SAH Commons | Benjamin Saltzman | Group Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/bsaltzman/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Benjamin Saltzman is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:54:38 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 084a019d484abc583af12fbee2ccf294 Domna C. Stanton replied to the topic CFP for MLA 2027--Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2027-beyond-the-professoriat-the-broader-humanities-ecosystem/#post-1040987 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:36:47 -0400 Thank you so much for sending me this announcement about the topic your plan investigate with your panelists at the 2027 MLA. It is enormously  timely and interesting and I know  members will want to attend. Unfortunately  I am on leave as of the end of december 2026 and very eager to return to my book project which is way over due. So sosry ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 c96fe51d4c7136b1fd9cec12632aef84 James Dunn started the topic CFP: Two Panels on Global Englishes, AI, and Migration (MLA 2027) in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/cfp-two-panels-on-global-englishes-ai-and-migration-mla-2027-2/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:58:02 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

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

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 6739c2ab584c38cb231e23037f009b92 Laura Francis started the topic Call for Abstracts: MLA 2027 Panels for the LSL Language Change Forum in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/call-for-abstracts-mla-2027-panels-for-the-lsl-language-change-forum/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:14:57 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

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

Empowering Language Change

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

]]> 0 bb21278e78fea4dd03300ec625d6211f Ingrid Nelson started the topic MLA 2027 Chaucer Forum panels in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/mla-2027-chaucer-forum-panels/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:15:34 -0500 Dear Chaucerians,

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

]]> 0 0749dfc80a6f358679e9c008e39740c6 Laura Francis started the topic Nominations and Self-Nominations Invited for Delegate and Executive Committee in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/nominations-and-self-nominations-invited-for-delegate-and-executive-committee/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:09:00 -0500 Dear colleagues,

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

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

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

]]> 0 114ee83fce11a8960ee323c26b63d5cb Jack Dudley started the topic Black Studies and Spirituality (MLA 2027) in the forum TC Religion and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/black-studies-and-spirituality-mla-2027/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:29:22 -0500 Black Studies and Spirituality

This guaranteed online session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention invites papers on literary production and culture that occurs at the intersections of Black Studies and spirituality. How have texts by Black writers imagined, challenged, and embraced traditional, new, and…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 18eddb608fffee862a75ea355d51f8f0 William Viestenz started the topic City of Angels: Migration, Encounter, and New Forms of Faith (MLA 2027) in the forum TC Religion and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/city-of-angels-migration-encounter-and-new-forms-of-faith-mla-2027/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:22:51 -0500 For this guaranteed session of the TC Religion and Literature forum at the January 2027 MLA convention, we invite papers focusing on literatures of migration and spirituality. Given the convention’s location in Los Angeles, we especially welcome proposals that consider authors and texts with connections to LA and the city as a site of contact, d…[Read more]

]]> 0 e16ff38350b1015ec0ce696065f49325 Cynthia R. Wallace started the topic MLA TC Religion and Literature Executive Self-Nominations Invited in the forum TC Religion and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/mla-tc-religion-and-literature-executive-self-nominations-invited/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:45:37 -0500 The executive committee of TC Religion and Literature invites self-nominations for a five-year term on the executive committee beginning January 2027. Here’s a clarifying paragraph from the MLA:

 Forum executive committees appoint one new member annually to their committees. Members may suggest new committee members by writing or typing in the na…

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]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 ce6cb19cda7028716dd9ddca95f0ff87 Domna C. Stanton replied to the topic 2026 LSL Forum on Romance Linguistics in the forum LSL Linguistics and Literature via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/linguistics-and-literature/forum/topic/2026-lsl-forum-on-romance-linguistics/#post-1040637 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:57:41 -0500 Thanks so much for writing But I am not able To attend the conventionGood luck at the conventionBest ds

Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

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

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

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 8be7930d382da7ce211f5d7384176f6e Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-5/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:57:42 -0500 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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

]]> 0 ff6cf632af415a378b569ff2d6b6de44 Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-4/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 02:26:17 -0500 The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Executive Committee of the LSL Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning cordially invites you to our three (3) sessions at the MLA’s 2026 Annual Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

We look forward to seeing you and to your participation!

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

]]> 0 8837e72eb935955339045e16a296ce98 Peter Leman started the topic CFP: World Literature and Disappearance (Special Issue of ARIEL) in the forum TC Law and the Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/law-and-the-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-world-literature-and-disappearance-special-issue-of-ariel-2/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:33:49 -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]

]]> 0 67d51d9face4d40029856fc7fe1fcbe8 Heng Du started the topic Respondent/panelist for guaranteed panel on premodern temporality (MLA26) in the forum CLCS Medieval https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/medieval/forum/topic/respondent-panelist-for-guaranteed-panel-on-premodern-temporality-mla26/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:10:54 -0400 We are hoping to recruit a scholar outside of Chinese studies to participate in this comparative panel. I included below a draft of its description, which can be further tailored according to your interests/suggestions:

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

As a comparative study of…[Read more]

