Knowledge Commons | Karen Benavente | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/glasgiegal/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Karen Benavente is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:10:57 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 084a019d484abc583af12fbee2ccf294 Domna C. Stanton replied to the topic CFP for MLA 2027--Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2027-beyond-the-professoriat-the-broader-humanities-ecosystem/#post-1040987 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:36:47 -0400 Thank you so much for sending me this announcement about the topic your plan investigate with your panelists at the 2027 MLA. It is enormously  timely and interesting and I know  members will want to attend. Unfortunately  I am on leave as of the end of december 2026 and very eager to return to my book project which is way over due. So sosry ca…[Read more]

]]> fa10eb0e78fbd8db520238fa9a08ae57 Grace Monk started the topic CFP for MLA 2027--Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2027-beyond-the-professoriat-the-broader-humanities-ecosystem/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:20:47 -0400 Sharing a CFP for the MLA 2027 Convention in Los Angeles. I hope it is of interest!

Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem

Roundtable examining jobs beyond faculty roles, highlighting how humanities training informs career trajectories. All career stages welcome.

Deadline March 16, 2026

Link:…[Read more]

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

]]> 0 a6c1b287328e2d262fae990514e094d8 Pedro Craveiro started the topic [MLA 2027] Call for Papers in the forum LLC Luso-Brazilian https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/luso-brazilian/forum/topic/mla-2027-call-for-papers-2/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:11:30 -0500 Please consider submitting your proposals to the following sessions, organized by the Luso-Brazilian Forum, for the 2027 MLA Convention in Los Angeles:
1. Global Pretuguês: Language and Literature beyond Translational and Transnational Borders
We invite papers examining the creative expressions of Pretuguês in literatures across Africa, Brazil, a…[Read more]

]]> 2b3d0dcffea9e20c766f2f1a1e69dae1 MelissaBarchi Panek replied to the topic CFP: MLA 2027 (Los Angeles) — Mediated Futures: Technology and Transformation in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century/forum/topic/cfp-mla-2027-los-angeles-mediated-futures-technology-and-transformation/#post-1040868 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 02:15:00 -0500 Call for Papers

Comparative Literature and Culture Studies (20th–21st Century)
Modern Language Association Conference, January 7-10 Los Angeles
Electronic Roundtable (8 participants)

Mediated Futures: Technology, Transformation, and the Literary-Cultural Field

This electronic roundtable invites short, exploratory interventions on the t…[Read more]

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

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

]]> 0 21613f4d7281e7e57f243100ab1f58c4 Cole Rizki started the topic Soliciting Nominations for the Forum Executive Committee in the forum LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-latin-american/forum/topic/soliciting-nominations-for-the-forum-executive-committee-3/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:07:48 -0500 Hi everyone, I write because we are soliciting nominations and self-nominations for the 20th and 21st Century Latin America Forum Executive Committee. Please reply by Friday January 23rd with your nominations. Thanks!

]]> 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.”

]]> f138030239ed8176067934af4463cdd5 Krista Brune created the doc Found Families: Migrant and Diasporic Voices in Portuguese in the group LLC Luso-Brazilian https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1936699/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:22:21 -0500 0e8778175fa4e3943197d13818255d7c Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Teaching Assistant Professor of World Languages & Humanities Technologies in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century/forum/topic/teaching-assistant-professor-of-world-languages-humanities-technologies-3/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:50:52 -0500 Please consider applying and share widely!

]]> 1aefb3c18ffcbf2f11e200b4f4402cae Laura Francis started the topic CFP: Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire (June 10-12, 2026 @ NUIM) in the forum Iberian Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/iberian-studies/forum/topic/cfp-migration-and-the-early-modern-spanish-empire-june-10-12-2026-nuim-2/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:54:09 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

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

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

I am…[Read more]

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

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

<i><span…[Read more]

]]> 275c3ca7836c66a87f92819f43a93b69 José Alonso de la Garza Valenzuela uploaded the file: Pasados Special Issue: Against the Past/Contra Pasados to LLC Chicana and Chicano https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1925703/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:03:43 -0400 Deadline: January 15, 2026

]]> 0 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]

]]> de6584d7523b9ec9f4b235077aed8f4d Lisa Nalbone started the topic CFP: Amplifying Women’s Voices of Resistance in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century/forum/topic/cfp-amplifying-womens-voices-of-resistance/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:53:35 -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]

