Knowledge Commons | Sonia Gkertzou | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/soniagkertzou/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Sonia Gkertzou is a member. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:52:52 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 e434e8fb37710f6db8f35e4596214da0 Christine A. Jones started the topic Fairy Tale Event at the Chichester Center: April 21 in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/fairy-tale-event-at-the-chichester-center-april-21/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:12:57 -0400 Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode

Michelle Anya Anjirbag

Anjirbag examines Disney’s storytelling practices to reveal how the corporation has influenced public understanding of what fairy tales are – and who is allowed to appear within them. From the 1989 animated The Little Mermaid to the 2023 live-action remake sta…[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]

]]> 305f72f88ef6b462e0f83f960a869d1c Juan Meneses started the topic "World Literature and the Global South: Frictions and New Horizons" MLA 27 in the forum CLCS Global South https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-south/forum/topic/world-literature-and-the-global-south-frictions-and-new-horizons-mla-27-2/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:16:57 -0500 Dear colleagues (apologies for the earlier garbles message),

 

Please consider sending an abstract to the following CFP for the session: "World Literature and the Global South: Frictions and New Horizons" for the MLA 2027 conference.

 

I would appreciate it if you could also share it with interested colleagues and/or through your…[Read more]

]]> 506c4f721ec39fc7609f81157d8895bf Juan Meneses started the topic "World Literature and the Global South: Frictions and New Horizons" MLA 27 in the forum CLCS Global South https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-south/forum/topic/world-literature-and-the-global-south-frictions-and-new-horizons-mla-27/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:11:21 -0500 <div>Dear colleagues,</div>
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<div>Please consider sending an abstract to the following CFP for the session: "World Literature and the Global South: Frictions and New Horizons" for the MLA 2027 conference.</div>
<div></div>
<div>I would appreciate it if you could also share it with interested colleagues and/or through your…[Read more]

]]> 9dec1b8182a28b2722b0b4e32ccb21c5 Abigail Heiniger started the topic “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th Special Issue CFP in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/we-the-people-telling-the-story-of-the-us-250th-special-issue-cfp/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:33:11 -0500 “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th in Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Myth

Humanities Special Issue

SUBMISSION LINK: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/OEHU7S891S

Due June 2026

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The Modern Language Association (MLA) Executive Committee for Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales is interested in cre…[Read more]

]]> 15a8ba10e9b743106a67206f239b250e Christine A. Jones started the topic MLA 2027 CFP: Emancipatory Transfiguration in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-emancipatory-transfiguration/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:58:49 -0500 The Guaranteed Session for 2027 of the GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales Forum takes up the Presidential theme of emancipatory narrative through transfiguration:

Title: Emancipatory Transfiguration
Call for Papers #33753

From ecological degeneration to generative AI, striking change abounds and demands response. We invite papers on myths and…[Read more]

]]> 80810ad7dc92f8c95b68a98350bc892e Christine A. Jones started the topic Talks in March and April at the Chichester Centre! in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/talks-in-march-and-april-at-the-chichester-centre/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:50:46 -0500 Tuesday 17 March, 5:30-6:30 p.m. UTC, online (Teams)

Tales for Fairies: Tracing Queer Fairy‑Tale Retellings

Alba Morollón Díaz-Faes

Explore the evolution of queer reinterpretations of the fairy tale across three transformative decades: the first wave of fairy-tale publications for a predominantly gay male readership in the 1990s; a second wav…[Read more]

]]> fa54fb4b89259857f2c169bc42a0a7cc Abigail Heiniger started the topic International Society for Folk Narrative Research Event in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/international-society-for-folk-narrative-research-event/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:37:42 -0500 This ISFNR Event is open to anyone:

This is a kind reminder that tomorrow, February 18, at 5 p.m. CET, we will present the 19th lecture in the series, given by Lewis Seifert, professor of French and Francophone Studies at Brown University (Providence, RI, USA). The lecture is entitled “(Post-) Colonial Folklore Collections as Transcultural T…[Read more]

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

]]> 52f3a738a984f0ff19380d0801f9e1d2 Abigail Heiniger started the topic Calling on our members to represent this forum on the Delegate Assembly! in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/calling-on-our-members-to-represent-this-forum-on-the-delegate-assembly/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:52:31 -0500 If you have a vested interest in the presence of folktale and fairy tale at the MLA, the Executive Committee invites you to self-nominate for the role of Delegate to represent the Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale Forum on the Delegate Assembly. This call is open to faculty and graduate students.

Delegates play a crucial role in association…[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.

]]> 6ad17d03574041682cf2793f5dfa08c6 Shannon Kelley replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/?view=all#post-1040696 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:56:02 -0500 Hi, Lamees, we have two positions: a 2-year replacement who would be Secretary and then Chair, and a 3-year position. This person would observe for a year and then rotate into the Secretary and Chair positions. We organize two guaranteed panels each year at MLA. Attendance at the conference is required to share the work of supporting our speakers.…[Read more]

]]> 84647b979af966f891706a04e75bf9cd Moumin Quazi replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/#post-1040694 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:02:55 -0500 I’d be more than happy to serve, Shannon. My paper (presented Thursday in a virtual session, #63) was a pedagogically-based essay. I’m a 28-year member of the MLA. My email is quazi@tarleton.edu. My cv is attached.

