Knowledge Commons | Robert J. Meyer-Lee | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/meyerlee/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Robert J. Meyer-Lee is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:16:38 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 91441a91bdeed2f844dfbb5fd6e185de Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - MLA Convention 2027 in the forum LSL Language and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-mla-convention-2027-2/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:04:03 -0400 Language Ideologies and the Discursive Construction of Emancipatory Narratives
We invite 250-word abstracts of interdisciplinary contributions that examine how language ideologies and practices, historically and in digital contexts, mediate power, shape public perception, and negotiate responsibility within social, political, and pedagogical…[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]

]]> c96fe51d4c7136b1fd9cec12632aef84 James Dunn started the topic CFP: Two Panels on Global Englishes, AI, and Migration (MLA 2027) in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/cfp-two-panels-on-global-englishes-ai-and-migration-mla-2027-2/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:58:02 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to share two CFPs for MLA panels sponsored by the Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Global English. The MLA Convention will be January 7–10, 2027, in Los Angeles. 250-word abstracts are due by March 15, 2026, and we will respond by April 1st. More information on presenting at MLA is available on the official w…[Read more]

]]> 834164ebffdea594bbe6c18bd750b9dd Ruen-chuan Ma started the topic Middle English Forum MLA 2027 Call-for-Papers in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/middle-english-forum-mla-2027-call-for-papers/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:30:27 -0500 The Middle English LLC executive committee invites submissions (due Monday, March 23, 2026) for the following sessions at MLA 2027 (Jan 7-10) in Los Angeles:

Centering New Discoveries
This roundtable invites short presentations (~8 minutes) centering under-discussed or unusual Middle English texts and texts relevant to research in Middle English.…[Read more]

]]> 6739c2ab584c38cb231e23037f009b92 Laura Francis started the topic Call for Abstracts: MLA 2027 Panels for the LSL Language Change Forum in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/call-for-abstracts-mla-2027-panels-for-the-lsl-language-change-forum/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:14:57 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum invites proposals for the following panels at the 2027 MLA Annual Conference in Los Angeles:

Empowering Language Change

This guaranteed panel invites papers examining how linguistic changes enable—and emerge from—emancipatory practices across spoken, written, digital, pedagogical, and/or rel…[Read more]

]]> bb21278e78fea4dd03300ec625d6211f Ingrid Nelson started the topic MLA 2027 Chaucer Forum panels in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/mla-2027-chaucer-forum-panels/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:15:34 -0500 Dear Chaucerians,

Please consider submitting to one of the Chaucer Forum panels for MLA 2027, which will be held Jan. 7-10 in Los Angeles. (Apologies for cross-posting!)
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<div dir="auto">Panel 1: Speculations in the Age of Chaucer</div>
<div dir="auto">Format:…[Read more]

]]> bec805cbd0f060d1e675eaad436c676d Marco Caracciolo started the topic 2027 MLA CfP: Gut Cognition (Cognitive and Affect Studies forum) in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/cognitive-and-affect-studies/forum/topic/2027-mla-cfp-gut-cognition-cognitive-and-affect-studies-forum/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:51:02 -0500 Gut Cognition in Literature
This non-guaranteed session explores interoceptive feelings in literature. How do they interact with literary forms? How do they reflect historical and cultural variations in bodily experience?

Please submit a 200-word abstract and a brief bio to Marco Caracciolo, Ghent U (marco.caracciolo@ugent.be)

Submission…[Read more]

]]> 0e0603b41731d0a83737c5a05a3d66cb Haiyan Lee started the topic 2027 MLA Panel CFP: Elements of Surprise in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/cognitive-and-affect-studies/forum/topic/2027-mla-panel-cfp-elements-of-surprise/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:57:07 -0500 <div><b data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Elements of Surprise</b></div>
<div>2027 MLA Convention, January 7-10, Los Angeles</div>
<div>Co-sponsored by TC Cognitive and Affect Studies and LSL Linguistics and Literature</div>
<div>Co-organizers: Zhuo Jing-Schmidt and Vera Tobin; presider: Haiyan Lee</div>
<div></div>
<div>We invite contributions…[Read more]

