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f. 1886 as Modern Language Notes • Published @hopkinspress.bsky.social • Issues: Italian, Yiddish & Hebrew, Spanish & Portuguese, German, French, and Comparative Literature
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Starter pack for journals of literary scholarship. Please share so we can add to the list as more journals create accounts here. go.bsky.app/2Asc5P2
Among other treasures in our new comparative literature issue: an article by Jeppe Barnwell that examines a genre he calls "fictional documentarism"-- texts that imitate or creatively engage with documentary forms while still openly presenting themselves as invented..
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Among other treasures in our new comparative literature issue: an article by Jeppe Barnwell that examines a genre he calls "fictional documentarism"-- texts that imitate or creatively engage with documentary forms while still openly presenting themselves as invented..
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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I am very happy to share that the new comparative issue of @mlnjournal.bsky.social has just been published (open access), with articles not only on the translations of Zimmermann‘s „Einsamkeit“ (by me), but also on Erich Auerbach and on current close reading research!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56303
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56303
Project MUSE - MLN-Volume 140, Number 5, December 2025
muse.jhu.edu
February 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I am very happy to share that the new comparative issue of @mlnjournal.bsky.social has just been published (open access), with articles not only on the translations of Zimmermann‘s „Einsamkeit“ (by me), but also on Erich Auerbach and on current close reading research!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56303
muse.jhu.edu/issue/56303
New issue muse.jhu.edu/issue/56303! open access @hopkinspress.bsky.social
This issue includes an archival find: a typescript of a lecture Erich Auerbach gave in 1941, during his exile in Turkey. The subject is literature and war (who gets to write about war? Who feels they have agency? etc.) +..
This issue includes an archival find: a typescript of a lecture Erich Auerbach gave in 1941, during his exile in Turkey. The subject is literature and war (who gets to write about war? Who feels they have agency? etc.) +..
February 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
New issue muse.jhu.edu/issue/56303! open access @hopkinspress.bsky.social
This issue includes an archival find: a typescript of a lecture Erich Auerbach gave in 1941, during his exile in Turkey. The subject is literature and war (who gets to write about war? Who feels they have agency? etc.) +..
This issue includes an archival find: a typescript of a lecture Erich Auerbach gave in 1941, during his exile in Turkey. The subject is literature and war (who gets to write about war? Who feels they have agency? etc.) +..
New issue (up on @projectmuse.bsky.social soon)! This issue includes an archival find: the typescript of a lecture Auerbach gave (in exile, in 1941) on literature and war (who gets to write about war? who feels they have agency?) + an essay on close reading + more @hopkinspress.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
New issue (up on @projectmuse.bsky.social soon)! This issue includes an archival find: the typescript of a lecture Auerbach gave (in exile, in 1941) on literature and war (who gets to write about war? who feels they have agency?) + an essay on close reading + more @hopkinspress.bsky.social
If you're in Toronto at the @modernlanguage.bsky.social convention, come discuss journal publishing with us
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
If you're in Toronto at the @modernlanguage.bsky.social convention, come discuss journal publishing with us
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Join us at the MLA for a roundtable discussion on journal publishing. Led by MLN managing editor
@victoriajane.bsky.social with Laurence Roth, editor of Modern Language Studies and Hank Scotch, managing editor of @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
@victoriajane.bsky.social with Laurence Roth, editor of Modern Language Studies and Hank Scotch, managing editor of @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Join us at the MLA for a roundtable discussion on journal publishing. Led by MLN managing editor
@victoriajane.bsky.social with Laurence Roth, editor of Modern Language Studies and Hank Scotch, managing editor of @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
@victoriajane.bsky.social with Laurence Roth, editor of Modern Language Studies and Hank Scotch, managing editor of @criticalinquiry.bsky.social
@modernlanguage.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Among the topics we'll be discussing at the MLA this Saturday
Austerity = constant reduction in number of faculty overall, particularly tenure-track faculty = fewer scholars, more contingent faculty with less time for research/writing.
This = fewer members of scholarly associations, fewer journal subscribers and book buyers = collapse of all scholarly orgs.
