Knowledge Commons | Tommy Morgan | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/phlibrarian/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Tommy Morgan is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:21:12 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 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]

]]> 034611601fb5c4ba4267565f42616c4a Janice McGregor started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2027 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2027-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:22:19 -0500 Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL)
2027 Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention
January 7-10, 2027 in Los Angeles, CA

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching & Learning (SLTL) invites submissions for two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions at the 2027 MLA annual convention.…[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]

]]> 5c69ca935d743e146818b000a53969b9 SARAH ELLENZWEIG started the topic Seeking Nominations for the Forum Executive Committee (Starting 2026-2027)! in the forum LLC Restoration and Early-18th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/restoration-and-early-18th-century-english/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-the-forum-executive-committee-starting-2026-2027/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:30:55 -0500 The Forum Executive Committee seeks self-nominations to join the committee for a five-year term, beginning 2026-2027. The committee typically meets during the convention to discuss and organize two roundtables/panels for the following year’s meeting. If you’d like to be considered, please email Danielle Bobker (danielle.bobker@concordia.ca) wit…[Read more]

]]> 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]

]]> cf74cccf006facb88bedf383107ea832 Randall Gess started the topic MLA 2026 Session: Romance Linguistics in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/mla-2026-session-romance-linguistics-3/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:00:41 -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]

]]> 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

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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]

]]> 4dfa1b4f28f04e52917d77088d2d5c38 Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:01:27 -0500 The Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the Modern Language Association's (MLA) 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 Student…[Read more]

]]> a9dc5d30abd20173f796e3ca138791ff Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - Openness in Language Education in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-openness-in-language-education-3/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:37:47 -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]

]]> 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]

]]> 5aa77399e5c07eb50329f24ddad6d61e Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026-2/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:04:37 -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]

]]> 2660c2c2242df3d80ac42860ffbe65c3 Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 - Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-2/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 17:16:06 -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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> f2baccb0f0531fdcbe119a1ff9a5b4a8 Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers in the forum LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-15/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:43:51 -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]

]]> 382174c132c03ef8cbfa117edb1e0d5e Jennifer A. Lorden started the topic CFPs for Old English Panels at MLA 2026 in Toronto in the forum LLC Old English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/old-english/forum/topic/cfps-for-old-english-panels-at-mla-2026-in-toronto/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:59:52 -0500 The Old English Forum will be sponsoring the following two panels at the MLA Convention in Toronto meeting from January 8-11, 2026. We’re accepting 250-word proposals until March 15, 2025 for 15-20 minute papers. Please share widely!! And don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions.

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Language Play in Old English Literature

This ses…[Read more]

]]> c65953aed23ae08144852197c4a289c6 Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Middle English Sessions at MLA 2025 in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/middle-english-sessions-at-mla-2025/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:00:41 -0500 Here are the two Middle English Forum sessions at this year's MLA Convention:

167 – Unauthoring Middle English (LLC Middle English)

Thursday, 9 January 2025

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Hilton New Orleans Riverside – Port (Riverside Complex)

https://mla.confex.com/mla/2025/meetingapp.cgi/Session/20689

 

571 – Recovery and Cultures of Care in Middle…[Read more]

]]> 32adba8324f016087fa23fc548007dba Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Nominations for Middle English Forum Executive Committee -- send them today! in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/nominations-for-middle-english-forum-executive-committee-send-them-today/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:49:14 -0500 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The Executive Committee of the Middle English Forum would like to invite members of this forum to submit nominations for a new appointee to the forum EC! The term is five years, from January 2026 to January 2031. Only current MLA members are eligible for appointment. Candidates cannot already be…[Read more]

]]> ca03b353698d574917dfb7ce4794a508 SARAH ELLENZWEIG started the topic Join the Forum Executive Committee! in the forum LLC Restoration and Early-18th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/restoration-and-early-18th-century-english/forum/topic/join-the-forum-executive-committee/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 23:20:49 -0500 The Forum Executive Committee seeks self-nominations to join the committee for a five-year term, beginning 2025-2026. The committee typically meets during the convention to discuss and organize two roundtables/panels for the following year's meeting. If you'd like to be considered, please email Sarah Ellenzweig (sellenz@rice.edu) with your…[Read more]

