Knowledge Commons | Jessica Ulmer | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/gaelbandia/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Jessica Ulmer is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:31:12 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 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]

]]> d5bf060489bc102f6c04f2ba648e37f0 Philip Nel started the topic CFP, MLA 2027: Migration in Children’s & YA Graphic Narratives in the forum GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/cfp-mla-2027-migration-in-childrens-ya-graphic-narratives/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:30:17 -0500 A collaboration between the Comics and Graphic Narratives Form and the Children’s and Young Adult Literature Forum, this panel examines migration in comics and graphic narratives for children and young adults. Images of children are frequently mobilized to solicit empathy for the plight of migrants and to call attention to the inhumane treatment t…[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.”

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

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

<i><span…[Read more]

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

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

]]> 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]

]]> e0bdc94091ffb0c8bdfd05314223c3bd Karin E. Westman started the topic CFPs for MLA 2026 in the forum GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/cfps-for-mla-2026/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:26:10 -0500 With apologies for cross-posting, in case these CFPs are not already on
your radar --

1) Call for papers for MLA 2026 Guaranteed Session: "Stories of the Land
and the Land of the Stories: Highlighting Critical Indigenous Literacies"

This guaranteed panel is sponsored by the GS Children’s and Young Adult
Literature Forum for the Modern L…[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]

]]> 8e31990f05811ce483eaeb46141c6469 Paige Gray uploaded the file: Panel Sessions for Children's and Young Adult Literature Forum, 1980–2025 to GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1909012/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 02:16:18 -0500 0 3d8b297645fd5eefc2b6895d233d551b Karin E. Westman started the topic Nominations for Exec Committee and for session proposals for MLA 2026 in the forum GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/nominations-for-exec-committee-and-for-session-proposals-for-mla-2026/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:04:20 -0500 <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u"><span class="html-span xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69…[Read more]

]]> fd186febcb006dd48e0430b59c3aa9f3 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election  in the forum HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2025-forum-delegate-election-10/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:26 -0500 Hello!

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2025, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2025. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one can…[Read more]

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

I am a Turkish researcher who is an associate professor in sociology with a focus on Turkish girlhood studies from İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey. I recently published an article with the title "A Study on the Poem “Zamane Kızları” (Girls of Today) Regarding the Representations of Young Turkish Girls from a Male-centered Perspect…[Read more]

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

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

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

]]> 0 6fb2118fa6fa234001c47c185652e93a Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New Article: Banal misogynism in Turkish media in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-article-banal-misogynism-in-turkish-media-at-the-beginning-of-the-multi-par-2/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:14:48 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

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

]]> 198215b35f5d6d08f39e652f6d449005 Maria Truglio uploaded the file: ChLA Global South Speaker to GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1880903/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:09:55 -0400 Please see attachment for information on the second speaker in our Global South Speaker Series. We are happy to present Dr. Fatemah (Neda) Farnia in webinar format on April 17, 2024.

]]> 0 f82dffac1731931a4e77d0673a049b68 Tara Coleman started the topic Seeking Nominations for the RCWS Writing Pedagogies Form Committee in the discussion RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-the-rcws-writing-pedagogies-form-committee/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:45:56 -0500 The RCWS Writing Pedagogies Forum requests nominations for a new Executive Committee member! We're seeking passionate individuals with a dedication to writing pedagogies to contribute to our community. Being on the committee allows you to participate in organizing guaranteed sessions for the MLA convention each January and generally engage in…[Read more]

]]> 80697aed9f33c02be1f8a74c60d1a180 Simon Abramowitsch started the topic CFP MLA 2024: Engaged Activism, Arts, Public Humanities, and Scholarship at CCs in the discussion HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/cfp-mla-2024-engaged-activism-arts-public-humanities-and-scholarship-at-ccs/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:39:32 -0500 Hello all! Please consider submitting a proposal or sharing the HEP Community College Forum's MLA 2025 CFP with others!

Engaged Activism, Arts, Public Humanities, and Scholarship at Community Colleges

This panel explores the past, present, and future of critically engaged work at community colleges. We invite proposals for presentations that…[Read more]

]]> fd6a6112a6190ce10d89ab76b456cfd3 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new feminist short story on sexual harassment at a Turkish university setting in the discussion GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/new-feminist-short-story-on-sexual-harassment-at-a-turkish-university-setting-6/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:38:32 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University in Sweden have just published a short story on sexual harassment in a Turkish university context titled as “Professor Mali Romantic-Longhair and the Girl” in the Journal of International Women's Studies (JIWS.) We present the link and the info to the short story bel…[Read more]

