From Leonard.Diepeveen at Dal.Ca Fri Apr 4 09:06:42 2008 From: Leonard.Diepeveen at Dal.Ca (Leonard Diepeveen) Date: Mon Apr 7 09:25:05 2008 Subject: [Msa-members] Fraud and Modernisms--CFP for MSA 2008 Message-ID: <4B4748FD-8E49-4AF0-A5E9-02474AA80AC3@Dal.Ca> Fraudulent modernisms From the first Impressionist exhibition to today, modern artistic = production has had a fraught relationship with fraud and aesthetic = concepts undergirding fraud, such as authenticity, sincerity, and = intent. For the 2008 Modernist Studies Association conference in = Nashville, I am looking for papers on fraudulent modernism, broadly = conceived, as well as papers that consider individual frauds. Possible questions to consider include: What part has fraud played in the reception histories of modernism? What is the relationship between modernism and fraud? Fraud and parody? Does a high value placed on aesthetic originality encourage fraud? Do = frauds arise in times of aesthetic instability? Do forgeries? How does fraudulent modernism challenge/redirect an aesthetics based = on sincerity? Are there useful ways to think of insincerity as a = positive aesthetic value? Does intent matter? In what way does modernism=92s engagement with fraud impinge upon its = ethics? How do individual instances and forms of fraud (such as bogus memoirs, = sell-outs, and parodies) recast some of these questions? What is the relationship between modernist fraud and mass culture? Send 250-word abstracts by April 28 to Len Diepeveen at: leonard.diepeveen@= dal.ca Len Diepeveen Professor Department of English Dalhousie University (902) 494-3331 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://chaos.press.jhu.edu/pipermail/msa-members/attachments/20080404/= 1d4b45f0/attachment.htm From jpriquel at bu.edu Mon Apr 7 01:07:13 2008 From: jpriquel at bu.edu (John Paul Riquelme) Date: Mon Apr 7 09:25:05 2008 Subject: [Msa-members] Pericles Lewis at the Modernism Seminar, Harvard Humanities Center, 14 April 2008 Message-ID: <47F9AC01.4080404@bu.edu> Dear Colleagues, The final spring term session of the Modernism Seminar at the Harvard Humanities Center is coming up next week. Please join us if you're in the area to hear our colleague: Pericles Lewis (Yale University) *"*The Burial of the Dead in Modernist Fiction*"* Monday, April 14, 6:00 pm, 133 Barker Center, Harvard University. Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Yale, Lewis is the author of /Modernism, Nationalism, and the Novel/ (2003) and /The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism //(2007), as well as numerous articles and reviews. He is working on a book to be called// //God's Afterlife: Religious Experience in the Modernist Novel/ . For details go to /https://webspace.yale.edu/pericleslewis///./ The next session of the seminar will be in the fall. We hope you'll be able to attend the talk, which includes discussion after the presentation. There is free parking at the Broadway Garage, on Felton between Broadway and Cambridge Street. Just tell the attendant that you're participating in an event at the HHC. Information about the Center, including a calendar of events, is available at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/ . Best wishes, Peter Nohrnberg, Harvard University, nohrnber@fas.harvard.edu John Paul Riquelme, Boston University, jpriquel@bu.edu , http://people.bu.edu/jpriquel/ Co-Chairs, Modernism Seminar From m.cuddy.keane at utoronto.ca Mon Apr 7 10:31:34 2008 From: m.cuddy.keane at utoronto.ca (Melba Cuddy-Keane) Date: Mon Apr 7 10:31:37 2008 Subject: [Msa-members] MSA announcements Message-ID: <00ef01c898bc$15252a90$6401a8c0@Melba3> Some brief notes from MSA: 1. If you haven't yet voted in the current elections, please do so soon. T= he deadline for voting is 11:59 PM (EDT), Tuesday, 22 April 2008. Informati= on and ballot: http://msa.press.jhu.edu/elections_and_nominations.html 2. Nominations for the position of Webmaster (2008-2010) should be sent to = MSA President, Melba Cuddy-Keane, by email (m.cuddy.keane@utoronto.ca) no l= ater than May 15, 2008. Any queries about the position can be addressed to= the current digital editor, Clifford Wulfman, cwulfman@Princeton.EDU (No= te Cliff's new email!!!). 