Knowledge Commons | Daniel Hocutt | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/dhocutt/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Daniel Hocutt is a member. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:58:01 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 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]

]]> c4c43b60f345186a9d99f144ab505952 Janine M. Utell started the topic Webinar of Interest: Commonsense Strategies for Publishing While Teaching in the forum HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/part-time-and-contingent-faculty-issues/forum/topic/webinar-of-interest-commonsense-strategies-for-publishing-while-teaching/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:42:15 -0500 Check out this upcoming free webinar!
Commonsense Strategies for Publishing while Teaching
24 March 2026 | 4:00–5:00 p.m. ET

This webinar, on writing and publishing, is designed for faculty members at access-oriented institutions, especially community colleges. Speakers will share strategies for identifying writing opportunities, bringing tog…[Read more]

]]> 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]

]]> db39cbbae8c7e4aaa131014be0eaa4a1 Tara Coleman started the topic CFP: Emancipatory Narratives and Academic Freedom in the Writing Classroom in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/cfp-emancipatory-narratives-and-academic-freedom-in-the-writing-classroom/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:07:28 -0500 Call for proposals for a guaranteed session for the 2027 MLA convention, sponsored by the Writing Pedagogies forum:

Seeking 250-word proposals exploring the impact of institutional and/or professional positionalities on how our students learn to interrogate dominant narratives in their writing. How do we emancipate students while recognizing our…[Read more]

]]> 209e48696653b95d79fdc6f3795ee3cc Setsuko Yokoyama started the topic MLA 2027 CFP: Aural Reorientations, or Sound Studies as Listening Otherwise in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-aural-reorientations-or-sound-studies-as-listening-otherwise/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:35:39 -0500 Dear Sound Studies Communities,

The MS Sound Forum executive committee has just published the CFP for our guaranteed session at MLA 2027. We look forward to receiving many of your proposals! :- )

Sincerely,
Setsuko

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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.

]]> 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

]]> 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 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.

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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 619d74ca55798701cebc4e1a0e9e084d Jennifer Stoever started the topic Recommendation for real-world assignment with Wiki Education! (not spam!) in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/recommendation-for-real-world-assignment-with-wiki-education-not-spam/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:45:32 -0400 <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dear all,</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">I wanted to share with everyone a high-impact teaching opportunity that has added a lot to my own classroom – the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wikipedia assignment</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span>

I have had great success and enjoyment fr…[Read more]

]]> ee658bc86a722c27351a576af5880a22 Jennifer Stoever started the topic CFP: Hate and NonHuman Listening, Due 14 July 2025 in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/cfp-hate-and-nonhuman-listening-due-14-july-2025/ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:15:47 -0400 Call for Proposals
Hate and NonHuman Listening
A Guest Series for Sounding Out! guest edited by Kathryn Huether
Submission Deadline: Monday, July 14, 2025, by 11:59pm PDT

Please send a proposed title and 300–350 word abstract to: kathryn.huether@gmail.com
Final pieces should be ~1200 words. Four will be selected for publication.

We invite subm…[Read more]

]]> 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]

]]> 6783863b49d54f8b5c0447729638d654 Abigail Heiniger started the topic “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th in Folk Narratives 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-in-folk-narratives/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:35:27 -0400 The Guaranteed Session for GSP: Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales for 2026 explores the idea of “we the people” in fairy tales, folklore, and mythology. While foundational documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution tell one story about national identity, diverse storytellers construct the identity of the many in dra…[Read more]

]]> 209878fc5a7735343009be6c2be4e038 Abigail Heiniger started the topic JIS Symposium 2025: Lewis and Tolkien: Promise of Christian Fairy Tales in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/jis-symposium-2025-lewis-and-tolkien-promise-of-christian-fairy-tales/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:06:05 -0400 JIS Symposium 2025 on: “C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien: The Promise
of Christian Fairytales.” Pasadena, California, USA, 18 October 2025
(online: Zoom). Call for Papers/Registration on JIS web:
https://www.jis3.org/symposium2025. Deadline for 250-word Abstracts:
April 15, 2025, to: info@jis3.org. Following the conference,
fully-developed papers wil…[Read more]

]]> 61083f16359bfa9076f03dd6fa7c7efd Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-3/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:43:00 -0400 Call for Papers
Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning
2026 Modern Language Association Annual Convention
January 8-11, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2026…[Read more]

]]> 82a9b03f6b6fddb6f20ca6965a96954c Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-2/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:22:29 -0400 Call for Papers
Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning
2026 Modern Language Association Annual Convention
January 8-11, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2026…[Read more]

]]> 0fbde81ab9354d23fa554a070e0819e5 Abigail Heiniger started the topic New Open Access Collection edited by Cristina Bacchilega and Pauline Greenhill in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/new-open-access-collection-edited-by-cristina-bacchilega-and-pauline-greenhill/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:19:22 -0500 Announcing:
Cristina Bacchilega and Pauline Greenhill's new edited collection: Justice in 21st Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder. Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Free and Open Access:
https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350348295

]]> e33eaa34a4b23138a6533d58ad5c0c2c Elizabeth Weixel started the topic CFP: Faces: Resemblances and Otherness in Global Literature in the forum HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/part-time-and-contingent-faculty-issues/forum/topic/cfp-faces-resemblances-and-otherness-in-global-literature/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:10:55 -0500 An object of curiosity and desire, the face has also been subject to symbolic and real violence. This panel seeks papers discussing the presentation of the face and facelessness in Global literature.

Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Send 200-word abstracts and presenter bio to Umar Shehzad, University of Edinburgh…[Read more]

]]> fd6b052d42829edf69a3ca6560be055e Elizabeth Weixel started the topic CFP: Precarity and Protest: What Can I Actually Do? in the forum HEP Part-Time and Contingent Faculty Issues https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/part-time-and-contingent-faculty-issues/forum/topic/cfp-precarity-and-protest-what-can-i-actually-do-2/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:04:18 -0500 Seeking 200-word abstracts and presenter bios for practical strategies in teaching, activism, and research for a roundtable discussion on making marginalized voices heard, especially within the confines of contingency, institutional policy, and current political climate

Deadline for submissions: Thursday, 20 March 2025
Send abstracts and bios to:…[Read more]

]]> e0f5b92dc79b61535ec1f51a1ecfec05 Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TM Literary Criticism https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/literary-criticism/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing-6/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:40:01 -0500 Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing
Editors: P. Muralidhar Sharma & Shashibhusan Nayak

Until recently, Life Writing has emerged as a loose critical label encompassing a variety of genres, including biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, and dairies. The later decades of the 20th century, in particular, have witnessed a surge…[Read more]

]]> db5e1f2431cafc9c6703e9142f0fe46e Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing-4/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:26:51 -0500 Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing
Editors: P. Muralidhar Sharma & Shashibhusan Nayak

Until recently, Life Writing has emerged as a loose critical label encompassing a variety of genres, including biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, and dairies. The later decades of the 20th century, in particular, have witnessed a surge…[Read more]

]]> d7da316a141a2bc02639058e70f13a92 Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:16:01 -0500 Until recently, Life Writing has emerged as a loose critical label encompassing a variety of genres, including biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, and dairies. The later decades of the 20th century, in particular, have witnessed a surge of sustained scholarly interest in the area. Biographies, autobiographies, letters, and diaries from…[Read more]

]]> 865c8bbd1e34f01f43d9a99b09cef71c Tara Coleman started the topic Calls for Proposals: MLA 2026 Convention in Toronto in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/calls-for-proposals-mla-2026-convention-in-toronto/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:33 -0500 The RCWS forum in Writing Pedagogies is organizing two panels for the MLA 2026 Convention in Toronto. Please reach out if you have questions or are interested in proposing something for either of these sessions!

Kinship, Care, and Writing Instruction
How do writing instructors foster connection across communities while navigating cultural and…[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]

]]> ad3a4f55f7fe48a0b41921495368c2b4 Setsuko Yokoyama started the topic MLA 2026 CFP – Clapping Back in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/mla-2026-cfp-clapping-back-2/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:34:05 -0500 Dear MS Sound Forum,

I write on behalf of the MS Sound Forum Executive Committee members to share the MLA2026 CFP “Clapping Back: Responses from Sound Studies to Censorship & Silencing.” Please consider applying & help spread the word :- )

Sincerely,
Setsuko

p.s. We will soon launch a Discord channel for the Sound Studies scholars, in hopes of…[Read more]

]]> 9be64875f23c71bd76f00c73252e17eb Abigail Heiniger started the topic CFP: Female and Queer Bodies in Speculative Fiction and Visual Culture in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/cfp-female-and-queer-bodies-in-speculative-fiction-and-visual-culture-2/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:17:39 -0500 Hi Everyone!

I’m forwarding this CFP for a collected volume on <i>Female and Queer Bodies in Speculative Fiction and Visual Culture</i> from Dra. María Gil Poisa (she/her/ella), Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Francesa y Alemana, Universidad de Oviedo.

For further inquiries, please contact the editors at gilmaria@uniovi.es and dma…[Read more]

]]> 8e31108f736f4fd5332721c27565549b Stefania Irene Sini uploaded the file: CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN), Wuppertal, Germany, September 29 - October 2, 2025 to TM Literary Criticism https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1912534/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:18:06 -0500 In view of the rampant use of the term ‘narrative’, which often enough lacks a precise meaning, it is time to take a critical look at its limits. The 8th ENN conference in Wuppertal (Germany) is dedicated to this reflection on the concept of narrative in order to sharpen it by defining its boundaries: Which phenomena cannot be appropriately lab…[Read more]

]]> 0 2dc3c3a499762717d386ff726c0d78cc Abigail Heiniger started the topic Nominations for Executive Committee for 2026-2031 term in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/nominations-for-executive-committee-for-2026-2031-term-3/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:21:21 -0500 We are currently seeking nominations for the Executive Committee for a term that will begin in 2026. To ensure representation from across our fields of folklore, mythology, and fairy tales, we encourage you to self-nominate for service on the forum’s executive committee. The committee will vote on its newest member at its February meeting.…[Read more]

]]> ad4c2f8d425206ae158619547bba7ed8 María Herrera-Sobek replied to the topic Nominations for Executive Committee for 2026-2031 term in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/nominations-for-executive-committee-for-2026-2031-term/#post-1039384 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:55:59 -0500 Dear Abigail,
Thank you for your email inviting me to self nominate for your group
forum. I would love to self nominate and serve on the Executive Committee
for the forum GS Folklore, Myth and Fairy Tale for the term beginning in
2026. Unfortunately, I do not think I am eligible since the guidelines
state you have to wait seven years before…[Read more]

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