Knowledge Commons | Sandra M. Gustafson | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/sgustafs/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Sandra M. Gustafson is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:15:34 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 243dc67f3408c686df01358e00a1f606 Francisco Delgado replied to the topic DRAFT Program Copy - Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-program-copy-languages-and-literatures-of-indigenous-california/?view=all#post-1041054 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:43:37 -0400 Sure, no problem.

]]> d40e147c807e712b6cf1c430060dfe7e Amee Schmidt replied to the topic DRAFT Program Copy - Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-program-copy-languages-and-literatures-of-indigenous-california/#post-1041053 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:58:36 -0400 This is great, Francisco. Are you comfortable submitting it?

AMEE SCHMIDT, M.A.
Associate Professor of English
Marshalltown Community College
3700 S. Center St. • Marshalltown, IA 50158
Office 403F • 641-844-5777<tel:+16418445777>
Amee.Schmidt@iavalley.edu<mailto:Amee.Schmidt@iavalley.edu>

]]> 79a08983560475b1d26311d8a8e7290a Amee Schmidt replied to the topic Draft of Program Copy for Decolonizing the MLA - Feedback Needed, Please in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-of-program-copy-for-decolonizing-the-mla-feedback-needed-please/#post-1041052 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:58:10 -0400 That's a great suggestion! I will do that.

Also, I've been very, very ill, but I will get this submitted before tomorrow's deadline.

AMEE SCHMIDT, M.A.
Associate Professor of English
Marshalltown Community College
3700 S. Center St. • Marshalltown, IA 50158
Office 403F • 641…[Read more]

]]> d2343e8892fd60bf0b48f221493d0248 Margaret A. Noodin replied to the topic Draft of Program Copy for Decolonizing the MLA - Feedback Needed, Please in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-of-program-copy-for-decolonizing-the-mla-feedback-needed-please/#post-1041032 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:04:25 -0400 This looks good to me! Beth did mention that this feels like important work and fits with the 2027 MLA theme of "emancipation" if you want to work that word in there but it's totally up to you. Thanks for taking care of this!

]]> 2d891d26651737784b1c913ea5ef296f Francisco Delgado started the topic DRAFT Program Copy - Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-program-copy-languages-and-literatures-of-indigenous-california/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:28:21 -0400 Please see below for a program description for the panel, "Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California." All feedback welcome!

A more detailed description of the panel and the presentations is available under "Files."

This panel aims to promote the literatures, languages, and cultures of Indigenous peoples of present-day California, as…[Read more]

]]> 7beab847825ad852e39520fc05c47093 Francisco Delgado uploaded the file: Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California - MLA 2027 to LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1946977/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:20:12 -0400 Attached is the line-up for our panel, "Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California."

]]> 0 b399963e54f15c040ad3738279478770 Amee Schmidt started the topic Draft of Program Copy for Decolonizing the MLA - Feedback Needed, Please in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-of-program-copy-for-decolonizing-the-mla-feedback-needed-please/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:48:06 -0400 Decolonizing the MLA: A Unique Framework for Inclusion

Four panelists discuss complications in the teaching, learning, and representation of indigenous literatures and cultures, and offer new ways of understanding these stories. Academic spaces such as the MLA Conference can call attention to the intersections of indigenous voices and colonial…[Read more]

]]> 8be30c0b0d175fad58c3e6c83272028e Amee Schmidt uploaded the file: Proposals for Decolonizing the MLA - for 2027 to LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1946926/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:29:31 -0400 These are the three proposals we received for the Decolonizing the MLA panel.

]]> 0 1672bc709cfe3146d60ebb0b4f8485e8 Francisco Delgado started the topic CFPs EXTENDED to March 23rd! in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/cfp-extended-to-march-23rd/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:23:17 -0400 Our CFPs for MLA 2027 (Los Angeles, CA) will remain open to submissions until March 23rd:

  1. Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California - https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Paper33577.html
  2. Decolonizing the MLA - https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Paper33578.html

More information, including to whom…[Read more]

]]> 664579ad3763b67ebb27fd77d9825d53 Amee Schmidt replied to the topic MLA 2027 - Calls for Papers in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-calls-for-papers/#post-1040938 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:39:27 -0500 You can also direct folks to this page at hte MLA: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Session24153.html

 

]]> ee054cf6ae9ce0b441763985fe55d69f Amee Schmidt started the topic MLA 2027 - Calls for Papers in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-calls-for-papers/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:02:08 -0500 Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California

How does Indigenous California’s historical significance appear in Indigenous-made creative work? Moreover, how does this body of work contribute to, deepen, undermine, or challenge what visitors think they know about California?

