On 3 March 2014, the Committee on Scholarly Editions (CSE) awarded the CSE seal to The Digital Ælfric, edited by Aaron Kleist. The volume will be published by Scholarly Digital Editions, Boydell and Brewer. The CSE serves as a clearinghouse for information about scholarly editing and editorial projects, offers advice and consultation to editors on… Read more »
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Competing for 2014 Publication Prizes
The MLA Committee on Honors and Awards invites authors and editors to compete for the association’s publication awards. In addition to the James Russell Lowell Prize, which has a 1 March deadline, there are seven annual and sixteen biennial MLA prizes that honor outstanding work in languages, literatures, and interdisciplinary studies and in specific genres… Read more »
Spring Newsletter Now Online
Members can now read the Spring Newsletter for election results, winners of MLA prizes, Margaret W. Ferguson’s president’s column on humanities education as a public—and common—good, and Rosemary G. Feal’s editor’s column on controversies at the 2014 MLA Annual Convention. To comment on the columns, visit the From the President and From the Executive Director blogs.
2015 Presidential Theme: Negotiating Sites of Memory
Margaret Ferguson, the 2014 MLA president, has chosen Negotiating Sites of Memory as the presidential theme of the 2015 convention, which will be held in Vancouver. The theme invites MLA members to think expansively about sites of memory that are important to their work as scholars, teachers, students, and members of an association that negotiates on behalf of… Read more »
Joint Bulletin on Contingent Faculty Issues Now Available
A special joint issue of the ADE Bulletin and the ADFL Bulletin on contingent faculty has been posted on the ADE and ADFL Web sites. An initiative of the MLA Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession, the joint bulletin brings together data, analysis, and firsthand experience to reflect on the current state of contingent labor… Read more »
Revised Draft of MLA Forums Now Open to Comments
The Working Group for the Revision of the MLA Divisions and Discussion Groups has completed a new draft of the proposal in response to nearly 1,000 member comments on MLA Commons. Members are invited to comment on the revised draft by 1 February 2014. This latest draft includes brief explanatory comments and specific questions about certain groups…. Read more »
Results of 2013 Elections
Balloting in the 2013 elections for second vice president, the Executive Council, the Delegate Assembly, and the division and discussion group executive committees closed on 10 December. Kwame Anthony Appiah was elected second vice president, and Brian Croxall, Margaret R. Higonnet, and Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting were elected to at-large seats on the Executive Council for… Read more »
New Commons Groups for Convention Attendees
Attending the MLA convention in Chicago? Make the most of the convention by participating in convention-related groups on MLA Commons. Two new groups for attendees will help you navigate the convention, connect with colleagues, and stay on top of the latest information. All attendees will want to check out the 2014 MLA Convention group, where… Read more »
2013 Prizewinners Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 MLA publication-prize competitions. The publication prizes will be awarded in a ceremony on 11 January at the 2014 MLA Annual Convention in Chicago. The ceremony is open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
MLA Cited in Article about Challenges Facing the Humanities
Quoted in a recent New York Times article, the MLA executive director, Rosemary G. Feal, expresses concern about the devaluing of the humanities by legislators. Documenting challenges to humanities funding worldwide, the article also cites Michael Bérubé, a former MLA president, who argues that disputed claims about the decline of humanities enrollments are being used… Read more »