SAH Commons | Tarshia Stanley | Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/tstanley/activity/ Activity feed for Tarshia Stanley. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:40:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 5234b631f690e03588070faa5ac69679 Tarshia Stanley posted an update in the group Octavia Butler: Extended Deadline: 2nd Octavia E. Butler Conference: Uniting […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1585810/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:43:26 -0400 Extended Deadline: 2nd Octavia E. Butler Conference: Uniting the Academy and the Community
Spelman College Atlanta GA
February 23-25, 2018
See cfp at https://oebsociety.wordpress.com/
Please submit proposals to oebliterarysociety@gmail.com by November 3, 2017, and include “OEB Conference” in the subject line.

]]> 0 3afb1f2823ee3dafe58c834cce222fd6 Tarshia Stanley started the topic Octavia E. Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy – February 26-28, 2016 in the discussion Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/science-fiction-and-utopian-and-fantastic-literature/forum/topic/octavia-e-butler-celebrating-letters-life-and-legacy-february-26-28-2016-2/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:20:24 -0400 EXTENDED DEADLINE
Octavia E. Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy – February 26-28, 2016 – Spelman College
February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by…[Read more]

]]> 0 c3ed0e7b49af7dad9e01c3466ca5626a Tarshia Stanley started the topic Octavia E. Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy – February 26-28, 2016 in the discussion Black American Literature and Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/black-american-literature-and-culture/forum/topic/octavia-e-butler-celebrating-letters-life-and-legacy-february-26-28-2016/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:16:57 -0400 Octavia E. Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy – February 26-28, 2016 – Spelman College
February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by Spelman College Feb…[Read more]

]]> 0 462316561b5993b324dbdcc55db661fe Tarshia Stanley started the topic Octavia E. Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy - February 26-28, 2016 in the discussion Octavia Butler https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/octavia-butler/forum/topic/octavia-e-butler-celebrating-letters-life-and-legacy-february-24-26-2016/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:11:33 -0400 EXTENDED DEADLINE
Octavia E. Butler: Celebrating Letters, Life, and Legacy – February 26-28, 2016 – Spelman College
February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by…[Read more]

]]> 0 6df96fdbd05e5fb2fdd10fcb9d2828ee Tarshia Stanley posted an update in the group TC Popular Culture: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/416920/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:57:45 -0400 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and LEGACY
February 26-28, 2016
Spelman College
Atlanta GA
February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by Spelman…[Read more]

]]> 0 65bc6278267ba5cc695da8e68e375cbf Tarshia Stanley posted an update in the group LLC African American Forum: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/416919/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:57:13 -0400 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and LEGACY
February 26-28, 2016
Spelman College
Atlanta GA
February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by Spelman…[Read more]

]]> 0 ba71504690c4feaace69f0c0de99a4fe Tarshia Stanley posted an update in the group Octavia Butler: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/416918/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:57:01 -0400 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and LEGACY
February 26-28, 2016
Spelman College
Atlanta GA
February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by Spelman…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef0dfe8352ae229c6856c142737c16a6 Tarshia Stanley posted an update in the group GS Speculative Fiction: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/416917/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:56:19 -0400 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and LEGACY

February 26-28, 2016
Spelman College
Atlanta GA

February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by Spelman…[Read more]

]]> 0 dad064faa9413df101da5aeaee7fd793 Tarshia Stanley posted an update: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/416865/ Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:51:19 -0400 OCTAVIA E. BUTLER: CELEBRATING LETTERS, LIFE, and LEGACY

February 26-28, 2016
Spelman College
Atlanta GA

February 24, 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of Octavia E. Butler. To commemorate her contributions to the world of letters, the Octavia E. Butler Society solicits papers for a special conference to be hosted by Spelman…[Read more]

]]> 0 ba8d227863a8338c5e4e142cd9c4c273 Tarshia Stanley started the topic Calls for proposals for Butler panel at MLA 2016 by March 15, 2015 in the discussion Octavia Butler https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/octavia-butler/forum/topic/calls-for-proposals-for-butler-panel-at-mla-2016-by-march-15-2015/ Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:48:00 -0400 The Octavia E. Butler Society is working on a panel for the 2016 MLA Convention. If you are interested in submitting an abstract, please see the call below:

10 Years Gone: Octavia E. Butler’s Public Legacy
Special Session

We invite papers discussing Butler’s impact on her reading public: book clubs, literary societies, social justice mov…[Read more]

]]> 0 5483a5ad3acef740a6cfcf49e13091b8 Tarshia Stanley posted an update: The OEB Society is proposing a panel for MLA 2016. 10 Years […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/92970/ Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:44:47 -0500 The OEB Society is proposing a panel for MLA 2016.

10 Years Gone: Octavia E. Butler’s Public Legacy
We invite papers discussing Butler’s impact on her reading public: book clubs, literary societies, social justice movements, etc. 250 word abstracts/short bios by 15 March 2015; Tarshia Stanley (tstanley@spelman.edu)

]]> 0 e600ac70d596f2ae6865d8a344c6e182 Tarshia Stanley posted a new activity comment https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/90615/#acomment-90723 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:30:07 -0500 Many thanks, I will do that.

In reply to - Tarshia Stanley posted an update The Octavia E. Butler Literary society wants to facilitate the translation of Butler’s most well-known works into Spanish. Does anyone have any insight into the machinations of […] ]]> 6805434e1f3565b3a549d63cd225cf71 Tarshia Stanley posted an update: The Octavia E. Butler Literary society wants to facilitate […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/90615/ Sun, 01 Feb 2015 18:28:42 -0500 The Octavia E. Butler Literary society wants to facilitate the translation of Butler’s most well-known works into Spanish. Does anyone have any insight into the machinations of translating a work?

]]> 2 b0dbed502843849a9f15dcd751a4278c Tarshia Stanley replied to the topic Science Fiction Readers Demographics in the forum Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/science-fiction-and-utopian-and-fantastic-literature/forum/topic/science-fiction-readers-demographics/#post-3452 Thu, 08 May 2014 00:47:03 -0400 Spelman College in Atlanta GA, has had a science fiction course on the books since the 1990’s. Just this semester I developed a new course called Butler’s Daughters: Imagining Leadership in Black Speculative Fiction. I team taught this course with speculative fiction writer Tananarive Due.

I only recently began to incorporate my love of…[Read more]

]]> 0 d8dc0ce5d6553ddba38256822c5061bf Tarshia Stanley started the topic Octavia Butler Society in the forum Octavia Butler http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/octavia-butler/forum/topic/octavia-butler-society/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:38:22 -0500 The Octavia E. Butler Society was formed at the American Literature Association Conference in May 2013. Check out the blog to see announcements and calls for papers. http://www.oebsociety.wordpress.com.

Join us here on MLA Commons to discuss the ways Butler’s work is being used in the classroom.

 

]]> 0 da6f67bc7b365d25d7d99e5bda04f347 Tarshia Stanley created the group Octavia Butler https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/50568/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:35:11 -0500 0 ec5796ffb82162f51753068269667418 Tarshia Stanley changed their profile picture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/50567/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:14:47 -0500 0