200-word abstracts should be sent to Francisco Delgado at FDelgado@…[Read more]

]]> a0662f466fa3a1878eb61b55b1c075fb Francisco Delgado started the topic Notes from Executive Committee Meeting - Feb. 17th in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/notes-from-executive-committee-meeting-feb-17th/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:19:49 -0500 This document contains notes from the executive committee's meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 17th - including finalized versions of our CFPs.

]]> 39be42f1eb4269ccd32355995fc0f8af Amee Schmidt started the topic Ideas for Better Utilization of this Commons Page in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/ideas-for-better-utilization-of-this-commons-page/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:57:39 -0500 Post your ideas here.

]]> 5227434fde7c687dc1b9926128c005a0 Eric Aronoff started the topic DEADLINE EXTENDED: MLA Approaches to Teaching Moby-Dick (April 1) in the forum LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/19th-century-american/forum/topic/deadline-extended-mla-approaches-to-teaching-moby-dick-april-1/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:43:27 -0500 EXTENDED DEADLINE: April 1 2026 

Call for Survey Participants and Contributors

Approaches to Teaching Melville’s Moby-Dick, second edition

Eds. Eric Aronoff and Stephen Rachman, Michigan State University

As with other, similar books published by the MLA, the volume will contain a discussion of the most important and useful strategies and ma…[Read more]

]]> 31291192d3d52559252c3c58303f00d2 Francisco Delgado replied to the topic MLA 2027 CFP - Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-indigenous-california/?view=all#post-1040806 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:21:03 -0500 Hi Amee,

The deadline is similar to the CFPs currently posted on the MLA website: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/index.html (and could be subject to change).

I wanted to share the call now, so that interested folks can start drafting proposals.

 

]]> de8cb73348cae96a8fbe63cafc49fd8d Amee Schmidt replied to the topic MLA 2027 CFP - Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-indigenous-california/#post-1040800 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:23:43 -0500 Do we know what the deadline is from MLA yet?

AMEE SCHMIDT, M.A. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of English and Communications

Vice President, MCC Faculty Senate

Marshalltown Community College

3700 S. Center St. • Marshalltown, IA 50158

Office 403F • 641-844-5777

[cid:d8736a74-53b1-4425-9970-f7716c97ef40]

Chair, MLA Executive Forum Com…[Read more]

]]> 85cfd1d71ee50f1c4cdc44266067e850 Francisco Delgado started the topic MLA 2027 CFP - Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-indigenous-california/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:52:18 -0500 Below is one CFP from the LLC Indigenous Literatures of the US and Canada forum:

Indigenous California

Let us make space at MLA for the literatures and communities of the state in which we will be gathering. Indigenous California aims to promote the literatures, languages, and cultures of Indigenous peoples of present-day California, as well as…[Read more]

]]> 58c187fd3e83e8e5d3a08e6724c0f998 Francisco Delgado started the topic Notes of Executive Committee Meeting - January 23, 2026 in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/notes-of-executive-committee-meeting-january-23-2026/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 23:45:28 -0500 The executive committee met on Zoom on Friday, January 23, 2026. Attached are the minutes of the meeting.

Submitted by Francisco Delgado, Secretary of LLC Indigenous Literatures of US and Canada

]]> 0163dd257b312c6442067668ed2ac7ec Eric Aronoff started the topic Contribute to New edition of MLA Approaches to Teaching Moby-Dick (Feb. 1) in the forum LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/19th-century-american/forum/topic/contribute-to-new-edition-of-mla-approaches-to-teaching-moby-dick-feb-1/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:33:43 -0500 Call for Survey Participants and Contributors
Approaches to Teaching Melville’s Moby-Dick, second edition
Eds. Eric Aronoff and Stephen Rachman, Michigan State University

As with other, similar books published by the MLA, the volume will contain a discussion of the most important and useful strategies and materials available to teachers of Moby-Di…[Read more]

]]> 5db699579b9a1163567e55cf51c326f9 Philip Trotter started the topic MLA 2026 Convention Session in the forum TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/mla-2026-convention-session-2/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:45:32 -0500 Please find attached a link to the abstract and details for the MLA 2026 Convention Session: “Illness, Healing, and Relationality in Eighteenth-Century Women’s Health Writing.”

