The 2014 MLA membership enrollment period will come to a close on 30 June 2014. Members who have not yet renewed for 2014 can log in to renew their association membership. Nonmembers can join the association for 2014, and former members can reinstate their membership. If you become a member by 30 June, you will be able to register early for… Read more »
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Contribute to MLA Volume on Foreign Language Teaching and the Environment
The volume Foreign Language Teaching and the Environment: Theory, Curricula, Institutional Structures, edited by Charlotte Melin, is now in development in the MLA Teaching Languages, Literatures, and Cultures series. Instructors with experience teaching sustainability and environmental humanities topics in language, literature, and culture courses are invited to read the call for essay proposals.
CSE Seal Awarded to Three New Editions
On 9 June 2014, the Committee on Scholarly Editions (CSE) awarded the CSE seal to three new editions: Willa Cather, Lucy Gayheart, edited by Guy Reynolds, David Porter, and Kari Ronning, with an introductory essay and notes by David Porter, to be published by the University of Nebraska Press; James Fenimore Cooper, Homeward Bound; or,… Read more »
Contribute to MLA Volumes Now in Development
The volumes Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia E. Butler, edited by Tarshia L. Stanley; Approaches to Teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy, second edition, edited by Christopher Kleinhenz and Kristina Olson; and Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh, edited by Gaurav Desai and John Hawley, are now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching… Read more »
2014 MLA Bibliography Fellowships
The MLA is pleased to announce that the 2014 MLA Bibliography fellowships have been awarded to six scholars who will serve as bibliographer fellows from 2014 to 2017. The MLA International Bibliography staff members work with over one hundred field bibliographers, from all parts of the world, who cover subject areas, journals, and languages that… Read more »
Deadline Extended for MLA Prize
The deadline for the Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies has been extended to 6 June. English translations of Yiddish literary works published between 2010 and 2013 are eligible. Translators need not be members of the MLA. To enter a book into the competition, authors or publishers should send four copies and a… Read more »
MLA Books on Sale for 50% Off
Through 31 August, all cloth titles in the MLA bookstore are available at a 50% discount, excluding the Variorum series. The discount will be applied automatically at checkout. Please note that the member discount cannot be used on sale titles.
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury Awarded CSE Seal
On 9 May 2014, the Committee on Scholarly Editions (CSE) awarded the CSE seal to The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition, volume 2: 1943–1944, edited by Jonathan R. Eller. The volume will be published by Kent State University Press. The CSE serves as a clearinghouse for information about scholarly editing and editorial… Read more »
2014 ADE and ADFL Summer Seminars
Department chairs, directors of graduate or undergraduate studies, program directors, and other department leaders are invited to attend this year’s ADE and ADFL Summer Seminars to share information and to hear from colleagues with a range of perspectives on issues facing their departments and fields. The joint ADE-ADFL Seminar West will take place on 19–22 June… Read more »
Submissions Invited for Literary Studies in the Digital Age
The editors of Literary Studies in the Digital Age: An Evolving Anthology (published by the MLA in 2013) invite your participation in expanding this living collection and charting new directions in the field of digital literary studies. Please visit http://mla.hcommons.org/groups/dls-anthology/announcements/ to read instructions on submitting an essay, to comment on the present volume, and to make suggestions for future… Read more »