SAH Commons | CPhotinos | Group Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/cphotinos/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which CPhotinos is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:43:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 db39cbbae8c7e4aaa131014be0eaa4a1 Tara Coleman started the topic CFP: Emancipatory Narratives and Academic Freedom in the Writing Classroom in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/cfp-emancipatory-narratives-and-academic-freedom-in-the-writing-classroom/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:07:28 -0500 Call for proposals for a guaranteed session for the 2027 MLA convention, sponsored by the Writing Pedagogies forum:

Seeking 250-word proposals exploring the impact of institutional and/or professional positionalities on how our students learn to interrogate dominant narratives in their writing. How do we emancipate students while recognizing our…[Read more]

]]> 0 331fdbb76ec0d66fd7caa3e7ff63e943 Berna Gueneli started the topic CF Applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Film Studies, UGA in the forum MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/cf-applications-for-the-position-of-assistant-professor-of-film-studies-uga/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:10:00 -0500 The Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Georgia welcomes applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Film Studies.

 

Area of specialization is open. Desired areas of specialization include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: global animation; cinemas of East, Southeast, South, or Western Asia and…[Read more]

]]> 0 bc23953ca41a5b0470b18ce556a91ae7 Guylian Nemegeer started the topic CFP - Incontri. Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani in the forum MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/cfp-incontri-rivista-europea-di-studi-italiani-3/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:03:43 -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]

]]> 0 61083f16359bfa9076f03dd6fa7c7efd Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-3/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:43:00 -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]

]]> 0 865c8bbd1e34f01f43d9a99b09cef71c Tara Coleman started the topic Calls for Proposals: MLA 2026 Convention in Toronto in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/calls-for-proposals-mla-2026-convention-in-toronto/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:33 -0500 The RCWS forum in Writing Pedagogies is organizing two panels for the MLA 2026 Convention in Toronto. Please reach out if you have questions or are interested in proposing something for either of these sessions!

Kinship, Care, and Writing Instruction
How do writing instructors foster connection across communities while navigating cultural and…[Read more]

]]> 0 5a78307870603761e7f686d7a1dd4e61 Jennifer Sano-Franchini started the topic SRTOL, Disciplinary Histories, and Equitable Futures in the forum RCWS History and Theory of Rhetoric https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/history-and-theory-of-rhetoric/forum/topic/srtol-disciplinary-histories-and-equitable-futures/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:08:48 -0500 Another panel that may be of interest:

SRTOL, Disciplinary Histories, and Equitable Futures

Friday, January 10, 3:30–4:45 PM, Churchill A2

  • CCCC in 1968: The Abundant History of Ernece B. Kelly and the Origins of the NCTE Taskforce on Racism and Bias
    Megan McIntyre, U of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • SRTOL and SRTOW: Abundant Resources for Giving F…

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]]> 0 5baba3cb88bdab951af5bc4b68af5f91 Jennifer Sano-Franchini started the topic Forum Session 1/11, 5:15–6:30 PM: Rhetorics of (In)Visibility and the Law in the forum RCWS History and Theory of Rhetoric https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/history-and-theory-of-rhetoric/forum/topic/forum-session-1-11-515-630-pm-rhetorics-of-invisibility-and-the-law/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:35:35 -0500 Please join us for our forum session, Rhetorics of (In)Visibility and the Law: Intersectional Perspectives from the Local to the National, to take place at MLA 2025 on Saturday, January 11 at 5:15–6:30 PM, Hilton Quarterdeck A. This panel will include the following presentations:

  • The Afro-Techno Jeremiad as a Challenge to Technological P…

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]]> 0 f1a395e94eadec711493539e1e0587c4 Jennifer Sano-Franchini started the topic Seeking Nominations: RCWS History & Theory of Rhetoric Forum Exec Comm in the forum RCWS History and Theory of Rhetoric https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/history-and-theory-of-rhetoric/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-rcws-history-theory-of-rhetoric-forum-exec-comm/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:05:14 -0500 We’re inviting nominations for an individual to serve as RCWS History & Theory of Rhetoric Forum Executive Committee Member, starting in January 2026. The term is five years in length. Executive Committee Members must have an active MLA membership. Self nominations are welcome and encouraged!

