SAH Commons | Douglas E. Green | Group Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/greendouglas/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Douglas E. Green is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:37:02 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 36a26344cc3920444f5be8a412b2cade Cynthia Chase replied to the topic DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING - CFP MLA 2027 in the forum GS Drama and Performance via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/deadline-fast-approaching-cfp-mla-2027/#post-1040991 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:40:39 -0400 That is: How long is the paper I would deliver supposed to be? How many pages? (It used to be 15-20 minutes, always a strain to condense it to that.)

From: Cynthia Chase <noreply@hcommons.org>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2026 6:30 AM
To: Cynthia Chase <cc97@cornell.edu>
Subject: [MLA Commons] re: DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING – CFP MLA 2027 (GS Drama and…[Read more]

]]> 1 cd1688f61d0a43626779f8fd963d4f78 Cynthia Chase replied to the topic DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING - CFP MLA 2027 in the forum GS Drama and Performance via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/deadline-fast-approaching-cfp-mla-2027/#post-1040990 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:28:41 -0400 I’m thinking about it. I just arrived in Paris and am jet-lagged and have only 3 days to meet the Friday Mar. 20 deadline. I need to know exactly how long the paper should be, in terms of minutes and in terms of pages.

My paper would be about the power of resistance in differentiated productions (in the process of re-canonization) of, in p…[Read more]

]]> 0 04ee16898b00419ad5fd7a642dc2b1b7 Sharon Lois Mazer started the topic DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING - CFP MLA 2027 in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/deadline-fast-approaching-cfp-mla-2027/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:59:11 -0400 Dear Colleagues

Please do consider proposing a paper for the panel below. Reach out if you have ideas or questions you’d like to discuss. Thanks!

*****

Beyond Emancipation? Stages of Protest, Resistance, and Agency for the 21st Century

How might theatre and performance come to confront the global rise of populism, while setting the stage for,…[Read more]

]]> 0 20d457672d9297e9a3e980500064c9e4 Jennifer Buckley started the topic 2026 Summer Shaw Symposium (July 24-26) CFP in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/2026-summer-shaw-symposium-july-24-26-cfp/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:30:36 -0500 <p class=”p1″>The International Shaw Society and the Shaw Festival warmly invite scholars and theatre artists to the annual summer Shaw Symposium, which will take place July 24-26 in Niagara- on-the-Lake, Ontario,Canada. Registration is free for ISS members.</p>
<p class=”p1″>Focused on Bernard Shaw’s writings, his legacies, and his c…[Read more]

]]> 0 a8a62bb169ed59bc2daedd99a6aa2979 Ju Yon Kim started the topic New committee member and delegate assembly representative nominations welcome! in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/new-committee-member-and-delegate-assembly-representative-nominations-welcome/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:57:54 -0500 Dear Drama and Performance Forum Members,

I’m writing on behalf of the Forum Executive Committee to solicit nominations (self-nominations welcome) for appointing 1) an additional member to the committee, starting January 2027, and 2) the forum’s delegate assembly representative. Please see below for more information.

#1: Annual new app…[Read more]

]]> 0 209e48696653b95d79fdc6f3795ee3cc Setsuko Yokoyama started the topic MLA 2027 CFP: Aural Reorientations, or Sound Studies as Listening Otherwise in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-aural-reorientations-or-sound-studies-as-listening-otherwise/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:35:39 -0500 Dear Sound Studies Communities,

The MS Sound Forum executive committee has just published the CFP for our guaranteed session at MLA 2027. We look forward to receiving many of your proposals! :- )

Sincerely,
Setsuko

]]> 0 ccc6ba8693df1bfa74b8183c72475427 Robert Nguyen started the topic CFPs for MLA 2027 Adaptation Studies Forum panels in the forum TC Adaptation Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/adaptation-studies/forum/topic/cfps-for-mla-2027-adaptation-studies-forum-panels/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:57:46 -0500 Please find below CFPs for panels the TC Adaptation Studies executive committee is organizing for submission to the 2027 MLA Annual Convention, which will be held from 7 to 10 January in Los Angeles. Please feel free to share with interested folks and send us your proposals!

