Monthly Archives: January 2017

Apply for an MLA Bibliography Fellowship by 1 April

Posted by Jacqueline Lerescu & filed under Feature, Member Resources and Links.

The MLA International Bibliography is accepting applications for three-year field-bibliography fellowships. MLA field bibliographers examine scholarly materials and submit citations and indexing information for the bibliography. Open to all MLA members, the 2017 fellowships will run from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2020. The MLA provides materials and training and waives registration fees for fellows attending training… Read more »

In Memory of Robert Scholes, 1929–2016

Posted by Jacqueline Lerescu & filed under MLA in the News.

The Modern Language Association mourns the passing of Robert Scholes, former MLA president and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Brown University. A founder of Brown’s semiotics program, now the Department of Modern Culture and Media, Scholes was a leading figure in the fields of semiotics and structuralism. In 1966, he and… Read more »

Delegate Assembly Meeting

Posted by Anna Chang & filed under Feature, Member Resources and Links.

At its meeting on 7 January in Philadelphia, the MLA Delegate Assembly voted on three regular resolutions and one emergency resolution. The assembly voted to move forward for consideration by the entire MLA membership a resolution to refrain from endorsing the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and an emergency resolution… Read more »