Please send your nomination or any questions to…[Read more]

]]> 0 2fefff99434499ac9c1c4efad33eb939 Doris Hambuch deposited Humorous Takes on Marriage in the UAE: Digital Comics, Social Media Comedy and Short Films in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1900965/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:11:04 -0400 This article investigates humorous representations of marriage in digital comics, standup comedy and short films created by Emirati artists and content creators who primarily rely on social media as their most effective form of distribution. Studied against theories of humor in the Western and the Arabic traditions, selected examples demonstrate…[Read more]

]]> 0 98412a2e171d72d17c3d1a23ff1aa1ce Doris Hambuch deposited Ways of Seeing Nujoom Alghanem’s Nearby Sky (سماء قريبة) and Sharp Tools (آلات حادة) as Docupoetry,Comment voir le ciel proche de Nujoom Alghanem (سماء قريبة) et les outils tranchants (آلات حادة) comme docupoésie in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1900963/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:05:42 -0400 This article proposes to establish a
sub-category called “docupoetry” to
classify the documentary films by
Emirati poet and filmmaker Nujoom
Alghanem. Detailed analysis of two
selected films, Sharp Tools (2017) and
Nearby Sky (2014), illustrates the
unique composition, cinematography,
and use of poetic devices, such
as rhythm, sym…[Read more]

]]> 0 4f9442367a2527580c0220213c974ab3 Susan Larson deposited Comfort and Domestic Space in Modern Spain in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890327/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:08:57 -0400 Comfort and domestic space are complex narratives that can help draw our attention to everything from urban planning, everyday objects, and new technologies to class conflict, racial and ethnic segregation, and the gendering of domestic labour. Comfort and Domestic Space in Modern Spain delves into the history of ideas surrounding the modern home.…[Read more]

]]> 0 94cd4edd2fc699e0ce59ff16b9868e8d Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New Article: Banal misogynism in Turkish media in the discussion MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/new-article-banal-misogynism-in-turkish-media/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:24:30 -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]

]]> 0 f82dffac1731931a4e77d0673a049b68 Tara Coleman started the topic Seeking Nominations for the RCWS Writing Pedagogies Form Committee in the discussion RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-the-rcws-writing-pedagogies-form-committee/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:45:56 -0500 The RCWS Writing Pedagogies Forum requests nominations for a new Executive Committee member! We’re seeking passionate individuals with a dedication to writing pedagogies to contribute to our community. Being on the committee allows you to participate in organizing guaranteed sessions for the MLA convention each January and generally engage in…[Read more]

]]> 0 b42e8544a63a68b55bc4e7f045f2c1ac Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New creative feminist work: A Misogynist Triptych from 1945 in the discussion MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/new-creative-feminist-work-a-misogynist-triptych-from-1945-17/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:09:30 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatma Fulya Tepe, from Istanbul Aydin University, Faculty of Education and Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Sweden’s Linnaeus University prepared “A Misogynist Triptych from 1945” based on cartoon material coming from the Turkish Boşboğaz (Bigmouth) Humor Gazette from 1945. This project was supported by…[Read more]

]]> 0 ca6579937e0f1cad7da5eb44a701f377 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman? in the discussion MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/new-article-osman-hamdi-bey-an-ottoman-orientalist-or-a-humanist-ottoman/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:52:38 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

Emeritus Prof. Dr. Per Bauhn from Linnaeus University, Sweden published an article titled “Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman?” in Nordic Review of Iconography.
I present the abstract of this article below and the article can be downloaded for free from the link b…[Read more]

]]> 0 098193ec95d4a758716c946e549c44c2 Sophie Christman deposited Alt-Burger: Transforming Populist Food Systems in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1861779/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 04:19:23 -0400 This article argues that there exists a problematic nexus between the industrial livestock industry, US food system policies, and American propagandist literature. The essay’s specific aim is to transform carnivorous appetites by subverting the integrity of America’s national gastronomic emblem – the hamburger. The article examines how hambu…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef7b41cccf02bd2f98f7d6e58e6f9304 Sophie Christman deposited * The Rise of Proto-Environmentalism in George Eliot in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1861770/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 04:05:28 -0400 The “Ilfracombe” journals, “Ex Oriente Lux,” and “A Minor Prophet” register the ways
in which George Eliot’s nineteenth-century nonfiction prose and poetry evidence
ecotheological concerns that are proto-environmental, concerns that are also
reflected in some of her novels. Employing an ecocritical methodology, this article
traces the…[Read more]

