Register for the MSA Conference in Boston next week, and come hear this talk! www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...

Today is the Birthday of T.S. Eliot, born on this day in 1888 🎉 Read the featured article from vol.7 of The Annual for free online: bit.ly/TSESA7-blog @intleliotsociety.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social @johnhaffenden.bsky.social @johnmorgenstern.bsky.social

Attending the @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2025 conference? Book a meeting with @bendoyle.bsky.social to discuss your book idea on the @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social stand! Find out more about publishing with us ⤵️ https://bit.ly/42sYjRI

This workshop should not be missed!

We have an incredible schedule of panels and roundtables at the MSA in Boston in TWO weeks. Also, don't forget to check out the TWO amazing keynote plenaries with Kelly Rich and Jina Kim AND with Kevin Quashie and Evie Shockley. Don't forget to register ASAP! See you in Boston!!!

Perhaps some members of the @moderniststudies.bsky.social will be interested in this new edition of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage. It's the most accurate version of Richardson's first edition texts, at least until the Oxford Edition project is completed.

Exciting news from @msa-modenviro.bsky.social and @mmodernity.bsky.social

@juliarsct.bsky.social will speak about "Poetry under fire: what poems did during the First World War". The free event will be at Craiglockhart Campus on Tuesday 11 November, 5.30pm wine reception for 6pm ish lecture. It will also be streamed on Zoom. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/remembranc...

This year's remembrance lecture at Edinburgh Napier marks, as always, Craiglockhart's First World War links(the meeting place of Owen and Sassoon) and our late colleague Catherine Walker. This year it is also the @fwwsoc.bsky.social Dennis Showalter Memorial Lecture, given by @juliarsct.bsky.social.

Ulrika Maude: Samuel Beckett and Medicine 9 September (Online) Register here (free): tinyurl.com/y529huhs Please join this online launch event for Ulrika Maude's Samuel Beckett and Medicine (CUP, 2025). @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernism-asia.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social

Early registration rates for the MSA Conference in Boston this October end tomorrow, August 31. Register before Sept. 1 to secure these rates! Register here: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M... And email [email protected] with any questions or concerns about the conference or program.

#SFF people, you have been called!

We're delighted to share that the CFP for the joint @modernistudies.bsky.social and @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2026 conference, Weird Modernisms, is now live! 1-4 July, Loughborough University @lborouniversity.bsky.social More info here: moderniststudies.org/conference/MSA2026/CFP/

Hope to see you soon!

This is happening tomorrow, and I hope you'll join us! We have a few prepared thoughts, but mostly it's a chance for contingent/independent scholars to pool ideas and strategies for research funding!

Yes! Calling SFF people interested or just curious about modernisms, broadly understood.

Please come! We'd love to swap ideas with you!

The MSA Committee of Contingent/Independent Scholars is holding a Zoom roundtable on Tues., Aug. 26, 4pm EST on “Funding and Support Off the Tenure Track and in the Face of Increasing Precarity” w/ @nissaren.bsky.social, Emily Bloom, and @chollis.bsky.social Email [email protected] for Zoom link!

Come share your thoughts and experiences finding funding as a contingent scholar with us this coming Tuesday!!

Just one more reminder that MSA early bird registration closes on Aug. 31, and it's not too late to register for a Seminar, even if you're not presenting at the conference this year.

The answer is yes of course!

Loughborough has gone straight in at Number One in my 2026 choice of travel destination charts... #Weird #Modernism

Reminder! Deadline to sign up for @moderniststudies.bsky.social seminars at this year's conference, including mine on Surveillance Modernity (described below), is August 31. #surveillancestudies

100% Lolly Willowes content, y’all. Let’s gooo.

Reason enough to go to MSA!

And don't forget MSA Boston is right around the corner. You can still register for the conference and join this seminar. (Registration goes up Aug. 31 so register today!)