]]> 0 e1710a5c1c5f873429e0d70337b99b99 Heng Du started the topic MLA2026 Guaranteed panel on premodern temporality in search of respondent/panel in the forum TC Religion and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/mla2026-guaranteed-panel-on-premodern-temporality-in-search-of-respondent-panel/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:36:53 -0400 We are hoping to recruit a scholar outside of Chinese studies to participate in this comparative panel. All three papers so far deal with temporality in the religious context, and we will probably highlight this dimension in the finalized panel description. I included below a draft that can be further tailored according to your…[Read more]

]]> 0 d3c5c387861b64491bd6b61901c6da0c Laura Francis started the topic LSL Language Change - Call for Papers - MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/lsl-language-change-call-for-papers-mla-2026-7/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:20:20 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

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

Pedagogy and Intergenerational Language Change

How do linguistic features passed…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 e0f5b92dc79b61535ec1f51a1ecfec05 Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Chapters – Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing in the forum TM Literary Criticism https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/literary-criticism/forum/topic/call-for-chapters-scripting-selves-new-directions-in-life-writing-6/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:40:01 -0500 Scripting Selves: New Directions in Life Writing
Editors: P. Muralidhar Sharma & Shashibhusan Nayak

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

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 3918a3d272e559d916907e66de3bab39 Inés Vañó García started the topic LSL Language and Society: Calls for Papers in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/lsl-language-and-society-calls-for-papers-13/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:41:28 -0500 (Re)thinking AI on Language Pedagogy: Discourses of Resemblances & Disparities (Online)
Papers should critically address AI’s impact on language pedagogy, focusing on resemblances and disparities between AI-driven and “more traditional” approaches; i.e. AI’s role in language learning, assessment, cultural biases, and ethical implications. Send 30…[Read more]

]]> 0 01a68f0c095b1312bf4581a4abf45e54 Ingrid Nelson started the topic MLA 2026: LLC Chaucer panels in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/mla-2026-llc-chaucer-panels/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:37:48 -0500 Here are the short and long CFPs for the 2026 MLA. (Deadlines: 10 March & 15 March). Please consider submitting a proposal!

  1. Chaucerian Attention Economies

 

Format: Roundtable

Short CFP

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

]]> 0 33888d84e72b2b8d428fe770b1d4d82a Laura Francis started the topic CFP for MLA 2026 in the forum LSL Language Change https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/language-change/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2026/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:24:43 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

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

Family Resemblances in Language Contact and Change

How do languages evolve…[Read more]

]]> 0 8e31108f736f4fd5332721c27565549b Stefania Irene Sini uploaded the file: CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN), Wuppertal, Germany, September 29 - October 2, 2025 to TM Literary Criticism https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1912534/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:18:06 -0500 In view of the rampant use of the term ‘narrative’, which often enough lacks a precise meaning, it is time to take a critical look at its limits. The 8th ENN conference in Wuppertal (Germany) is dedicated to this reflection on the concept of narrative in order to sharpen it by defining its boundaries: Which phenomena cannot be appropriately lab…[Read more]

]]> 0 13299da5e81f7fc1048c2028b8739199 Shakil Rabbi started the topic CFP for Language and Society's Sponsored Session at the 2026 MLA Conference in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/cfp-for-language-and-societys-sponsored-session-at-the-2026-mla-conference/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:39:13 -0500 The Language and Society Forum is calling for papers for our sponsored session at the 2026 MLA Conference. We are seeking examinations of world languages and nationalisms in terms of their family resemblances across social, community, and individual domains, with special attention to their discursive and material developments. 300-word abstracts…[Read more]

]]> 0 e4db8fe48eecfe98104fadb1e7936b51 Cynthia R. Wallace started the topic CFP: Religion, Literature, and Palestinian Liberation (MLA 2026) in the forum TC Religion and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-religion-literature-and-palestinian-liberation-mla-2026/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:35:48 -0500 <p style=”font-weight: 400;”>For this guaranteed session of the January 2026 MLA convention, the TC Religion and Literature forum invites proposals that focus on literatures of Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora, especially in their engagements with religion, interfaith encounters, justice, and liberation movements. As members of the MLA…[Read more]

]]> 0 562c560d4a8a1016ea953f8931cdbebd Cynthia R. Wallace started the topic CFP: Brave Sermons: Religious Speech and the Struggle for Justice (MLA 2026) in the forum TC Religion and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-brave-sermons-religious-speech-and-the-struggle-for-justice-mla-2026/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:31:55 -0500 <p style=”font-weight: 400;”>Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Budde’s January 2025 inauguration sermon sparked both praise and critique, shining light on the contested role of religious speech in public discourse and its relation to justice and good governance. As Elizabeth Ammons writes in Brave New Words: How Literature Will Save the Planet (2010), r…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 f0369cd34af62690abd75124ce43dc91 María Herrera-Sobek replied to the topic MLA Religion and Literature Executive self-nominations invited in the forum TC Religion and Literature via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/mla-religion-and-literature-executive-self-nominations-invited/#post-1039403 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:35:19 -0500 Dear Professor Cynthia Wallace,
I am responding to your invitation to self-nominate for the position in the
MLA Executive Committee for the forum TC Religion and Literature.
Much of my research has focused on the Virgin of Guadalupe in the Mexican
ballad and the Mexican Christmas plays or Pastorelas.
Thanking you,
Maria Herrera-Sobek
Professor…[Read more]

