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MLA NEWS DIGEST • 12 APRIL 2023
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PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT
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Lost Texts in Rhetoric and Composition
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A project of recovery and reanimation, this volume gives renewed attention to publications in rhetoric and composition.
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LEARN MORE
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Join to get 30% off MLA titles.
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Compete for MLA Publication Awards
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The MLA invites authors to compete for four new Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione publication prizes in African, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian literary or linguistic studies. Submissions for books published in 2022 must be received by 1 May. Learn more.
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Diverse Career Pathways Webinar
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Join us for this free MLA webinar to hear from PhDs in languages and literatures who have pursued a range of career paths in and outside the academy, and explore where your degree can take you! Register to attend on 20 April at 2:00 pm EDT.
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MLA Guide to Scholarly Communication
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Get practical advice on building your scholarly profile, publishing your research, and engaging different audiences in Publishing and Scholarly Communication in the Humanities, brought to you by the MLA's Profession. Get the guide.
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Apply for a Professional Development Grant
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The MLA is offering $1,000 grants to part-time faculty members to help pay for expenses associated with professional development. Members can apply by 28 April.
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Contribute to a Volume in Development
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The MLA invites you to take a survey and submit proposals for a new volume on teaching Cervantes’s Novelas ejemplares. Survey responses and proposals due 1 June.
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RESOURCE OF THE MONTH
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MLA members can read the latest issue of the Newsletter, which includes Frieda Ekotto’s president's column on the value of conversations about race, Paula Krebs's column on the importance of advocating for the humanities, and more!
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Papers: Conference on race and ethnicity studies, due 30 Apr.
Essays: Volume on digital humanities in American studies, due 30 Apr.
Essays: Volume on the cultural impact of Barbie, due 1 May
Submissions: Journal of Literature, Theatre, and Culture Studies, due 12 May
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Essays: Volume on multilingual interrelations in Jewish literatures, due 15 May
Papers: Conference on the laws and customs of the early modern sea, due 15 June
Submissions: Special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights, due 15 June
Submissions: Special issue of Humanities, Discourses of Madness, due 30 June
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