]]> ed00f5554fd02608613332491b43ee0c Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New short story: Professor Mali Romantic-Longhair and the Girl in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-short-story-professor-mali-romantic-longhair-and-the-girl/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:24:23 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University in Sweden have just published a short story on sexual harassment in a Turkish university context titled as “Professor Mali Romantic-Longhair and the Girl” in the Journal of International Women's Studies (JIWS.) We present the link and the info to the short story bel…[Read more]

]]> ef8b7e8201ae71c5ae7e7de670de3117 Ramzi Salti deposited Vivian and Her Son in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1870108/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 04:07:49 -0500 This short story, written by Dr. Ramzi Salti, was published as part of his book titled "The Native Informant and Other Stories: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World". It has been turned into a short film titled "The 40th Day'--available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fspvJSiSQkc. Complete E-Book now available on Google Play and Kindle.

]]> 0 8f262afd8dd2fd0e4eeac9dd17033d0b Karin E. Westman replied to the topic Updates from the Children’s and Young Adult Literature Forum Exec Committee in the discussion GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/updates-from-the-childrens-and-young-adult-literature-forum-exec-committee/?view=all#post-1036548 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:21:41 -0500 Correction to the meeting time! The Forum meeting will be Weds Jan 10, 2:00pm ET / 1:00pm CT.

Register for the Zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/mlachildlitexec2024

]]> da26ad862ca8967a9aeba31d5ae02412 Karin E. Westman started the topic Updates from the Children’s and Young Adult Literature Forum Exec Committee in the discussion GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/updates-from-the-childrens-and-young-adult-literature-forum-exec-committee/ Sun, 31 Dec 2023 04:12:04 -0500 Greetings from the MLA Children’s and YA Lit Forum Executive Committee!

Our committee will be meeting online this year directly following the MLA Convention (Jan 4-7).

At the meeting, we will be considering nominations for the Executive Committee as well as session proposals for MLA 2025 in New Orleans (Jan 9-12).

So we can ensure r…[Read more]

]]> b1d48430d1efef11828098d075de4822 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman? in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-article-osman-hamdi-bey-an-ottoman-orientalist-or-a-humanist-ottoman-7/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:12:19 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University, Sweden published an article titled "Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman?" in Nordic Review of Iconography.
I present the abstract of this article below and the article can be downloaded for free from the link b…[Read more]

]]> 8f6f8db6524872e65eeeb7d59aac5688 Dorothy Stringer replied to the topic Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature Panels at the 2024 MLA Convention in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/psychology-psychoanalysis-and-literature-panels-at-the-2024-mla-convention-3/#post-1036033 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:38:53 -0500 Apologies for missing info; dates and times as follows:

194 - Lacan and the Event: Papers in Honor of Mari Ruti

Friday, 5 January 2024 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Marriott - Franklin 7 (Level 4)

 

648 - Queer Theory and Psychoanalysis

Sunday, 7 January 2024 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Marriott - Franklin 2 (Level 4)

]]> c73ed70447f1dae1327adf38912bb124 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2024 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2024-forum-delegate-election-5/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:41:16 -0400 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

]]> e29e4f73658750f3bfd0747a623fcc7e Corine Tachtiris deposited Syllabus for grad seminar on Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Translation - revised in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1859973/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:08:31 -0400 This is a revised 2023 version of a course was first taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in fall 2018. It addresses feminism, gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, and critical race and ethnic studies in conjunction with translation studies.

]]> 0 d27ad6732292f6f22435d487998fdf07 Lisa Zunshine deposited “Why Reasonable Children Don’t Think that Nutcracker is Alive or that the Mouse King is Real" in the group GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1856304/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:18:20 -0400 Zunshine’s essay draws on recent research in developmental psychology and cognitive evolutionary anthropology to examine emotional responses to supernatural events by the child and adult characters of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816), as well as to revisit the traditional literary critical view of those responses, acc…[Read more]

]]> 0 658c7b6215bd80effa8b8af04fb1ae10 Maria Truglio uploaded the file: CFP ChLA International Committee Focus Panel to GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1854826/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:40:04 -0400 The International Committee's Focus panel for the 2024 Children's Literature Association Conference is "Memories". Please see attachment for details.

]]> 0 e91534eb2c7328a59857bc41076e1838 Atia Sattar started the topic NWSA CFP: Decolonizing Feminist and Queer Pedagogies in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/nwsa-cfp-decolonizing-feminist-and-queer-pedagogies/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:26:37 -0500 The CFP below is for a pedagogy workshop to be conducted at the National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting in Baltimore, October 26–29, 2023.

