The Old English Forum announces these calls for papers for MLA 2022, 6–9 January in Washington, DC.

Session (1) Broken but Wondrous: Finding Hope in Old English Literature
Old English literature is rarely associated with hope – indeed, much of its poetry is littered with the ruins of lost peoples, frozen and desolate landscapes, meditations on…[Read more]

The Old English Forum announces these calls for papers for MLA 2022, 6–9 January in Washington, DC.

Session (1) Broken but Wondrous: Finding Hope in Old English Literature
Old English literature is rarely associated with hope – indeed, much of its poetry is littered with the ruins of lost peoples, frozen and desolate landscapes, meditations on…[Read more]

Shared on behalf of Leland G. Spencer, PhD, editor of Women and Language:

Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be empirical, rhetorical-critical,…[Read more]

Isidore of Seville and the Persistence of Classical Antiquity in Iberia and the British Isles during the Middle Ages--Collaborative session with LLC Old English and LLC Medieval IberianMLA official CFP page: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2021/webprogrampreliminary/Paper12918.html Papers on the dissemination of Isidore ́s works across Western Europe d…[Read more]

From the MLA Old English Forum Executive Committee:

We write to express our support for the changes currently being pursued by the membership of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists.

First: We wish to recognize the work of Dr. Mary Rambaran-Olm, who served as second vice-president of ISAS from 2017 to the present, whose resignation from…[Read more]

Call for Papers from Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University:

Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be empirical, rhetorical-critical, in…[Read more]

I am a candidate for the Old English forum and would like to introduce myself and my goals.

Old English has long had a strong presence at MLA. I want to continue the mix of panels and paper sessions we have had in recent years, with representation including all levels of the profession from graduate students through senior scholars.

I am a…[Read more]