MLA 2022: Session Details

Dec 19, 2021 | Conference News, Event News | 0 comments

The William Morris Society in the US is hosting two sessions at the 2022 Modern Language Association Annual Convention, to be held January 6-9, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Thursday, January 6th, 12 noon: “The International Morris”

Marriott Marquis, Silver Linden
Moderated by Florence Boos
Moncure Daniel Conway Goes East – Margaret Stetz, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Flora-graphic Empire: Illustrated Flower Hybrids, England, and Her Empire – Emily Cadger, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Morris and Continental Socialism – Frank Sharp, New York, NY

Saturday, January 8th, 3:30pm: “The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Circle”

Marriott Marquis Dogwood
Moderated by Lise Jaillant

Illustrating History in The Germ– Courtney Krolczyk, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Enigma Variations: Looking at Burne-Jones and Morris’s Cupid and Psyche Prints – Mark Samuels Lasner, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Pre-Raphaelite Print Legacies and The Lark – Rebecca N. Mitchell, University of Birmingham, UK
Ornamental Borders: Paratext and Imperial Britain – Jennifer Rabedeau, Cornell University, Ithaka, NY
William Morris Society US members are also invited to take part in a museum tour and lunch on Friday, January 7th. For more details, check your email – an announcement was sent on December 3rd and a reminder will be sent soon.

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