"This workshop highlights pedagogical practices that seek to transform Feminist and Queer Studies classrooms into radical and liberatory spaces for decolonial thought and practice. Even as we emp…[Read more]

]]> 0018af13ccd57109ababffac840bc9c3 Kathryn Anne Everly deposited Intersectional Silencing in the Archive: Salaria Kea and The Spanish Civil War in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1833564/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:27:11 -0500 Salaria Kea was the only African American woman to serve with the American Medical Unit during the Spanish Civil War. Her experience has been silenced and edited within the archive by traditionally more authoritative voices. Reconsidering the impact of intersectionality on personal experience can lead to a better understanding of Black U.S.…[Read more]

]]> 0 c16f8593ffe3f2174fdf63eca8892160 Elizabeth Hutton started the topic RCWS Literacy Studies CFP for MLA 2024: Literacies of self-care in the discussion RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/history-and-theory-of-composition/forum/topic/rcws-literacy-studies-cfp-for-mla-2024-literacies-of-self-care-2/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:46:57 -0500 The RCWS Literacy Studies forum committee invites 250-word proposals addressing the MLA 2024 conference theme of celebration: joy and sorrow, with a focus on self-care literacies. What are the varied ways that instructors, artists, students, scholars, writers and readers enact and enable literacies of self-care? How do such literacies commemorate,…[Read more]

]]> 04fe59dfaad14625ec9e73116e7792f1 Guylian Nemegeer started the topic CFP Conference: USES OF MODERNISM (Ghent, Belgium - 20-22 September 2023) in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/cfp-conference-uses-of-modernism-ghent-belgium-20-22-september-2023/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:53:05 -0500 Dear colleagues,

Members of this group may be interested in the following Call for Papers.

CFP Conference: Uses of Modernism – Ghent, 20-22 September 2023

The conference Uses of Modernism brings together scholars from various disciplines and specialisations to reconsider the Modernist concept in the wake of the post-colonial and global turn i…[Read more]

]]> e8379fe04526b904dd5b822bf38ce2ff Karin E. Westman uploaded the file: MLA Sessions 2004-2023 to GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1829211/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:33:59 -0500 An archive document listing MLA sessions in children's / YA literature, 2004-2023.

]]> 0 b9212c7b84dc63fc63c080132f6a4ea7 Karin E. Westman uploaded the file: MLA Sessions 1980-2003 to GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1829210/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:31:49 -0500 An archive document listing MLA sessions in children's / YA literature, 1980-2003.

]]> 0 a4d56c4835684b1b5acd13047d8e2826 Sujata Iyengar deposited 'It was the best butter': Choosing the Right Journal for Your Work in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1829048/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 02:28:01 -0500 Series of Powerpoint slides. Background on the limited time of faculty at "the 99%" of institutions (Francisco and O'Dair) to conduct research and thus the importance of not wasting that labor by choosing inappropriate venues. Overview of types of journal, and suggestions for using reflection prompts, the MLA directory of Periodicals, and a…[Read more]

]]> 0 65a8861ce3733801ef8bf1d79194a8f4 Grisel Y. Acosta started the topic HEP Community Colleges Session, "Ecology of the Community College Classroom" in the discussion HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/hep-community-colleges-session-ecology-of-the-community-college-classroom/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 18:44:13 -0500 Hello everyone!

I hope all of you have arrived safely in San Francisco and are having a great experience at the MLA this year.

This is a friendly reminder that our session, "Ecology of the Community College Classroom" is tomorrow, Saturday, 1/7/23, at 10:15 am, in Moscone West - 3018.

For more information about the panel, click here.

This…[Read more]

]]> bf5848ba0f257a097924e70c23bab145 Karin E. Westman started the topic Updates from the MLA Children's and YA Lit Forum Executive Committee in the discussion GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/childrens-and-young-adult-literature/forum/topic/updates-from-the-mla-childrens-and-ya-lit-forum-executive-committee/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 13:57:12 -0500 Greetings from the MLA Children's and YA Lit Forum Executive Committee!

Our committee will be meeting online this year directly following the MLA Convention (Jan 5-8). At the meeting, we will be considering nominations for the Executive Committee as well as session proposals for MLA 2024 in Philadelphia (Jan 4-7).

So we can ensure representation…[Read more]

]]> 00d257544804106c81231699dfb4d66d Grisel Y. Acosta started the topic HEP Community Colleges Executive Committee Panel at MLA 2023 in the discussion HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/hep-community-colleges-executive-committee-panel-at-mla-2023/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:10:29 -0400 Hello everyone!

We look forward to seeing you this winter at MLA 2023, in San Francisco, CA!

Our panel, "The Ecology of the Community College Classroom," will have presentations by Swan Kim, Nayah Boucaud, and Amanda Christie. We have an incredibly diverse group of topics under the panel's theme, and the MLA has seen fit to place our panel under…[Read more]

]]> 7ef955812f523cdc56e38ef2fb915656 Maria Truglio uploaded the file: Call for Proposals: Children's Literature Association Conference to GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1791874/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 17:00:01 -0400 The International Committee invites paper abstracts for its panel at the 2023 ChLA Conference. The theme is "islands". Please see attached file.

