Mastodawn

Pkrebs Aug 8, 2024

Brian Croxall Aug 7, 2024

Absolutely thrilled that Diane Jakacki and my edited volume, *What We Teach When We Teach DH*, has just launched in its open-access version on the Debates on DH website. https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/what-we-teach-when-we-teach-dh

What We Teach When We Teach DH | Debates in the Digital Humanities

Exploring how digital humanities (DH) is taught and what that reveals about the field, this book highlights how DH can transform learning across a vast array of curricular structures, institutions, and education levels, from high schools and small liberal arts colleges to research-intensive institutions and postgraduate professional development programs.

Debates in the Digital Humanities

Pkrebs Jul 23, 2024

Not all first-gen PhDs are victims of a rigged system. Many of us make conscious career choices that are not status-driven, choices to do our work with students who are at what this piece calls “lower-tier universities.” Students like the students we were. https://www.ft.com/content/0a82182a-be2b-4e6d-989c-a27db7f5c5b5

Even a PhD isn’t enough to erase the effects of class

A new study shows that it plays out differently to barriers based on race or gender

Pkrebs Mar 18, 2024

They get jobs. They like their lives. Let’s give them permission to follow their interests by showing them that the English degree prepares them for careers.Not just for a first job. https://www.maps.mla.org/Resources/Reports-and-Other-Resources/Report-on-English-Majors-Career-Preparation-and-Outcomes?fbclid=IwAR3Tt2hmBee-0FC566ePmIcUjZ067Vp3SP5paTiOlPLanmlTS837Gn4FwKE_aem_ASb7zbqvlCnHr_7M1YvXWcurky1Q1WeSjDRXGWVAff0koZGgLOPsqsf6bkztO2wiJHs

Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes

The ADE Ad Hoc Committee on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes was charged with reporting on career outcomes for English majors and minors; gathering case studies and other forms of evidence of departments’ effective strategies and...

Modern Language Association

Pkrebs Dec 30, 2023

Modern Language Association Dec 29, 2023

Start planning your schedule for #mla24! Use the Locate Session menu at http://mla24.org or on the MLA 2024 app to browse by session type or subject or to view curated session lists. Log in to save sessions to your personal schedule.

2024 MLA Annual Convention

MLA - 2024 MLA Annual Convention

Pkrebs Dec 19, 2023

Knowledge Commons Dec 19, 2023

Today's #ResearchSpotlight is another one at the intersection of medieval studies and gender studies! In this article, Maeve Doyle looks at expansive concepts of gender in medieval owner portraits. Check it out here! https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:46343/

Pkrebs Dec 6, 2023

Modern Language Association Dec 5, 2023

Planning to join us for #mla24? Register by tomorrow to avoid paying late registration fees! https://app2.mla.org/prereg/registrant

2024 Convention Registration

Pkrebs Oct 13, 2023

Random plugs for #MLA24 sessions: #s687 Rethinking the Indigenous Studies Syllabus or how about #s16 Neurodivergent Romanticisms? https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Home/0

2024 MLA Annual Convention

MLA - 2024 MLA Annual Convention

Pkrebs Sep 29, 2023

It’s not the MLA convention you attended 20 years ago. Tons of professional development, research, pedagogy sessions, and advocacy work. And not a single awkward hotel-room interview. Take a look at the preliminary program https://mla.confex.com/mla/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Home/0 and register while you can still get early-bird rates. https://app2.mla.org/prereg/registrant?_ga=2.1348017.1070793216.1696013586-457481848.1683810871

Pkrebs Sep 20, 2023

Rebecca Walkowitz making the case for humanities research, not just service teaching. https://www.chronicle.com/article/gutting-language-departments-would-be-a-disaster

Pkrebs Sep 20, 2023

Modern Language Association Sep 19, 2023

Reminder: proposals for #mla24 just-in-time sessions are due this Friday, 22 September. Learn more and submit your proposal for a convention session about something that happened after 1 April: https://www.mla.org/Events/2024-MLA-Convention/Proposing-a-Just-in-Time-Session

Proposing a Just-in-Time Session

If you want to propose a session about something that happened (in your field, in higher education, or in the world) after 1 April, we encourage you to propose a just-in-time session. Proposals for just-in-time sessions will be reviewed by the Program...

Modern Language Association