Knowledge Commons | Carla Sassi | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/csassi/activity/ Activity feed for Carla Sassi. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:31:00 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 210d509176f750a581aef046f571cab0 Carla Sassi started the topic Walter Scott Conference - 2024 in the discussion LLC Scottish https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/scottish/forum/topic/walter-scott-conference-2024/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:01:56 -0400 Walter Scott Conference - 2024
According to Mark Twain, writing in 1883, most of the world had by then outlived the “harms” associated with Walter Scott’s “Middle-Age sham civilization.” But in “our south,” he continued, “they flourish pretty forcefully still.” Twain was refering to the US south, and at the Thirteenth International Wal…[Read more]

]]> 58fcd1f617443cec5604c8b407126aea Carla Sassi posted an update: The LLC Scottish Forum is accepting proposals for the […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1832790/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 07:54:39 -0500 The LLC Scottish Forum is accepting proposals for the following session to be held at the next MLA Annual Convention (Jan 2024), Philadelphia:

Marking the 200th anniversary of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’s publication, we invite papers on James Hogg's novel, its influence and afterlives. Please send an abstract and b…[Read more]

]]> 0 7623356aa591bb0c3dc47e4722229279 Carla Sassi started the topic The 2022 Jack Medal (IASSL). Call for submissions and nominations in the discussion LLC Scottish https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/scottish/forum/topic/the-2022-jack-medal-iassl-call-for-submissions-and-nominations/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 05:17:29 -0400 We are pleased to inform you that the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL) is now accepting submissions and nominations for the 2022 Jack Medal competition.

The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article or book chapter on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including…[Read more]

]]> e5401f0d2cdbed443d326002cc4ab5ea Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC Scottish: Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1816431/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:50:32 -0400 Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you that the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL) is now accepting submissions and nominations for the 2022 Jack Medal competition.

The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article or book chapter on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish…[Read more]

]]> 0 49e3c313feb56a5613b2b6749a7f9671 Carla Sassi's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1769672/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 06:16:34 -0500 0 3e131a016fc23c863b8956773fa28191 Carla Sassi posted an update in the group Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century English Literature: The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1755382/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:58:16 -0400 The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The award is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack (1941-2016), Professor of Scottish and Mediaeval Literature at the University of Edinburgh from…[Read more]

]]> 0 54538235dc74e75bc815ac930187c145 Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC English Romantic: The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1754861/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:12:35 -0400 The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The award is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack (1941-2016), Professor of Scottish and Mediaeval Literature at the University of Edinburgh from…[Read more]

]]> 0 8770c770a146878e3e753b66ba37af61 Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone: The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1754860/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:09:58 -0400 The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The award is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack (1941-2016), Professor of Scottish and Mediaeval Literature at the University of Edinburgh from…[Read more]

]]> 0 b5ef16deb5c321ec355a3b9e79490645 Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English: The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1754857/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:57:37 -0400 The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The award is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack (1941-2016), Professor of Scottish and Mediaeval Literature at the University of Edinburgh from…[Read more]

]]> 0 75deea1e08d02c14b1a292636421cba9 Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC Scottish: The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1754856/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:54:48 -0400 The Jack Medal is awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The award is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack (1941-2016), Professor of Scottish and Mediaeval Literature at the University of Edinburgh from 1987-2004.…[Read more]

]]> 0 956c649a9da884cb4b5ff6de00cd8f5d Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC Scottish: Please join us on 24th September at 17.00 (BST) for […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1750029/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:39:58 -0400 Please join us on 24th September at 17.00 (BST) for 'Environmental Scotland', the second in IASSL's series of panel discussions on Scottish literatures. Speakers include Susan Oliver, Sìm Innes, Samantha Walton and Monika Szuba. Titles and abstracts of their presentations are attached below. The webinar is free and open to everyone but…[Read more]

]]> 0 c31ad9237c90a0013ef6ff62f88dff0f Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC Scottish: Dear members of LCC Scottish, We are hoping that you might […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1743098/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:15:30 -0400 Dear members of LCC Scottish,

We are hoping that you might be able to help us publicize the following news items from the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL).