]]> 0749dfc80a6f358679e9c008e39740c6 Laura Francis started the topic Nominations and Self-Nominations Invited for Delegate and Executive Committee in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/nominations-and-self-nominations-invited-for-delegate-and-executive-committee/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:09:00 -0500 Dear colleagues,

The executive committee for LSL Language Change invites nominations and self-nominations for the following forum positions:

- Two delegates positions, responsible for voting in the MLA delegate assembly

- Two executive committee positions, one for 2027-2030 and another for 2027-2032, responsible for organizing the forum’s two g…[Read more]

]]> 5d86f57405a6bb40518a3e79babc78f4 Aili Pettersson Peeker started the topic Seeking Support for MLA Forum Proposal on Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the forum TC Cognitive and Affect Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/cognitive-and-affect-studies/forum/topic/seeking-support-for-mla-forum-proposal-on-trauma-informed-pedagogy/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:32:01 -0500 Dear all,

I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to add your name in support of a new MLA forum proposal, “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy.” This proposed forum offers a space for scholarship and dialogue on how trauma (personal, historical, and structural) shapes teaching, learning, and literary study. It complements existing MLA forums but…[Read more]

]]> c220504c8692d6573fd0571e7c8052e1 Ruen-chuan Ma started the topic Call for Candidates: Delegate to the MLA Assembly (2028-30) in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/call-for-candidates-delegate-to-the-mla-assembly-2028-30/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:16:05 -0500 The Executive Committee of the Middle English Forum welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) to serve as the forum delegate and represent the Forum at the MLA Delegate Assembly. Our forum will hold an election for its next delegate in Fall 2026, and an outline of delegate responsibilities can be found here. The delegate would serve a term…[Read more]

]]> 780b3571c73a1093c1f9074911408333 Leigh A. Neithardt replied to the topic Seeking Nominations: Exec. Committee for TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing in the forum TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/bibliography-and-scholarly-editing/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-the-2027-2032-executive-committee-for-tm-bibliography-an/#post-1040803 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:31:22 -0500 Thanks, Professor Whitley!

If you want to nominate yourself for forum executive committee service, please fill out this form. It will go directly to the committee.

Be sure to take a look at our new FAQ about forum executive committees, too.

Thank you!

 

 

]]> 433654a684d941fa0b9913e8234db460 Edward Whitley started the topic Seeking Nominations: Exec. Committee for TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing in the forum TM Bibliography and Scholarly Editing https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/bibliography-and-scholarly-editing/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-the-2027-2032-executive-committee-for-tm-bibliography-an/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:20:37 -0500 The MLA forum on Bibliography and Scholarly Editing is seeking nominations (including self-nominations) for a new member to join the Executive Committee for a term of service from January 2027 to January 2032.  If you would like to suggest yourself or another forum member for nomination, please send the following information by email…[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.

]]> 7b0660bb35f2fc30297271a787bcf503 Jennifer A. Lorden started the topic Inviting Nominations for the Old English Forum Executive Committee! in the forum LLC Old English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/old-english/forum/topic/inviting-nominations-for-the-old-english-forum-executive-committee/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:26:02 -0500 The Old English Forum Executive Committee invites nominations (self-nominations encouraged!) for a new member to be appointed to the Committee. The new member will serve a five-year term on the Old English Forum Executive Committee, from Jan. 2027-Jan. 2032. The Forum Committee organizes annual sponsored panels at MLA, participates in Forum and…[Read more]

]]> ce6cb19cda7028716dd9ddca95f0ff87 Domna C. Stanton replied to the topic 2026 LSL Forum on Romance Linguistics in the forum LSL Linguistics and Literature via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/2026-lsl-forum-on-romance-linguistics/#post-1040637 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:57:41 -0500 Thanks so much for writing But I am not able To attend the conventionGood luck at the conventionBest ds

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

On Thursday, January 8, 2026, 2:55 PM, Randall Gess <noreply@hcommons.org> wrote:

#yiv1703992147 html, #yiv1703992147 body {Margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;min-height:100% !important;width:100% !…[Read more]

