The 30th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities at UWG is on TRAVEL. We welcome abstracts and panels on TRAVEL and its many crossroads and intersections.

Send questions and abstracts to Yvonne Fuentes,uwgconference2015@gmail.com.

More information at http://www.westga.edu/forlang/2710_2846.php.

Deadline: July 12,…[Read more]

We invite everybody interested to the panel of the Netherlandic discussion group in Austin (time t.b.c.):

Netherlandic Literature and its transnational Publics

Scholarly editions and the public face of literature
Yves T’Sjoen, Ghent University

Wartime Propaganda in the Gazette van Detroit (1914–1918)
Tanja Collet, University of Win…[Read more]

17th-Century Britain/and/or/in Europe
Special Session
A panel reframing geographical and literary contours: literary, political, or philosophical concerns; networks; thinking beyond ‘Crisis’; questioning current institutional barriers. 300 word abstract by 21 March 2015; Sharon Achinstein (sachins1@jhu.edu) and Anston Bosman (abosman@amherst.edu).

If you’re concerned about the place of eighteenth-century studies in the new forum structure being implemented by the MLA, you might consider applying to the following proposed special session for the 2016 convention in Austin:

Naming the 18th Century. What’s at stake in naming this period “long” (1660-1830), “short” (1715-1789), early modern, En…[Read more]

A call for papers for the 2016 convention now up at mla.org:

Naming the 18th Century. What’s at stake in naming this period “long” (1660-1830), “short” (1715-1789), early modern, Enlightenment (etc.)? What’s its role in the new MLA forum structure? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2015 to Dustin D. Stewart (dustin.d.stewart@gmail.com) and Joshua…[Read more]

The Aphra Behn Society will be hosting two sessions at ASECS in 2015. Abstracts due to session organizers by September 1, 2014.

SESSION 1:

Collaborations: Women in the Arts

Dr. Carolyn Woodward

writecjw@gmail.com

During most of the eighteenth century, copyright was still in flux and of benefit mainly to booksellers. Although in the middle of…[Read more]

Delegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).

The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification

You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]

Delegates have been very reasonably reminded that we ought to encourage members of the Divisions to vote on the ratification ballot for the below items (deadline: MIDNIGHT tonight).

The link is here: http://www.mla.org/ballot_ratification

You will have received Rosemary Feal’s recent email about the actions on the ballot. N.B.: the short…[Read more]