Posts Categorized: New Online

The MLA has issued a joint statement with the American Historical Association and twenty other scholarly associations to denounce proposed changes that would threaten tenure, shared governance, and academic freedom in the University of Wisconsin system. These principles, cornerstones of higher education in the United States, are critical to fostering innovation, rigorous scholarship, and intellectual… Read more »

Join the MLA in Düsseldorf from 23 to 25 June 2016 at the association’s first conference outside the United States and Canada. Organized in collaboration with the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Other Europes: Migrations, Translations, Transformations will bring together an international group of scholars; it seeks to develop ways of thinking that emerge from… Read more »

The MLA is pleased to announce the beta launch of CORE, the Commons Open Repository Exchange, on MLA Commons. Developed in collaboration with Columbia University Libraries/Information Services’ Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS), CORE allows MLA members to deposit their published articles, essay drafts, dissertations, data sets, syllabi, photographs, and other works in a library-quality repository to… Read more »

Responding to recent incidents of harassment of writers and scholars, this month the MLA Executive Council issued a statement condemning censorship of work treating controversial subjects and threats against the authors of such work. The council action reaffirms the association’s long-standing commitment to academic freedom and freedom of speech.

Connected Academics, a multiyear project of the MLA, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and several academic partners, has launched a new site on the Commons. The project, which will run through August 2019, aims to increase awareness of the variety of careers available to PhDs in the humanities and to help doctoral programs support students’ exploration… Read more »

MLA Commons has just launched updates that we hope will enhance your use of the network. These include synchronizing basic information you entered on the MLA Web site (including your name, institution, and title) with your Commons account. You can also now invite any Commons member—not only your contacts—to join your groups. And the look… Read more »

The 2015 Nominating Committee has nominated Michael F. Bernard-Donals, Anne Ruggles Gere, and Keith Gilyard for second vice president of the MLA and Lenora Hanson, Steffen Kaupp, Amanda Licastro, John B. Lyon, David Pan, Daniel Powell, and Rafael A. Ramirez Mendoza for the MLA Executive Council. The 2015 Elections Committee has arranged contests to fill… Read more »

The 2015 Delegate Assembly approved seven amendments to the MLA constitution. The assembly’s actions are not final, however, since they are subject to ratification by the MLA membership. Members are therefore encouraged to review this year’s ballot and to exercise their right to vote. All members in good standing as of 7 April are eligible… Read more »

The Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Rights and Responsibilities has just updated its Tool Kit on Academic Freedom. A resource for educators, the tool kit defines academic freedom, explores why it matters and what faculty members can do to protect it, and provides a reading list for those who want to learn more. The… Read more »