]]> 0 c78b7af6fcde8f0ae9d929f600528734 Hania A.M. Nashef deposited Against Stereotypical Representations: On young Saudi directors in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1857505/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 01:16:31 -0400 In his writing, Cultural theorist Stuart Hall has often argued that an image or a set of images has the capability of condensing a number of attributes into a single picture, producing a misleading representation of what other people and cultures are like. As a result, multiple stories evolve into the one story that is told repeatedly and usually…[Read more]

]]> 0 0966e777d6c4fbd83157f5cd4d04ce9d Carl Gelderloos posted an update in the group MS Visual Culture: Very happy to share that my article on Kracauer's […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1857371/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 16:22:41 -0400 Very happy to share that my article on Kracauer’s “Photography” essay (1927) and its weird use of Bachofen’s theory of the archaic matriarchy has just been published in The Germanic Review. E-prints here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CNSXEEHMUQYSFFXG3TZ9/full?target=10.1080/00168890.2023.2232511

]]> 0 21f7d508e367a9adafbb932ffc469994 Bradley J. Fest deposited Isn’t It a Beautiful Day? An Interview with J. Hillis Miller in the group LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847389/ Sat, 27 May 2023 03:15:26 -0400 This interview with esteemed literary critic J. Hillis Miller was conducted via Skype on July 17, 2013. Miller speaks about a number of issues important to his life and work. Providing a number of emblematic parables, Miller discusses his early career, his work on the poetry of William Carlos Williams, and his famous essay “The Critic as H…[Read more]

]]> 0 f746fdba991b01f88844310ee9302132 Bradley J. Fest deposited An Interview with Jonathan Arac in the group LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847384/ Sat, 27 May 2023 02:54:55 -0400 This interview with literary critic Jonathan Arac was conducted at the University of Pittsburgh on May 19, 2015. Arac, a member of the boundary 2 editorial collective since 1979, speaks at length about his life and work. Addressing the impact of theory on his career, he discusses how he came to be associated with the New Americanists, his project…[Read more]

]]> 0 c2f90519df2bcf48dc0873bd29aaeca1 Carl Gelderloos posted an update in the group MS Visual Culture: Very excited that my essay on Paul Scheerbart's Lesabéndio […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1843360/ Wed, 03 May 2023 00:32:43 -0400 Very excited that my essay on Paul Scheerbart’s Lesabéndio is now live on Modernism/modernity Print Plus! https://modernismmodernity.org/articles/gelderloos-nowhere-obstacle

]]> 0 41e35f228a654036588331d036bf18e2 Doris Hambuch deposited Bridges within the Arts: Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1835536/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:23:41 -0500 Tracing the collaboration between Dylan and Scorsese from the 1960s on to the Netflix original ‘The Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese’ (2019), this article argues that the mutual respect of the two artists rests on a shared contestation of borders between fact and fiction. In the spirit of romanticism, both Dylan and…[Read more]

]]> 0 f7ce4534bf8c669fcfabc4c87cded081 Hania A.M. Nashef deposited What Does a Nascent Film Movement of Popular Genres Reveal About Emirati Culture? in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1835478/ Sun, 26 Feb 2023 03:52:16 -0500 Despite a lack of a traditional cinema culture, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has recently witnessed an increase in film production. This rise can be attributed to a number of factors, not least of which, is the opening of movie theaters, the establishment of international film festivals and the arrival of film companies. These ventures have…[Read more]

