Christianity and Literature: Covertly Public, Overtly Private

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-283
Author(s):  
Martin E. Marty
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Religion ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Culture ◽  
Christian Century

This article is based upon an address to the Conference on Christianity and Literature at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association in Toronto on 29 December 1997. The invitation asked me to comment on the public/private distinction that I make as Director of the Public Religion Project and to accent the “cultural context,” which fits my History of Culture faculty assignment and three decades of writing Context, a newsletter relating religion to culture. I was to inform it theologically, which a divinity professor is supposed to be able to do, and to show some curiosity about the literary theme, as my decades-long stint as literary editor at The Christian Century should poise me to do. Under it all my limiting job description matches a badge provided me at a conference in Tübingen, where the hosts handed out identifications marked “Theologian of History,” “Theological Historian,” and “Historical Theologian.” Mine read simply, “Historical Historian.”—MEM

V.—The Acadians of Louisiana and Their Dialect

PMLA ◽  
1891 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alcee Fortier
Keyword(s):  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
French Louisiana

Everything concerning French Louisiana seems at this time to possess an interest for the public; and it has been my purpose in some measure, to give an account of its language, its literature, its dialects, its folklore and its inhabitants. My papers published in the Transactions of our Modern Language Association have been so kindly received that I feel encouraged to continue my labors in a field vast and fertile but difficult to explore. The work to be done is, to a great extent, one of original research and of patient investigation, and it will require several years to present a tolerably complete tableau of picturesque French Louisiana. I now desire to present another feature of the picture by giving a brief sketch of the Acadians and their dialect. It may not be amiss to begin this study by taking a bird's-eye view of the history of Acadia, from the settlement of the colony to the dispersion of the inhabitants. We shall then accompany Evangeline to the beautiful banks of the Teche and follow her canoe and that of Gabriel as they glide along its placid waters, leaving scarcely a ripple on the gentle stream which, the names of the unhappy lovers have rendered immortal.

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.

Midwest Modern Language Association

PMLA ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-909
Author(s):  
Tom Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Plenary Session ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
City Center ◽  
The Real ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Wide Range

The forty-first annual convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association will be held at the Marriott City Center Hotel in Minneapolis, 4–6 November 1999. More than 150 sessions are planned, covering a wide range of scholarly and professional topics. The informal theme of the convention is “Witness: The Real, the Unspeakable, and the Construction of Narrative.” One evening plenary session and several forums will be devoted to aspects of this theme.

Report of the Northeast Modern Language Association

PMLA ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-509
Author(s):  
Ida H. Washington
Keyword(s):  
Annual Convention ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Host Institution ◽  
Modern Language

The 1983 NEMLA annual convention will be held 14–16 April 1983 at the Erie Hilton in Erie, Pennsylvania, with Allegheny College as host institution. The choice of site accords with the informal tradition of meeting alternately on the edges and in the middle of the NEMLA area. The 1984 convention is tentatively planned for the Philadelphia area.

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

PMLA ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 855-855
Author(s):  
Joan Grenier-Winther
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
Special Topic ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Santa Fe ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Study And Teaching ◽  
Membership Organization ◽  
Language Literature

The Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association hosts an annual convention attended by more than four hundred scholars and teaching professionals. The 1999 convention in Santa Fe, New Mexico, included over one hundred regular, special-topic, and conjoint sessions on a wide variety of subjects.Established in 1947, the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes the study and teaching of language, literature, and culture. The RMMLA is one of six regional but independent branches of the Modern Language Association of America.

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