]]> 198c11ce77d0fac244c3b6b94d78d95a Randall Gess started the topic 2026 LSL Forum on Romance Linguistics in the forum LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/2026-lsl-forum-on-romance-linguistics/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:54:59 -0500 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Romance Linguistics welcomes you to our session at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We hope to see you on Friday, January 9th at 5:15 @ MTCC – 205A
Presentations
 The Curious Case of Interconsonantal S in Old French , Francisco Antonio…[Read more]

]]> fce5b7c06e2e4c0676bc1b64a2fab4a1 Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-6/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:07:38 -0500 The Modern Language Association's (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the MLA's 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!
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314 - Reimagining Learning and Teaching with Studen…[Read more]

]]> 8be7930d382da7ce211f5d7384176f6e Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-5/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:57:42 -0500 The Modern Language Association's (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the MLA's 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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314 - Reimagining Learning and Teaching with Studen…[Read more]

]]> ff6cf632af415a378b569ff2d6b6de44 Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-4/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:26:17 -0500 The Modern Language Association's (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the MLA's 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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314 - Reimagining Learning and Teaching with Studen…[Read more]

]]> 449434bee3550586b44084517f90aa5e Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Language and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-and-society/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-3/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:11:49 -0500 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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314 – Reimagining Learning and Teaching with Stu…[Read more]

]]> d69bfcf2d744701bfacd2e6cf104e2dc Shakil Rabbi started the topic Abstract for Translingual Rhetorics and the Language Movement in Bangladesh in the forum LSL Language and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-and-society/forum/topic/abstract-for-translingual-rhetorics-and-the-language-movement-in-bangladesh/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:54:13 -0500 This presentation explores the role of Language Movement in the formation of the Bangladeshi national identity. Analyzing the translingual negotiations between diverse language ideologies I argue that these interactions laid the groundwork for a distinct national consciousness. Rather than viewing language and nationalism as fixed categories, this…[Read more]

]]> 80c221f457103f995092339003cc52ed Daniel Alan Fried started the topic Family Resemblances between World Languages and Nationalisms abstract in the forum LSL Language and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-and-society/forum/topic/family-resemblances-between-world-languages-and-nationalisms-abstract-2/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:15:41 -0500 Posting at Shakil's request--here is my abstract for the panel:

<u>Language and Identity in the Sinitic Empire of Letters</u>

For centuries prior to the advent of modern nationalism, Chinese literature had already been constructed by scholars into a common heritage and united civilizational tradition; with modern Chinese nationalism, this…[Read more]

]]> eb8d10444be5cd39fe31df04f28e584e Daniel Alan Fried started the topic Family Resemblances between World Languages and Nationalisms abstract in the forum LSL Language and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-and-society/forum/topic/family-resemblances-between-world-languages-and-nationalisms-abstract/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:13:18 -0500 At Shakil's request to mention our panel here, I thought I would post a copy of my abstract for our MLA panel on Family Resemblances between World Languages and Nationalisms.  The panel is scheduled for Saturday January 10 8:30-9:45 in MTCC-707.

 

<u>Language and Identity in the Sinitic Empire of Letters</u>

For centuries prior to the advent…[Read more]

]]> 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.

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 8cdd25a78e579a1361394e8141dc22c3 Rob Wilkie started the topic Radical Caucus Resolution Signatures Needed by October 1, 2025 in the forum TC Marxism, Literature, and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/marxism-literature-and-society/forum/topic/radical-caucus-resolution-signatures-needed-by-october-1-2025/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:13:41 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

Do you feel the need for the MLA to take a stand against the fascistic attacks on higher education, the genocide in Gaza, and the spurious distortion of antisemitism as justification for these assaults?

The MLA Radical Caucus is sponsoring a resolution for the 2026 MLA Convention that will address these concerns. It is titled…[Read more]

]]> 67d51d9face4d40029856fc7fe1fcbe8 Heng Du started the topic Respondent/panelist for guaranteed panel on premodern temporality (MLA26) in the forum CLCS Medieval https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/medieval/forum/topic/respondent-panelist-for-guaranteed-panel-on-premodern-temporality-mla26/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:10:54 -0400 We are hoping to recruit a scholar outside of Chinese studies to participate in this comparative panel. I included below a draft of its description, which can be further tailored according to your interests/suggestions:

<b>Natural Time and Human Narratives: Competing Temporal Orders in the Premodern World</b><b></b>