]]> 0 c16f8593ffe3f2174fdf63eca8892160 Elizabeth Hutton started the topic RCWS Literacy Studies CFP for MLA 2024: Literacies of self-care in the discussion RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/history-and-theory-of-composition/forum/topic/rcws-literacy-studies-cfp-for-mla-2024-literacies-of-self-care-2/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:46:57 -0500 The RCWS Literacy Studies forum committee invites 250-word proposals addressing the MLA 2024 conference theme of celebration: joy and sorrow, with a focus on self-care literacies. What are the varied ways that instructors, artists, students, scholars, writers and readers enact and enable literacies of self-care? How do such literacies commemorate,…[Read more]

]]> 0 a4d56c4835684b1b5acd13047d8e2826 Sujata Iyengar deposited 'It was the best butter': Choosing the Right Journal for Your Work in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1829048/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 02:28:01 -0500 Series of Powerpoint slides. Background on the limited time of faculty at “the 99%” of institutions (Francisco and O’Dair) to conduct research and thus the importance of not wasting that labor by choosing inappropriate venues. Overview of types of journal, and suggestions for using reflection prompts, the MLA directory of Periodicals, and a…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ba3a72bea5207975b2f6dfe93fda9b5 John Gruesser deposited Humanities in Five: A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line PowerPoint in the group LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1827264/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 02:29:07 -0500 Based in the South throughout his career, the Black Baptist minister Sutton E. Griggs wrote nearly fifty books and pamphlets, including five novels, nearly all of which he issued through his own publishing companies. Griggs was a founder of American Baptist Theological Seminary, which several Civil Rights Movement leaders attended in the 1950s.…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e2f88d8ec93850ce6afbfb8f8c5a427 John Gruesser deposited Humanities in Five: A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line (Oxford University Press 2022) Text in the group LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1826931/ Sun, 18 Dec 2022 03:55:30 -0500 Based in the South throughout his career, the Black Baptist minister Sutton E. Griggs (1872-1933) wrote nearly fifty books and pamphlets, including five novels, almost all of which he issued through his own publishing companies. Griggs was a founder of American Baptist Theological Seminary, which several Civil Rights Movement leaders attended in…[Read more]

]]> 0 716e02d575f943eb196d2671b831c665 John Gruesser deposited Humanities in Five: A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line (Oxford University Press 2022) PowerPoint in the group LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1826928/ Sun, 18 Dec 2022 03:49:25 -0500 Based in the South throughout his career, the Black Baptist minister Sutton E. Griggs wrote nearly fifty books and pamphlets, including five novels, almost all of which he issued through his own publishing companies. Griggs was a founder of American Baptist Theological Seminary, which several Civil Rights Movement leaders attended in the 1950s.…[Read more]

]]> 0 460328415a1a1fb34069b16a2c3465ab Patrick Chura started the topic Call for Essays on African American Literature and Culture in the discussion LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/late-19th-and-early-20th-century-american/forum/topic/call-for-essays-on-african-american-literature-and-culture-2/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:46:04 -0400 The non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research. We are in the process of expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture.  

We’re interested in commissioning reference articles (2,000-…[Read more]

]]> 0 e56fd8c36d78233bfac73693ed241cff Adrienne Brown started the topic Visual Culture MLA Convention CFPs in the discussion MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/visual-culture/forum/topic/visual-culture-mla-convention-cfps/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:32:59 -0500 Below you’ll find four CFP’s for proposed panels sponsored by the Visual Culture Forum for this year’s MLA.  Please do circulate widely and consider contributing.

1- Visual Culture Forum seeks proposals for guaranteed MLA session, Women and Frames of Violence. How do women engage, practice and perform violence in visual culture? Considerations b…[Read more]

]]> 0 3b6855b826f5b4f20ce232cdc829d092 Rebecca Davis deposited Oops Token Example in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1771418/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:53:31 -0500 Example of how to set up a policy of Oops Tokens to build flexibility into attendance policies. This idea comes from the book Specifications Grading by Linda Nilson via Flower Darby’s book Small Teaching Online.

