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Event: “Crafty Impressionism: Camille and Lucien Pissarro’s Collaboration on Les Travaux de Champs” with Shelby Bennett
On Friday, April 24, at 12 noon Eastern Time on Zoom, join the William Morris Society in the United States for an online talk on craft and Impressionism by Shelby Bennett. The Society's Conference Travel Grant supported Shelby's participation in the WMS-US-sponsored...
Event: “Wallpaper on Screen: Morris & Company in Set Design” with Sarah Mead Leonard
On Friday, March 27th at 12:30pm Eastern Time, Sarah Mead Leonard will discuss her ongoing Morris & Co. on Screen project, which documents uses of Morris & Company patterns in set design for television and film. She will share how the project contributed to...
Event: “Arts and Crafts Architecture across America” book talk with Maureen Meister
On Friday, January 30 at 12:30-1:30pm Eastern, 9:30-10:30am Pacific, the William Morris Society in the United States will host Maureen Meister for a talk about her exciting new book, Arts and Crafts Architecture across America, which has recently been published by...
Now Available: Journal of William Morris Studies 2022-2024
The Archive of the Journal of William Morris Studies has been updated with three new issues: Volume 25, No. 1 (2022) Contents: Editorial - Wanne Mendonck Hypocrisy and Cant and Vicarious Ferocity: William Morris and Resistance to British Imperialism - Jan Marsh A...
Deadline Extended: 2026 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship
The deadline for applications for the 2026 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship has been extended to January 16, 2026. Find out more about the Fellowship and read the Call for Papers via the link below:...
Call for Applications: 2026 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 2, 2026Deadline extended to January 16, 2026 The William Morris Society in the United States calls for applications for the 2026 Joseph R. Dunlap Memorial Fellowship. The Dunlap Fellowship supports scholarly and creative work about...
Call for Papers: “The Materiality of Text in Nineteenth-Century Art”, CAA 2026
The William Morris Society in the United States (WMS-US) is sponsoring a session at the CAA conference in Chicago, February 18–21, 2026. You are warmly invited to submit a proposal for the session, which is titled "The Materiality of Text in Nineteenth-Century...
MLA 2026 – Session Announcements
The William Morris Society in the US will host two sessions at the 2026 Modern Language Association Annual Convention, to be held January 8-11, 2026 in Toronto, Canada. Art and Smoke: Ruskin, Morris, Art, and Industrialism Chair, Florence S. Boos, University of Iowa...
Call for Papers – Journal of William Morris Studies – Special Issue on Design
The William Morris Society in the United States's partners at the Journal of William Morris Studies invite submissions for a special issue: "William Morris and the History, Theory and Practice of Design." Call for Papers: The concept of design has been subject to...