Support humanities education by joining convention attendees at the annual Benefit for the Humanities. Proceeds from the 10 January event will fund grants for students and part-time faculty members, new programs that encourage educational innovation and improve career opportunities, and national advocacy efforts. Learn more about the evening's program, and RSVP.
Publication Spotlight
Teaching Ernest Gaines
Discover new approaches to teaching Ernest Gaines's novels, short fiction, and essays in this new MLA volume.
You Have a Say in the MLA: Vote Now
As an MLA member, you can shape MLA governance. Log in and vote for second vice president and for members of the Executive Council, the Delegate Assembly, and forum executive committees. Submit your ballot by 10 December 2019.
New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare Goes Digital
The MLA is excited to announce that Texas A&M's Center of Digital Humanities Research will publish the New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare in a rich digital environment that will make these definitive volumes accessible to a wider audience.
Listen to Paula Krebs on Changing Higher Ed
On the Rocking the Academy podcast, Paula Krebs talks with Roopika Risam and Mary Churchill about overcoming obstacles to create change, including developing new programs that encourage students to study the humanities. Listen in!
Submit Suggestions for Forum Committees
There's still time to suggest candidates for MLA forum executive committee elections, to be held in 2020. Suggestyourself or a colleague by 17 December.
MLA Conversations Series: Law and the Humanities
Join us on 21 November in NYC for a special conversation on how two disciplines that rely on close reading differ on issues of interpretation, identity, values, and social justice.
Contribute to New MLA Volumes
Share your knowledge and teaching expertise with your colleagues! Complete a survey or propose an essay for the volumes in development. Learn more.
Events
14 Nov.: Lecture on Washington's undiscovered feminists, Ellensburg, WA
15 Nov.: Disciplines Clash! An Interdisciplinary Conf., NYC
21 Nov.: Civil War: Race under Representation, UC Irvine
28–29 Nov.: Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Lima
