Perhaps one of the unfortunate byproducts of the lumping together of English and History under the rubric “Humanities” is that English professors start to think of themselves as historians. When they try to be, they prove that they are not.
Read the articleThe MLA held a panel discussion on American torture policy, according to comic books and popular movies like Zero Dark Thirty or V for Vendetta.
Read the articleAt the Modern Language Association (MLA) 2014 convention in Chicago, delegates defeated a resolution to boycott Israel akin to one proposed by the American Studies Association (ASA), which had put forward an academic boycott this past year with the public support of Stephen Hawking.
Read the articleWhen you get right down to it, the institutions that cry the loudest for diversity, particularly in academia, aren’t that diverse themselves.
Read the articleRead Accuracy in Academia’s inside account of the Modern Language Association in the latest issue of AIA’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
Read the articleA pair of professors objected to our coverage of them at the Modern Language Association (MLA) meeting in Boston this year. Near as we can figure out, what they objected to was the fact that we covered them.
Read the articleAt the Modern Language Association (MLA) 2013 meeting in Boston, a professor claimed the existence of a “textbook describing slavery as a TransAtlantic trade triangle” but when asked to provide a title, she offered none.
Read the articleAt the 2013 Modern Language Association meeting of English professors in Boston, nary a word was spoken against the president. Yet and still, one of his policies came in for some surprising criticism.
Read the articleFind out what the Modern Language Association considers the new normal.
Read the articleWe actually found a woman of letters at the Modern Language Association
Read the articleCan one make a carbon footprint while en route to a convention where environmentalism is the dominant faith?
Read the articleIt’s that time of year again. Accuracy in Academia is off to cover the Modern Language Association’s annual convention. This is the largest gathering of English professors on the planet.
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