT, Moodle, and MS Teams, during the Covid-19 pandemic. They used these tools for their study throughout the pandemic. Hence, this research investigated how satisfied were Omani students with independent learning tools during Covid-19. This study is significant because it…[Read more]

]]> 0 237402b24f7b44f6d61c986cb4182d32 Caitilin Walsh deposited ATA Joins Forces with the Association of Language Companies to Bridge the Educational Career Gap in the group 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1828214/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 03:51:32 -0500 The Association of Language Companies (ALC) has been working to increase connections, relationships, and shared learning between the professional and academic sides of the language services supply chain. From these efforts, the ALC
Bridge was born. The American Translators Association is a member of this initiative.

]]> 0 7c6f0ae10a299cf57c19c7949b50a5df Evan Chaloupka deposited Prosthetic Narration and the Engagement of Disability in Literary Naturalism in the group 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1826176/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 03:48:45 -0500 This talk introduces the concept of “prosthetic narration,” a narrative technique that mediates the engagement of disabled cognition such that the reader is invited to reimagine how one thinks and perceives. In his essay, “The Novel,” Émile Zola establishes the “intimate union” between the author and “the reality of the scene” as a premise of fic…[Read more]

]]> 0 582c383d8ea31cc2565e02c0566d0f34 Hannah Alpert-Abrams deposited Where the Money Resides: Demystifying Academic Job Negotiations in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1820094/ Sat, 05 Nov 2022 02:24:03 -0400 Report on negotiations for academic jobs, drawing from stories from over 300 faculty members.

]]> 0 94622d78564e39cae5b9ea4096666d7f Sara Mohr created the doc Cover Letter for Digital Scholarship Librarian in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1790860/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:24:44 -0400 d0b1dd1b400f14fe0a9d84383df37b07 Ari Borrell deposited Ko-wu or Kung-an? Practive, Realization and Teaching in the Thought of Chang Chiu-cheng in the group 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1788300/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 03:48:44 -0400 Examines the intersection between Chan Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism during the Southern Song dynasty period (1126-1279) in China.

]]> 0 6f17e95be831d0fee47b0e0618f781c7 EJ Thomas started the topic Alt-Ac Job Posting: Partner and User Support Specialist ITHAKA (JSTOR/Artstor) in the discussion Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/groups/academic-job-market-support-network/forum/topic/alt-ac-job-posting-partner-and-user-support-specialist-ithaka-jstor-artstor/ Mon, 16 May 2022 18:18:08 -0400 Hello all! I'm a former academic and now the manager of the Partner and User Support Team at ITHAKA. We support resources you are probably familiar with, including JSTOR, Artstor, JSTOR Forum and Portico. We're currently hiring for our Partner and User Support Specialist role, the role I started in 6 years ago when I made the decision to leave my…[Read more]

]]> f83e86eb862fa44abb54774ec0ec00d3 Hannah Alpert-Abrams created the doc Resources for Faculty Job Negotiations in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1781610/ Fri, 13 May 2022 13:52:38 -0400 d188d220a34f328cb460611dd7124856 Zahid R. Chaudhary deposited Paranoid Publics in the group 2020 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1780938/ Sat, 07 May 2022 02:24:10 -0400 This article takes up the insurrection in Washington DC, and the paranoid politics of QAnon. It analyzes the gamification of paranoia across QAnon and related paranoid publics, tracking such gamification as a political-economic demand generated by neoliberalism. Taking seriously Sigmund Freud's insight that delusional formations are attempts at…[Read more]

]]> 0 e53bf9a0a80eef6f05b6beca60b653ed Cara Jordan started the topic How to Write a Cover Letter for an Academic Job in the discussion Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/groups/academic-job-market-support-network/forum/topic/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-for-an-academic-job/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:15:50 -0400 Applying for an academic job? The process can often be opaque and, unless your advisor is particularly helpful, you might feel alone in the process.

