modernist studies

This panel explores the interconnection of avant-garde humor with forms of political action that defied conventional art and lifestyles. The significance of the comical aspect centers on a greater understanding of experimental practices as cases that unsettle the establishment. Literally meaning “advance guard” in French, the term holds a military sense that applies to artists and works characterized by their combative nature and their tendency to question the acceptability of norms and traditional aesthetic genres. Avant-garde artists made use of humor as a political weapon that destabilized the status quo by challenging bourgeois values and promoting radical reforms on a sociocultural level.

Conrad and Power.  Affiliated session; traditional format.

 
Conrad and Power: The panel organizers are especially interested in 15-20 minute papers on power in any aspect of Joseph Conrad’s life and works. Proposals addressing the broader elements of the conference theme or on any Conradian theme in multimedia contexts are also welcome. By May 10, please submit an abstract of 350 words, a brief bio, and any A/V requests to Professor Lissa Schneider-Rebozo, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, at Elizabeth.schneider-rebozo@uwrf.edu.
 
Secretary: Dr. Reena Thomas
rthomas2@neosho.edu

"Elizabeth von Arnim — Identities" 

International Conference, University of Toulon, 2-3 July 2019

http://elizabethvonarnimsociety.org/conferences/conference-elizabeth-von...

Keynote Speaker: Dr Kate Macdonald, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire and Director of Handheld Press

Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Annual Conference

November 14-17, 2019

San Diego, California

CALL FOR PAPERS

Drama and Society 1: Theatre’s Clowns and Comic Traditions 

This panel invites papers that explore the many ways the ever elusive and haunting trope of the clown has been represented in theatre arts: from the Ancients to the Contemporary, from the buffoon to the coulrophobic grotesque, and as a signifier embedded in both Western and non-Western cultures. 

Midwestern Modern Language Association

November 14-17, 2019

Chicago, Illinois

Permanent Section: Irish Studies

—I am a servant of two masters, Stephen said, an English and an Italian.