Are you planning a session for the 2016 MLA Annual Convention? You can now submit calls for papers for the Austin convention (7–10 January 2016). In anticipation of the new forum structure, due to be implemented for the 2016 convention, divisions and discussion groups appear in the calls for papers as “forums.” (A complete list… Read more »
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MLA Membership Survey Winners
Thanks to all who participated in the MLA’s recent membership survey. The MLA congratulates the following MLA members who took the survey and were randomly chosen as winners of $100 gift cards: Vincent Casaregola, Stephen Cohen, Giuseppe Faustini, Esther Leysorek Goodman, Ursula K. Heise, Melissa Lingle-Martin, Jaime Armin Mejia, Nichole E. Miller, Leslie Zarker Morgan,… Read more »
Precariat Panel Features MLA Executive Director
Rosemary G. Feal, the executive director of the MLA, joined Barbara Ehrenreich, Andrew Ross, and Jennie Shanker in Washington, DC, on 14 January on the panel The Emergence of the “Precariat”: What Does the Loss of Stable, Well-Compensated Employment Mean for Education? Sponsored by the Albert Shanker Institute and the American Federation of Teachers, the… Read more »
A Thank-You to 2015 Convention Attendees
Thanks to all of you who attended the Vancouver convention and made it such a success. We encourage you to continue the conversation by posting and discussing presentation materials on MLA Commons (either in our convention-presentations thread or on a session-specific Commons site), by annotating the Program with links to those materials, and by taking the session surveys available… Read more »
Transition to New Forum Structure
At the 2015 convention, the Delegate Assembly will consider proposed constitutional amendments to change references to “divisions and discussion groups” to “forums” in the MLA constitution to accommodate the new forum structure. If the assembly approves the amendments, the membership will then be asked to vote on them in the spring. While these changes are… Read more »
Provide Feedback on Sessions in Vancouver
If you’re attending the convention, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to answer a three-question survey about the sessions you go to. To complete the survey, view any session page in the online Program and click the Session Survey button. Surveys will be available beginning on Thursday, 8 January. Your feedback will help us… Read more »
Convention Information on the Go
To navigate convention venues, look up session information on the go, or find out when convention services are open, use the MLA’s mobile Program at mla15.org. You can search sessions by keyword or subject and browse by day, participant, and event type. The mobile Program can be browsed off-line and is updated automatically whenever you… Read more »
2016 Presidential Theme: Literature and Its Publics: Past, Present, and Future
Roland Greene, the 2015–16 MLA president, has chosen Literature and Its Publics: Past, Present, and Future as the presidential theme for the MLA Annual Convention in Austin. Who is the public for literature? This question is foundational to the work MLA members do and to the state of our discipline and profession. The theme invites… Read more »
Executive Council Comments on Virginia Executive Order
In a letter to Terry McAuliffe, the governor of Virginia, MLA President Margaret W. Ferguson expressed concern over the governor’s recent executive order requiring certain faculty members at state universities to make public detailed statements of their economic interests. While public disclosure of financial interests is “an important tool to prevent corrupt influence by employees… Read more »
New Resources for Planning Your MLA Convention
Starting to think about what sessions to attend or how to navigate the convention center? Check out the 2015 Convention Guide on the MLA Web site for quick information about on-site convention resources and floor plans for meeting venues, and visit MLA Commons for lists of convention sessions by topic. If you have a session… Read more »