There's still room for graduate students and senior faculty members to sign up for the MLA's speed-mentoring event on 6 June in New York City. The event will provide graduate students with the opportunity to meet with senior faculty members, who will serve as mentors during brief discussions about professional development, the job search, and more. Sign upto be a mentor or mentee by 20 May to get priority registration.
Publication Spotlight
MLA Guide to Student Research
In this textbook, librarians introduce students to key research skills and resources in literary studies. Learn more.
Tips on Teaching Students the Research Process
Watch this free webcast for tips on using the MLA International Bibliography in the classroom. Help your students learn how to use databases and develop important humanities research skills. Watch it now.
Submit a Proposal for a Twitter Conference
Participate in a HumanitiesCommons Twitter conference and share your insights on open access and inclusivity in scholarly communication, including the use of digital scholarship in the classroom. Submit a proposal by 29 May!
Help Shape an MLA Volume in Development
Share your experience teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Cabeza de Vaca, or twentieth- and twenty-first-century German literature by contributing to a new volume.
Get Advice on Helping Student Writers
A writing center expertshares tipson how to invest students in the writing process through feedback, in-class discussions, and more, in an MLA Style Center teaching post.
Events
6–7 June: Elena Ferrante in a Global Context, Durham, UK
14–15 June: The past, present, and future of the literary anthology, London
22 June: Symposium for Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent Educators, Kennesaw