]]> 0 a6c9bdea4d7e9cd4e6f3c2d61e2580ce Maria Truglio uploaded the file: Call for Proposals: Children's Literature Association Conference to GS Children’s and Young Adult Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1791873/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:58:51 -0400 The International Committee invites paper abstracts for its panel at the 2023 ChLA Conference. The theme is "islands". Please see attached file.

]]> 0 e5d11c8f5d58ddb37a827ab55ec5db8a Cheryl Farris-Clayton deposited On Dickinson in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1780859/ Fri, 06 May 2022 03:48:59 -0400 Essay on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her impact upon literature. This essay celebrates her global reach from within societal spheres of gender. "Emily Dickinson transformed the genre of poetry from the academic salon styled idealism to the personal poignant voice of reality from the poet’s point of view."

]]> 0 8eb39ec897051a5886e9b0a688abf635 Kristin E. Pitt started the topic Visiting Assistant Professor, Queer and Sexuality Studies, UW-Milwaukee in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/visiting-assistant-professor-queer-and-sexuality-studies-uw-milwaukee/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:01:24 -0400 Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee invites applications for a visiting assistant professor with expertise in Queer and Sexuality Studies for 2022-2023. Must be able to teach Queer Theory and Feminist Theory courses. Apply by April 10, 2022 to ensure consideration. https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/33994

]]> 199e47ac98f42d25e87ebef10b7eeec3 Grisel Y. Acosta started the topic Call for Papers for MLA 2023: The Ecology of the Community College Classroom in the discussion HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/call-for-papers-for-mla-2023-the-ecology-of-the-community-college-classroom/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:06:29 -0500 We are currently looking for presenters for next year's HEP Community Colleges Executive Committee Forum. This is a guaranteed session set for the convention in San Francisco, on January 5-8, 2023. If you are interested, please see the detailed call description below and the shortened call posted on the MLA site below it.

CFP for MLA 2023: The…[Read more]

]]> 3b6855b826f5b4f20ce232cdc829d092 Rebecca Davis deposited Oops Token Example in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1771418/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:53:31 -0500 Example of how to set up a policy of Oops Tokens to build flexibility into attendance policies. This idea comes from the book Specifications Grading by Linda Nilson via Flower Darby’s book Small Teaching Online.

]]> 0 1873f657483ccc356448a9925e675f3d Carol Chiodo deposited Dante for Mothers in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1771175/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:26:41 -0500 This chapter details the efforts of the kindergarten educator, Elizabeth Harrison, to introduce Dante's Divine Comedy to children in the midwestern United States during the late nineteenth century.

]]> 0 93bb1f5577c460eb6f0a0278edb524f3 Grisel Y. Acosta started the topic HEP Community Colleges Executive Committee service in the discussion HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/hep-community-colleges-executive-committee-service/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:20:34 -0500 Hello Forum Members!

I recently posted information regarding the election for the community colleges representative in the MLA Delegate Assembly. The HEP Community Colleges Executive Committee is also interested in hearing from forum members who might be interested in serving on the Executive Committee. If you are interested in the committee,…[Read more]

]]> ec9e8698d5bc91694f893d9215b55fb5 Grisel Y. Acosta started the topic Delegate Assembly Election Nominations for Community College Representative in the discussion HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/delegate-assembly-election-nominations-for-community-college-representative/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:35:17 -0500 Hello Forum Members!

My name is Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta, and I am the current Chair of the HEP Community Colleges Executive Committee. I hope all of you are well.

We are currently asking for nominees for the MLA Delegate Assembly election that will take place later this year. Folks who would like to represent the HEP Community Colleges forum in the…[Read more]

]]> 2b80a60795b6bfd77721a868c65a0b8c Shawn Casey started the topic New 2022 Virtual Format: 600AV - Conflict and Contradiction... in the discussion HEP Community Colleges https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/community-colleges/forum/topic/new-2022-virtual-format-600av-conflict-and-contradiction/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:14:14 -0500 Hi Everyone,

The HEP Community College Panel, 600AV - Conflict and Contradiction: Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Language Justice, and Institutional Priorities has been moved online. Panel time is still Saturday, January 8, 5:15 - 6:30 PM.

To access the panel, follow these instructions from the MLA Convention Online Session FAQ page. We hope to see you…[Read more]

]]> 3ce419cddae3c34250e7eb2c3d26d059 Danica Savonick deposited The Pedagogical Legacy of bell hooks in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1763725/ Fri, 24 Dec 2021 02:25:32 -0500 This article reflects on the pedagogical legacy of bell hooks.

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