]]> 37536d2920b85a686807eaecedf4dd2c Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Join the tabula gratulatoria for a festschrift for Karla Taylor! in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/join-the-tabula-gratulatoria-for-a-festschrift-for-karla-taylor/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:26:39 -0400 Passing this along from Cathy Sanok and Elizabeth Allen:

We are delighted to announce that a festschrift honoring Karla Taylor as a scholar and teacher, Language, Linguistics and Middle English Literature, is forthcoming from Boydell and Brewer in March 2025. The essays explore and exemplify language-focused methods for studying medieval…[Read more]

]]> ca3cc0293bf92c3c97099d336b3b6bb9 Martha Dana Rust started the topic CfP: Divergence and Interconnectivity: Premodernity in Five Objects in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/cfp-divergence-and-interconnectivity-premodernity-in-five-objects-4/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:35:57 -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]

]]> 5d543e2fb9d8fece20061fe121d214d3 Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Info for MLA 2025 Middle English Forum Session "Unauthoring Middle English" in the discussion LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/info-for-mla-2025-middle-english-forum-session-unauthoring-middle-english/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:22:11 -0400 This session addresses the following questions: What new perspectives and interpretive possibilities emerge if we embrace the anonymity of most Middle English manuscripts? What might be the critical utility of deferring recourse to an author? Panelists consider drama, lyric, narrative poetry, manuscript compilations, and their critical receptions.…[Read more]

]]> 233001d0475794a431a62df7560cd17c Anne Furlong deposited LSL Linguistics and Literature (D036) Abstracts for the 2025 MLA Convention, New Orleans in the group LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1881935/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 03:05:04 -0400 The LSL Forum is hosting two panels (both in person) at the 2025 MLA Convention in New Orleans: Panel I: Visibility, Language, Style: Authorship as Resistance, and Panel II: Translation, visibility, and style: accommodating audiences. I am uploading the abstracts for those planning their visit to the Convention.

]]> 0 65bb001ef913e15a3e8e7567305d37ff Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic CFPs for MLA 2025 Middle English Forum sessions in the discussion LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/cfps-for-mla-2025-middle-english-forum-sessions/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 04:53:49 -0500 The Middle English LLC executive committee invites your submissions for the following two sponsored sessions at MLA 2025 in New Orleans:

Session 1: Recovery and Cultures of Care in Middle English Literature

This paper panel proposes to examine connections between ideas of recovery in Middle English literature, broadly speaking, and our current…[Read more]

]]> 1118127cd51730c53dba74bb67587ecd Carmen Nocentelli deposited CFP: EARLY MODERN SOCIAL MEDIA (MLA 2025) in the group LLC 16th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1876629/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 03:05:39 -0500 The MLA Forum on Seventeenth-Century English Studies (LLC 17th-Century English) invites submissions for a guaranteed session on “Early Modern Social Media.” We are particularly interested in research that addresses the power of both established and emerging media—ballads, pamphlets, newsletters, pasquinades, and so forth—to amplify the gravity…[Read more]

]]> 0 aff05a15c3db8f2a7bd4dd0e4ec68433 Joseph M. Ortiz started the topic Suggestions Requested for LCC 16th-Century English Forum Executive Committee in the discussion LLC 16th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-century-english/forum/topic/suggestions-requested-for-lcc-16th-century-english-forum-executive-committee/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:46:27 -0500 Dear Members of the LLC 16th-Century English Forum: The members of the current Executive Committee for the LLC 16th-Century English Forum invite nominations/suggestions of MLA members who may wish to serve on the Executive Committee. This is a great opportunity to shape panels at MLA and the field generally. Please send questions or suggestions to…[Read more]

]]> fac7fdb9aab2fa748a50f8a475561965 Francisco Marcos-Marín deposited Serán ceniza, mas tendrán sentido: orígenes de las humanidades digitales en España in the group LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1870999/ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:10:09 -0500 Se recogen en este capítulo los movimientos iniciales y proyectos de humani-dades digitales sobre la lengua española entre 1971 y 1993. Se trata, sobre todo, de proyectos españoles desarrollados principalmente en relación con universidades y centros de investigación de Madrid. Se hace referencia también a otros centros y otros proyectos, sobre…[Read more]