1. We are offering a free three-year membership for PhD students working on topics in Scottish literatures and languages. This offer is partly a…[Read more]

]]> 0 9cb5549bc1abc52d94d033fdb705cb89 Carla Sassi deposited Humanities Special Issue "Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature" in the group TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1729879/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:32:15 -0500 Special issue of Humanities exploring expressions and registrations of environmental culture and the eco-critical imagination in 21st century Scottish literature and culture. Open access.

]]> 0 1b3f2f051490dfd555f71d5d76b5dc8d Carla Sassi deposited Humanities Special Issue "Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature" in the group LLC Scottish https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1729878/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:31:50 -0500 Special issue of Humanities exploring expressions and registrations of environmental culture and the eco-critical imagination in 21st century Scottish literature and culture. Open access.

]]> 0 c69fce45e401cd1b0ea737da27d39795 Carla Sassi deposited Humanities Special Issue "Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature" in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1729877/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:28:50 -0500 Special issue of Humanities exploring expressions and registrations of environmental culture and the eco-critical imagination in 21st century Scottish literature and culture. Open access.

]]> 0 2eca6f08b7828f8090a6953994f86a39 Carla Sassi deposited Humanities Special Issue "Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature" in the group Ecocriticism https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1729876/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:28:45 -0500 Special issue of Humanities exploring expressions and registrations of environmental culture and the eco-critical imagination in 21st century Scottish literature and culture. Open access.

]]> 0 ab0a673256e5075c1036c0ef870eae2c Carla Sassi deposited Humanities Special Issue "Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature" in the group CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1729875/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:24:16 -0500 Special issue of Humanities exploring expressions and registrations of environmental culture and the eco-critical imagination in 21st century Scottish literature and culture. Open access.

]]> 0 101b2973940e8e31c263089a042eb94e Carla Sassi deposited Humanities Special Issue "Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature" https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1729672/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:26:59 -0500 Special issue of Humanities exploring expressions and registrations of environmental culture and the eco-critical imagination in 21st century Scottish literature and culture. Open access.

]]> 0 fbc97a6ee5e3268096ffa025a9a5ef0e Carla Sassi deposited Muriel Spark’s Italian palimpsests in the group LLC Scottish https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1721224/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:53:09 -0500 Italy was Muriel Spark’s elective country of residence for 40 years, the first decade of which, from 1967, when she settled in Rome, till the end of the 70s, represented one of the most contradictory and yet intellectually fertile periods of Italian modern history. Notwithstanding such long-lasting and meaningful bond, explicitly represented in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 748659cbd20c8d8e07dac310af6f8bbc Carla Sassi deposited Muriel Spark’s Italian palimpsests in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1721223/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:50:05 -0500 Italy was Muriel Spark’s elective country of residence for 40 years, the first decade of which, from 1967, when she settled in Rome, till the end of the 70s, represented one of the most contradictory and yet intellectually fertile periods of Italian modern history. Notwithstanding such long-lasting and meaningful bond, explicitly represented in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 fa32d6dfca687607d9498c326d0778f6 Carla Sassi deposited Muriel Spark’s Italian palimpsests in the group CLCS European Regions https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1721222/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:48:44 -0500 Italy was Muriel Spark’s elective country of residence for 40 years, the first decade of which, from 1967, when she settled in Rome, till the end of the 70s, represented one of the most contradictory and yet intellectually fertile periods of Italian modern history. Notwithstanding such long-lasting and meaningful bond, explicitly represented in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 aaf2f3656ddd0fb3652ba8e386bc599e Carla Sassi deposited Muriel Spark’s Italian palimpsests https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1721156/ Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:33:10 -0500 Italy was Muriel Spark’s elective country of residence for 40 years, the first decade of which, from 1967, when she settled in Rome, till the end of the 70s, represented one of the most contradictory and yet intellectually fertile periods of Italian modern history. Notwithstanding such long-lasting and meaningful bond, explicitly represented in a…[Read more]

