The Modern Language Association congratulates the six MLA members who were named 2019 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of their contributions to literary criticism and literature. Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Columbia University Harry J. Elam, Jr., Stanford University Jacques Neefs, Johns Hopkins University, MD Mary Louise… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Contribute to New MLA Volumes on Cabeza de Vaca, Shakespeare, and German Literature
The volumes Approaches to Teaching Cabeza de Vaca’s Account and Other Works, edited by Luis Fernando Restrepo and Carlos A. Jáuregui, and Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, second edition, edited by Joseph M. Ortiz, are now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught these works are… Read more »
MLA Members Receive 2019 Guggenheim Award
Congratulations to the eleven MLA members among the winners of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships announced in April 2019. The projects recognized include a deep history of cybernetics, an exploration of United States history through the prism of the high school canon, the temporalities of ice in an epoch of climate change, and Japanese culture… Read more »
May and June Deadlines for MLA Publication Prizes
The MLA Committee on Honors and Awards invites authors and editors to compete for the association’s publication awards. There are eleven prizes with a 1 May deadline, and one prize has a 1 June deadline. Information on all the annual and biennial MLA prizes, their deadlines, and the submission process is available online. You may also request detailed information on… Read more »
Contribute to New MLA Volumes
The volume Approaches to Teaching Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, edited by Kimberly C. Reed, is now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught these works are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about their experiences…. Read more »