CLPC Sessions at the 2020 MLA Annual Convention in Seattle
by339. Keywords for the Future, 3:30 PM–5:15 PM Jan 10, WSCC – 6A 527. Critical Pedagogies: Precarity, Contingency, and Professional Practice, 12:00 PM–1:15 PM Jan…
On Cheung and Yogi, Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography by Denise Cruz
byIn 1988 the Modern Language Association published Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, edited by King-Kok Cheung and Stan Yogi. The book itself is fairly…
CLPC Sessions at the 2019 MLA Annual Convention in Chicago
by345: (Ab)Original Forms: Great Lakes Indigenous Writing. Date: Friday, Jan 4, 2019, Time: 3:30 PM–4:45 PM, Location: Sheraton Grand – Goldcoast. 388: Critical Pedagogies…
Cultural Appropriation: Arrogation or Irrigation?
byRoundtable at the 2018 MLA Convention, New York, NY The CLPC’s roundtable on Cultural Appropriation and the various ways it can be conceptualized…
Black Literature Matters
bySession #223 at the 2018 MLA Annual Convention Presided by Jesse Alemán, University of New Mexico Selected as a Presidential Theme panel, CLPC session…
Teaching Social Justice in a New Era of Anger Mismanagement
byEarlier this year, Presidential Teaching Fellow Dr. Jesse Alemán delivered a keynote address at the Center for Teaching and Learning’s “Success in the Classroom Conference” focusing…
Writers Resist: Louder Together for Free Expression
byEssential to our lives in a democracy is the right to free expression. PEN American Center is hosting a gathering and rally on the steps of the New York Public Library, 12 January 2017, on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. There will be brief readings from chosen texts, and all are invited to gather in defense of this essential freedom. It is an important public gathering to which all are welcome!
Best Practices Now: Recruitment and Retention of Faculty Members of Color in an Age of Precarity #MLA17 #S529
bySaturday, 7 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 304, Philadelphia Marriott Program arranged by the MLA Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the…
Global Intersections, Post-Bandung #MLA17 #S81
byThursday, 5 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Franklin 10, Philadelphia Marriott Program arranged by the MLA Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the…
Critical Pedagogy on the Margins: Teaching Chicana/o Literature in Rural New Mexico
by“Teaching Chicana/o Literature in Community College: Social, Ethnic, and Linguistic Hybridity in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God” explores the importance of teaching ethnic literature at community colleges, and considers the social importance of Ana Castillo’s So Far From God (1993) to Southwest learners. In a time when minority education programs are being threatened by budget cuts, and are rapidly being displaced/replaced by more fiscally “lucrative” certificates and departments, Castillo’s novel demonstrates the contemporary relevance and cultural currency of traditional folklore to small communities.