The MLA Committee on the New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare (NVS) is sponsoring the third NVS Digital Challenge to find the most innovative and compelling uses of the data contained in one of the NVS editions. The MLA is making available the XML files and schema for two volumes, The Winter’s Tale and The Comedy of Errors, under a Creative… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Member Resources and Links
New Name for MLA Convention Program
The Program for the MLA Annual Convention, which has been published as the November issue of PMLA, will become the September issue starting this year. It will mail to members at the end of this month and be available as a downloadable PDF. You can search or browse online session listings now on the MLA… Read more »
Provide Feedback about ORCID
ORCID, which provides authors with unique identifiers to distinguish their scholarship, is seeking feedback from MLA members about their knowledge and use of ORCID. To contribute, please take this brief survey.
Suggesting Nominees for the 2016 Forum Executive Committee Elections
When the executive committees of the MLA’s forums meet during the January 2016 convention in Austin, they will take up the matter of nominations for the executive committee elections that will be held in fall 2016. Though the executive committees are responsible for making nominations, they are required to nominate at least one candidate who… Read more »
Travel Grants for 2016 MLA Convention
The MLA offers financial assistance to eligible non-tenure-track and unemployed members, regular and life members residing abroad, and graduate student members. The $400 grants partially reimburse expenses for travel to the MLA convention, which will be held in Austin from 7 to 10 January 2016. To find out if you are eligible to receive a… Read more »
Voice Your Opposition to Cuts in Funding for International Education
The MLA hopes that you will join in the effort to oppose proposed cuts to two vital international education programs: Title VI and Fulbright-Hays. The Senate has proposed slashing $25 million (35%) from the programs, and the cut has already passed the Senate Appropriations Committee. Cutting these programs would hinder students’ pursuit of deep expertise… Read more »
Submitting Delegate Assembly Proposals
Motions and regular resolutions that the Delegate Assembly will consider at its next meeting, which will take place during the 2016 MLA Annual Convention in Austin, must be submitted by 1 October of this year. The assembly’s Web page provides information about placing an item on the agenda for the meeting as well as links to several… Read more »
Deadline Approaching for MLA Symposium Proposals
Interested in participating in the MLA’s first conference outside the United States and Canada? Don’t miss the 15 September deadline for proposals for Other Europes: Migrations, Translations, Transformations, an MLA symposium to be held in Düsseldorf from 23 to 25 June 2016. Organized in collaboration with the Heinrich Heine University, the symposium will open with… Read more »
Sale on Approaches to Teaching World Literature Titles Ends Soon
More than 130 titles in the MLA’s Approaches to Teaching World Literature series are on sale for 40% off through 31 August. To take advantage of the best discount we’ve offered on these titles, visit the online bookstore and use the promo code ATT2015 at checkout. The discount applies to all paper and cloth titles… Read more »
Propose an Essay on Teaching Contemporary Latin American Poetries
The volume Teaching Contemporary Latin American Poetries, edited by Jill S. Kuhnheim and Melanie Nicholson, is now in development in the MLA Options for Teaching series. To learn more about the volume and how to propose an essay, please visit the MLA Web site. Abstracts and CVs are due to the editors by 15 November 2015.