Never fear! In a recent blog post, former art history professor and department chair Matt Shoaf tells you how to research, write, and avoid common mistakes when applying for jobs as a…[Read more]

]]> 5e3c30f1ca19d938e994188a86a1734f Jodi Berry deposited Multilingual Identities and Service Learning Experiences in the group 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1768475/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 03:48:43 -0500 What started as a theoretical analysis of multilingual international high school students teaching at a local learning center for refugees in Jakarta became a closer look at how translanguaging appears within and around these community exchanges. More specifically, through first-person accounts, this paper highlights dialogue as a suitable…[Read more]

]]> 0 99079ca54cfb24eda76325cf6f72d8aa Lisa Zunshine started the topic Thank you for terrific attendance! in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/thank-you-for-terrific-attendance/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 09:14:19 -0500 Thank you to everyone who came to our “Sadness” panel yesterday, featuring papers by Haiyan Lee, Anna Shields, Lisa Zunshine, and Ya Zuo! It was extremely well attended and featured a wonderful discussion. Kudos to our chair Benjamin Ridgway for bringing together “cognitive” and historicist perspective of emotion, drawing on Chinese literature.

]]> 9575fe2266194edee1ea88417e9c0137 Lisa Zunshine started the topic Session # 645, "Life Writing and Cognition" (Sunday) in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/session-645-life-writing-and-cognition-sunday/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 08:39:06 -0500 Please join us for "Life-Writing and Cognition" (session # 645, Sunday), which will feature papers by Laura Otis, Ralph James Savarese, Ellen Spolsky, and Lisa Zunshine.

]]> 87f09402ac3739dbdf38907e3416dbb8 Shazia Rahman posted an update in the group 2022 MLA Convention: Join us at MLA 2022 tomorrow at 1:45 pm for Ecofeminist […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1765465/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 16:25:31 -0500 Join us at MLA 2022 tomorrow at 1:45 pm for Ecofeminist Imaginings https://mla.confex.com/mla/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Session/12655

]]> 0 aba786f0b97a5c960baea7da15972227 Rielle Navitski started the topic MS Screen Arts and Culture Virtual Panels and Postponement in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/ms-screen-arts-and-culture-virtual-panels-and-postponement/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:49:05 -0500 As the 2022 convention approaches, a quick update on the Screen Arts and Culture Forum sessions.

 

The following sessions will now be held virtually:

Viral Media - Thursday, January 6, 3:30 - 4:45 pm

Presider: Rielle Navitski

A Very Smart Bug: Viral Intelligence and Contagion Theory Bishnupriya Ghosh, U of California, Santa…[Read more]

]]> 600f64e8c4215443fc6c77b1e6f3025c Anne Donlon started the topic Sharing convention materials on the Commons in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/sharing-convention-materials-on-the-commons/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:48:25 -0500 Hello, all,

If you're looking for more information about how to share your convention materials, this post has details about how to share work in CORE or in Docs. CORE assigns your work a DOI and gives you the option to share the deposit with groups. Work in CORE is publicly accessible--no log-in necessary to read or download. If you want to…[Read more]

]]> 9c431340eb8eb495e2dc97da2484740a Rosi Song started the topic UPDATE: LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Studies Online Panels in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/update-llc-20th-and-21st-century-spanish-and-iberian-studies-online-panels/ Sun, 02 Jan 2022 19:25:48 -0500 Due to the surge in coronavirus cases and members changing travel plans, the executive committee of the LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Studies has moved the following panels online.

Please join us by attending the virtual panels listed below. We look forward to listening to our panelists and engaging in a lively discussion…[Read more]

]]> f71284ab31304800cf5cf3cb1dd08a36 Julie Grossman started the topic MLA Adaptation Forum Sessions in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/mla-adaptation-forum-sessions/ Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:49:12 -0500 The MLA Adaptation Studies Forum is pleased to announce three online panels, the final one co-sponsored with the Translation Studies Forum.  We were sorry to have to cancel the Adaptation/Translation Studies Cash Bar but hope to see you this coming week virtually at the events below (links provided for information on…[Read more]

]]> a644daa0c097824b9d50d9350ac670b0 Elena Machado Sáez started the topic Update re: US Latinx Studies @ 2022 MLA Convention in the discussion 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/2022-mla-convention/forum/topic/update-re-us-latinx-studies-2022-mla-convention/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 19:20:22 -0500 Due to the surge in coronavirus cases, the executive committee of the LLC Latina/Latino Forum has cancelled the cash bar reception and moved all of our panels online.

We’re still looking forward to vibrant conversations about US Latinx Studies at the 2022 MLA convention, so please join us by attending the virtual panels listed b…[Read more]

]]> 860ea898fdddf40f1e7791720b2829a8 Nicky Agate started the topic Job: Contemporary Publishing Fellow at University of Pennsylvania Libraries in the discussion Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/groups/academic-job-market-support-network/forum/topic/job-contemporary-publishing-fellow-at-university-of-pennsylvania-libraries/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:46:08 -0500 Hello!

