SAH Commons | Ruth Osorio | Group Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/ruthieoo/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Ruth Osorio is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:56:09 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 872f9781aeed68328acafa4d0fb2b887 Lee B. Abraham started the topic MLA 2026 Sessions: LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum in the forum HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/mla-2026-sessions-lsl-second-language-teaching-and-learning-forum-7/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:12:57 -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 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 0185a279590f9ea1062a28f28e6f6d61 Luisa Canuto replied to the topic Teaching Assistant Professor of World Languages & Humanities Technologies in the forum HEP Teaching as a Profession via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/teaching-assistant-professor-of-world-languages-humanities-technologies/#post-1040406 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:52:50 -0500 Inserisco anche dei quizzetti di pratica pre-esame che possono esser utili

]]> 0 d1db803031ee32ae9d90adff100698c0 Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Teaching Assistant Professor of World Languages & Humanities Technologies in the forum HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/teaching-assistant-professor-of-world-languages-humanities-technologies/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:43:33 -0500 Please see the attached job ad and share widely.

]]> 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>

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]]> 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 e9842911203212376a9c4714702b8a5c Lauren Rocha replied to the topic CFPs for 2026 from the MLA Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/cfps-for-2026-from-the-mla-committee-on-disability-issues-in-the-profession/#post-1039578 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:11:03 -0500 Disability, Belonging, and Family

This session seeks abstracts that address how disability and the concept of family encompass different experiences across relationships, communities, and texts. These proposals can either draw from lived experiences or address portrayals of disability in families in literature, TV shows, film, and other content.…[Read more]

]]> 0 209b5ed37e685333516a2bf3e34c36a0 Junting Huang replied to the topic CFPs for 2026 from the MLA Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/cfps-for-2026-from-the-mla-committee-on-disability-issues-in-the-profession/#post-1039555 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:39:24 -0500 Impairment Theory

This session invites proposals that explore personal and phenomenological accounts of impairment—not merely as a physical condition of illness or disability but as an embodied experience that generates cultural, social, and political insights.

While disability studies have long critiqued the social structures that create d…[Read more]

]]> 0 6676123f4cef90a92bbfdd8a8c425306 Terry Callaghan started the topic CFPs for 2026 from the MLA Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/cfps-for-2026-from-the-mla-committee-on-disability-issues-in-the-profession/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:08:13 -0500 MLA Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession: Calls for Papers
Impairment Theory
Papers exploring personal and/or phenomenological accounts of impairment—not as physical conditions of illness or disability but as embodied experiences that generate cultural, social, and political insights for scholarship. Submit a 250-word abstract by the d…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2ccb37276370a28fa466b27be89e5a7 Sharon Tran replied to the topic Disability in Older Age: Literary Models of Care and Control in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/disability-in-older-age-literary-models-of-care-and-control/#post-1039293 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:46:01 -0500 See attached for the digital access copy to Sophia’s paper.

]]> 0 c537103403f467b912ed1323d4567fef Sharon Tran replied to the topic Disability in Older Age: Literary Models of Care and Control in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/disability-in-older-age-literary-models-of-care-and-control/#post-1039272 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:36:11 -0500 Here is a link to my presider remarks, including our panelists’ bios.

]]> 0 97605f8a38d93efe945eedce18e16389 Cynthia R. Port started the topic Disability in Older Age: Literary Models of Care and Control in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/disability-in-older-age-literary-models-of-care-and-control/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:38:38 -0500 This session (#332), sponsored by the Disability Studies Forum, will take place on Friday, January 10th, 1:45-3:00 pm, Salon 18, Hilton Riverside, New Orleans. We are pleased to share related materials via attachments below:

Presiding: Sharon Tran

  1. Chris Gabbard, “Truth or Trickery in the Name of Care: An Ethics-of-Care Reading of…

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]]> 0 3c1678c94e6acc1cc250c496534ec37a Cynthia R. Port started the topic Disability in Older Age: Literary Models of Care and Control (Session 332) in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/disability-in-older-age-literary-models-of-care-and-control-session-332-2/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:36:59 -0500 This session, sponsored by the Disability Studies Forum, will take place on Friday, January 10th, 1:45-3:00 pm, Salon 18, Hilton Riverside, New Orleans. We are pleased to share related materials via attachments below:

Presiding: Sharon Tran

  1. Chris Gabbard, “Truth or Trickery in the Name of Care: An Ethics-of-Care Reading of Shakespeare’s King L…

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]]> 0 269b542fe8abff4ad2ca665a961b177c Sharon Tran replied to the topic Age and/as Disability in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/age-and-as-disability-2/#post-1039249 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:07:23 -0500 Here is a link to my presider remarks, including our panelists’ bios.

]]> 0 cc5d668748cbf1104d8ae121f4add921 Sharon Tran started the topic Age and/as Disability in the forum TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/age-and-as-disability-2/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:01:57 -0500 Please join us for this joint session organized by the Age Studies and Disability Studies forums that aims to bring our fields more fully into critical dialogue. The session will convene in person on Friday, January 10th from 10:15-11:30am in Salon 3 (1st floor) of the Hilton Riverside New Orleans.

Our panelists have also kindly shared digital co…[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 284a8e619da6a501da681a87ccbcd09d Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election  in the forum HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2025-forum-delegate-election-11/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:01:33 -0500 Hello!

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

]]> 0 1d61717cb2645b087df62bdb0f4924c2 Katherine D. Harris deposited Adoption of open educational resources in California colleges and universities in the group HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1901173/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:00:34 -0400 The California Open Educational Resources Council (CAOERC)
was formed in 2014 to find solutions to reduce the cost of college textbooks
without impacting quality. Comprised of faculty from California’s three public
higher education systems, the CAOERC conducted a field study of 16 faculty
using OER materials to discover practical knowledge a…[Read more]

]]> 0 6384c85ccf4d390999d0f62f3d956d0a Inés Vañó García started the topic Newly extended CFP (through 07/21) – JITP Special Issue in the forum HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/newly-extended-cfp-through-07-21-jitp-special-issue-4/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:15:26 -0400 <div class="entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-constrained">
<h4><strong>The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy</strong></h4>
<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Themed Issue 24:</strong></h4>
<strong>Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation</strong>

<strong>Issue…[Read more]

]]> 0 800f6db741fa66bcb72203ad970fa9d7 Elizabeth Franklin Lewis started the topic Roundtable at New Orleans on undergraduate research in the forum HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/roundtable-at-new-orleans-on-undergraduate-research/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:01:31 -0400 I am gathering a panel for New Orleans on incorporating collaborative undergraduate research projects in the classroom. We are especially interested in hearing from faculty teaching languages and literatures other than English. Please let me know ASAP if you are interested.

Here is the tentative title and description:
<div…[Read more]

]]> 0 15b34bb549682037fd6cf2ff025a9519 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New article on Turkish Girls' Studies in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-article-on-turkish-girls-studies/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:28:57 -0400 Dear All,

I am a Turkish researcher who is an associate professor in sociology with a focus on Turkish girlhood studies from İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey. I recently published an article with the title “A Study on the Poem “Zamane Kızları” (Girls of Today) Regarding the Representations of Young Turkish Girls from a Male-centered Perspect…[Read more]

]]> 0 7713e2e4cab1acc57a5b2dccec2ec358 Ramzi Salti deposited Women’s Voices in Arabic Music by Ramzi Salti (Stanford University) in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1890606/ Sat, 29 Jun 2024 04:01:15 -0400 This is the corrected and edited transcript of Dr. Ramzi Salti’s talk about “Women’s Voices in Arabic Music” which was presented for Women’s History Month at Santa Rosa Junior College on March 7, 2024. You can also watch the video on YouTube (with CC on).

