Guaranteed Session: Infinite Variety? Antony and Cleopatra, Then and Now 

This is a call for papers on Antony and Cleopatra. we are open to a diverse array of critical interests, including but not limited to: premodern critical race studies, histories of empire and racial capitalism, early modern trans and sexuality studies, disability studies,…[Read more]

“New Rules” (Guaranteed roundtable sponsored by CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern)

Proposed new guidelines for conducting research, sharing work, and supporting the profession as we address the realities of systemic social inequity, climate change, the expansion of the adjunct labor force, and drastic shifts in institutional support for the…[Read more]

Please consider nominating outstanding authors, scholars, educators, leaders, playwrights, artists, and editors for the  Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s prestigious awards.

Please visit ATHE’s website for submission information and other details (under the “awards” drop-down tab).

The deadline for nominations is February 1.

We a…[Read more]

CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern invites nominations for our Executive Committee. Self-nominations welcomed and encouraged. The Executive Committee is fully committed to including and amplifying the wide range of perspectives, voices, and languages that are crucial to our field. We are also committed to representing a diverse range of…[Read more]

Dear Members of the LLC 16th-Century English Forum:

The members of the current Executive Committee for the LLC 16th-Century English Forum invite nominations/suggestions of names of people serve on the Executive Committee. This is a great opportunity to shape panels at MLA and the field generally Please send questions or suggestions to committee…[Read more]

The Eugene O’Neill Society has organized a virtual MLA 2022 round-table session (#216V, Friday morning, January 7, 10:15 – 11:30) on the challenges of teaching drama both in theatre courses and in broader undergraduate surveys of literature. The discussion will expand to include ideas about the role of the humanities amid the increasingly car…[Read more]

The Eugene O’Neill Society has organized a virtual MLA 2022 round-table session (#216V, Friday morning, January 7, 10:15 – 11:30) on the challenges of teaching drama both in theatre courses and in broader undergraduate surveys of literature. The discussion will expand to include ideas about the role of the humanities amid the increasingly car…[Read more]

LLC Shakespeare members are presenting at three sessions at the MLA Annual Convention in DC in January:

1. “Re-Reading Timon of Athens” (Friday, 8.30-9.45, Marriott Marquis Dogwood)

2. “Who Owns Shakespeare?” (Friday, 10.15-11.30, Marriott Marquis Gallaudet)

3. “Shakespeare and White Supremacy” (Friday, 1.45-3, Marriott Marquis Dogwood).

You…[Read more]

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2022, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2022. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]