The Research Data and Digital Scholarship team at University of Pennsylvania Libraries is looking for a Contemporary Publishing Fellow, reporting to the Assistant University Librarian, Research Data and Digital Scholarship. The incumbent contributes to the team's efforts to transform the digital publishing landscape by piloting a…[Read more]

]]> ec85671a89913be02c2c55fbcf613285 MLA Commons created the group 2022 MLA Convention https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1756376/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:59:47 -0400 0 61e2f806c9fa17d6264cfb5a69de280b Cara Messina created the doc Diversity Statement for TT Position In English (Rhet Comp) in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1750474/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 02:07:29 -0400 5bff7567ab6c4be41328eb36e0e6d638 Cara Messina created the doc Teaching Portfolio for TT Job in English, Professional Writing in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1750471/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 02:05:11 -0400 20e521ea6e249185bc7a8b8ffc9e8e21 Cara Messina created the doc Teaching Philosophy for TT Job in English, Professional Writing in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1750470/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 02:03:26 -0400 cfe7af9800962dd199624d9ae0b13f9b Cara Messina created the doc Cover Letter for TT Job in English, Professional Writing in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1750469/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 02:01:55 -0400 dd41da4774461a9b89d4cc34e7a44086 Cara Messina created the doc CV for TT Job in English, Professional Writing in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1750468/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 01:59:20 -0400 43785d3466f04a42cac654ae92ebd58f Nissa Ren Cannon created the doc Grant application for author-society grant in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1741149/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:10:06 -0400 09520b3cd93c3f4ff5130e3dbd8a9a33 Nissa Ren Cannon created the doc Teaching Philosophy for Rhet Comp in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1741146/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:05:01 -0400 0131a0a939e3a7bed0e368be55d99aa9 Nissa Ren Cannon created the doc Cover Letter for Rhet Comp in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1741145/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:02:53 -0400 a04e43120a22c2c4b7963dd2ac42fc13 Hannah Alpert-Abrams created the doc Cover Letter for a grant manager at a museum in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1734004/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 01:01:58 -0400 d952d35a5fc64cc0bb2e380eae9329e6 Quinn Dombrowski created the doc Resume in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726917/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:50:28 -0500 0b93c617e2697b4f5e54ad65f5d5d132 Quinn Dombrowski created the doc Cover letter in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726916/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:48:06 -0500 c531fc58b2c693256064264f3548aeae Brian DeGrazia created the doc Hybrid CV/resume for programs role at scholarly association in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726863/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:18:26 -0500 df8a899f75d966452843992689750518 Brian DeGrazia edited the doc Cover letter, programs role at a scholarly association in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726861/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:14:27 -0500 3b95ee52cfbbd48d7d68b87ae201e85d Brian DeGrazia created the doc For a programs role at a scholarly association in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726860/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:12:19 -0500 329879c675567ef2160ea46cf7a10ace Travis Lau created the doc Diversity Statement for Postdoctoral Fellowship in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726851/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:33:22 -0500 d33f5ab738a1f800891c9673839227ac Travis Lau created the doc Teaching Statement for Postdoctoral Fellowship in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726850/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:32:24 -0500 569fb37549a674a5f01ee7dd6ae56ed4 Travis Lau created the doc Research Statement for Postdoctoral Fellowship in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726848/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:30:57 -0500 3b0a1f77e082f49719e74fb9672b4026 Travis Lau created the doc Dissertation Abstract (for Postdoctoral Fellowship) in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726847/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:29:48 -0500 02bb15a3d4d041e75c797bddbb14bb44 Travis Lau created the doc Cover Letter for Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726846/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:28:07 -0500 295b9d49bfafe36251567e60fc0e7d9d Travis Lau created the doc Book Abstract for TT Search in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726845/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:26:33 -0500 88d602bd018b7802a6764c91457f0cdd Travis Lau created the doc Diversity and Inclusion Statement for TT English in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726844/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:24:59 -0500 230968b8fa5c52cc13e87faeafa4d7fa Travis Lau created the doc Teaching Statement for Teaching-Focused SLAC in the group Academic Job Market Support Network https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726843/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:23:30 -0500