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

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

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

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

]]> 0 ca9b171ed8661b28c242e15163432404 Lissette Lopez Szwydky started the topic MLA 2025 - HEP CFP (2 of 2) How to Decolonize the Classroom in the discussion HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/mla-2025-hep-cfp-2-of-2-how-to-decolonize-the-classroom/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:01:57 -0500 CFP: How to Decolonize the Classroom
This roundtable invites BIPOC teacher-scholars to discuss experiences and efforts to decolonize language and literature classrooms. Participants will share stories, strategies, and teaching materials. Submit 250-word abstract and brief bio to asattar@usc.edu by March 15. Deadline for submissions: Friday, 15…[Read more]

]]> 0 6daa27adc30d8548894acfc09e795804 Lissette Lopez Szwydky started the topic MLA 2025 - HEP CFP (1 of 2) Teaching and the Gig Economy in the discussion HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/mla-2025-hep-cfp-1-of-2-teaching-and-the-gig-economy-2/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:59:00 -0500 Teaching and the Gig Economy
This roundtable explores the intersection of teaching and the gig economy. Participants will share insights on evolving educational models, workforce dynamics, and impact on educators. Submit 250-word abstract and brief bio to styutina@csun.edu by 03/15/24. Deadline for submissions: Friday, 15 March 2024Svetlana…[Read more]

]]> 0 f23c41798a4650b5a2fe7c41ed8803c6 Lissette Lopez Szwydky started the topic MLA 2025 - HEP CFP (1 of 2) Teaching and the Gig Economy in the discussion HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/mla-2025-hep-cfp-1-of-2-teaching-and-the-gig-economy/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:57:49 -0500 Teaching and the Gig Economy
This roundtable explores the intersection of teaching and the gig economy. Participants will share insights on evolving educational models, workforce dynamics, and impact on educators. Submit 250-word abstract and brief bio to styutina@csun.edu by 03/15/24.Deadline for submissions: Friday, 15 March 2024Svetlana…[Read more]

]]> 0 ed00f5554fd02608613332491b43ee0c Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic New short story: Professor Mali Romantic-Longhair and the Girl in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-short-story-professor-mali-romantic-longhair-and-the-girl/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:24:23 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

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

]]> 0 29997837b7350e72eb0e97687355fe35 Lennie Amores started the topic Call For Papers MLA 2025 Critical Disability in Contemporary Iberian Studies in the discussion TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2025-critical-disability-in-contemporary-iberian-studies/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:23:11 -0500 MLA New Orleans, January 9-12, 2025 

CALL FOR PAPERS 

LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian Section. The members of the Executive Committee invite colleagues to submit proposals:
Critical Disability in Contemporary Iberian Studies
Theoretical contributions, personal or pedagogical practices, and case studies on the relation between d…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef8b7e8201ae71c5ae7e7de670de3117 Ramzi Salti deposited Vivian and Her Son in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1870108/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 04:07:49 -0500 This short story, written by Dr. Ramzi Salti, was published as part of his book titled “The Native Informant and Other Stories: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World”. It has been turned into a short film titled “The 40th Day’–available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fspvJSiSQkc. Complete E-Book now available on Google Play and Kindle.

]]> 0 b1d48430d1efef11828098d075de4822 Fatma Fulya Tepe started the topic new article: Osman Hamdi Bey – an Ottoman Orientalist or a Humanist Ottoman? in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/new-article-osman-hamdi-bey-an-ottoman-orientalist-or-a-humanist-ottoman-7/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 15:12:19 -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 8f6f8db6524872e65eeeb7d59aac5688 Dorothy Stringer replied to the topic Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Literature Panels at the 2024 MLA Convention in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/psychology-psychoanalysis-and-literature-panels-at-the-2024-mla-convention-3/#post-1036033 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:38:53 -0500 Apologies for missing info; dates and times as follows:

194 – Lacan and the Event: Papers in Honor of Mari Ruti

Friday, 5 January 2024 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Marriott – Franklin 7 (Level 4)

 

648 – Queer Theory and Psychoanalysis

Sunday, 7 January 2024 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Marriott – Franklin 2 (Level 4)

]]> 0 e29e4f73658750f3bfd0747a623fcc7e Corine Tachtiris deposited Syllabus for grad seminar on Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Translation - revised in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1859973/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:08:31 -0400 This is a revised 2023 version of a course was first taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in fall 2018. It addresses feminism, gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, and critical race and ethnic studies in conjunction with translation studies.

]]> 0 fa3d53c7f6b248c923a1d27d1c10e8f6 Corine Tachtiris deposited Syllabus for grad seminar on Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Translation - revised in the group HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1859970/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:00:03 -0400 This is a revised 2023 version of a course was first taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in fall 2018. It addresses feminism, gender and sexuality studies, queer theory, and critical race and ethnic studies in conjunction with translation studies.

]]> 0 b88ffadd967543c05830e3900e6ad80d Tekla Babyak started the topic My virtual talk on bringing in disabled guest speakers in the discussion TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/my-virtual-talk-on-bringing-in-disabled-guest-speakers/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 22:39:10 -0400 Dear Colleagues,

My name is Tekla Babyak (PhD, Musicology, Cornell, 2014)—I’m an independent scholar and disability activist with multiple sclerosis. As an MLA Delegate Assembly Member representing Disability in the Profession, I’m committed to fighting against ableism in academia.

To that end, I’m writing to let you know about my upcoming v…[Read more]

]]> 0 a0ea8294bb163dab853b92880daafe4c Atia Sattar started the topic MLA 2024 CFP: Teaching Beyond University in the discussion HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/mla-2024-cfp-teaching-beyond-university/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:54:22 -0500 [This session is organized by the HEP Teaching as a Profession Forum]

Teaching Beyond University

In its effort to recognize other spaces for postgraduate careers beyond 4-year institutions, the Teaching as a Profession Forum is inviting submissions for a virtual roundtable focused on teaching beyond a traditional university department. We are…[Read more]

]]> 0 437fa8a4f005bc84fb3dffe679215bc7 Atia Sattar started the topic MLA 2024 CFP: Ungrading as Liberatory Practice in the discussion HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/mla-2024-cfp-ungrading-as-liberatory-practice/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:51:59 -0500 [This session is organized by the HEP Teaching as a Profession Forum]

Ungrading as Liberatory Practice 

As a pedagogical practice, ungrading decenters grade-based assessment and focuses instead on student learning. It is based on the philosophical premise that grades are not an accurate assessment of learning, and institutionalized grading…[Read more]

]]> 0 a086cd749618f289085579b98566df08 James R. Britton started the topic Three CFPs--MLA 2024 in the discussion HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/three-cfps-mla-2024-3/ Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:40:30 -0500 Dear Colleagues,

I’d like to call your attention to three CFPs for the 2024 MLA convention that may interest you.

  • The Range of Contingency: Models and Strategies for Success: As the nature of contingency evolves with non-tenure track faculty assuming increased responsibilities within the academy, what models or strategies can help to a…

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]]> 0 e91534eb2c7328a59857bc41076e1838 Atia Sattar started the topic NWSA CFP: Decolonizing Feminist and Queer Pedagogies in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/nwsa-cfp-decolonizing-feminist-and-queer-pedagogies/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:26:37 -0500 The CFP below is for a pedagogy workshop to be conducted at the National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting in Baltimore, October 26–29, 2023.