]]> dbcc7fc10cc931586e43d33246d7b1db Francisco E. Robles started the topic TC Race and Ethnicity - MLA 2026 panel on contemporary poetry of statelessness in the forum TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/tc-race-and-ethnicity-mla-2026-panel-on-contemporary-poetry-of-statelessness/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:10:57 -0400 Contemporary Poetry of Statelessness

In her poem "Nights," Mona Kareem cycles between images of natural processes (cloud formation, rain, phases of the moon) and human ritual actions (dancing, lamenting, singing), suggesting a delicate balance in the liminal zone between the porous self and the ever-changing world. Celestial bodies and human…[Read more]

]]> 66e44e5c2900995ffe9f23d7db788106 Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TM Literary and Cultural Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/literary-and-cultural-theory/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing-5/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:32:13 -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]

]]> 38629fca75fe7b32a38be1f6544a0b6a Paul Michael Johnson started the topic CFP: Mediterranean Racialization (MLA 2026, Toronto) in the forum CLCS Mediterranean https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mediterranean/forum/topic/cfp-mediterranean-racialization-mla-2026-toronto/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:56:11 -0500 How have conceptions of race shaped the Mediterranean, and how has the Mediterranean shaped the concept or lived experience of race? Potential approaches include racialization of nation, empire, and migration. 200-word abstracts to pmjohnson@jhu.edu. Deadline for submissions: Saturday, 15 March 2025

]]> c92b65091a851503aea891c2101dc610 Paul Michael Johnson started the topic CFP: Iberian and Mediterranean Exteriorities (MLA 2026, Toronto) in the forum CLCS Mediterranean https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mediterranean/forum/topic/cfp-iberian-and-mediterranean-exteriorities-mla-2026-toronto/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:51:36 -0500 Mediterranean territories “exterior” but connected to the Iberian Peninsula: Gibraltar, Maghreb, Ceuta, Melilla, Chafarinas, Baleares, Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, Sephardic communities, etc. All approaches considered. 200-word abstracts: MLA.Iberian.Lit.Cult.20th.21st.c@gmail.com and rpnewcomb@ucdavis.edu. Deadline for submissions: Thursday, 20 March 2025

]]> 266d0d1713e443cc981345600cdbbe26 Krista Brune started the topic Call for Papers for 2026 MLA in the forum LLC Luso-Brazilian https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/luso-brazilian/forum/topic/call-for-papers-for-2026-mla-2/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:38:00 -0500 Please consider submitting your proposals to the following sessions, organized by the Luso-Brazilian Forum, for the 2026 MLA Convention in Toronto:

Afro-Brazil as Method and Theory. Papers exploring Black theorists’ epistemological contributions to (re)thinking Brazil and its racial contradictions. Trends in Afro-Brazilian literary theory and i…[Read more]

]]> 9b86b0335629a13c5d77407cda471e6b Stefania Irene Sini started the topic CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th ENN International Conference in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/philosophy-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-limits-of-narrative-8th-enn-international-conference-3/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:48:46 -0500 CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN)

Date: September 29 - October 2, 2025

Deadline for submissions: March 10, 2025

Location: Wuppertal, Germany

Subject Field: Narratology

Since Roland Barthes' formula “international, transhistorical, transcultural, narration is there, like life i…[Read more]

]]> acb76370ab72d18339c580c8e87aa82a Stefania Irene Sini started the topic CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th ENN International Conference in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/philosophy-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-limits-of-narrative-8th-enn-international-conference-2/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:45:48 -0500 CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN)

September 29 - October 2, 2025, Wuppertal, Germany

 

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…[Read more]

]]> 3caf98fe3af4b0f34ce3d7bb50dc294e Stefania Irene Sini started the topic CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th ENN International Conference in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/philosophy-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-limits-of-narrative-8th-enn-international-conference/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:41:11 -0500 CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN), Wuppertal, Germany, September 29 - October 2, 2025

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 ded…[Read more]