]]> 0 6114a370fb6889078cd766deab7fa550 Francisco Marcos-Marín deposited Revisar los inicios del español desde el magisterio de Alarcos y Lapesa in the group LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1870993/ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:06:39 -0500 During the long time of its documentation, Latin could not remain unchanged, so there had to be a cultured, writ-ten variant of the language and popular variants, which evolved into dialectal forms, Afro-Latin-Romance variants. As far as the African part is concerned, the novelty of this study, especially for Romanists and Arabists, is to convey…[Read more]

]]> 0 8561b3e27cde56c6824e616483dc7d77 Francisco Marcos-Marín deposited Dominio y lenguas en el Mediterráneo Occidental hasta los inicios del español in the group LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1870988/ Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:02:53 -0500 El objetivo principal de este libro es recoger y transmitir reflexiones y resultados de una investigación que ha evolucionado en paralelo a la vida profesional de su autor. Arranca de la pregunta sobre cómo era la situación lingüística de la Península Ibérica tras la llegada de los sarracenos, en qué ambientes se iniciaron las lenguas romance…[Read more]

]]> 0 df89fb2bcbddb3aa298e40c449ec93f5 Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Call For Nominations for Middle English Forum Executive Committee, 2025-2030 in the discussion LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/call-for-nominations-for-middle-english-forum-executive-committee-2025-2030/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:55:14 -0500 Dear MLA Middle English Forum members,

The Executive Committee of the Middle English Forum would like to invite members of the forum to submit nominations for a new appointee to the forum EC. The term is five years, from January 2025 to January 2030.  Only current MLA members are eligible for appointment. Candidates cannot already be serving on a…[Read more]

]]> b611b6dc4ed70ad7d1f670e80909b78e Stephanie Rountree started the topic CFP: Record, Document, Archive [edited collection, advance contract LSU Press] in the discussion Early American Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/early-american-literature/forum/topic/cfp-record-document-archive-edited-collection-advance-contract-lsu-press-16/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:32:10 -0400 Record, Document, Archive: Constructing the South Out of Region [edited collection]

Under advance contract with Louisiana State University Press

Editors: Stephanie Rountree, Lisa Hinrichsen, and Gina Caison

Proposals (500 words): November 1, 2023

Completed Chapters (7,000 words): March 15, 2024

 

As the double meaning of our title suggests,…[Read more]

]]> 448bacb001875587a24c871481f14bdf Vimala C. Pasupathi deposited "TEACHING WITH COMMONPLACE BOOKS IN THE AGE OF #RELATABLECONTENT" in the group LLC 16th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1857153/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 01:07:34 -0400 An Essay about a Commonplace book assignment I wrote and tested in 2012 (published in Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy in 2014) and have since revisited and reflected upon. The essay goes into more detail about aspects of my assignment that I had not discussed in my earlier, and more practical, publication for JITP––more spe…[Read more]

]]> 0 4d42b6b62d5455a5a89e43e6536ec6e4 Ervin Malakaj started the topic CfP: Sessions Organized by the Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching in the discussion LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/second-language-teaching-and-learning/forum/topic/cfp-sessions-organized-by-the-forum-on-second-language-learning-and-teaching/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:02:20 -0400 CfP: Sessions Organized by the MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching2024 Modern Language Association Annual ConventionJanuary 4-7, Philadelphia
The MLA Forum on Second-Language Learning and Teaching invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2024 MLA…[Read more]

]]> cd1c024b36befbcc0ad5f6c2b6dc4a01 Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic CFPs for MLA 2024 Middle English Forum sessions in the discussion LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/cfps-for-mla-2024-middle-english-forum-sessions/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 22:34:33 -0500 Here are the CFPs for the Middle English Forum's two sessions, along with a third that's a collaborative session with the Chaucer Forum.

Adapting Middle English Literature

Organizers: Susan Nakley and Ruen-chuan Ma

This session invites us to consider how contemporary adaptations of Middle English literature contribute to the projects of…[Read more]

]]> 2d1925213aca1ef8cd2fe6cc766f4186 Penelope Geng started the topic CFP MLA LLC 16c English: "Disability Aesthetics in a Premodern Global Context" in the discussion LLC 16th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-century-english/forum/topic/cfp-mla-llc-16c-english-disability-aesthetics-in-a-premodern-global-context/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:49:59 -0500 The MLA LLC Forum for Sixteenth-Century English Literature is sponsoring a guaranteed panel on “Disability Aesthetics in a Premodern Global Context” at the MLA 2024 conference in Philadelphia (4-7 Jan. 2024). We welcome submissions and inquiries from scholars at all career stages.

