Here are the candidate statements for the three candidates for the open BAMS postgradauate rep positions. Members who are eligible to vote should have received an email with a link. There are two positions available. Candidates are presented in alphabetical order by surname. Members who are eligible to vote should have …
CfP: Clouds, London, 22 May 2020 (deadline 28 Feb)
Call for Papers: A Symposium on Clouds UCL English Annual Graduate Conference Friday 22 May 2020, 9.00-19.00 Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, UCL Keynotes: Esther Leslie: Professor in Political Aesthetics and Co-Director of Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities Joanna Walsh: Author and critic whose recent books include Break.up (2018) and Worlds from the Word’s End (2017) “What then …
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Imprints of the New Modernist Editing: Pochoir Printing Workshop, Edinburgh, 21 February 2020 (apply by 27 Jan)
Imprints of the New Modernist Editing: Blue & Green: A one-day practical workshop in pochoir printing, led by Jane Hyslop (project Co-Investigator) Edinburgh College of Art, Friday 21st February 2020 During the modernist period the pochoir printing technique was used extensively in fashion illustration. It offers a unique, liminal space between …
PhD Studentships in Periodical Studies, Nottingham Trent University (deadline 14 February 2020)
Professor Andrew Thacker and Dr Catherine Clay, Co-Directors of a new Periodicals and Print Culture Research Group at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), invite applications for PhD projects in any area of modern periodical studies under NTU’s 2020 PhD Studentship Scheme. Further information about the scheme is available here. The closing dates …
CfP: Hope Mirrlees’s Paris at 100, Paris, 10 June 2020 (deadline 15 Feb)
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of “modernism’s lost masterpiece,” Hope Mirrlees’s Paris: A Poem. Published by Hogarth Press in the spring of 1920, and typeset by Virginia Woolf herself, this ground-breaking long poem maps the range of continental avant-garde aesthetics of the 1910s even as it both engages and anticipates the …
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CfP: Crisis: European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM), Leuven, 17-19 Sep 2020 (deadline 1 Feb)
The next biennial conference of the European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM) will be held at the University of Leuven from 17 to 19 September 2020 on the theme of CRISIS. Keynote speakers include Boris Groys, Ken Hirschkop, and Christine Poggi. A call for roundtable proposals (deadline 1 Jan.) …
Northern Modernism Seminar
As you may know, the Northern Modernism Seminar restarted last year after a period lying fallow. It now has a new website: https://northernmodernismseminar.wordpress.com Do keep an eye on it for updates and further details of coming events. There are already dates to mark in your diary for the next couple of …
CfP: Transatlantic Studies Association, Lisbon, 6-8 July 2020 (deadline 27 Jan)
Transatlantic Studies Association 19th Annual Conference Centre for International Studies, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon 6-8 July 2020 Call for Papers Submissions are invited for the 2020 Annual Conference KEYNOTE LECTURES Professor Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton University) “Why meeting NATO’s 2% target would make Europe (and the West) less secure” AND Professor Anna Brickhouse …
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BAMS Election 2020: Executive Committee candidate statements
Please find below the biographical and candidate statements for election to the BAMS Executive Committee. These candidates have all been elected, as we received only 6 candidates for 8 vacant positions. These are in order by candidate surname. Rebecca Bowler (Keele University) Nominated by Andrew Frayn, Napier University Rebecca Bowler is …
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Juliet McLauchlan Prize, Joseph Conrad Society (deadline 15 May 2020)
Juliet McLauchlan Prize An annual prize is awarded by the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.) for an essay on any aspect of the works and/or life of Joseph Conrad. The prize is dedicated to the memory of Juliet McLauchlan, a much loved Conradian and former Chair of the Society, by encouraging writing …
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