From cohendr at mailbox.sc.edu Thu Jan 22 15:58:11 2009 From: cohendr at mailbox.sc.edu (Debra Rae Cohen) Date: Thu Jan 22 16:09:59 2009 Subject: [Msa-members] Call for Nominations for MSA Board Positions Message-ID: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 3 MSA EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS: Deadline for receipt of nominations: 2 March 2009 (Monday) The MSA Executive Committee seeks nominations for 3 Board positions. 1. 2nd VICE PRESIDENT (the 2nd Vice President assumes office on the = final day of MSA 11 in 2009, then proceeds to the position of 1st = Vice-President on the final day of MSA 12 in 2010, and then to the = position of President on the final day of MSA 13 in 2011). 2. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES CHAIR (3-year term commencing on the = final day of MSA 11 in 2009). 3. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHAIR (3-year term commencing on the final = day of MSA 11 in 2009). Click here for OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIONS Prospective candidates with questions about the duties of any of the = positions are encouraged to contact these current or recent officers: President Sean Latham at sean-latham@utulsa.edu; 1st Vice President Pamela Caughie at pcaughi@luc.edu; 2nd Vice President Mark Morrison at mxm61@psu.edu; Interdisciplinary Approaches Chair David Chinitz at dchinit@luc.edu; International Relations Chair Sonita Sarker at sarker@macalester.edu; Recent Past-Presidents Melba Cuddy-Keane at m.cuddy.keane@utoronto.ca and Cristanne Miller at ccmiller@buffalo.edu ****************** NOMINATION INSTRUCTIONS: We encourage both self-nominations and nominations of other MSA members! Any MSA member in good standing is eligible to be nominated and serve = as an officer. Please send your nomination of another MSA member or of yourself to = Debra Rae Cohen, Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee: drc@sc.edu. Nominations should be sent as an attachment and should include the = following information about the nominee: =95 name =95 position sought =95 e-mail and telephone contacts =95 rank, academic or organizational affiliation =95 a statement of candidacy of no more than 200 words; the statement = may additionally be accompanied by a list of up to 4 publications = that demonstrate an interest in Modernist Studies and/or a website = address that lists publications and other relevant information =95 current c.v. NOMINATIONS DEADLINE: 2 MARCH 2009 (MONDAY) The Nominations and Elections Committee Chair, in consultation with = the Nominations Committee, will prepare a slate of candidates for = election. The Nominations Chair will contact those nominees who were = not self-nominated to confirm their interest in serving on the board. Please address any procedural questions to Debra Rae Cohen at her = email (drc@sc.edu) or via telephone (803.777.2133). ******************* ABOUT THE MSA BOARD: Since our inception over a decade ago, the MSA membership has grown = to almost 1000. Most of the organization=92s work is done by volunteers = on the MSA Board and their committees, with the assistance of an MSA = administrator. Therefore, those deciding to run for election should = be prepared to make a substantial time commitment to MSA. Board = members also work individually and collectively to build the = membership base, and to communicate with members and the larger = academy concerning the Modernist Studies Association. The MSA Board = is responsible for planning and executing the annual meeting in = conjunction with representatives of the host institution; we believe = that the liveliest and most provocative conferences result from = attention to diversity of representation on the fronts of discipline, = nation, race, and gender on the Board, among the membership, and on = the annual program. Our most recent conferences in Tulsa (2006), Long = Beach (2007), and Nashville (2008) have further diversified our = membership and increased interdisciplinary and multi-cultural panel = offerings. We expect no less of our future conferences at Montreal = (2009), Victoria (2010) and Buffalo (2011). Debra Rae Cohen Department of English Humanities Office Building University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 drc@sc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://chaos.press.jhu.edu/pipermail/msa-members/attachments/20090122/= 551d0fe4/attachment.htm From sean-latham at utulsa.edu Sat Jan 24 11:08:10 2009 From: sean-latham at utulsa.edu (Sean Latham) Date: Sat Jan 24 11:08:19 2009 Subject: [Msa-members] MSA 11: The Languages of Modernism (CFP) Message-ID: MSA Members-- We are happy to issue the call for proposals for the 11th annual meeting of the Modernist Studies Association to be held from 5-8 November 2009 in Montreal, Canada. This year's conference will be organized around the theme "Languages of Modernism," though (as always) participants are welcome to submit panel, seminar, and roundtable proposals on any topic. The event is being sponsored by the Universit? de Montreal, McGill University, and Concordia University as well as the MSA. The full text of the call for panels and seminars as well as information about the site and the rules of participation can be found online at or by following the links on the MSA homepage. The deadline for SEMINAR proposals is 9 March, 2009. The deadline for PANEL proposals is 11 May, 2009. Questions can be directed to the local conference organizers (msa.english@mcgill.ca) or to the Rebecca Walkowitz, Chair of the Program Committee (rebecca.walkowitz@rutgers.edu). This promises to be an exciting international event and I will look forward to welcoming you all to Montreal. Sean Latham President, Modernist Studies Association Professor of English Director, Modernist Journals Project Editor, James Joyce Quarterly University of Tulsa From sean-latham at utulsa.edu Wed Jan 28 10:23:41 2009 From: sean-latham at utulsa.edu (Sean Latham) Date: Wed Jan 28 10:23:51 2009 Subject: [Msa-members] Survey on Future MSA Conference Sites Message-ID: MSA Members-- I am pleased to announce that the Modernist Studies Association has successfully scheduled dates and sites for its next three conferences and we are in the process now of planning for them as well as considering future sites. To aid us in this important process, I invite you to follow the link below and complete a very short online survey that will be of great use to the MSA and to the conference planners already at work. http://msa.press.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/msa_conference_attendance_survey_2009.cgi The survey will be open immediately and close on 14 February. Please recall as well that the CFP for Montreal as well as a call for the nomination of officers are both available at the MSA website: http://msa.press.jhu.edu/ Sean Latham President, Modernist Studies Association