Notes and videos from the Chicago Humanities Summit, held 9 January 2014, are now available. The summit, which was cosponsored by the MLA, featured a discussion of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ report The Heart of the Matter, as well as several breakout sessions on topics such as how to teach public humanities,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Updates
Tonight’s MLA Awards Ceremony
We hope you will join us tonight as we honor the winners of the MLA book prizes. The awards ceremony is open to the public and will be held at the Sheraton at 6:45 p.m. President Marianne Hirsch will preside, and the awards will be presented by First Vice President Margaret Ferguson and Executive Director… Read more »
Tonight’s Presidential Address and Reception
Don’t miss tonight’s Presidential Address, “Connective Histories in Vulnerable Times.” Beginning at 6:45 p.m., President Marianne Hirsch will discuss her personal and scholarly interests in how traumatic stories are transmitted—in images and narratives made in the aftermath of violence—in the light of her current work on vulnerability. These connections provide a fulcrum for her reflections… Read more »
Innovative Session Formats at #mla14
One of the most exciting and valuable aspects of the convention is the presence of the many thoughtful colleagues with whom we have limited in-person interactions throughout the year. To take advantage of this, session organizers are increasingly asking speakers not to read prepared papers but to experiment with more interactive and dynamic formats that… Read more »
Many Interpretations of Vulnerable Times at #mla14
The presidential theme, Vulnerable Times, is the focus of more than two hundred sessions at this year’s convention. You can now view the list of sessions in the online Program. As the convention approaches, we will feature a few of the sessions in greater detail here on MLA Commons. There are myriad ways to think… Read more »
2014 Presidential Theme on the Commons
The presidential theme for the 129th MLA Annual Convention is Vulnerable Times, and more than two hundred sessions will focus on the theme. Between now and January, the Commons newsletter and this blog will highlight descriptions of presidential theme sessions that have been posted on MLA Commons. View these panel descriptions and share Commons blogs… Read more »
#mla14 on the Commons
Are you organizing a session at the 2014 convention in Chicago? Start the conversation now by creating a blog with a description of your session, abstracts, panelist information, and other materials. Comment here with the link, and we may feature your blog in an upcoming e-mail message to MLA members. Here are posts from a… Read more »
2014 Presidential Theme: Vulnerable Times
In January 2014, the MLA convention will take place in Chicago, and I would like to invite you to participate in the presidential theme, Vulnerable Times. In recent years, the MLA president has had the privilege of choosing from his or her scholarly or professional engagements a theme for the convention’s Presidential Forum. The theme… Read more »
Snapshots from MLA 2013: Day Two
On day two temperatures inched into the thirties, Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian discussed his work, members of the Flying Words project got expressive, the last MLA Commons t-shirt found a home, and a few attendees took to the dance floor after Michael Bérubé’s Presidential Address, “How We Got Here.”
Tonight’s MLA Awards Ceremony
Tonight we hope you will join us as we honor the winners of the MLA book prizes. The awards ceremony is open to the public and will be held at the Sheraton Boston at 6:45 p.m. in the Constitution Ballroom on the second floor. MLA President Michael Bérubé will preside, and the awards will be presented by… Read more »