Rob
<p style=”font-weight: 400;”>Robert Nguyen (he/him/his) </p>
<p…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ea640888bd7c2b1aa8e43d6a820a513 Alexa Alice Joubin started the topic CFP: Virtuality, Embodiment, and Meaning-Making in AI in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/cfp-virtuality-embodiment-and-meaning-making-in-ai-6/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:55:05 -0500 <p style=”text-align: center;”>Call for Papers</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Critical AI (Duke University Press)</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Virtuality, Embodiment, and Meaning-Making in AI Technologies</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Special cluster edited by Alexa Alice Joubin</p>
 

This special issue cluster calls on…[Read more]

]]> 0 6bf689b8ce758c33f230c63e72b3bed0 Alexa Alice Joubin started the topic CFP: Virtuality, Embodiment, and Meaning-Making in AI in the forum LLC Shakespeare https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/shakespeare/forum/topic/cfp-virtuality-embodiment-and-meaning-making-in-ai-3/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:50:45 -0500 <p style=”text-align: center;”>Call for Papers</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Critical AI (Duke University Press)</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Virtuality, Embodiment, and Meaning-Making in AI Technologies</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Special cluster edited by Alexa Alice Joubin</p>
 

This special issue cluster calls on…[Read more]

]]> 0 c816b817b008b4edcd8fee8466805037 Alexa Alice Joubin started the topic CFP: Virtuality, Embodiment, and Meaning-Making in AI in the forum MS Screen Arts and Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/screen-arts-and-culture/forum/topic/cfp-virtuality-embodiment-and-meaning-making-in-ai/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:48:02 -0500 <p style=”text-align: center;”>Call for Papers</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Critical AI (Duke University Press)</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Virtuality, Embodiment, and Meaning-Making in AI Technologies</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Special cluster edited by Alexa Alice Joubin</p>
 

This special issue cluster calls on…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0d0caa70655bbd0ee0202651d99f7de Sharon Lois Mazer started the topic CFP - MLA 2027 in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/cfp-mla-2027/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 03:16:37 -0500 Beyond Emancipation? Stages of Protest, Resistance, and Agency for the 21st Century

How might theatre and performance come to confront the global rise of populism, while setting the stage for, and potentially provoking a reconceptualization of, emancipatory ways of being in the world? 250-word abstracts, brief bios.

Deadline for…[Read more]

]]> 0 98b81d8b4730677312b241b595ee0a27 Emmanuel Buzay started the topic Call for Papers: Using Videogames to Learn Languages and Explore Cultures in the forum Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/call-for-papers-using-videogames-to-learn-languages-and-explore-cultures/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:07:09 -0500 Why do videogames captivate so many learners across the world? In Who is afraid of videogames? (2008), French psychoanalyst Serge Tisseron argues that games resonate because they tap into universal human impulses: the desire to transform, to explore, and to experience the thrill of immersion. These impulses cross borders, making videogames one of…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ff7fca4cbefb3a9a31dfb533aea9b08 Scott Poulson-Bryant started the topic Nominations for New Member for Forum Executive Committee in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/nominations-for-new-member-for-forum-executive-committee-3/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 17:42:53 -0500 Dear Drama and Performance Forum Members,

I’m writing on behalf of the Forum Executive Committee to solicit nominations (self-nominations welcome) for appointing an additional member to the committee. Annual new appointments are completed in March. If you’d like to be considered, please email me directly at scottpb@umich.edu with your int…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 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

]]> 0 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.