“This workshop highlights pedagogical practices that seek to transform Feminist and Queer Studies classrooms into radical and liberatory spaces for decolonial thought and practice. Even as we emp…[Read more]

]]> 0 0018af13ccd57109ababffac840bc9c3 Kathryn Anne Everly deposited Intersectional Silencing in the Archive: Salaria Kea and The Spanish Civil War in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1833564/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:27:11 -0500 Salaria Kea was the only African American woman to serve with the American Medical Unit during the Spanish Civil War. Her experience has been silenced and edited within the archive by traditionally more authoritative voices. Reconsidering the impact of intersectionality on personal experience can lead to a better understanding of Black U.S.…[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 04fe59dfaad14625ec9e73116e7792f1 Guylian Nemegeer started the topic CFP Conference: USES OF MODERNISM (Ghent, Belgium - 20-22 September 2023) in the discussion TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/womens-and-gender-studies/forum/topic/cfp-conference-uses-of-modernism-ghent-belgium-20-22-september-2023/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:53:05 -0500 Dear colleagues,

Members of this group may be interested in the following Call for Papers.

CFP Conference: Uses of Modernism – Ghent, 20-22 September 2023

The conference Uses of Modernism brings together scholars from various disciplines and specialisations to reconsider the Modernist concept in the wake of the post-colonial and global turn i…[Read more]

]]> 0 183a265dff50fe8e383f4071c3213a70 Maren T. Linett started the topic Members' suggestions for Forum Executive Committee in the discussion TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/members-suggestions-for-forum-executive-committee/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:29:17 -0500 At (and after) the January convention, the TC Disability Studies executive committee will need to  appoint a new member to the executive committee.  Please let us know if you want to self-nominate or nominate someone else and we will consider all nominations at our meeting. Thank you!

]]> 0 0b66283ed5e09559707b45cfbfecfadb Shawn Casey started the topic Two Tenure-Track Teaching Positions in the discussion HEP Teaching as a Profession https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/teaching-as-a-profession/forum/topic/two-tenure-track-teaching-positions/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:02:26 -0500 Columbus State Community College is a great place to work! The college has amplified our efforts to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion across hiring, curriculum, and teaching.

Our positions are posted here:

Link to Tenure-Track Instructor – Rhetoric and Composition

 

If you have questions about the positions, college, or Columbus, feel f…[Read more]

]]> 0 7fdb1825208b4072e5be06cb199536c5 Maren T. Linett replied to the topic Membership Suggestions for 2023 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/disability-studies/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2023-forum-delegate-election-52/?view=all#post-1031706 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:00:38 -0500 Thank you Leigh! Who has a nomination or self-nomination for someone to run for a term of service on the delegate assembly for TC Disability Studies? The Executive Committee, as Leigh notes, will be considering nominees at our meeting at the January MLA.

]]> 0 f7ccb44e5f350dcbcdec44db7cf260ad Tekla Babyak deposited Teaching Music and Disability Through Disclosure-Oriented Pedagogy in the group TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1793079/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:24:46 -0400 In this paper, presented at the 2022 H-Net Teaching Conference, I describe how I teach undergraduate students about disability in music through what I call disclosure-oriented pedagogy. This practice involves demonstrating cross-historical comparisons between my lived experiences of disability and the representations of disability in 19th-century…[Read more]

]]> 0 d85fbdb15ccf7878c67b2cef5f975e2e Amel Abbady deposited The Intersections of Masculinity and Disability in Khaled Hosseini᾿s A Thousand Splendid Suns and Leila Aboulela᾿s Lyrics Alley in the group TC Disability Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1789200/ Sun, 31 Jul 2022 03:51:33 -0400 Abstract of my full article published on disability and masculinity in the Global South.

]]> 0 e5d11c8f5d58ddb37a827ab55ec5db8a Cheryl Farris-Clayton deposited On Dickinson in the group TC Women’s and Gender Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1780859/ Fri, 06 May 2022 03:48:59 -0400 Essay on the poetry of Emily Dickinson and her impact upon literature. This essay celebrates her global reach from within societal spheres of gender. “Emily Dickinson transformed the genre of poetry from the academic salon styled idealism to the personal poignant voice of reality from the poet’s point of view.”

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