HASTAC Commons | Adhaar Noor Desai | Group Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/andesai/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Adhaar Noor Desai is a member. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:21:47 +0000 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 +0000 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 +0000 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 +0000 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 084a019d484abc583af12fbee2ccf294 Domna C. Stanton replied to the topic CFP for MLA 2027--Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2027-beyond-the-professoriat-the-broader-humanities-ecosystem/#post-1040987 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:36:47 +0000 Thank you so much for sending me this announcement about the topic your plan investigate with your panelists at the 2027 MLA. It is enormously  timely and interesting and I know  members will want to attend. Unfortunately  I am on leave as of the end of december 2026 and very eager to return to my book project which is way over due. So sosry ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 fa10eb0e78fbd8db520238fa9a08ae57 Grace Monk started the topic CFP for MLA 2027--Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem in the forum Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-culture-and-society/forum/topic/cfp-for-mla-2027-beyond-the-professoriat-the-broader-humanities-ecosystem/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:20:47 +0000 Sharing a CFP for the MLA 2027 Convention in Los Angeles. I hope it is of interest!

Beyond the Professoriat: The Broader Humanities Ecosystem

Roundtable examining jobs beyond faculty roles, highlighting how humanities training informs career trajectories. All career stages welcome.

Deadline March 16, 2026

Link:…[Read more]

]]> 0 0401525130ef52640a9055aff17a00e5 Jane Robbins Mize started the topic Science and Literature Panel MLA 2027 in the forum TC Science and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/science-and-literature/forum/topic/science-and-literature-panel-mla-2027-2/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:38:20 +0000 Hi everyone,

The Science and Literature Forum is seeking abstracts for a panel at MLA 2027, “Food, Science, and Literature”:

California alone grows half of the fruits and vegetables in the US. This panel brings together scholars examining literature of food, food science, food justice, and agriculture in California and beyond.

Please submit a…[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 +0000 <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 +0000 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 834164ebffdea594bbe6c18bd750b9dd Ruen-chuan Ma started the topic Middle English Forum MLA 2027 Call-for-Papers in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/middle-english-forum-mla-2027-call-for-papers/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:30:27 +0000 The Middle English LLC executive committee invites submissions (due Monday, March 23, 2026) for the following sessions at MLA 2027 (Jan 7-10) in Los Angeles:

Centering New Discoveries
This roundtable invites short presentations (~8 minutes) centering under-discussed or unusual Middle English texts and texts relevant to research in Middle English.…[Read more]

]]> 0 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 +0000 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 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 +0000 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 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 +0000 <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 +0000 <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 +0000 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 c220504c8692d6573fd0571e7c8052e1 Ruen-chuan Ma started the topic Call for Candidates: Delegate to the MLA Assembly (2028-30) in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/call-for-candidates-delegate-to-the-mla-assembly-2028-30/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:16:05 +0000 The Executive Committee of the Middle English Forum welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) to serve as the forum delegate and represent the Forum at the MLA Delegate Assembly. Our forum will hold an election for its next delegate in Fall 2026, and an outline of delegate responsibilities can be found here. The delegate would serve a term…[Read more]

]]> 0 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 +0000 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 81dd10f4b57b1c37290fde01d37f3773 Stephanie Shirilan started the topic Seeking Nominations for Sci Lit Exec Cttee! in the forum TC Science and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/science-and-literature/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-sci-lit-exec-cttee/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:30:04 +0000 Dear Colleagues,

With apologies for my own belated entry into this designated digital discussion space, I am writing on behalf of the Executive Cttee for this TC Science and Literature Forum to say hello and solicit nominations (especially self-nominations) for a new Executive Committee member whose five-year term will begin in Jan 2027. The…[Read more]

]]> 0 91883107bb3d582cdb8572c4bc16a7f0 Hua Li started the topic CFP for the 2027 MLA Conference in the forum GS Speculative Fiction https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/speculative-fiction/forum/topic/cfp-for-the-2027-mla-conference/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:52:18 +0000 This is a CFP for a guaranteed panel sponsored by the forum of GS Speculative Fiction for the 2027 MLA conference.
Title: Ecocriticism and Speculative Fiction

Submit to Hua Li: huali@montana.edu
Description & Requirements: We invite papers engaging ecocritical approaches to Western and non-Western science fiction and fantasy exploring…[Read more]

]]> 0 b6010ba603cf4913c2e985663f1bcee6 Cristina Bacchilega replied to the topic GS Speculative Fiction--- New Committee Member Needed in the forum GS Speculative Fiction via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/speculative-fiction/forum/topic/gs-speculative-fiction-new-committee-member-needed/#post-1040713 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:52:21 +0000 Sorry. I am no longer an MLA member. I do not appreciate their lack of
support for Palestine.

Cristina Bacchilega
Professor Emerita of English
University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa

Cristina Bacchilega


Recent books
https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350348295&st=
(open ac…[Read more]

]]> 0 72598d4118062ad915c9dcf0b367e509 Hua Li started the topic GS Speculative Fiction--- New Committee Member Needed in the forum GS Speculative Fiction https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/speculative-fiction/forum/topic/gs-speculative-fiction-new-committee-member-needed/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:47:28 +0000 The GS Speculative Fiction Forum needs one new committee member to serve a five-year term starting from 2027. This is an excellent opportunity for junior or senior faculty to serve at a national level. Please email me if you are interested or have any questions at huali@montana.edu by Feb. 27, 2026.