]]> 0 f45544af6707183a0f0ec015b407c740 Carla Sassi started the topic THE JACK PRIZE - International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures in the discussion LLC Scottish https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/scottish/forum/topic/the-jack-prize-international-association-for-the-study-of-scottish-literatures/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:55:31 -0400 In 2018, the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures launched the Jack Prize, awarded annually for the best article on a subject related to Reception or Diaspora in Scottish Literatures (including Scots, English, Gaelic and Latin). The prize is named in honour of Professor Ronald Dyce Sadler Jack D.Litt. FRSE (1941-2016),…[Read more]

]]> 6cd10b0e801c878475c45866e402e05f Carla Sassi's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1704207/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 06:40:29 -0400 0 a8c5820cfbde148f02b9ed3d97d4d3e4 Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC Scottish: The 3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures (IASSL 2020, […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1676186/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:35:29 -0500 The 3rd World Congress of Scottish Literatures (IASSL 2020, Prague) programme and information on registration and accommodation are now available at https://scotlit2020.ff.cuni.cz/in-prague/

]]> 0 b9beb70e3ea14506177d989d850c506e Carla Sassi created the event IASSL 2020 - extended deadline in the group LLC Scottish https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1643484/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:52:03 -0400 Title: IASSL 2020 - extended deadline

Description: The deadline for the submission of panel and paper proposals for the Third Congress of Scottish Literatures (Prague 2020) has been extended to 31st July.

For more info see the Conference website https://scotlit2020.ff.cuni.cz/call-for-papers/

Date: 24 June 2020 EDT

]]> 0 71042b8c6ca39ee730aacdebf29721ea Carla Sassi deposited Sir Walter Scott and the Caribbean: Unravelling the Silences in the group TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1639549/ Sat, 04 May 2019 03:49:22 -0400 My essay interrogates the striking silences in Scott's oeuvre in relation to Scotland's involvement as a partner of the British Empire in the colonization of the Caribbean and in the exploitation of slavery in this region. By drawing from narratological theories (especially those articulated by Robyn R. Warhol and Ruth Rosaler), I treat Scott's…[Read more]

]]> 0 4479f6bc99e145de977265ccffe69f1f Carla Sassi deposited Sir Walter Scott and the Caribbean: Unravelling the Silences in the group LLC Scottish https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1639548/ Sat, 04 May 2019 03:48:44 -0400 My essay interrogates the striking silences in Scott's oeuvre in relation to Scotland's involvement as a partner of the British Empire in the colonization of the Caribbean and in the exploitation of slavery in this region. By drawing from narratological theories (especially those articulated by Robyn R. Warhol and Ruth Rosaler), I treat Scott's…[Read more]

]]> 0 6318901a66f1be12e461fff07f09c916 Carla Sassi deposited Sir Walter Scott and the Caribbean: Unravelling the Silences https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1639502/ Fri, 03 May 2019 13:22:13 -0400 My essay interrogates the striking silences in Scott's oeuvre in relation to Scotland's involvement as a partner of the British Empire in the colonization of the Caribbean and in the exploitation of slavery in this region. By drawing from narratological theories (especially those articulated by Robyn R. Warhol and Ruth Rosaler), I treat Scott's…[Read more]

]]> 0 8447cd73ea9323bbe93f1fd516a22f36 Carla Sassi's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1638460/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:05:41 -0400 0 2ceda3a165f30403647c96fef2e9b51e Carla Sassi's profile was updated https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1637075/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:06:37 -0400 0 2075c62becfceabb039cf3a356d012a4 Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Lit in the discussion Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ecocriticism-and-environmental-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-environment-ecology-climate-and-nature-in-21st-century-scottish-lit/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:38:35 -0400 We invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript submission is 15 September 2018.

The detailed CFP and further Special Issue…[Read more]

]]> 354464e8c5be54b8b8a5ee60131be7f9 Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) on "Environment, Ecology, Clim in the discussion Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/ecocriticism-and-environmental-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-special-issue-of-humanities-issn-2076-0787-on-environment-ecology-clim/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:32:38 -0400 We invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript submission is 15 September 2018.

