About the conference The eleventh one-day graduate conference on New Work in Modernist Studies will take place online on Friday 10 December 2021, in conjunction with the Modernist Network Cymru (MONC), the London Modernism Seminar, the Scottish Network of Modernist Studies, the Northern Modernism Seminar, the Midlands Modernist Network and the British Association …
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CfP: Hope Mirrlees’s Paris: A Poem at 100 (Online cluster; abstract deadline 1 Oct 2021; article deadline 1 Mar 2022)
Modernism/modernity Print Plus Cluster Proposal 2020 marked 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, this ground-breaking long poem maps the range of continental avant-garde aesthetics of the 1910s even as it both …
Call for nominations in D.H. Lawrence Studies (deadline 6 Sep 2021)
The D.H. Lawrence Society of North America is pleased to invite nominations for the following awards in Lawrence studies: The Harry T. Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement in and Encouragement of Lawrence Studies. The Mark Spilka Lectureship. Lecture by a distinguished Lawrence scholar to be delivered at the International Conference. Awarded …
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CfP: Reading in theory and in higher education practice (journal SI; abstracts 15 July 2021; articles 15 Oct)
[Call for Articles] Reading in theoryand in higher education practice Special issue of CLW – Cahier voor Literatuurwetenschap (2022)ed. by Janine Hauthal & Hannah Van Hove deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2021; deadline for articles: 15 October 2021 Over the past few decades, the field of literary studies has increasingly been interested in …
CfP: Smallness: Myths, frames and avatars of the late modern (26 Nov 2021; deadline 30 June)
Grupo Poéticas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Research Seminar Smallness: Myths, frames and avatars of the late modern In an effort to reach beyond the conspicuous, the large and clearly visible, the spectacular and magnified, this seminar is an invitation to read, watch and assess smallness, detail, imperceptibility, following Virginia Woolf’s direction: …
CfP: The Aesthetics of Global Modernism, 12 July 2021 (deadline 15 June)
Proposals for 25-30 minute papers are welcome for a one day event to take place online (via Zoom) on the 12th of July 2021, as a collaboration between the Modernist Studies in Asia network (MSIA) and the British Association of Modernist Studies (BAMS). Attendance is free and will be part of …
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CfP: Moving the Centre: Toward Radical Futures (Online, 4-6 Aug 2021; deadline 5 Apr)
Cross-Disciplinary Postgraduate Research Conference on Post/Decolonial and Global Studies 4th – 6th August 2021 University of Glasgow – Online Call for Proposals Website: https://movingcentre2021.wordpress.com Important Dates Deadline for submissions: 5th April 2021 Notification of acceptance: by 14th May 2021 Conference dates: 4th, 5th and 6th August 2021 The climate crisis and …
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BAMS Essay Prize (deadline 16 July 2021)
The British Association for Modernist Studies invites submissions for its annual essay prize for early career scholars. The winning essay will be published in Modernist Cultures, and the winner will also receive £250 of books. The BAMS Essay Prize is open to any member of the British Association for Modernist Studies …
The Writer as Psychological Warrior, online conference (12-16 July 21; abstracts 19 Mar)
The Writer as Psychological Warrior: Intellectuals, Propaganda, and Modern Conflict Online conference, hosted by Durham University12-16 July 2021 The tendency of the modern state is to wipe out the freedom of the intellect, and yet at the same time every state, especially under the pressure of war, finds itself more and …
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CfP: Collaborations & Networks symposium, 4-5 Sep 2021 (abstract 31 Mar; deadline 31 July)
Virtual Symposium Irish Women’s Writing Network 4-5 September 2021 The period 1880-1940 was marked by the emergence of a diverse range of Irish women writers into both the public sphere and public consciousness. This development was not accidental but was instead fostered by a variety of networks and collaborations that connected …