As a comparative study of…[Read more]

]]> d3c5c387861b64491bd6b61901c6da0c Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026-7/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:20:20 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum is seeking papers for the following panels at the 2026 MLA Annual Conference in Toronto from January 8-11. Please see the panel information below and consider submitting an abstract. We would love to hear from you:

Pedagogy and Intergenerational Language Change

How do linguistic features passed…[Read more]

]]> 6d562ab73002b6b5c3b686bf474fbdf7 Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026-6/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:17:32 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum is seeking papers for the following panels at the 2026 MLA Annual Conference in Toronto from January 8-11. Please see the panel information below and consider submitting an abstract. We would love to hear from you:

Pedagogy and Intergenerational Language Change

How do linguistic features passed…[Read more]

]]> 6f70c112050a2dd780080a49d81e5deb Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Language and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-and-society/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026-5/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:15:00 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum is seeking papers for the following panels at the 2026 MLA Annual Conference in Toronto from January 8-11. Please see the panel information below and consider submitting an abstract. We would love to hear from you:

Pedagogy and Intergenerational Language Change

How do linguistic features passed…[Read more]

]]> 824aacc4a6b3121c5e73b6177ac5ecc7 Ruen-chuan Ma started the topic CFPs for MLA 2026 Middle English Forum sessions in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/cfps-for-mla-2026-middle-english-forum-sessions/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:19:31 -0400 The Middle English LLC executive committee invites your submissions (due Friday, March 21, 2025) for the following sessions at MLA 2026 (Jan 8-11) in Toronto:

The Premodern Anthropocene (sponsored session)
The Middle English Forum proposes a panel considering human impacts upon the natural world in Medieval English literature. Potential topics…[Read more]

]]> 0cbf8a76aa8752e25099af14ea0c572e Mary Hayes started the topic MLA 2026 panels; Linguistics and Literature forum in the forum LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/mla-2026-panels-linguistics-and-literature-forum/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:12:12 -0500 The Linguistics and Literature forum (D036) is sponsoring two panels at MLA 2026.
Misinformation, Disinformation, Malinformation
MDM encompasses various genres of post-factual literature­ – deepfakes, inauthentic soundbytes, recontextualized signs – rife in 21st-century public truth claims. What work does MDM pose for linguists and literary scho…[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]

]]> 2ae82909a48f8ff04b3cca46f1b5e6bd Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing-3/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:24:03 -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]

]]> 739ba1e37c55cbf87f05956564f8b9ab Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters - Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum GS Life Writing https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/life-writing/forum/topic/call-for-chapters/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:04:07 -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]

]]> 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]

]]> 3918a3d272e559d916907e66de3bab39 Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-13/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:41:28 -0500 (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, and ethical implications. Send 30…[Read more]

]]> 01a68f0c095b1312bf4581a4abf45e54 Ingrid Nelson started the topic MLA 2026: LLC Chaucer panels in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/mla-2026-llc-chaucer-panels/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:37:48 -0500 Here are the short and long CFPs for the 2026 MLA. (Deadlines: 10 March & 15 March). Please consider submitting a proposal!

  1. Chaucerian Attention Economies

 

Format: Roundtable

Short CFP

Attention, distraction, slow studies, post-critique, media/immediacy/immediation, idleness, perception, cognition, and/or sensology in Chaucer and…[Read more]

]]> 0b99c09da9a6a7494fe191ed7fc2a0af Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers in the forum LSL Language and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-and-society/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-14/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 13:33:36 -0500 (Re)thinking AI on Language Pedagogy: Discourses of Resemblances & Disparities
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, and ethical implications. Send 300…[Read more]

]]> 33888d84e72b2b8d428fe770b1d4d82a Laura Francis started the topic CFP for MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2026/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:24:43 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

The LSL Language Change Forum is now seeking papers for the following panels at the 2026 MLA Annual Conference in Toronto from January 8-11! Please see the panel information below and consider submitting an abstract. We would love to hear from you:

Family Resemblances in Language Contact and Change

How do languages evolve…[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]

]]> 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 2105b6767d80ba284f2c435ed1592703 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 TC Anthropology and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1912533/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:13:38 -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]

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