]]> c21107a92990bb519167da689a9f06c7 Michael Subialka started the topic CFP "Who Do We Resemble? Selfhood, Perception, and Modernist Multiplicity" MLA in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century/forum/topic/cfp-who-do-we-resemble-selfhood-perception-and-modernist-multiplicity-mla/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:17:20 -0500 Luigi Pirandello’s One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand (1926) presents a radical meditation on the fragmentation of identity, the impossibility of “true” self-perception, and the crisis of being seen differently by others. Published exactly a century ago, the novel interrogates the ways in which individuals exist not as unified selves but as…[Read more]

]]> fc9583b1ca27376010641589da70461f Krista Brune started the topic CFP: Modernisms in Portuguese for Portuguese Cultural Studies (deadline 3/20/25) in the forum LLC Luso-Brazilian https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/luso-brazilian/forum/topic/cfp-modernisms-in-portuguese-for-portuguese-cultural-studies-deadline-3-20-25/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:24:59 -0500 Fernando Guimarães (2007) elucidates the intrinsic connection between avant-gardes and the overarching paradigm of Modernism. Within the rich tapestry of the Portuguese language, seminal movements such as Orpheu, Futurism, Brazilian Modernism, Surrealism, and Concretism emerge as pivotal in shaping the artistic and literary landscape during the…[Read more]

]]> 26d12671e6dbd2e3ec96da6e4e03152e Ian Balfour started the topic Self-nomination for this committee in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/philosophy-and-literature/forum/topic/self-nomination-for-this-committee/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:43:01 -0500 <div>

The Philosophy and Literature Forum Executive Committee solicits self-nominations to join the committee for a five-year term, starting in 2026. The committee typically meets during the convention to discuss and organize roundtables and panels for the following year’s convention, as well to nominate delegates to the MLA Delegate Assembly e…[Read more]

]]> a8da52a82eba4d12541d7a4ee2f831fd Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Session 413: Navigating the Academy: A Mentoring Session in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century/forum/topic/session-413-navigating-the-academy-a-mentoring-session-4/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:10:30 -0500 MLA 2025 Convention

MLA Committee on Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Profession

Session 413: Navigating the Academy: A Mentoring Session

 

NB: Session Information Follows. The mentoring session will continue informally following the roundtable via happy hour. Location: Ernst Café (600 S. Peters St.; across the street from the Hilton R…[Read more]

]]> c95335d4403ce9d68229f677e67b4672 Paul Michael Johnson started the topic Session on Mediterranean Sexualities this Saturday at MLA Convention in the forum CLCS Mediterranean https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/mediterranean/forum/topic/session-on-mediterranean-sexualities-this-saturday-at-mla-convention/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:48:59 -0500 For those who will be at the MLA Convention in New Orleans this week, please plan to attend our panel on Mediterranean Sexualities this Saturday, January 11, 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.  It will feature exciting presentations on asexuality, the queer female gaze, and alterity in ancient drama, Roman history, and Moroccan film, among other timely issues,…[Read more]

]]> 8764972e24cc7d05ecb3268cd2f3576d Krista Brune started the topic Nominations for LLC Luso-Brazilian Executive Committee in the forum LLC Luso-Brazilian https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/luso-brazilian/forum/topic/nominations-for-llc-luso-brazilian-executive-committee/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:53:55 -0500 Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague to be a part of the executive committee of the LLC Luso-Brazilian Forum. The new EC member will serve from after the 2026 MLA through the 2031 conference. We are accepting nominations until Thursday, January 16. Thanks! Obrigada!

]]> 9d5e2d3e60d71708ad9ac3c103810696 Anna Castillo posted an update in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American: Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the call for […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1907864/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:37:56 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce the call for Guaranteed Session Proposals for the LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American Forum for the 2026 MLA Convention in Toronto. If accepted by our Forum, your panel is guaranteed a place at next year’s convention. We invite proposals that engage with a wide range of topics related to 20th- a…[Read more]

]]> 0 6d62191f783a3cb76c17bd6d381ac13b Anna Castillo posted an update in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American: Hello fellow Latin Americanists! I write because we are […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1907863/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:34:06 -0500 Hello fellow Latin Americanists! I write because we are soliciting nominations and self-nominations for the 20th and 21st Century Latin America Forum Executive Committee. Please reply by Wednesday January 15th with your nominations. Thanks!