]]> 0 e50bf75d4e02b2440cf94dc363134c73 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2022 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/history-and-theory-of-composition/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2022-forum-delegate-election-45/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:10:34 -0500 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2022, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2022. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

]]> 0 df772ef0048e2a1e15e411787b9d0054 Rocío Quispe-Agnoli deposited Enigmas de la Nueva corónica y buen gobierno. in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1756116/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 02:36:03 -0400 This article reviews four crucial moments of the editorial life of Guaman Poma de Ayala’s “Nueva corónica y buen gobierno” [New Chronicle and Good Government], a 1189-page history of Peru before, during, and after the Spanish conquest. The chronicle includes 399 ink drawings made by the author. The essay also addresses unanswered questions…[Read more]

]]> 0 4f4671dda0576305857d448fe5c07c65 Rocío Quispe-Agnoli deposited Hablando desde el archivo colonial: Voces femeninas del Virreinato del Perú in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1756113/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 02:24:45 -0400 Invited contribution to the book-catalog “Libros y autores del virreinato del Perú (1542-1824)” [Books and authors of the Viceroyalty of Peru] that accompanies the one-year exhibit (same title as the book) at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid (Spain). The exhibit can be visited from September 2021-September 2022. This chapter addresses the…[Read more]

]]> 0 a3dd2cabe2be473e35820e8010f28d26 Susan Larson deposited Architecture and the Urban in Spanish Film in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1755734/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 03:54:38 -0400 Building on existing film and urban histories, this innovative volume examines Spanish cinema through contemporary interdisciplinary theories of urban space, the built environment, visuality and mass culture from the industrial through to the digital age. Architecture and the Urban in Spanish Film brings together the scholarship of an…[Read more]

]]> 0 614633f6d344298a94bfb8691447ad82 Hania A.M. Nashef deposited “The right to narrate”: Gazans contest popular geopolitics with film in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1750089/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 03:48:43 -0400 Since the Intifada of 2000, living conditions in the Gaza Strip have progressively deteriorated, and when Hamas came to power in 2006–07, a complete blockade was enforced on the inhabitants by Egypt and Israel. In addition, five full-scale wars have been
waged on the Strip. Despite these conditions, Gazans remain resilient, as evidenced by s…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ee1c50023b9d2241ed8e1d9cbbe5fe2 Sujata Iyengar deposited "Decolonizing" Milton and Spenser through Diasporic Interpreters in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1748189/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 03:53:19 -0400 Describes and provides examples of modules and assignments for a sophomore Brit Lit survey and an upper-division poetics class that responded to student demands for a more racially diverse canon. Includes a brief discussion of Lucius Henry Holsey, enslaved worker on the UGA campus, who claimed to have learned to read from Milton’s Paradise Lost…[Read more]

]]> 0 f664238784e34018bd30a7a513ef6cdb Ferdâ Asya started the topic CFP – AMERICAN WRITERS IN PARIS: THEN AND NOW - PROPOSALS BY AUGUST 31, 2021 in the discussion LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/late-19th-and-early-20th-century-american/forum/topic/cfp-american-writers-in-paris-then-and-now-proposals-by-august-31-2021-5/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:48:22 -0400 I am inviting original essays on the literary works written by American writers, who have lived in Paris from the 1800s to the present, for a book tentatively titled American Writers in Paris: Then and Now.

Although American expatriate literature in Paris is typified by the Lost Generation or the Jazz Age of the 1920s, Americans show a distinct…[Read more]

]]> 0 1b550c4a506560fbacbe68b3532ad8f4 Sujata Iyengar deposited Some Practices for Publishing the Precariat in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1736014/ Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:30:20 -0400 In this paper, in a panel co-sponsored by the MLA Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession and the Council of Editors of Learned Journals, I summarize some of the structural and practical problems that challenge contingent scholars when they try to publish their work in scholarly journals. I share the record of the online, multimedia,…[Read more]

]]> 0 5f83b8fbc7dcf878d0e7389acc594588 Anne Donlon replied to the topic Invitation to join a new Commons group on teaching remotely in the discussion RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/invitation-to-join-a-new-commons-group-on-teaching-remotely-6/#post-1026685 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:28:55 -0500 Apologies for the additional message. For some reason, the link broke in my original post. Here is the correct link: https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-remotely/.