Call for Papers: How might we study disability aesthetics alo…[Read more]

]]> 949def254e6a7436693fb8db7dafd87c Anne Furlong started the topic Consider joining the Executive Committee of LSL! in the discussion LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/consider-joining-the-executive-committee-of-lsl/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 02:29:00 -0500 Greetings to the membership of LSL Linguistics and Literature!

Each year our Executive Committee says farewell to its longest-serving member and welcomes a new one. Following the annual MLA Convention, we appoint a new EC member, submitting a short list of names to the MLA by 28 January. The five-year term of service starts in January of 2024,…[Read more]

]]> d382ebff75f06c07d7d8f88be9c712c4 Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic MLA 2023 Middle English Forum Convention Sessions and Call for Nominations in the discussion LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/mla-2023-middle-english-forum-convention-sessions-and-call-for-nominations/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 02:46:40 -0500 Dear Middle English Forum members,

Below is the information for the three sessions that our forum is sponsoring or cosponsoring, with links to session abstracts.

We are also seeking nominations, including self-nominations, for appointment to the Middle English Forum Executive Committee. The term will be for five years, from January 2024 through…[Read more]

]]> 2ca62f63788cbd1e0f2978bac9ae3583 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2023 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion LLC 16th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/16th-century-english/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2023-forum-delegate-election-23/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:54:46 -0500 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2023, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2023. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

]]> ecf4d1b1a62871bccfb90066ff8b6bf1 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2023 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2023-forum-delegate-election-19/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:50:26 -0500 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2023, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2023. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

]]> 957fe518fd442433abdda761f8d8a198 Marisa Verna deposited Des “parasites précieux’: impureté et antinationalisme dans le roman proustien”, in Labours of Attention: Work, Class and Society in French and Francophone Literature and Culture, Adam Watt ed. in the group LSL Linguistics and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1795019/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 03:49:58 -0400 Contrary to the “populist linguistic purism” of Remy de Gourmont, who believed in a “native” and primal language, as well as in a literature that “does not receive neither borrow anything” (Roussin), Proust moulds his novel in a “gloriously impure, lumberfilled” linguistic matter (Malcolm Bowie). Proust’s idea of language is radically opposed…[Read more]

]]> 0 b78a06c344dea0bffe7038574992d01b Robert J. Meyer-Lee edited the doc Abstracts for 2023 MLA Session on Old English, Middle English, and Contemporary Trans Studies in the group LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1787806/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:38:59 -0400 bf3e457d24983c73b2401cabc02979f8 Robert J. Meyer-Lee edited the doc Abstracts for 2023 MLA Session on Old English, Middle English, and Contemporary Trans Studies in the group LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1787591/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:47:10 -0400 efcc78af451e73c0416e51f58a2469bd Robert J. Meyer-Lee edited the doc Abstracts for 2023 MLA Session on Middle English Encounters with Islamicate and Persianate Culture in the group LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1787576/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:21:16 -0400 a3dbb3a4b8f405ed8b02dc8980d55e9f Martha Dana Rust started the topic CFP: Leaving Home, November 3-4 2022 (NYU) in the discussion LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/cfp-leaving-home-november-3-4-2022-nyu/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:47:01 -0400 Medieval and Renaissance Center
New York University

Annual Conference
November 3-4 2022

Leaving Home

Keynote speakers
Daniel Jütte, NYU Department of History
Olenka Pevny: Cambridge University Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages

Call for papers: NYU’s Medieval and Renaissance Center invites proposals for papers for its annual conference to…[Read more]

]]> 19fc9183e8e44ec4aa8472ef4d81ecec Lisa Zunshine deposited The Secret Life of Literature in the group LLC Restoration and Early-18th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1777278/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 02:24:31 -0400 An innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a wide range of literary works.

]]> 0 54abaf88720a0864e6eed0e2e74242c2 Robert J. Meyer-Lee edited the doc Abstracts for 2023 MLA Session on Medieval Rebellion and Modern Insurrectionism in the group LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1776663/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:55:44 -0400 bdd2d78b7676036b3fb60cacf39166f0 Robert J. Meyer-Lee created the doc Abstracts for 2023 MLA Session on Old English, Middle English, and Contemporary Trans Studies in the group LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1776621/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 05:51:47 -0400