Registration Open: Morris and History: Historical Transformations in William Morris's Poetry, Prose and Design (3/22/2014)

Registration Open!

William Morris Society of Canada

University of Toronto
March 22, 2014

PRESENTATIONS

• "William Morris's Evolving Views of History"--Florence Boos, Professor, Department of English, University of Iowa
• "Morris's Frozen Rime: History as Incident and Ornament"--Veronica Alfano, Faculty Fellow, University of Oregon
• "Epic Distance, Ballad Proximity: Morris's Icelandic and Old Danish Translations"--Letitia Henville, PhD Candidate, Department of English, University of Toronto
• "The Dealings of Civilization (or organized misery) with ‘Non-civilization’: Anti-Imperialism and Utopian Thought in William Morris’s News from Nowhere"--Victor Shea, Associate Professor of English and Humanities, York University
• "Romance and History in The Water of the Wondrous Isles"--Christine Bolus-Reichert, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Toronto

REGISTRATION (includes lunch and a birthday celebration for William Morris immediately following the symposium):

• Paid in Advance, before March 15: $50 (members); $60 (non-members); $25 (students)
• Paid at the Door: $60 (members): $70 (non-members); $30 (students)

Registration form and details are available on the William Morris Society of Canada website: http://www.wmsc.ca/p/future-events_11.html

CFP: MLA 2015 "The Pre-Raphaelites: The Ecological and the Oceanic" (3/15/2014; 1/8-11/2015)

MLA 2015, Vancouver, Canada

January 8-11, 2015

Deadline: March 15, 2014

1. Papers are sought for a session co-sponsored by the William Morris Society and the Old Norse Discussion Group on any aspect of William Morris and his associates in relation to Old Norse topics: literary, linguistic, artistic, biographical or political, ranging from pre-historic origins to the present day. Please send abstracts and C.V. by March 15, 2014 to bryane@mst.edu and florence-boos@uiowa.edu.

2. "The Pre-Raphaelites: The Ecological and the Oceanic" The William Morris Society will also sponsor a panel on "The Pre-Raphaelites: The Ecological and the Oceanic."  For this we seek papers on the Pre-Raphaelites, Morris and ecological concerns, the environment, ‘green’ politics, and/or oceanic journeys, Morris’s influence in Asia and Oceania, or trans-Pacific approaches to Pre-Raphaelite studies. Please send abstracts for proposals by March 15, 2014 to florence-boos@uiowa.edu

CFP: William Morris Society of Canada 2014 Symposium "Morris & History" (12/15/2013; 3/22/2014)

William Morris Society of Canada
2014 Symposium: Morris & History
University of Toronto
March 22, 2014

Deadline: December 15, 2013

The William Morris Society of Canada invites proposals for 20-minute papers to be presented at a 2014 symposium on Morris and History. Considerations of Morris's interest in history and of historical influences and connections implicit within one or more aspects of his work are welcome. Papers may explore these themes in relation to his many artistic and literary endeavours, to development of his political thinking and also to changes in his ideas about history itself.

Please send electronic copies of proposals (300-500 words) and a brief biographical statement to Richard Bishop, Program Committee Chair  (rjbishop@rogers.com) by December 15, 2013.

Lecture: "Useful & Beautiful: William Morris and his Books" (5/6/2013)

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow, University of Delaware Library, in conversation with Diane Waggoner, associate curator, department of photographs, National Gallery of Art

Monday, 6 May 2013
12 noon
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC

Free and open to the public

William Morris (1834-1896) gained fame as a designer, as a poet, as a socialist, as the founder of the arts and crafts movement, and as the maker of beautiful books at his Kelmscott Press, founded in 1891. In this illustrated conversation with National Gallery of Art curator Diane Waggoner, Mark Samuels Lasner explores Morris's lifelong, multifaceted engagement with print--as a reader, author, collector, calligrapher,  typographer, printer, and publisher--which culminated with the publication of the great Kelmscott Chaucer just before his death.  Samuels Lasner will also touch on his own collecting of Morris and his circle.

More information: www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#morris-books

Selections from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, on loan to the University of Delaware Library,  are included in "Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848-1900" and "Pre-Raphaelites and the Book," exhibitions on view at the National Gallery of Art through 19 May 2013.

CFP: Social Fabrics (5/15/2013; 9/14/2013)

Social Fabrics: Utopias and Dystopias in relation to the Work of William Morris and H. G. Wells

A Conference Jointly Run by the H.G. Wells Society and the William Morris Society

Saturday 14 September 2013, The Coach House, Kelmscott House, London, UK

10.00am-4.30pm

We are delighted to invite papers on the full range of topics indicated by the title of the conference. Please email abstracts of 500 words to Emelyne Godfrey emelynegodfrey@yahoo.com, Helen Elletson, curator@williammorrissociety.org.uk, Patrick Parrinder, j.parrinder064@btinternet.com, and Sylvia Hardy sylviahardy@btinternet.com.

Deadline for Paper Proposals: 15 May 2013

Location of Conference:

Kelmscott House,

26 Upper Mall,

Hammersmith, W6 9TA

Nearest tube stations: Ravenscourt Park (10-minute walk) and Hammersmith (15-minute walk).