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 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

]]> 1 6fad06b989a1c4507a46544a7cf8f68f Sharon Tran started the topic Aging into/with Memory Loss in the forum TC Age Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/age-studies/forum/topic/aging-into-with-memory-loss/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:18:59 -0500 Please join us for this session organized by the Age Studies Forum, which explores alternative ways of imagining aging and memory loss beyond a negative, deficit framework. This session will convene in person on Friday, January 9 from 5:15-6:30pm in Room 803A of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  Below is a list of our panelists and the title…[Read more]

]]> 0 08d481c820d78d217ea43493f6f59868 Sharon Tran started the topic Age and Political Protest in the forum TC Age Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/age-studies/forum/topic/age-and-political-protest/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:39:51 -0500 Please join us for this session organized by the Age Studies Forum, which explores the intersections of age and political protest. This session will convene in person on Thursday, January 8 from 3:30-4:45pm in Room 604 of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  Below is a list of our roundtable panelists and the title of their talks:

  • Susan Ha…

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]]> 0 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.”

]]> 0 a08bc0563ba2c56c3663cdc183a8043e William J. Spurlin created the doc Call for Papers: African Literature Association 2026 Conference in the group TC Sexuality Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1936465/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:35:30 -0500 0 1892c7f56b398edf0c5c5e82806be2a9 William J. Spurlin created the doc Call for Papers: African Literature Association 2026 Conference in the group TC Sexuality Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1936464/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:32:29 -0500 0 af63f8f4b62cea686a3c503973cc1f75 Brian Croxall started the topic CFP: Pedagogy Poster session for Digital Humanities 2026 conference, South Korea in the forum Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/cfp-pedagogy-poster-session-for-digital-humanities-2026-conference-south-korea/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:12:01 -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]

]]> 0 696d7804a71b4ab0c022143dc9aa9fea Leah Anderst started the topic Upcoming MLA Round Table: "Bad" Adaptations - speakers and abstracts in the forum TC Adaptation Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/adaptation-studies/forum/topic/upcoming-mla-round-table-bad-adaptations-speakers-and-abstracts/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:21:44 -0500 Greetings! I’m posting here to share information on our upcoming round table at the MLA Convention in Toronto. “Bad” Adaptations, session 423, will take place in-person on Saturday Jan 10th, 10:15am-11:30am in Room: MTCC – 716A. I hope to see folks there! – Leah Anderst

This six-speaker roundtable, which is sponsored by the Adaptation Forum and…[Read more]

]]> 0 f6ac77afccd2484fb7f86b9da96c0549 Inés Vañó García started the topic CFP - Openness in Language Education in the forum Digital Pedagogy https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-pedagogy/forum/topic/cfp-openness-in-language-education-4/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:40:01 -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]

]]> 0 c8b2a73e1808fbbc74cee42424de5f98 Berna Gueneli started the topic CF Applicants: Assistant Professor of Film Studies, UGA, Athens, due 1/15/26 in the forum MS Screen Arts and Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/screen-arts-and-culture/forum/topic/cf-applicants-assistant-professor-of-film-studies-uga-athens-due-1-15-26/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:47:57 -0500 <span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Georgia welcomes applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Film Studies. </span>

 

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Area of specialization is open. Desired areas of specialization include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 b5412b4a8231677c9500557177f42efb Sarah Balkin started the topic CFP: IFTR 2026 at the University of Melbourne in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/cfp-iftr-2026-at-the-university-of-melbourne/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 02:30:19 -0400 Submissions to the 2026 IFTR Conference “What Theatre Does” will open Saturday, November 1, 2025.

 

Over time and across cultures, performance has variously been said to beguile, celebrate, empower, entertain, exalt, instruct, oppress, provoke, purify, moralise, remember, subvert, transfigure, and welcome. 

 

But does it real…[Read more]

]]> 0 348afd253ba702abdce5b0cd9cb9a772 Sharon Lois Mazer started the topic CFP: MLA Toronto 2026 in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/cfp-mla-toronto-2026/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 21:53:00 -0400 So much drama! The view from abroad: a roundtable

How does the current dramatic state of the American union appear as performance, especially when projected to audiences beyond USA borders? How might the spectacle broadcast from the USA seem to shape socio-political performances elsewhere?