]]> 0 52a949909c4ab7e8bc0768b74531d41b Cynthia R. Wallace started the topic MLA Religion and Literature Executive self-nominations invited in the forum TC Religion and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/religion-and-literature/forum/topic/mla-religion-and-literature-executive-self-nominations-invited/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:55:46 -0500 The executive committee of TC Religion and Literature invites self-nominations for a five-year term on the executive committee beginning January 2026. Here’s a clarifying paragraph from the MLA:

<i data-olk-copy-source=”MessageBody”>Appointments</i>. Forum executive committees appoint one new member annually to their committees. Members may…[Read more]

]]> 0 464e9aab5f08d9102b94e628d5f4c110 Katherine S. Flowers started the topic 2025 Global English Panels in the forum LSL Global English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/global-english/forum/topic/2025-global-english-panels/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:00:51 -0500 The LSL Global English Forum has two sponsored panels at this year’s MLA Convention in New Englishes. If you’re interested in linguistic justice, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, TESOL, writing studies, or literary studies, these presentations are for you.

Session 358 – Global Englishes in the Public Sphere

Friday, Janua…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 b22102483166f405a14cd651e1eb324e Ted Laros started the topic Session on "War, Literature, and Human Rights" at MLA 2025 in the forum TC Law and the Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/law-and-the-humanities/forum/topic/session-on-war-literature-and-human-rights-at-mla-2025/ Sat, 04 Jan 2025 11:10:31 -0500 All are welcome to join our session on “War, Literature, and Human Rights” at the 2025 MLA Annual Convention in New Orleans. The session is an initiative of research group “Literature, Law and Society” and was made possible with the financial support of the Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies:

703 – War, Literature, and Human Righ…[Read more]

]]> 0 3ea6f3e936d32e3c53a0bc39e43b9f0b Megan Cook started the topic Chaucer @ MLA 2025, and call for nominations in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/chaucer-mla-2025-and-call-for-nominations/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:13:56 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I hope you are all enjoying some restful time with loved ones as 2024 draws to a close. The Executive Committee of the Chaucer 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 2026 to January 2031.  Only current MLA members are e…[Read more]

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

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

]]> 0 371019595bee6911e1877c459cfa3fb5 Nahir Otano Gracia started the topic On Palestine and Medieval Studies in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/on-palestine-and-medieval-studies/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:38:31 -0400 Medievalists of Color have issued a statement on Palestine and Medieval Studies and they call for a boycott of the Medieval Academy of America.

You can read the full statement here

]]> 0 f311db3e78c2cfcf8df25aa294057faa Nahir Otano Gracia started the topic On Palestine and the Medieval Academy of America in the forum CLCS Medieval https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/medieval/forum/topic/on-palestine-and-the-medieval-academy-of-america/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:23:35 -0400 Medievalists of Color have issued a statement on Palestine and the Medieval Academy of America (MAA). They call for a boycott of the MAA

You can read the full statement here.

]]> 0 df53f202662622bd32d4256ed930d961 Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Join the tabula gratulatoria for a festschrift for Karla Taylor! in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/join-the-tabula-gratulatoria-for-a-festschrift-for-karla-taylor-2/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:30:24 -0400 Passing this on 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 literature…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 77154ac068a920a21bfd9d81f27a369e Donald W. Wood started the topic Iberia and Mediterranean-themed sessions: ICMS, Kalamazoo, 2025 in the forum CLCS Medieval https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/medieval/forum/topic/iberia-and-mediterranean-themed-sessions-icms-kalamazoo-2025/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:34:12 -0400 A comprehensive list of Iberia and Mediterranean-themed sessions at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 2025

See complete Call for Papers page here: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2025/cfp.cgi

1. Body and Mind in Medieval Iberia (hybrid) Sponsoring Organization: Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA)…[Read more]

]]> 0 15d049d2a03dcd6225e907cc21089a72 Martha Dana Rust started the topic CfP: Divergence and Interconnectivity: Premodernity in Five Objects in the forum LLC Chaucer https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/chaucer/forum/topic/cfp-divergence-and-interconnectivity-premodernity-in-five-objects-5/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:47:53 -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]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 03158f0036249fcd0239fd5e6103c0d6 Martha Dana Rust started the topic CfP: Divergence and Interconnectivity: Premodernity in Five Objects in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-divergence-and-interconnectivity-premodernity-in-five-objects-2/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:15:02 -0400 Medieval and Renaissance Center
New York University

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

Divergence and Interconnectivity: Global Premodernity in Five Objects

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

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