This = fewer members of scholarly associations, fewer journal subscribers and book buyers = collapse of all scholarly orgs.
Come find us at the @modernlanguage.bsky.social in Toronto next week!
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Among the topics we'll be discussing at the MLA this Saturday
Come find us at the @modernlanguage.bsky.social in Toronto next week!
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Come find us at the @modernlanguage.bsky.social in Toronto next week!
Who gets to write about war?
Christian Rivoletti discusses a lecture Erich Auerbach delivered in 1940 during his exile in Turkey.
Plus Leo Lisi and @victoriajane.bsky.social highlight other parts of this issue (available very soon) and discuss what they are looking for at @mlnjournal.bsky.social
Christian Rivoletti discusses a lecture Erich Auerbach delivered in 1940 during his exile in Turkey.
Plus Leo Lisi and @victoriajane.bsky.social highlight other parts of this issue (available very soon) and discuss what they are looking for at @mlnjournal.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Who gets to write about war?
Christian Rivoletti discusses a lecture Erich Auerbach delivered in 1940 during his exile in Turkey.
Plus Leo Lisi and @victoriajane.bsky.social highlight other parts of this issue (available very soon) and discuss what they are looking for at @mlnjournal.bsky.social
Christian Rivoletti discusses a lecture Erich Auerbach delivered in 1940 during his exile in Turkey.
Plus Leo Lisi and @victoriajane.bsky.social highlight other parts of this issue (available very soon) and discuss what they are looking for at @mlnjournal.bsky.social
Just arrived! From Christy Wampole's essay on the Zeitgeist (including a discussion of the origin of the term) to editor Derek Schilling's reflection on experimental poetics-- this issue explores a quarter century of literature in French. OA! @hopkinspress.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/journal/128
muse.jhu.edu/journal/128
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just arrived! From Christy Wampole's essay on the Zeitgeist (including a discussion of the origin of the term) to editor Derek Schilling's reflection on experimental poetics-- this issue explores a quarter century of literature in French. OA! @hopkinspress.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/journal/128
muse.jhu.edu/journal/128
Happy to see @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social getting great press-- nice essay by Johanna here. Our Comparative Literature issue (now in proofs-- coming soon) has a terrific essay on the subject by Yael Segalovitz. Stay tuned!
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Happy to see @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social getting great press-- nice essay by Johanna here. Our Comparative Literature issue (now in proofs-- coming soon) has a terrific essay on the subject by Yael Segalovitz. Stay tuned!
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
A reminder that we are open for submissions for our French issue-- deadline January 30. Articles in French or English.
Email [email protected] with any questions.
Please share with interested colleagues!
Email [email protected] with any questions.
Please share with interested colleagues!
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A reminder that we are open for submissions for our French issue-- deadline January 30. Articles in French or English.
Email [email protected] with any questions.
Please share with interested colleagues!
Email [email protected] with any questions.
Please share with interested colleagues!
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📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”
📅 Submission deadline: 4 May 2026
📘 Planned publication: Autumn 2026
Please share widely!
❓Reach out if you have any questions!
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”
📅 Submission deadline: 4 May 2026
📘 Planned publication: Autumn 2026
Please share widely!
❓Reach out if you have any questions!
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📣 Call for Papers – The EUROCALL Review
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”
📅 Submission deadline: 4 May 2026
📘 Planned publication: Autumn 2026
Please share widely!
❓Reach out if you have any questions!
👉 “Openness in Language Education: Global practices and research, pedagogical innovation and critical resistance”
📅 Submission deadline: 4 May 2026
📘 Planned publication: Autumn 2026
Please share widely!
❓Reach out if you have any questions!
Reflections on a quarter century of writing in French. Check out this beautiful special issue edited by Derek Schilling. It's open access! @hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reflections on a quarter century of writing in French. Check out this beautiful special issue edited by Derek Schilling. It's open access! @hopkinspress.bsky.social
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After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
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We're excited that the MLA's archives have found such a perfect home! Thanks to @jhu.edu for ensuring these historic materials about the profession will be preserved and made available to researchers.
