Dr Serena Trowbridge, Reader in Victorian Literature at Birmingham City University, UK, is organizing an online reading group for The Earthly Paradise. Beginning in February 2022, the group will read through Morris's epic over the course of a year. The Earthly...
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Leadership Changes at the Society
The William Morris Society in the United States is saying farewell to President Michael Robertson, who is moving to London, where he will be an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, while he completes his biography of William Morris. Former President Jane Carlin is serving as Interim President until Jude Nixon becomes President in early 2022.
“Aspects of Britain” Symposium to Honor Peter Stansky
Aspects of Britain is an online symposium celebrating the historian Peter Stansky's work on George Orwell, William Morris, and the Bloomsbury group, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Stansky is Frances and Charles Field Professor of History, emeritus, at Stanford...

Useful and Beautiful, Summer 2021
The summer 2021 issue of Useful and Beautiful, the magazine of the William Morris Society in the United States, is now available as a PDF for all readers. Download here. WMS-US members receive a physical copy of the magazine and immediate access to the PDF. Find out...

Exhibition: “Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty,” Art Institute of Chicago
December 18, 2021 - June 13, 2022 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA "This exhibition explores (Morris & Co.'s) longevity, highlighting Morris & Co’s design tenets and favored techniques as well as Chicago area sites where the work of Morris and his...
MLA 2022: Session Details
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...

Useful and Beautiful, Winter 2020
The winter 2020 issue of Useful and Beautiful, the magazine of the William Morris Society in the United States, is now available as a PDF for all readers. Download here. WMS-US members receive a physical copy of the magazine and immediate access to the PDF. Find out...

Glessner House Visit: Feb. 18, 2022 – POSTPONED
Join us for an in-person event in Chicago on February 18, 2022! Announcement, January 10: In light of the evolving situation with the Omicron variant and CAA 2022's shift to a fully online format, this event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule when safety...
CAA 2022 – Session Announcement
The William Morris Society in the United States is sponsoring its second annual conference session as an affiliated society of CAA. From the beauty of life to the new dawn to Craftivism: Women and the Arts & Crafts Movement Friday, February 18, 2022 4:30–6:00 pm...