Absolutely confabulous

Article Abstract:

The annual conference of the US's most visible, and most maligned, academic association, the Modern Language Assn. (MLA), held in Toronto, Canada, at the end of Dec. 1997, was dominated by talk about jobs, economics and teaching. George Levine of Rutgers University was not alone in arguing that an over-production of PhDs is creating uncertainty in the teaching profession. Most of the MLA's 30,000 members come from the US and Canada and the main event of its annual conference is the job market. University presses from across the world attend the book fair, partly to look for new authors.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Toronto, Ontario, Modern Language Association of America

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Colonial rule and school

Article Abstract:

US academic Edward Said has been appointed president of the Modern Language Association for 1999. Said is currently professor of English literature at Columbia University and has recently completed 'Not Quite Right', memoirs of his colonial education in Egypt and Palestine. Said was educated at Victoria College, where other pupils included King Hussein of Jordan, Adnan Kashoggi, and Omar Sharif.

United States, College teachers, College faculty, Interview, Said, Edward W.

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