Tag: Orientalism

• #Humanities Scholarship – Important and Growing

  An excellent article from Inside Higher Ed regarding scholarship in the humanities, in which William (Bro) Adams, the head of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), said on Thursday that he wants to push humanities scholarship to become more directly connected to helping address the nation’s contemporary problems. There are also encouraging numbers from…

  Cambria Press

  January 20, 2015

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• Asian-Pacific Heritage Month Highlight – Alienglish: Eastern Diasporas in Anglo-American Tongues

  Published this year, Alienglish: Eastern Diasporas in Anglo-American Tongues by Sheng-mei Ma is the perfect book for the celebration of Asian-Pacific Heritage Month. From the book’s introduction:  “Haltingly, aliens come to speak in the Anglo-American tongue that you and I (me and you?) would understand, but what emerges is somehow skewed by accents, syntax, body language, and…

  Cambria Press

  May 30, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Asian Studies, Culture, Film Studies, International Studies, Literature

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• Cambria Press MLA Highlights for Classicism, Orientalism, and Medievalism scholars!

  The Cambria Studies in Classicism, Orientalism, and Medievalism book series by Nickolas A. Haydock (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez) has added three new books: International Medievalism and Popular Culture  by Louise D’Arcens and Andrew Lynch (forthcoming Spring 2014) Albina and her Sisters: The Foundation of Albion by Lisa Ruch See Lisa Ruch’s book Cambria Press booth (132) in the MLA book…

  Cambria Press

  January 8, 2014

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• Nickolas Haydock, general editor of of the Cambria COM book series, is keynote speaker for the International Conference on Medievalism!

  Nickolas Haydock, general editor of of the Cambria Studies in Classicism, Orientalism, and Medievalism book series and author of Situational Poetics in Robert Henryson’s The Testament of Cresseid, will be the keynote speaker at the 28th International Conference on Medievalism. To celebrate this honor, Cambria Press will be extending the Cambria Press RMMLA special promotion to…

  Cambria Press

  October 16, 2013

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• RMMLA 2013 Annual Convention — A Great Success!

  With much gratitude to the RMMLA committee, in particular Joy Landeira and Christopher Lupke, Cambria Press had a very productive and enjoyable time at the RMMLA 2013 annual convention. Cambria Press director Toni Tan was heartened to meet many scholars daring enough to push the envelope when it comes to scholarship, given how Toni Tan‘s speech was…

  Cambria Press

  October 15, 2013

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