1. Current Work in Sixteenth-Century French Literary and Cultural Studies

The Executive Committee for the Forum on Sixteenth-Century French Literature invites proposals for 18-minute papers on any aspect of sixteenth-century French literature and culture to be delivered at the MLA in Washington, D.C., 6–9 January 2022. We will consider s…[Read more]

1. Current Work in Sixteenth-Century French Literary and Cultural Studies

The Executive Committee for the Forum on Sixteenth-Century French Literature invites proposals for 18-minute papers on any aspect of sixteenth-century French literature and culture to be delivered at the MLA in Washington, D.C., 6–9 January 2022. We will consider s…[Read more]

Calls for Papers from 17th-Century French Forum for MLA Washington, DC 2022

How the French 17th Century Invented (or Not)… What ideas, practices, forms, or genres can be ascribed to 17th-century France and what should be reconsidered in light of a different temporality or geographic origin? Send 300-word proposals to harrisod@grinnell.edu by…[Read more]

Calls for Papers from 17th-Century French Forum for MLA Washington, DC 2022

How the French 17th Century Invented (or Not)… What ideas, practices, forms, or genres can be ascribed to 17th-century France and what should be reconsidered in light of a different temporality or geographic origin? Send 300-word proposals to harrisod@grinnell.edu by…[Read more]

Call for Submissions – Ethnohistorical Primary Documents  (from Rob Schwaller)

The global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has dramatically affected academic research and publication. As many professional ethnohistorians struggle to meet the challenges of online teaching and face severely limited research opportunities, the editors of Ethnohistory…[Read more]

Please see the attached prospectus from Garnier Frères (forwarded to our Forum by Ned Duval)

Please see the attached prospectus from Garnier Frères (forwarded to our Forum by Ned Duval)

With the MLA 2021 Convention just about a month away, please note the nine exciting sessions related to early modern French studies (listed below — all times EST). Convention information and registration are available here:

38 – Telling Trauma and Disability – Thursday, 7 January 2021, 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM-…[Read more]

Dear colleagues,

I’m honored to be nominated to serve on the Executive Committee for the CLCS 18th-Century forum. I have been an MLA member since 2008. My work, while rooted in eighteenth-century British literature, crosses fields to draw from media studies, book history, and the history of ideas. My first book, Writing to the World: Letters a…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2021, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2021. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]