The William Morris Society in the US will host a guaranteed session, “The International Morris: The Morris Circle and the World” at the 2022 Modern Language Association Annual Conference, January 6-9, 2022.
Papers:
“Morris and Continental Socialists”
Frank Sharp, NYC
“Morris, Ruskin, and Early Twentieth-Century Socialism in China”
Nan Chang, Fudan University
“Moncure Conway Goes East”
Margaret Stetz, University of Delaware
“Flora-graphic Empire: Illustrated Flower Hybrids and England’s Empire”
Emily Cadger, University of British Columbia
We have also submitted a proposal for a non-guaranteed session, “The Pre-Raphaelites and Print Culture,” co-sponsored with SHARP, the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing.
Further information on MLA sessions should be forthcoming by July.