pedagogy

Teaching literary analysis invariably includes learning activities involving reading, deciphering, and applying theory to a text understudy. For many undergraduate and dual- or cross-enrolled students, this activity is no small feat. Rather than tossing critical theory to the wayside as "too tough," we persevere! This session seeks presentations from educators who have had varying degrees of success bringing critical theory into their humanities courses. In order to render accessible to students the complex and insightful ideas sandwiched within the academic jargon of critical theory, how are we translating the rigor into palpable bites?

SAMLA 96: CFP for “Teaching Writing in College” Session

November 15–17, 2024

Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, Jacksonville, FL

Please consider submitting a proposal to our panel "Teaching Against the Anthropocene," to take place at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Convention in Palm Springs California (Nov. 7-10, 2024), and please share the cfp with colleagues who might also be interested!

Submit your proposal at this link before April 30th: https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19097

"Teaching Against the Anthropocene" will explore how we translate environmental media into our teaching practices and how we can encourage our students to reflect critically about environmental concepts like the Anthropocene. 

Call for Proposals for Special Issue

Interdisciplinary Humanities

Designing Our Future:  Humanities-Centered Teaching, Learning, and Thinking in the 21st Century

Editors: 

Katy Hanggi, Chair & Associate Professor, Dept. of Focused Inquiry, Virginia Commonwealth University

Julianna Grabianowski, Assistant Professor of Business, Doane University

Jared List, Associate Professor of Spanish, Doane University

Permanent Session: English Literature Pre 1800 I

Panel Topic: Taking Survey of The Survey of English Literature

This Permanent Section of the MMLA invites papers, which reflect on the significance of the survey course, past present and future. 

Call for Papers

Children’s/Young Adult Culture

Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

2024 SWPACA Summer Salon

June 20-22, 2024

Virtual Conference

https://www.southwestpca.org

Submissions open on March 25, 2024

Proposal submission deadline: April 15, 2024

“Rethinking the Humanities: Past, Present, and Future” 

CALL FOR PAPERS

Rethinking Body in Medical Humanities

This session considers the place of literary history in English curricula as departments face staffing, funding, and enrollment challenges, asking whether we should continue to teach literary history and, if so, how. The shrinking pains many departments are experiencing, caused by faculty losses and enrollment declines, are making it difficult for them to retain curricular elements that center literary history, such as historical survey courses and period distribution requirements. Alongside these changes are trends in literary study that deemphasize attention to literary history in favor of other modes and objects of study. Possible speaker topics:

--whither literary history

The Nagoya local chapter of JALT (Japan Association of Language Teaching) journal is seeking papers for volume 5(1).

Papers may be one of the following:

English Featured Article (Long: 6,000-10,000 words), English Featured Article (Short: 3,000-5,000 words), Students' Research Papers, Graduation Thesis Summary, Book Reviews, My Share. Papers must be related to teaching EFL (English as a foreign language) contexts. For more information, please email Camilo Villanueva at camilov@nufs.ac.jp. Deadline: March 31, 2024. Submit manuscripts using the Google Form on the publication page below:

25 October 2024 

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida 

Call for Proposals

As scholars’ engagement with media-archaeological study have increased, so have students’ interest in the field’s approaches, methods, and philosophies. Many courses on media history and theory today include sessions focused on media archaeology.

The International Conference on Emerging Technologies in English Language Education in the 21st Century: Addressing the Present and Envisioning the Future aims to bring together researchers, educators, and practitioners from across the globe to delve into the profound impact of technology on English language education. With its focus on addressing present challenges and envisioning the future, this conference serves as an instrumental platform for sharing cutting-edge ideas, innovative approaches, and ground-breaking research findings.

Ecologies of Resistance:  Spaces and Embodiments in Medieval Texts

MLA - New Orleans, LA (Jan. 9-12, 2025)