]]> 0 2100708011846a82b918a18f62d19b8a Mark Dahlquist started the topic Call for Chapters: Libraries and the Futures of the Humanities in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-libraries-and-the-futures-of-the-humanities-4/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:01:22 -0500 The editors of a book project, Libraries and the Futures of the Humanities, call for chapter proposals for a volume that Rowman & Littlefield has invited us to submit, focused on how libraries can play a role in reimagining the humanities during a time of crisis and opportunity.

We invite proposals for chapters in five sections, focusing…[Read more]

]]> 10e0822b8fa7b2282eed7eb1e6e586a6 Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for "Reading Cultures," a special issue of the journal Culture as Text in the forum LLC Luso-Brazilian https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/luso-brazilian/forum/topic/cfp-for-reading-cultures-a-special-issue-of-the-journal-culture-as-text-4/ Sat, 02 Nov 2024 21:55:06 -0400 Reading Cultures

A special issue of the journal Culture as Text (degruyter.com).

Guest Editor: Thomas O. Beebee, Penn State University (Emeritus)

It is common practice among literary scholars to divide their field into a variety of authorial strategies and attachments, e.g. by form, genre, style or literary movement. Romanticism generally makes…[Read more]

]]> c1a72ef9b1b380d234d1b17765120f4d Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP for "Reading Cultures," a special issue of the journal Culture as Text in the forum TM Literary and Cultural Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/literary-and-cultural-theory/forum/topic/cfp-for-reading-cultures-a-special-issue-of-the-journal-culture-as-text-2/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:34:40 -0400 Reading Cultures

A special issue of the journal Culture as Text (degruyter.com).

Guest Editor: Thomas O. Beebee, Penn State University (Emeritus)

It is common practice among literary scholars to divide their field into a variety of authorial strategies and attachments, e.g. by form, genre, style or literary movement. Romanticism generally makes…[Read more]

]]> 34d16a28df8835ef00c26a4bda7f8aa2 Weihsin Gui started the topic CFP: Special Topic in Antipodes journal on "Australia And..." in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century/forum/topic/cfp-special-topic-in-antipodes-journal-on-australia-and-7/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 01:26:40 -0400 CFP: Special Topic in Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian and New Zealand Literature -- “Australia And...”

Priority Deadline 1 November 2024

Antipodes invites articles for a special feature section in Antipodes, journal of the American Association for Australasian Studies (AAALS) that considers a literary or cultural work (including fil…[Read more]

]]> 3074a7b3c87a12c56239d4529302b9ba Doris Hambuch deposited Ways of Seeing Nujoom Alghanem’s Nearby Sky (سماء قريبة) and Sharp Tools (آلات حادة) as Docupoetry,Comment voir le ciel proche de Nujoom Alghanem (سماء قريبة) et les outils tranchants (آلات حادة) comme docupoésie in the group GS Poetry and Poetics https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1900961/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:00:08 -0400 This article proposes to establish a
sub-category called “docupoetry” to
classify the documentary films by
Emirati poet and filmmaker Nujoom
Alghanem. Detailed analysis of two
selected films, Sharp Tools (2017) and
Nearby Sky (2014), illustrates the
unique composition, cinematography,
and use of poetic devices, such
as rhythm, sym…[Read more]

]]> 0 5524f885b1ca8f70043d5b36e70bec1e Francisco E. Robles started the topic TC Race and Ethnicity Studies - Jobs in the forum TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/tc-race-and-ethnicity-studies-jobs/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 01:59:24 -0400 Hi all,

I'm sending along a job posting from Texas A&M, which is in long nineteenth-century <span id="_mainContent__descriptionText">multi-ethnic, transnational, and comparative approaches to US literature</span>. This search is being chaired by Jessica Howell: https://faculty.tamu.edu/JobDetail?JobId=151010.

I also invite folks to add to this…[Read more]

]]> 27d9774623e34f616ab47334370fe09d Guylian Nemegeer started the topic Conference: Pan-Movements, Regeneration, and Modernity (29 October) in the forum TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/conference-pan-movements-regeneration-and-modernity-29-october/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:45:26 -0400 Dear colleagues,

Members in this group may be interested in the following conference. It is possible to attend the event online. Registration is needed: https://event.ugent.be/registration/event/89430443-ec0a-4dd1-8d2c-d3dfb82ad014

Pan-Movements, Regeneration, and Modernity (29 October)

This conference investigates the global development of…[Read more]

]]> 04177f7098d2441c828fe972bfbd4fac Aarthi Vadde started the topic CFP: Novel Languages (Society of Novel Studies Biennial Conference) in the forum CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century/forum/topic/cfp-novel-languages-society-of-novel-studies-biennial-conference-3/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:03:14 -0400 Biennial Conference of the Society for Novel Studies 2025: NOVEL LANGUAGES

Hosted by Duke University (Organizers: Aarthi Vadde and Sarah Quesada)

Location: Durham Convention Center in beautiful Downtown Durham!