]]> 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 +0000 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 +0000 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 +0000 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 +0000 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 +0000 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 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 +0000 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!
—————–
314 – Reimagining Learning and Teaching with Studen…[Read more]

]]> 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 +0000 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 +0000 Please see the attached job ad and share widely.

]]> 0 8837e72eb935955339045e16a296ce98 Peter Leman started the topic CFP: World Literature and Disappearance (Special Issue of ARIEL) in the forum TC Law and the Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/law-and-the-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-world-literature-and-disappearance-special-issue-of-ariel-2/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:33:49 +0000 Call For Papers: “World Literature and Disappearance” 
Special Issue of <b>ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature</b>

Enforced disappearance is widely recognized as a crime in international law, with legislation that reflects the experiences of Latin America dictatorships and focuses on arbitrary detention and torture or extr…[Read more]

]]> 0 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 +0000 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 +0000 <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 +0000 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 +0000 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 +0000 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 895c3dd6571a8af9459c5806c4ee68a8 Nattie Golubov uploaded the file: CFP Love and Resistance: Popular Romance Fiction and the Right, 2025-2025 to TC Popular Culture https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1924521/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:30:00 +0000 The first election of Donald Trump sparked a series of “Rogue” romance anthologies that framed love as resistance, and the romance genre as progressive and inclusive. Looking back after a decade, how has the genre registered and responded to ongoing political contexts–in the United States and elsewhere–of political radicalization, xenophobia,…[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 +0000 <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 +0000 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 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 +0000 <div class=”html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd”>
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]]> 0 721593b1601eb008592ed7b92d2605ef Sarah Wall-Randell started the topic MLA 2026 CFP: Ecocriticism in an Age of Emergency in the forum LLC 17th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/17th-century-english/forum/topic/mla-2026-cfp-ecocriticism-in-an-age-of-emergency/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:24:39 +0000 <span style=”font-weight: 400;”>CFP for MLA 2026: Ecocriticism in an Age of Emergency</span>

<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The MLA Forum on Seventeenth-Century English Studies (LLC 17th-Century English) invites submissions for a guaranteed session on “Eco-criticism in an Age of Emergency.” Eco-critical approaches to early modern literature hav…[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 +0000 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 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 +0000 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 824aacc4a6b3121c5e73b6177ac5ecc7 Ruen-chuan Ma started the topic CFPs for MLA 2026 Middle English Forum sessions in the forum LLC Middle English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/middle-english/forum/topic/cfps-for-mla-2026-middle-english-forum-sessions/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:19:31 +0000 The Middle English LLC executive committee invites your submissions (due Friday, March 21, 2025) for the following sessions at MLA 2026 (Jan 8-11) in Toronto:

The Premodern Anthropocene (sponsored session)
The Middle English Forum proposes a panel considering human impacts upon the natural world in Medieval English literature. Potential topics…[Read more]

]]> 0 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 +0000 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 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 +0000 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 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 +0000 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

p.s. We will soon launch a Discord channel for the Sound Studies scholars, in hopes of…[Read more]

]]> 0 878be761cb9ed1473efb89de08891f30 Carmen Nocentelli posted an update in the group LLC 17th-Century English: The MLA Forum on Seventeenth-Century English Studies (LLC […] https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1912942/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:10:46 +0000 The MLA Forum on Seventeenth-Century English Studies (LLC 17th-Century English) invites submissions for a guaranteed session on “Eco-criticism in an Age of Emergency.” Eco-critical approaches to early modern literature have flourished since the turn of the twenty-first century. As the climate crisis continually becomes more urgent, however, the…[Read more]

]]> 0 9b86b0335629a13c5d77407cda471e6b Stefania Irene Sini started the topic CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th ENN International Conference in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/philosophy-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-limits-of-narrative-8th-enn-international-conference-3/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:48:46 +0000 CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN)

Date: September 29 – October 2, 2025

Deadline for submissions: March 10, 2025

Location: Wuppertal, Germany

Subject Field: Narratology

Since Roland Barthes’ formula “international, transhistorical, transcultural, narration is there, like life i…[Read more]

]]> 0 acb76370ab72d18339c580c8e87aa82a Stefania Irene Sini started the topic CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th ENN International Conference in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/philosophy-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-limits-of-narrative-8th-enn-international-conference-2/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:45:48 +0000 CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN)

September 29 – October 2, 2025, Wuppertal, Germany

 

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…[Read more]

]]> 0 3caf98fe3af4b0f34ce3d7bb50dc294e Stefania Irene Sini started the topic CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th ENN International Conference in the forum TC Philosophy and Literature https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/philosophy-and-literature/forum/topic/cfp-limits-of-narrative-8th-enn-international-conference/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:41:11 +0000 CFP: Limits of Narrative. 8th International Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN), Wuppertal, Germany, September 29 – October 2, 2025

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 ded…[Read more]

]]> 0 94eb6279aec1e3a9c638d2b8a1339ddd Carmen Nocentelli started the topic MLA2026 - GOING GLOBAL: QUESTIONS, CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES in the forum LLC 17th-Century English https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/17th-century-english/forum/topic/mla2026-going-global-questions-challenges-opportunities/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:37:17 +0000 The MLA Forum on Seventeenth-Century English Studies (LLC 17th-Century English) invites submissions for a guaranteed session on “Going Global: Questions, Challenges, Opportunities.” We seek papers that critically examine the methodological and theoretical implications of global frameworks in seventeenth-century studies. Of particular interest are…[Read more]

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