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

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

<i><span…[Read more]

]]> ebacf549ff1f52a98624f3fa889d83a4 Rhone Fraser started the topic A Panel on Hurston's "Herod the Great" in the forum LLC African American Forum https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/african-american/forum/topic/a-panel-on-hurstons-herod-the-great/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:34:15 -0400 Greetings LLC Forum! I am looking for one presenter and one presider for a panel on Hurston's latest novel "The Life of Herod the Great."  I have until tomorrow to finalize the panel. -RF.

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> a2b0c0a98c0535ac9abba410d4d9c9e0 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election  in the forum LLC Literatures of the United States in Languages Other Than English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/literatures-of-the-united-states-in-languages-other-than-english/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2025-forum-delegate-election-16/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:17:59 -0500 Hello!

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

]]> abf433b8577472fd5761649b8b27d9c4 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election  in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2025-forum-delegate-election-14/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:15:38 -0500 Hello!

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

]]> 1346221240764e69d7024fdb1d1e0446 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election  in the forum LLC Early American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/early-american/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2025-forum-delegate-election-13/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:14:07 -0500 Hello!

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

]]> 179be6d902e9678f3f2f132d363978f3 Juliane Braun deposited Modes of Recovery, Performative Commons, and Identity Formation in Early American Theater in the group LLC Literatures of the United States in Languages Other Than English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1902705/ Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:05:21 -0400 Review of

Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles: Stage Roles of Anglo-American Girls in the Nineteenth Century. By Marlis Schweitzer.
University of Iowa Press, 2020. 276 pp.

The Politics of Gender in Early American Theater: Revolutionary Dramatists and Theatrical Practices. Edited by Leopold Lippert and Ralph J. Poole. Transcript, 2021. 214…[Read more]

]]> 0 796971bce75bc3c605a66641c8db8c6d Juliane Braun deposited Modes of Recovery, Performative Commons, and Identity Formation in Early American Theater in the group LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1902703/ Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:01:49 -0400 Review of

Bloody Tyrants and Little Pickles: Stage Roles of Anglo-American Girls in the Nineteenth Century. By Marlis Schweitzer.
University of Iowa Press, 2020. 276 pp.

The Politics of Gender in Early American Theater: Revolutionary Dramatists and Theatrical Practices. Edited by Leopold Lippert and Ralph J. Poole. Transcript, 2021. 214…[Read more]

]]> 0 0add755f9debd192575f52217de3baf5 Juliane Braun deposited Recovering Virginie Gireaudeau: Race, Language, and Representation on the American Stage in the group LLC Literatures of the United States in Languages Other Than English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1902286/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:06:21 -0400 This article recovers the life and career of Virginie Gireaudeau, one of the first African American actresses to appear in a major North American theater. Performing in New Orleans in 1826, she played the female lead in two tragedies, supported by a group of white professional actors and actresses from France. But despite Gireaudeau’s obvious s…[Read more]

]]> 0 0a417fe13be51018bb741d1ebccb5e27 Juliane Braun deposited Recovering Virginie Gireaudeau: Race, Language, and Representation on the American Stage in the group LLC Early American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1902284/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:04:14 -0400 This article recovers the life and career of Virginie Gireaudeau, one of the first African American actresses to appear in a major North American theater. Performing in New Orleans in 1826, she played the female lead in two tragedies, supported by a group of white professional actors and actresses from France. But despite Gireaudeau’s obvious s…[Read more]

]]> 0 d34927ce4e55de52f921986d63b92140 Juliane Braun deposited Recovering Virginie Gireaudeau: Race, Language, and Representation on the American Stage in the group LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1902283/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:01:50 -0400 This article recovers the life and career of Virginie Gireaudeau, one of the first African American actresses to appear in a major North American theater. Performing in New Orleans in 1826, she played the female lead in two tragedies, supported by a group of white professional actors and actresses from France. But despite Gireaudeau’s obvious s…[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]

]]> 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]

]]> 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).