Cheers,
Moumin

]]> bcebea8ea62870f4c9fbc10a9d58ce3f Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/#post-1040693 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:46:43 -0500 I'd be honored and delighted to join the committee; I've emailed you, too, Shannon, with my CV. I'd be glad to provide anything else to support candidacy.

]]> 144e4c8c3fb181d1a29a5971eeee5140 Lamees Fadl replied to the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/#post-1040692 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:46:16 -0500 Hi Shannon,Would you please share more information? The term, the duties…etc
Thank you, Lamees 

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

On Saturday, January 10, 2026, 1:35 PM, Shannon Kelley <noreply@hcommons.org> wrote:

#yiv6192818141 html, #yiv6192818141 body {Margin:0 !important;padding:0 !important;min-height:100% !important;width:100% !im…[Read more]

]]> 8c26b802a3e503a3f685ee274416b788 Shannon Kelley started the topic Teaching of Literature Forum -- New and Replacement Committee Members Needed in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/teaching-of-literature-forum-new-and-replacement-committee-members-needed/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 18:31:23 -0500 The Teaching of Literature Forum needs one replacement committee member and one new committee member. This is an excellent opportunity for junior or senior faculty to serve at a national level. Please email me with any questions: skelley@fairfield.edu.  -- Shannon Kelley, Chair, The Teaching of Literature Forum

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

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

]]> 94769bd097a589d0e3a2d734482ab6c6 William J. Spurlin created the doc Call for Papers: African Literature Association 2026 Conference in the group TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1936463/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:27:18 -0500 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.

]]> 2665d8e5e73749cd70eeb39700b50387 Peter Leman started the topic CFP: World Literature and Disappearance (Special Issue of ARIEL) in the forum CLCS Global South https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-south/forum/topic/cfp-world-literature-and-disappearance-special-issue-of-ariel-4/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:35:59 -0500 Call For Papers: “World Literature and Disappearance” 
Special Issue of <b>ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature</b>

Enforced disappearance is widely recognized as a crime in international law, with legislation that reflects the experiences of Latin America dictatorships and focuses on arbitrary detention and torture or extr…[Read more]

]]> 6860801d45c0871e5b6be0bfa544f739 Peter Leman started the topic CFP: World Literature and Disappearance (Special Issue of ARIEL) in the forum TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies/forum/topic/cfp-world-literature-and-disappearance-special-issue-of-ariel-3/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:34:57 -0500 Call For Papers: “World Literature and Disappearance” 
Special Issue of <b>ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature</b>

Enforced disappearance is widely recognized as a crime in international law, with legislation that reflects the experiences of Latin America dictatorships and focuses on arbitrary detention and torture or extr…[Read more]

]]> 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]

]]> 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]

]]> 4bd54f9a6961a81126511d57079920c6 Abigail Heiniger started the topic International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts Call for Papers in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/international-conference-for-the-fantastic-in-the-arts-call-for-papers/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:10:13 -0400 (Meta)Cognition
The 47th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 47)
March 18–21, 2026 | Marriott Orlando Airport Lakeside | Orlando, Florida
Guests of Honor: Ted Chiang and Ann Leckie
Guest Scholar: Sherryl Vint
Register Here

Call for Proposals
Submission deadline: Friday, October 31, 2025 [Submit Here]
If cognition is the p…[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]

]]> b302942b077fcb316d6e29952c2030d2 Christine A. Jones started the topic ISFNR, Reykjavík 2026: Nature(s) in Narratives Call for Papers in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/isfnr-reykjavik-2026-natures-in-narratives-call-for-papers/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:15:23 -0400 The ISFNR Interim conference in 2026 will be held in Reykjavík Iceland, June 13th to 16th. The conference will take place at the main campus of the University of Iceland, a walking distance from the vibrant city centre of Reykjavík. With nearly 24 hours of daylight, and plenty of geothermal pools to soak in, it’s the perfect place to recharge on…[Read more]

]]> deb335d49db218b143c2394a572b0f71 Ruchika Jain started the topic Call for Applications–SRF–“Myths and Morality" Project, India in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/call-for-applications-srf-myths-and-morality-project-india/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:47:15 -0400 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET), ACT Centre, and the Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (TSLAS), Patiala, India, invite applications for two Senior Research Fellows (SRFs) on the project “Myths and Morality.” The interdisciplinary project explores the relation between classical Indian myths and moral theories. Myths suc…[Read more]