]]> 0 8a1d2267cba1640ebbf079cc83de6f18 Joseph R. Millichap deposited “The Dark Mirror of Our Lives”: Richard Wright, 12 Million Black Voices, and Auto/biography in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1725626/ Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:29:51 -0500 First presented as a paper at the 2018 SAMLA Convention in Atlanta, this article will become a chapter of my book in progress on the photobooks of the 1930s and 1940s illustrated with the photographs of the Farm Security Administration.

]]> 0 91056d274fb092367455a47305e8156e Michael A. Burke deposited "Double the Fun: Implementing “Multiple Measures” and Accelerated Learning Program Simultaneously" in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1722364/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 03:51:44 -0500 This discusses the multi-year process of implementing co-requisite composition courses and establishing a multiple measures placement mechanism to determine which students need what kinds of developmental course work, if any. The end result was an increase in course pass rates and an increase in retention.

]]> 0 a181a2f7458ec32d1b0492ac354cbd51 Michael A. Burke deposited "Double the Fun: Implementing “Multiple Measures” and Accelerated Learning Program Simultaneously" in the group RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1722362/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 03:50:20 -0500 This discusses the multi-year process of implementing co-requisite composition courses and establishing a multiple measures placement mechanism to determine which students need what kinds of developmental course work, if any. The end result was an increase in course pass rates and an increase in retention.

]]> 0 a7379765026ace21d1dc4d728446c915 Hilary Sarat-St. Peter started the topic Candidate for Election to RCWS Pedagogies Forum in the discussion RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/candidate-for-election-to-rcws-pedagogies-forum/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 22:10:35 -0500 As I have been nominated to run for the election for the RCWS pedagogies forum executive committee, I would like to introduce myself via this forum.

I’m an associate professor of professional/technical writing in the department of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago, the largest nonprofit arts college in the US.  Much of my o…[Read more]

]]> 0 86ccf01fb06f2b1c65eb188db393489c Rocío Quispe-Agnoli deposited Mujeres en papel y tinta: identificación, automodelaje y remodelaje en el archivo colonial in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1716478/ Sat, 14 Nov 2020 04:05:29 -0500 Direct and indirect women’s access to the expression of their ideas and wishes on ink and paper has significantly contributed to the construction of the Latin American colonial archive. Nevertheless, this contribution to the area of Latin American women’s studies still remains little known and understudied. The colonial tradition of women’s autho…[Read more]

]]> 0 1f2d068d2a0140bfb30abeffcd0bd6ab Hania A.M. Nashef deposited “Giving a Face to the Silenced Victims: Recent Documentaries on Gaza” in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1716313/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 03:51:40 -0500 Often described as an open-air prison, the citizens of the Gaza Strip have long resisted a subaltern existence. Conditions in Gaza, and specifically since the Second Intifada of 2000, have increasingly worsened. With the advent of Hamas in 2006-2007, a complete blockade was imposed on the Strip. A deafening silence by the world has resulted in…[Read more]

]]> 0 a52ec621847e9eeb070c429e0c063990 Alex Mueller deposited The Places of Writing on the Multimodal Page in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1714418/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 02:27:23 -0400 Prior to the advent of the printing press, the page—the medieval manuscript page—was often complexly multimodal, containing elaborate scripts, rubrications, and illuminations; the medieval page was a multimedia experience for its community of readers, viewers, and listeners. Both writing and the page are, and always were, visual: rendered in mul…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ef536ed99de61c54f18dce58c2a31ea Alex Mueller deposited The Places of Writing on the Multimodal Page in the group RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1714417/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 02:25:52 -0400 Prior to the advent of the printing press, the page—the medieval manuscript page—was often complexly multimodal, containing elaborate scripts, rubrications, and illuminations; the medieval page was a multimedia experience for its community of readers, viewers, and listeners. Both writing and the page are, and always were, visual: rendered in mul…[Read more]

]]> 0 4a62580ffb9b2642994e636bfe91a127 Ellen Spolsky deposited Archetypes Embodied, Then and Now in the group MS Visual Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1713768/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:01:55 -0400 With the support of recent theorizing in evolutionary biology and anthropology, this essay refurbishes the term archetype for reuse, recognizing that it signals a painful cognitive failure. Examples are taken from The Terminator movies and pictures of the annunciation to Mary.

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