Who wants to do a panel with me but our panel is a seance asking the ghosts of modernists random anachronistic questions? Like: Gertrude, do you see a white dress or a blue dress? Ezra, f*ck marry kill, Mussolini, Putin, Dump?

Oddballs unite for a Euro summer!

We are delighted to share the exciting news that the CFP for the @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2026 conference - next year called Weird Modernisms - jointly held with @modernistudies.bsky.social at @lborouniversity.bsky.social is now live! More info here: moderniststudies.org/conference/MSA2026/CFP/

So excited for this conference next year!

The CFP is here!

Exciting news! The CFP for the joint MSA/ BAMS conference in Loughborough next July is out now. Because this is a joint conference in the UK, there are a number of changes to note for MSA members, including the earlier deadline (Dec. 1) for papers, panels, workshops, etc. More details at the link!

Bureaucratic Modernism is curious to hear your ideas! DL: Nov 15📩 Full call here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/... @moderniststudies.bsky.social @fimassociation.bsky.social @modernism-asia.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social @mmodernity.bsky.social

The MSA offers a limited number of $500 travel grants for conference participants in the Boston conference this Oct. The deadline is this Friday, August 15! Apply here: www.moderniststudies.org/members/trav... Don't forget to register for the conference by Aug. 31 for reduced registration rates!

Come be weird with us!

It's gonna be great y'all!!!

Come and get Weird with us in Loughborough! Save the date for 1-4 July 2026 (also coincides with my birthday!) @lboroenglish.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social

In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.

Modernist scholarship that couldn't speak more directly to our times!

Everyone at the MSA conference is welcome to register for the MSA Business lunch on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 11:45 am. Just make sure you register and pay for it in advance when you register for the conference. It's a great opportunity to hear what the MSA has been up to and future plans as well.

Come to the MSA Conference for the panels, roundtables, plenaries, and seminars. Then stay for all the meet-ups-- great opportunities to get to know people! The contingent and independent scholars meet up is on Sat, Oct. 10 at 6 pm; and the informal grad student meet up is Fri, Oct. 9 at 6:45 pm.

At this year's MSA conference in Boston, there will be some great keynote plenaries that should not be missed! On Friday, Oct. 9 at 4:30 pm, Kelly Rich and Jina Kim will give an Infrastructure Roundtable moderated by Michael Rubenstein.

I once spent a very happy fortnight doing archival work at the Boston Athenæum: it’s a wonderful place and I envy whoever signs up to this!

There are so many great (free!) events lined up for the Boston MSA! The first is the Peripatetic Seminar led by John Plotz on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 5pm. The walk will be accessible and interactive. Space is limited so register now when you register for the conference! msa.press.jhu.edu/membership/c...

Registration for the 2025 MSA Conference is now open! If you didn't have a chance to submit a paper this year, there's still a chance to participate by registering for a seminar. Seminars are a great opportunity to get feedback on drafts. Seminar topics can be found here:

Important correction! Early registration rates for the MSA 2025 Conference in Boston will be available until August 31. Please make a note of this! We'll send reminders too.

This graduate mentoring program designed by @jessmasters.bsky.social is a new MSA initiative, and I wish existed when I was a grad student. Pass it along to any graduate students working in modernism or modernist-adjacent fields, like the Harlem Renaissance, 20th-century studies, etc.

Registration for MSA 2025 in Boston is now open! Register here before Sept. 20 for the reduced rate: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...

Join The Elizabeth von Arnim Society for a ‘Day on the Town’ event to launch Elizabeth von Arnim: the Unexpected Modernist (EUP June 2025) 11 July 2025, 10-4 EDT In New York City and online To register and see the program please visit: elizabethvonarnimsociety.org/conferences/...

Applications for our Humanities Innovation Grants are due one week from today, on 27 June. This newly relaunched program awards $3,000 grants to support projects aimed at improving working conditions in MLA fields, especially for graduate students and NTT faculty members.