]]> 561bf0c62e3e95c2b5762fa1ac04a9f9 Abigail Heiniger started the topic Reimagining the Witch: Feminist Retellings in Maguire's Fiction - ONLINE EVENT in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/reimagining-the-witch-feminist-retellings-in-maguires-fiction-online-event/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:15:54 -0400 Reimagining the Witch: Feminist Retellings in Gregory Maguire’s Fiction
Two free online events with César F. Más Sánchez

Please note, the times are in GMT (London, UK) and EDT (New York, USA)

Reading Group: Wicked. Thurs 24 July, 6–7 p.m. GMT
2-3pm EDT
A friendly, social reading group focused on key themes in Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Guided…[Read more]

]]> 85e49265120ad3e37df59b4369507e6b Christine A. Jones started the topic ISFNR 2026 in Reykjavík, Iceland – Call for Panels in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/isfnr-interim-conference-2026-ireykjavik-iceland-call-for-panels/ Sat, 24 May 2025 17:50:59 -0400 Posting on behalf of ISFNR!

The ISFNR Interim conference in 2026 will be held in Reykjavík Iceland, June 13th to 16th. The guiding theme is Nature(s) in Narrative. The conference will take place at the main campus of the University of Iceland, a walking distance from the vibrant city centre of Reykjavík. It is hosted by the department of F…[Read more]

]]> 1dae2563d770f0208a92101be5abb28e Abigail Heiniger started the topic “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th Folk Narratives CFP in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/we-the-people-telling-the-story-of-the-us-250th-folk-narratives-cfp/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:38:45 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

The Modern Language Association (MLA) Executive Committee for Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales is interested in creating a Special Issue of Humanities in connection with the guaranteed panel at the 2026 Convention, exploring fairy tales, folklore, mythology, and the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence: “We t…[Read more]

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

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

]]> 6783863b49d54f8b5c0447729638d654 Abigail Heiniger started the topic “We the People”: Telling the Story of the US 250th in Folk Narratives in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/we-the-people-telling-the-story-of-the-us-250th-in-folk-narratives/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:35:27 -0400 The Guaranteed Session for GSP: Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tales for 2026 explores the idea of “we the people” in fairy tales, folklore, and mythology. While foundational documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution tell one story about national identity, diverse storytellers construct the identity of the many in dra…[Read more]

]]> 209878fc5a7735343009be6c2be4e038 Abigail Heiniger started the topic JIS Symposium 2025: Lewis and Tolkien: Promise of Christian Fairy Tales in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/jis-symposium-2025-lewis-and-tolkien-promise-of-christian-fairy-tales/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:06:05 -0400 JIS Symposium 2025 on: “C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien: The Promise
of Christian Fairytales.” Pasadena, California, USA, 18 October 2025
(online: Zoom). Call for Papers/Registration on JIS web:
https://www.jis3.org/symposium2025. Deadline for 250-word Abstracts:
April 15, 2025, to: info@jis3.org. Following the conference,
fully-developed papers wil…[Read more]

]]> 82a9b03f6b6fddb6f20ca6965a96954c Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-2/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:22:29 -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]

]]> 0fbde81ab9354d23fa554a070e0819e5 Abigail Heiniger started the topic New Open Access Collection edited by Cristina Bacchilega and Pauline Greenhill in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/new-open-access-collection-edited-by-cristina-bacchilega-and-pauline-greenhill/ Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:19:22 -0500 Announcing:
Cristina Bacchilega and Pauline Greenhill's new edited collection: Justice in 21st Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder. Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Free and Open Access:
https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350348295

]]> 66e44e5c2900995ffe9f23d7db788106 Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TM Literary and Cultural Theory https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/literary-and-cultural-theory/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing-5/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:32:13 -0500 Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing
Editors: P. Muralidhar Sharma & Shashibhusan Nayak

Until recently, Life Writing has emerged as a loose critical label encompassing a variety of genres, including biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, and dairies. The later decades of the 20th century, in particular, have witnessed a surge…[Read more]

]]> db5e1f2431cafc9c6703e9142f0fe46e Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TC Postcolonial Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/postcolonial-studies/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing-4/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:26:51 -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]

]]> d7da316a141a2bc02639058e70f13a92 Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TM The Teaching of Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/the-teaching-of-literature/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:16:01 -0500 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 of sustained scholarly interest in the area. Biographies, autobiographies, letters, and diaries from…[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]

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

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

]]> 9be64875f23c71bd76f00c73252e17eb Abigail Heiniger started the topic CFP: Female and Queer Bodies in Speculative Fiction and Visual Culture in the forum GS Folklore, Myth, and Fairy Tale https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/folklore-myth-and-fairy-tale/forum/topic/cfp-female-and-queer-bodies-in-speculative-fiction-and-visual-culture-2/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:17:39 -0500 Hi Everyone!

I’m forwarding this CFP for a collected volume on <i>Female and Queer Bodies in Speculative Fiction and Visual Culture</i> from Dra. María Gil Poisa (she/her/ella), Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Francesa y Alemana, Universidad de Oviedo.

For further inquiries, please contact the editors at gilmaria@uniovi.es and dma…[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]

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

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

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