Unfortunately, their exposure makes an appearance at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention unlikely.
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BDS Advocates at GWU Get Belligerent
Proposals to force colleges and universities to boycott, divest from and sanction (BDS) Israel keep failing in the most left-wing of enclaves, such as the Modern Language Association (MLA). Nevertheless proponents of the measure keep putting forth BDS propositions with increasing stridency.
Why Jack Kerouac Isn’t Taught
You know, I often wondered why the Modern Language Association never featured panels on him. An undergraduate from the University of Pittsburgh may have unearthed the reason.
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Why Literature Is Vital
In the Fall issue of the Intercollegiate Review, writer Gracy Olmstead makes a more cogent case for the study of literature than we’ve ever heard at the Modern Language Association.
Wow: MLA Rejected Anti-Israel BDS Boycott
A resolution to boycott Israel was rejected by the Modern Language Association, which has resisted such efforts in the recent past.
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
She’s been derided in academia for decades: Panels disparaging her works are not unusual at the Modern Language Association’s annual confab.
Visual Aids @ MLA
A professor from George Mason University ran a slide show of naked lesbians to accompany her presentation at the Modern Language Association (MLA) annual convention in Chicago this year.
Obama Parsed @ MLA
A trio of academics at the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) annual convention took obligatory swipes at conservative critics of the president in a panel on his best-selling memoir, Dreams from My Father. Oddly enough, though, they confirmed the essential facts behind much of the naysayers’ criticisms of that volume.
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Brotherly Love @ MLA
The recent Modern Language Association (MLA) held a session called, “Vulnerable Expression and the Arab Uprisings” to take a closer look at the post-Arab Spring world.
Moby Dick @ The MLA
If the Modern Language Association (MLA) had done to Moby Dick what they did to Herman Melville, Captain Ahab might have kept his leg.