3. CFPs for the MSA conference roundtables and panels should be sent to msa= x@vanderbilt.edu for posting on the conference website. Please do not send= these CFPs to "msa-members" since we have promised our membership to limit= the volume of mailings on this list as much as possible. Please include: = title, short abstract, organizer contact, abstract requirements, and organi= zer's deadline. Further information: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/msax/CFPs.h= tml#Panel 4. To access the current (growing and exciting) list of CFPs: http://www.v= anderbilt.edu/msax/CFPs_Participants.html 5. Note that nominations for the 2007 BookPrize close today: http://msa.pre= ss.jhu.edu/prize_announcement.html very best regards, Melba Cuddy-Keane MSA President, 2007-08 m.cuddy.keane@utoronto.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://chaos.press.jhu.edu/pipermail/msa-members/attachments/20080407/= 48e726d6/attachment.htm From lcucullu at umn.edu Tue Apr 15 12:03:28 2008 From: lcucullu at umn.edu (Lois Cucullu) Date: Tue Apr 15 12:03:40 2008 Subject: [Msa-members] MSA Elections in Final Week of Balloting Message-ID: <5A529793-B0C6-485B-9FC5-68C4FADDB717@umn.edu> Dear MSA members: We've entered our final week of balloting. If you haven't yet voted in the current elections, please do so soon. The deadline for voting is 11:59 PM (EDT), Tuesday, 22 April 2008. Information and ballot: http://msa.press.jhu.edu/elections_and_nominations.html We've done our utmost to make the voting process very user-friendly this year, so do take a moment to vote. With thanks, Lois Cucullu Chair, Nominations and Elections Modernist Studies Association -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://chaos.press.jhu.edu/pipermail/msa-members/attachments/20080415/1c0468ca/attachment.htm From lcucullu at umn.edu Mon Apr 21 11:36:32 2008 From: lcucullu at umn.edu (Lois Cucullu) Date: Mon Apr 21 11:36:38 2008 Subject: [Msa-members] Last call to vote in MSA 2008 election Message-ID: Dear MSA members: Last call to vote in the MSA 2008 election. The deadline for voting is tomorrow, Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 11:59 PM (EDT). Information and ballot: http://msa.press.jhu.edu/elections_and_nominations.html For those of you who have already voted, my thanks on behalf of MSA and the fine slate of candidates standing for office this year. 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URL: http://chaos.press.jhu.edu/pipermail/msa-members/attachments/20080423/d83f0f39/attachment.htm From gtague at stfranciscollege.edu Sat Apr 19 10:44:38 2008 From: gtague at stfranciscollege.edu (Gregory Tague) Date: Sat Apr 26 15:57:29 2008 Subject: [Msa-members] Posting a Call for Essays Message-ID: U2tpcHBlZCBjb250ZW50IG9mIHR5cGUgbXVsdGlwYXJ0L2FsdGVybmF0aXZlLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0gbmV4dCBwYXJ0IC0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tCkEgbm9uLXRleHQgYXR0YWNobWVudCB3YXMgc2Ny dWJiZWQuLi4KTmFtZTogT3JpZ2lucyBvZiBFbmdsaXNoIERyYW1hdGljIE1vZGVybmlzbSBDYWxs IFBsYWluIHRleHQuZG9jClR5cGU6IGFwcGxpY2F0aW9uL21zd29yZApTaXplOiAzNjM1MiBieXRl cwpEZXNjOiBPcmlnaW5zIG9mIEVuZ2xpc2ggRHJhbWF0aWMgTW9kZXJuaXNtIENhbGwgUGxhaW4g dGV4dC5kb2MKVXJsIDogaHR0cDovL2NoYW9zLnByZXNzLmpodS5lZHUvcGlwZXJtYWlsL21zYS1t ZW1iZXJzL2F0dGFjaG1lbnRzLzIwMDgwNDE5L2E2MjQwYWU1L09yaWdpbnNvZkVuZ2xpc2hEcmFt YXRpY01vZGVybmlzbUNhbGxQbGFpbnRleHQtMDAwMS5kb2MK From LHankins at cornellcollege.edu Fri Apr 25 16:55:46 2008 From: LHankins at cornellcollege.edu (Leslie Hankins) Date: Sat Apr 26 15:57:29 2008 Subject: [Msa-members] a rare film MSA members should see--this SUNDAY on Turner Classic Movies In-Reply-To: <47F0C192020000ED0005193F@giadom.drew.edu> References: <47F0C192020000ED0005193F@giadom.drew.edu> Message-ID: <2E7BE4CBECD6624B91C00E996C8E937C042394A9@SRV10.cornellcollege.edu> To Modernist Studies Association members: I want to let you know about a rare opportunity to watch a film that is just coming out of archival status: J'accuse, the 1918-19 anti-war epic by Abel Gance -a film that is compelling and timely. If you do screen the film, please let me know your responses (my email is below). Below is information about the screenings, sent to me by FLICKER ALLEY, who will in the future offer the restored DVD of the film. See the Flicker Alley website in the future for more details: http://www.flickeralley.com J'Accuse will air TWICE Sunday, April 27th (THIS SUNDAY) on Turner Classic Movies (TCM), starting a 5:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST). Turner Classic Movies is a cable channel that has different spots depending on the cable network. For one system, which is Direct TV in Los Angeles, TCM is channel 256. It will vary around the country. Here is an article about the screenings on TCM: http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=194037&mainArticleId=194033 Regards, leslie Leslie Kathleen Hankins Professor English Department Cornell College lhankins@cornellcollege.edu