If you’ve never attended the MLA convention before, or if you haven’t been to it for a few years, you might be wondering what to expect. Because of its size and the range of professional activities that occur there, the MLA convention is very different from most other academic conferences. Here are a few suggestions… Read more »
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Live-Tweeting the MLA: Suggested Practices
The MLA has been a pioneering academic organization in embracing Twitter. Since 2007 the so-called “conference back channel” has been growing considerably. Adoption of Twitter amongst scholars and students seems on the rise as well, and reporting live from the conference is no longer an underground, parallel activity but pretty much a recognized, encouraged aspect… Read more »
An MLA Member’s Guide to Foodie Vancouver
Vancouver is one of those cities where people ski and sail on the same day. If you are visiting Vancouver for the first time, be prepared for our misty winter weather (as well as great fish and seafood). Vancouverites take heart in our weather: what falls as light rain in the city also falls as… Read more »
Finding Funding for Your Work
Humanities faculty, staff, and #altac professionals are often encouraged to seek outside funding for developing their humanities projects, but it’s often difficult to even know where to start. A quick visit to the website of the National Endowment for the Humanities (www.neh.gov) can provide a sometimes dizzying array of grant programs. As a first step,… Read more »
Virtual MLA: A Quick Guide to Using Twitter at the MLA Convention
This year’s MLA convention name tags are getting a makeover, as participants were given the option to include their Twitter handles on the badge. Since 2007, MLA convention attendees have been extending their participation beyond the session room on Twitter. Tweeting convention-goers mark their 140-character observations about the convention with a common hashtag (this year,… Read more »
The Collective Weight of Contingency
At the 2014 MLA convention, I will present on the panel “Vulnerability and Survivalism of the Humanities in Corporatized Academia,” organized by the Community College Humanities Association. The panel is part of the presidential theme, Vulnerable Times, and I will speak alongside Steven Hymowech, Lee Skallerup Bessette, George Louis Scheper, Paul Lauter, and Stacey Lee… Read more »
A Day of DH at #THATCamp #MLA13
A guest post by Genie Giaimo, Elizabeth Hopwood, Meg Tarquinio Roche Early on the second morning of the year, over 100 scholars braved the Boston cold to come together at Northeastern University’s Digital Media Commons for the 2013 THATCamp MLA—an unconference sponsored, in part, by the MLA and NUlab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. The… Read more »
Questions They Might Ask You
This post by Katherine Ellison and Cheryl Ball originally appeared on their Get a Job! blog and was previously published by Inside Higher Ed. The questions you’re asked at a preliminary interview (phone, Skype, at Modern Language Association meeting, etc.) will depend on the job description, sometimes on your rank (e.g., whether you’re entry-level or advanced),… Read more »
TOP TEN TIPS For Those Attending the MLA Convention
By Stacey Donohue (@bendprof) (with a little Facebook crowdsourcing) 10. Wear weather-appropriate comfortable shoes and clothes. Until recently, I saved funds by staying at a hotel far from the convention center, which allowed me to see more of the city, but also required up to a mile walk, usually in the dark. This worked fine… Read more »
Boston Restaurant Recommendations
Recommendations for restaurants near the convention hotels from MLA Program Committee member Anjali Prabhu: For those coming with kids in particular (best organic burgers in town) http://boston.menupages.com/restaurants/bgood-5/ For those who can’t do without P.F. Chang’s, there’s one close by at the Prudential http://www.pfchangs.com/Locations/LocationDetail.aspx?sid=9834&checked=1 All-time favorite http://www.shabuzen.com/ Never go wrong at http://www.elephantwalk.com/ And there are two… Read more »
