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Report on the 2006-07 MLA Job Information List |
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President's Column
Michael Holquist
"The brain is just the weight of God": Another argument for the importance of language study |
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Editor's Column
Rosemary G. Feal
Responding to "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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MLA International Bibliography
fellowships |
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| BOOK NEWS |
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Four new MLA titles published |
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Call for essay proposals for Teaching Laboring-Class British Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries |
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New editions of volumes in
Approaches series |
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Call for contributions to Approaches
series |
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COMMITTEES |
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MLA committee meetings, October 2007-June 2008 |
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CONVENTION |
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Program available for members with visual impairments |
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MLA to meet in Chicago for its 123rd annual convention |
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Travel grant for nontenuretrack faculty members and for the unemployed |
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Meeting times for allied organizations |
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Accommodations and services for persons with disabilities |
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Child care arrangements |
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2007 convention invitation |
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ADE- and ADFL-sponsored sessions for job candidates and interviewers |
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Travel assistance for advanced graduate students |
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Using the MLA Job Information Center |
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Chicago convention to feature a workshop on effective lecturing |
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Calls for papers for 2008 convention in San Francisco |
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GOVERNANCE |
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2007 election ballot to be mailed |
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Executive Council meeting highlights |
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Request for comments on Delegate Assembly resolutions |
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Nominations for 2008 division executive committee elections |
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Proposed amendments to the MLA constitution |
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GRANTS AND PRIZES |
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Competition open for MLA book awards |
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PMLA |
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PMLA special topic: Literary Criticism for the Twenty-First Century |
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WEB SITE NEWS |
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2007 convention registration |
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Other News and Announcements |
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Updated MLA recommendations on salaries for entry-level, full-time, and part-time faculty members |
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Correspondence |
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Honorary members and fellows |
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Classified advertisements |
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Fellowships and grants deadlines |
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Upcoming MLA deadlines |