 

Deadline for submissions (extended): 7 September…[Read more]

]]> 0 6f857c771cd76cdfcf61330a36028b65 Aparna Dharwadker started the topic Publication of COSMO-MODERNISM AND THEATER IN INDIA (Columbia UP, 2025) in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/publication-of-cosmo-modernism-and-theater-in-india-columbia-up-2025/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:27:59 -0400 Dear colleagues: I am happy to announce the publication of my monograph, Cosmo-Modernism and Theater in India: Writing and Staging Multilingual Modernisms, in the Modernist Latitudes Series at Columbia University Press. Paula Krebs confirmed that we can share such news with the Forum membership, so I look forward to similar posts from other…[Read more]

]]> 0 619d74ca55798701cebc4e1a0e9e084d Jennifer Stoever started the topic Recommendation for real-world assignment with Wiki Education! (not spam!) in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/recommendation-for-real-world-assignment-with-wiki-education-not-spam/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:45:32 -0400 <span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Dear all,</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>I wanted to share with everyone a high-impact teaching opportunity that has added a lot to my own classroom – the </span><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Wikipedia assignment</span><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>. </span>

I have had great success and enjoyment fr…[Read more]

]]> 0 ee658bc86a722c27351a576af5880a22 Jennifer Stoever started the topic CFP: Hate and NonHuman Listening, Due 14 July 2025 in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/cfp-hate-and-nonhuman-listening-due-14-july-2025/ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:15:47 -0400 Call for Proposals
Hate and NonHuman Listening
A Guest Series for Sounding Out! guest edited by Kathryn Huether
Submission Deadline: Monday, July 14, 2025, by 11:59pm PDT

Please send a proposed title and 300–350 word abstract to: kathryn.huether@gmail.com
Final pieces should be ~1200 words. Four will be selected for publication.

We invite subm…[Read more]

]]> 0 f2abc3a6ad564a418ef1822a9abe18df Lisa Nalbone started the topic CFP: Amplifying Women’s Voices of Resistance in the forum TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/cfp-amplifying-womens-voices-of-resistance-2/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:06:21 -0400 CFP for “Amplifying Women’s Voices of Resistance: Challenging Power, Shaping Change”, for a special issue of the South Atlantic Review: The Journal of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association.

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

]]> 0 fb341b8fae190e2c93f935005efacd77 Heng Du started the topic Guaranteed panel on premodern temporality in search of respondent/panelist in the forum CLCS Classical and Modern https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/classical-and-modern/forum/topic/guaranteed-panel-on-premodern-temporality-in-search-of-respondent-panelist/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:55:49 -0400 <b>Natural Time and Human Narratives: Competing Temporal Orders in the Premodern World</b><b></b>

As a comparative study of clashing temporal orders in past contexts, this panel aims to challenge the stereotyped conception of the premodern as ponderous and static. Existing papers explore early empires’ endeavors to harness cosmic time to cr…[Read more]

]]> 0 5c96bcc39400711eaf75e3b668f81da6 Sarah Balkin started the topic MLA Drama and Performance 2026 CFPs in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/mla-drama-and-performance-2026-cfps/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:33:21 -0400 <div class=”html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd”>
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]]> 0 b877a6cf3316f13060c8bcaf632c4055 Robert Nguyen started the topic MLA 2026 CFPs, TC Adaptation Studies forum in the forum MS Screen Arts and Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/screen-arts-and-culture/forum/topic/mla-2026-cfps-tc-adaptation-studies-forum/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:39:32 -0400 Good morning,

Good morning,

As I thought they may be of interest to folks working in Screen Arts and Culture, I am posting here info on the panels that the TC Adaptation Studies forum will be sponsoring for the 2026 MLA convention. Also included is further detail on the panel we are co-sponsoring with the GS Comics and Graphic Narratives…[Read more]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 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 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]

]]> 0 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]

]]> 0 ad3a4f55f7fe48a0b41921495368c2b4 Setsuko Yokoyama started the topic MLA 2026 CFP – Clapping Back in the forum MS Sound https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/sound/forum/topic/mla-2026-cfp-clapping-back-2/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:34:05 -0500 Dear MS Sound Forum,

