Conferences
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Conferences
The William Morris Society in the United States regularly hosts and co-hosts panels at two major academic gatherings, the Modern Language Association (MLA) and College Art Association (CAA) annual conferences.
We have been a presence at MLA conventions from 1975 onwards, and an affiliated Allied Organization since 1983. We now sponsor one to two MLA panels annually. In 2020, we began our affiliation with the College Art Association, hosting our first CAA Annual Conference panel in February 2021.
We are also proud of our continuing tradition of sponsoring and co-sponsoring symposia and conferences on Morrisian subjects.
See below for recent Calls for Papers and Proposals and for information about past conferences.
Image: William Morris, Daisy, wallpaper, 1864. Victoria and Albert Museum.
Conference Announcements
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...
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,...
Call for Session Proposals: CAA 2026
The William Morris Society in the United States (WMS-US) invites session proposals for the CAA 2026 conference, which is scheduled for February 18–21 in Chicago. We welcome proposals for sessions...
Image: William Morris, Sunflower, wallpaper, 1879. Victoria and Albert Museum.
Past Conferences
Modern Language Association 2020
The William Morris Society US sponsored two sessions at the Modern Language Association Convention held in Seattle, WA, in January 2020. Our first session, “Re-evaluating the Pre-Raphaelites,” examined how in the past decade a number of exhibitions from Manchester to...
College Art Association 2021
On February 13, 2021, The William Morris Society in the United States hosted our first panel at the College Art Association Annual Conference, titled "William Morris Today." Chaired by Imogen Hart (University of California, Berkeley) and Morna O'Neill (Wake Forest...