Dates: May 29-June 1, 2025

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Abstracts due November 15, 2024 to the conference website: h…[Read more]

]]> 03158f0036249fcd0239fd5e6103c0d6 Martha Dana Rust started the topic CfP: Divergence and Interconnectivity: Premodernity in Five Objects in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-divergence-and-interconnectivity-premodernity-in-five-objects-2/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:15:02 -0400 Medieval and Renaissance Center
New York University

Call for papers: New York University’s Medieval and Renaissance Center invites proposals for ten-minute papers for its annual conference to be held May 1-2 2025.

Divergence and Interconnectivity: Global Premodernity in Five Objects

Keynote speaker
Lia Markey, Director of the Center for R…[Read more]

]]> 5ade22451c7ed4d8122c9e7a94da0110 Brian Vetruba deposited Handbook for European Studies Librarians in the group Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1894591/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 03:01:32 -0400 Open-access monograph of 30 chapters by 36 authors in three parts: "Resources and Tools for Regions of Europe," "Resources on Underrepresented Groups in Europe," and "Current Issues in European Studies Librarianship." This handbook helps librarians new to collection development for regions of Europe get up to speed on key resources and offers…[Read more]

]]> 0 335754622e06524b2513f307af47b8b6 Hania A.M. Nashef deposited The City is Closing in: Raja Shehadeh’s Going Home Searches for a Homeland in the group Critical Studies in World Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1893021/ Sat, 20 Jul 2024 03:00:44 -0400 Growing constrictions and suffocating borders, due to an unrelenting occupation, continue to plague the lives of Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Raja Shehadeh’s 2019 book, Going Home, illustrates how this stifling existence has only worsened with time. His work provides a chronology of events and highlights changes w…[Read more]

]]> 0 35a90710fc07807712983bdae2565fbd Inés Vañó García started the topic Newly extended CFP (through 07/21) – JITP Special Issue in the forum TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/newly-extended-cfp-through-07-21-jitp-special-issue-2/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:15:24 -0400 <div class="entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-constrained">
<h4><strong>The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy</strong></h4>
<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Themed Issue 24:</strong></h4>
<strong>Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation</strong>

<strong>Issue…[Read more]

]]> 2280319751e87a3cb8b20972929638cc Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New article on Turkish Girls' Studies in the discussion Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/new-article-on-turkish-girls-studies-3/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:35:27 -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 Perspec…[Read more]

]]> aeca886e970f1b390aba778c188c0119 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New article on Turkish Girls' Studies in the discussion GS Poetry and Poetics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/poetry-and-poetics/forum/topic/new-article-on-turkish-girls-studies-2/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:32:30 -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 Perspec…[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]

]]> 1845e3dd2e102c7614b9d37b574fdb67 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic Research based news piece on hybridity and Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands in the discussion Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/research-based-news-piece-on-hybridity-and-turkish-immigrants-in-the-netherlands-6/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 08:02:01 -0400 Dear All,

I would like to present our research on hybridity and immigrants in the Netherlands in the form of a news piece below. I will be happy if you could distribute in your networks.

https://x.com/bianet_eng/status/1656667905487151105

Best regards,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe
İstanbul Aydın University

]]> 5b6bb23195964ddd1cee8d0977a88df6 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic Research based news piece on hybridity and Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands in the discussion TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/research-based-news-piece-on-hybridity-and-turkish-immigrants-in-the-netherlands-3/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 07:49:31 -0400 Dear All,

I would like to present our research on hybridity and immigrants in the Netherlands in the form of a news piece below. I will be happy if you could distribute in your networks.

https://x.com/bianet_eng/status/1656667905487151105

Best regards,
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe
İstanbul Aydın University

]]> 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).

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