Modern Language Association
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Strategic Partnership Network
" Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host an annual convention and other meetings, work with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities."
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We are excited to announce COLA recently joined MLA Strategic Partnership Network at an institutional level!!
We are excited to inform you that the College of Liberal Arts has recently joined the MLA Strategic Partnership Network at an institutional level. We encourage you to direct your faculty and students to the numerous opportunities now available to them through this membership. Please take full advantage of these benefits!
A few highlights are included below, but please check out the full list here:
- FREE MLA memberships for all graduate students and part-time faculty, 20% discount for full-time faculty
- Extensive professional development and mentoring resources
- Faculty eligibility to compete for Humanities Innovation Grants
- Department membership in the MLA’s professional development program and Academic Program Services (MAPS)
- Convention discounts for attendees and exhibitors
- Online access to the ADE Bulletin and its full archives, including a forum dedicated for chairs and department leadership
TO REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE MLA MEMBERSHIP:
(1) Create a username and password at https://www.mla.org/join and select “Get Started.”
(2) Complete your profile by:
Selecting “The University of Texas at Austin” as your Institution / Organization
Selecting the appropriate Membership Category to get your discounts!
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Benefits for Graduate Students:
As a member of the Strategic Partnership Network, UT Austin graduate students in language, literature, and cultural studies departments are invited to take advantage of
FREE MLA MEMBERSHIPS, including the following resources and professionalization opportunities:
- Reduced registration fees for the annual convention
- Eligibility for Travel Grants to the annual convention, plus other Prizes and Awards
- Access to members-only MLA Professional Development Webinars and Sit and Write Sessions
- Eligibility for Edward Guiliano Global Fellowships for international research and scholarly activities
- Discounts on books from Cambridge University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, books published by the MLA, and other special offers
- A complimentary MLA Handbook, access to the PMLA current issues and archive, professionalization and advocacy resources like MLA Pathways, and more!
Tell Me More:
The Modern Language Association of America is the largest professional association in the humanities, providing opportunities for members to share their scholarship and teaching experiences with colleagues as well as to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host a major annual convention as well as institutes, virtual convenings, and regular regional meetings. Its more than 20,000 members—working in the related fields of literature, languages, and cultural studies—sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities. For more than a century, members have worked to strengthen the study and teaching of language and literature.
Check back periodically as we add more benefits, resources and opportunites!
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