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

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

]]> 0 131b8317c3abea3bae05c595a07cc05e Niamh Thornton deposited María Félix A Mexican Film Star and her Legacy in the group LLC Chicana and Chicano https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890468/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:00:08 -0400 María Félix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind pieces; Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera painted portraits; Carlos Fuentes wrote a play; Agustín Lara, a bestselling song. But she was nobody's muse.

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

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

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

]]> 583238d4880008c95636f50a3bf552ad Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26425 - Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers in the discussion LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/19th-century-american/forum/topic/26425-italian-american-llc-guaranteed-session-call-for-papers-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:15:12 -0500 #26425 - Italian American LLC Guaranteed Session Call for Papers

Title: Italoamericanos: The Italian Diasporic Experience in the Americas

New Orleans has for centuries been a port of call and interstitial space beckoning people to its banks, whether through choice, coercion, or bondage.

For the Italian diaspora, New Orleans has been one…[Read more]

]]> e903db105c16658b452a2750b9efd075 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session in the discussion LLC 19th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/19th-century-american/forum/topic/26426-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-session-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:10:53 -0500 #26426-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC Session

Title: Italian Creole: Accents and Intersections

This panel takes the rich history of Italian Americans in New Orleans as a starting point for exploring the politics and power of ethnic visibility in New Orleans. Italians and Italian Americans were foundational to the early infrastructure…[Read more]

]]> 34aba525092de1f5220fc056fa47a2a3 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new feminist short story on sexual harassment at a Turkish university setting in the discussion TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/new-feminist-short-story-on-sexual-harassment-at-a-turkish-university-setting-4/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:29:42 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

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

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

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

]]> 20301abeb72a45b27319f5ea2225eddf Kristin Moriah started the topic Un-Bioed: Radically Reimagining Black Women's Lives in the discussion TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/un-bioed-radically-reimagining-black-womens-lives-2/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:13:46 -0500 Un-Bioed: Radically Reimagining Black Women's Lives

This 2-day conference is an opportunity to celebrate and expand the community of Black women's life writers. Black women’s life writing has been among the fastest-growing literary subgenres in the past several years. Long before this explosion of memoirs and biographies on and by Black women…[Read more]

]]> 41d441d8ccd5734b9d09c50076adb629 Kristin Moriah started the topic Un-Bioed: Radically Reimagining Black Women's Lives in the discussion LLC African American Forum https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/african-american/forum/topic/un-bioed-radically-reimagining-black-womens-lives/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:13:35 -0500 Un-Bioed: Radically Reimagining Black Women's Lives

This 2-day conference is an opportunity to celebrate and expand the community of Black women's life writers. Black women’s life writing has been among the fastest-growing literary subgenres in the past several years. Long before this explosion of memoirs and biographies on and by Black women…[Read more]

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

]]> 0 8c67c2d2118421b9ee6a6e988495e12b SBussey started the topic Philadelphia plans in the discussion TC Race and Ethnicity Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/race-and-ethnicity-studies/forum/topic/philadelphia-plans-3/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 22:04:51 -0500 Looking forward to seeing some of you in Phily! TC Aging Studies has two panels: Thursday, 3:30 (Marriott 308) and Saturday 10:15 (Marriott Franklin-8). We are also planning an informal gathering on Saturday at 9:30, at the Exhibit Hall coffee area. I hope you will come by and introduce yourself to me and next year's Forum president, Shawn Maurer.…[Read more]

]]> 794e7a3f882d7a6326474963c072431a Preetha Mani deposited The Literary Management of Multilingualism in Postcolonial India in the group LLC Literatures of the United States in Languages Other Than English https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1869275/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 03:00:03 -0500 This chapter explores a tension in postcolonial Indian literature between the monolingual form of the nation and the multilingual tendencies of the linguistic regions through a comparison between the Sahitya Akademi’s (India’s national academy of letters) activities and Tamil putukkavitai (new poetry) writing. By promoting translation and con…[Read more]

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