“The Role of Desire in the Films of Marguerite Duras”Modern Language Association Meeting December, 1981

1982 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-108
Author(s):  
Carol J. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Marguerite Duras ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Association Meeting

Responding to the Call(ing)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayanna Jackson-Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Faculty Of Color ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Black President ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Time And Energy

In an interview with Ayanna Jackson-Fowler, Houston Baker, Jr. reflects on the progress and challenges of diversity in and out of the academy—from his time a Yale in the 1960s to his current position as Distinguished Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Baker, the first Black president of the Modern Language Association, discusses the shifting role the idea of “community” has played in his career and how he answered colleagues who subtly undermine faculty of color he has championed over the years. The interview concludes with his thoughts about the role of the public intellectual during turbulent times, offering advice about how young scholars can, and should, conserve their time and energy.

The Politics of Literature

PMLA ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rima Drell Reck
Keyword(s):  
Good Faith ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Political Involvement ◽  
Bad Faith ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Politics Of Literature ◽  
Association Meeting ◽  
The Moment

As teachers of literature we find ourselves involved with and compromised by the contemporary world. The events of the December 1968 Modern Language Association meeting made our dilemma painfully clear. The dissidents of the MLA have shaken the organization out of its lethargy. We must assess the extent of our responsibility and the nature of our commitments on two levels, the personal and the professional. To teach literature effectively and communicate with students themselves intensely aware of contemporary realities we must ourselves be responsible and conscious. The present disagreement within the MLA concerns the mode of our responsibility: shall we act as private individuals on social and political questions or shall we assume that precise and uniform political involvement is our best course? The course proposed to us by the dissidents of the MLA would endanger our position as critical intellectuals free to determine our own responsibility and to assume it. To politicize the MLA would be to institutionalize bad faith precisely at the moment when we realize most acutely the necessity of good faith and ruthless honesty with ourselves if we are to survive as a meaningful organization.

Reframing Technology's Role in Language Teaching: A Retrospective Report

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 8-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Lomicka ◽  
Gillian Lord
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language

AbstractAs the field of applied linguistics ponders and even embraces the myriad roles technology affords language education, we frame this critical report within the context of the Modern Language Association's 2007 report, along with earlier state-of-the-field Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) pieces (e.g., Blake, 2007; 2011) to consider not only where we've come from but also, crucially, where the field is headed. This article begins with an overview of the field, examining the role of technology and how it has been leveraged over decades of language teaching. We also explore issues such as the goals established by the Modern Language Association (MLA) with respect to shaping technological vision and the role of technology in enhancing the field of language education. We use this critical assessment to offer insights into how the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can help shape the future of language teaching and learning.

The Role of Languages in the Development of National Consciousness: The Canadian Experience

PMLA ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Louis E. Couillard
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
National Consciousness ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Canadian Experience

We Felt honoured and pleased at the Canadian Embassy to have been asked to participate in this annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. We welcomed this opportunity to register our interest in your important and useful field of work, and thereby to add still another point of contact in the friendly relations between our two countries.

Proceedings of The Modern Language Association of America

PMLA ◽  
1935 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1343-1343
Keyword(s):  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Local Committee ◽  
Tuesday Morning ◽  
University Of Cincinnati ◽  
The University ◽  
Plaza Hotel

The fifty-second meeting of the Modern Language Associationof America was held, on the invitation of the University of Cincinnati, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 30 and 31, 1935, and January 1, 1936. The Association headquarters were in the Netherland Plaza Hotel, where all meetings were held except those of Tuesday morning and afternoon. These took place at the University of Cincinnati. Registration cards at headquarters were signed by about 900, though a considerably larger number of members were in attendance. The Local Committee estimated the attendance at not less than 1400. This Committee consisted of Professor Frank W. Chandler, Chairman; Professor Edwin H. Zeydel; Professor Phillip Ogden; Mr. John J. Rowe (for the Directors); and Mr. Joseph S. Graydon (for the Alumni).

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