Exciting news! Hopkins has acquired the records of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social
The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/10/hist...
The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/10/hist...
Historic MLA Archive Returns to Its Roots at Hopkins - The Sheridan Libraries & University Museums Blog
The Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries has acquired the records of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the leading professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literatur...
blogs.library.jhu.edu
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We're excited that the MLA's archives have found such a perfect home! Thanks to @jhu.edu for ensuring these historic materials about the profession will be preserved and made available to researchers.
"Publishers are encouraged to submit outstanding translations from German into English published in the US or Canada in the previous year (2025)." www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...
Goethe-Institut USA | Wolff Translator's PrizeLogo Goethe-Institut
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October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Publishers are encouraged to submit outstanding translations from German into English published in the US or Canada in the previous year (2025)." www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...
Exciting news! Hopkins has acquired the records of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social
The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/10/hist...
The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/10/hist...
Historic MLA Archive Returns to Its Roots at Hopkins - The Sheridan Libraries & University Museums Blog
The Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries has acquired the records of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the leading professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literatur...
blogs.library.jhu.edu
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Exciting news! Hopkins has acquired the records of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social
The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/10/hist...
The history of MLN intersects with the founding of the Modern Language Association @jhu.edu
blogs.library.jhu.edu/2025/10/hist...
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MLN's German Issue 2025 (MLN, Volume 140, Number 3, April 2025) has been published, containing my review of Chiara Caradonna and Vivian Liska, editors: Zäsuren: Paul Celans Spätwerk. | Caesurae: Paul Celan’s Later Work (Wallstein, 2024).
Direct link to my review, OA:
muse.jhu.edu/article/972237
Direct link to my review, OA:
muse.jhu.edu/article/972237
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
MLN's German Issue 2025 (MLN, Volume 140, Number 3, April 2025) has been published, containing my review of Chiara Caradonna and Vivian Liska, editors: Zäsuren: Paul Celans Spätwerk. | Caesurae: Paul Celan’s Later Work (Wallstein, 2024).
Direct link to my review, OA:
muse.jhu.edu/article/972237
Direct link to my review, OA:
muse.jhu.edu/article/972237
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Highly recommended, featuring an article by yours truly on Johann Peter Hebel: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Highly recommended, featuring an article by yours truly on Johann Peter Hebel: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Now up on @projectmuse.bsky.social and open access @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Guest edited by Daniel Carranza and Bryan Norton, this issue addresses how considerations of the planetary have been informed by—and themselves inform—German literature and philosophy between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Guest edited by Daniel Carranza and Bryan Norton, this issue addresses how considerations of the planetary have been informed by—and themselves inform—German literature and philosophy between the 18th and 19th centuries.
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Now up on @projectmuse.bsky.social and open access @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Guest edited by Daniel Carranza and Bryan Norton, this issue addresses how considerations of the planetary have been informed by—and themselves inform—German literature and philosophy between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Guest edited by Daniel Carranza and Bryan Norton, this issue addresses how considerations of the planetary have been informed by—and themselves inform—German literature and philosophy between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Congrats, @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social!
Stay tuned for a review essay on close reading (that includes a discussion of this book) in our upcoming comparative literature issue.
Stay tuned for a review essay on close reading (that includes a discussion of this book) in our upcoming comparative literature issue.
Happy official publication day to Close Reading for the Twenty- First Century
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Congrats, @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social!
Stay tuned for a review essay on close reading (that includes a discussion of this book) in our upcoming comparative literature issue.
Stay tuned for a review essay on close reading (that includes a discussion of this book) in our upcoming comparative literature issue.
From the archives-- pages from the first issue (1886) of MLN which invited advertisers at $10/page while the journal built a subscription list. The pages of early issues were a hodgepodge of advertisements (mostly for books and language classes), philological notes, and lists of new books.
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
From the archives-- pages from the first issue (1886) of MLN which invited advertisers at $10/page while the journal built a subscription list. The pages of early issues were a hodgepodge of advertisements (mostly for books and language classes), philological notes, and lists of new books.