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MLA NEWS DIGEST • 16 JUNE 2021
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Support Part-Time Faculty Members
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Help us double the number of professional development grants we are able to award to part-time faculty members by contributing to our Paving the Way campaign. Grants help pay for technology, research expenses, and more. Grant applications will be accepted starting in July, when the new cycle opens.
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PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT
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Approaches to Teaching Austen's Persuasion
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This new volume provides teachers with avenues to explore the depths and richness of Persuasion with both Austen fans and newcomers.
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Join to get 30% off MLA titles.
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Apply for a Humanities Innovation Grant
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The MLA awards $3,000 grants every year to support the development of courses and other educational programs in English, languages, and related humanities disciplines. The current application cycle is open through 26 August. Learn more and apply.
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Online Access to the New MLA Handbook
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MLA Handbook Plus is a new subscription-based digital product providing online access to the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook. MLA Handbook Plus will be available in beta in mid-September, and the full launch is planned for January 2022. Sign up for updates, and tell your librarian!
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Read the Spring 2021 MLA Newsletter
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Read the spring MLA Newsletter, now available online, for an interview with Helen Small about the public humanities, reflections on the vital skills acquired by undergraduate humanities majors, and Barbara Fuchs’s column on acknowledging the centrality of multilingualism.
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Nominations for 2021 MLA Elections
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Nominees have been announced for second vice president of the MLA, for the Executive Council, and for the Delegate Assembly. The ballot will open in October. Learn more.
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Contribute to an MLA Volume in Development
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Take a survey and propose an essay for a new MLA volume, Approaches to Teaching the Works of George Orwell. Responses and proposals are due 1 August.
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Submissions: Special issue on intersections between the gothic and the natural world, due 30 June
Papers: Symposium on translation and materiality, due 12 July
Essays: Book titled Pedagogy: Literature, Linguistics, and Digital Tools, due 15 July
Papers: Virtual conference on popular culture, due 1 Aug.
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Submissions: Special issue on nineteenth-century religious cultures, due 1 Aug.
Submissions: Special issue on queer nonfiction prose, due 2 Aug.
Essays: Book titled Imperial Debt: Colonial Theft, Postcolonial Repair, due 31 Aug.
Submissions: Special issue on English studies after the pandemic, due 1 Sept.
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