The detailed CFP and further Special Issue…[Read more]

]]> 6c9e742d66da406001718765d956a50a Carla Sassi posted an update in the group TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities: CFP: Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) on […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1585820/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:29:20 -0400 CFP: Special Issue of Humanities (ISSN 2076-0787) on "Environment, Ecology, Climate and ‘Nature’ in 21st Century Scottish Literature"

We invite submissions of abstracts of 300 words by 15th January 2018. Please note that contributors to this special issue will not be required to pay any article processing charge. The deadline for manuscript sub…[Read more]

]]> 0 4cd7ce6e57c3ee045ed09436b71e63f1 Carla Sassi posted an update in the group LLC Scottish: CFP: CREATIVE ARCHIPELAGOS Explorations of Islands in […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1579857/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 19:54:56 -0400 CFP: CREATIVE ARCHIPELAGOS
Explorations of Islands in Scottish Literature and Culture
29 June–1 July 2018, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye

This conference will investigate the many portrayals, both historical and contemporary, of the rich, distinctive cultures of the Scottish islands or islands with Scottish connections through poetry and so…[Read more]

]]> 0 29ebae00e981d94ad758d8bfe3fb6670 Carla Sassi started the topic Scottish Seminars: ESSE 2016 (Galway) in the discussion Scottish Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/scottish-literature/forum/topic/scottish-seminars-esse-2016-galway/ Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:10:56 -0400  ESSE 2016: GALWAY, 22–26 AUGUST

PAPER PROPOSALS
Deadline of submission: February 28, 2016
http://www.esse2016.org

CALL FOR PAPERS: Scottish studies seminars (for more detailed information see the conference website at the end of September or contact individual convenors):

“Regional and World Literatures: National Roots and Transnational Route…[Read more]

]]> ff0aab502bda6bac4d224f2429a8f734 Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writer in the discussion Scottish Literature http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/scottish-literature/forum/topic/cfp-empires-and-revolutions-r-b-cunninghame-graham-and-other-scottish-writer/ Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:23:18 -0500 CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 28 FEBRUARY
EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers
on Globalisation and Democracy
3–5 July 2015, Stirling, Scotland
This 2015 conference aims to promote inter-disciplinary scholarly engagement with Cunninghame Graham and his time, with particular emphasis on issues of <…[Read more]

]]> 4ac9aea8b8a24c2e509fe033b847399b Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Empires and Revolutions - Annual ASLS Conference 2015 in the forum Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies-in-literature-and-culture/forum/topic/cfp-empires-and-revolutions-annual-asls-conference-2015-3/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:49:32 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

this is to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, Scotland, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style="text-align: center;">EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style="text-align: center;">R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on Gl…[Read more]

]]> 7f42891bac4b15d41fab6e0e845f54ee Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: Empires and Revolutions - Annual ASLS Conference 2015 in the forum Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies-in-literature-and-culture/forum/topic/cfp-empires-and-revolutions-annual-asls-conference-2015-2/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:44:15 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, Scotland, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style="text-align: center;">EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style="text-align: center;">R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on G…[Read more]

]]> 95d907c603f7228fd12ec58b4d1a536b Carla Sassi started the topic CFP: "Empires and Revolutions" - Annual ASLS Conference 2015 in the forum Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies-in-literature-and-culture/forum/topic/cfp-empires-and-revolutions-annual-asls-conference-2015/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:38:47 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, Scotland, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style="text-align: center;">EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style="text-align: center;">R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on G…[Read more]

]]> 391e836fa998793916b9a9395e1b6186 Carla Sassi started the topic CF: "Empires and Revolutions" - Annual ASLS Conference 2015 in the forum Scottish Literature http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/scottish-literature/forum/topic/cf-empires-and-revolutions-annual-asls-conference-2015/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:34:41 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to submit abstracts to the Annual ASLS (Association for Scottish Literary Studies) Conference, to be held in Stirling, UK, on 3-5 July 2015:
<h2 style="text-align: center;">EMPIRES AND REVOLUTIONS
<h2 style="text-align: center;">R. B. Cunninghame Graham and other Scottish writers on Globalisation and De…[Read more]

]]> b0615393798966901b4dfdede075cc99 Carla Sassi changed their profile picture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/39815/ Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:58:55 -0400 0