I write on behalf of the MS Sound Forum Executive Committee members to share the MLA2026 CFP “Clapping Back: Responses from Sound Studies to Censorship & Silencing.” Please consider applying & help spread the word :- )

Sincerely,
Setsuko

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]]> 0 2d73377fa4d72374152955a0702f2bd7 Robert Nguyen started the topic 2026 MLA CFP Detail: Adaptation and Opposition through Comics in the forum TC Adaptation Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/adaptation-studies/forum/topic/2026-mla-cfp-detail-adaptation-and-opposition-through-comics/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:14:02 -0500 Good morning,

Please find below details on the “Adaptation and Opposition through Comics” panel, a collaboration between the MLA’s TC Adaptation Studies Forum and the GS Comics and Graphic Narratives Forum. We encourage you to share this widely and look forward to reading your proposals!

All the best,

Rob

Assistant Professor of…[Read more]

]]> 0 b304a02839bc399bdce21bb9230098f5 Robert Nguyen started the topic 2026 MLA CFPs, TC Adaptation Studies in the forum TC Adaptation Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/adaptation-studies/forum/topic/2026-mla-cfps-tc-adaptation-studies/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:08:51 -0500 Greetings,

I’m writing to share three panels in the works and sponsored by the Adaptation Studies Forum for the Modern Language Association Convention in Toronto, 8-11 January 2026. Please feel free to share with interested folks and send us your proposals!

Rob

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1. ‎Adaptation and Opposition through Comics
How do comics adaptations riff o…[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 e94efe99d5b627aed803ba118342e062 Tanya Shilina-Conte started the topic New Book: Black Screens, White Frames: Gilles Deleuze and the Filmmaking Machine in the forum MS Screen Arts and Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/screen-arts-and-culture/forum/topic/new-book-black-screens-white-frames-gilles-deleuze-and-the-filmmaking-machine-4/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 03:38:23 -0500 Black Screens, White Frames: Gilles Deleuze and the Filmmaking Machine by Tanya Shilina-Conte is now available from Oxford University Press<u>: </u><u>https://global.oup.com/academic/product/black-screens-white-frames-9780197511336?cc=us&lang=en&#</u&gt;
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]]> 0 c3704e0d64890279b554fff3dd635de9 Sarah Balkin started the topic Self-nominations for the Forum's Delegate Assembly representative in the forum GS Drama and Performance https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/drama-and-performance/forum/topic/self-nominations-for-the-forums-delegate-assembly-representative/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:10:18 -0500 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2025. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who has been suggested by the forum’s membership (unless there are too few suggestions). I write to encourage you to submit you…[Read more]

]]> 0 e41e22f4d8cc5b93c3703f6b53616fdb Sharon Tran replied to the topic Disability in Older Age: Literary Models of Care and Control (Session 332) in the forum TC Age Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/age-studies/forum/topic/disability-in-older-age-literary-models-of-care-and-control-session-332/#post-1039271 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:35:10 -0500 Here is a link to my presider remarks, including the panelists’ bios.

]]> 0 fc03dcf47fa3f5a2acc79ecc4a452ba3 Cynthia R. Port started the topic Disability in Older Age: Literary Models of Care and Control (Session 332) in the forum TC Age Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/age-studies/forum/topic/disability-in-older-age-literary-models-of-care-and-control-session-332/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:16:57 -0500 This session, sponsored by the Disability Studies Forum (in collaboration with the Age Studies Forum), will take place on Friday, January 10th, 1:45-3:00 pm, Salon 18, Hilton Riverside, New Orleans. Sharon Tran will be presiding. We are pleased to share related materials via attachments below:

  1. Chris Gabbard, “Truth or Trickery in the Name of…

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]]> 0 ab12880610d97d38db5481bb19745cdb Sharon Tran replied to the topic Age and/as Disability in the forum TC Age Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/age-studies/forum/topic/age-and-as-disability/#post-1039251 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:10:12 -0500 Here is a link to my presider remarks, including our panelists’ bios.

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