A great forum for Pound Studies in the UK! Smashing news. Look forward to figuring out how best to weigh in. Robert Stark ~ Dr. Robert Stark Lecturer in English Department of English University of Exeter 402 Queen's Building Queens Drive Exeter EX4 4QU (o): 01392 725 300 (c): 07876 750 353 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pounds-Early-Verse-Lyric-Tradition/dp/0748646175 On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Poundians, > > Rebecca Beasley, who is the present Chair of the British Association of > Modernist Studies, has sent the Ezra Pound Society an official invitation > to come to the next conference of the BAMS in London, Senate House, June > 26-28, 2014. > > The title of the conference is Modernism NOW! The event is keen to explore > the newest developments in scholarly communities as well as Pound's > relevance to contemporary poetry. At the same time, the conference is > inclusive, so it offers plenty of space for original work done in every > area of Pound studies. > > See here the link to the conference website: > http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/ies-conferences/ModernismNow > > Well, I was rather expecting this, to be very honest with you, it was > bound to happen as a natural development of our integration into the larger > structures and forms of organisation in modernist studies, internationally. > I am only glad that the first invitation came from my back yard, if I may > be permitted to be so discourteous towards our great capital. > > I would be interested to go and also offer a panel, if people would like > to form a group. > OR > If anyone wishes to propose a panel, please drop me a line. Deadline for > submissions is February 23, 2014. > > It would be good for the society to be present at this party. It makes us > stronger. And London in June... well, I won't say more. > > All the best, > Roxana > > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >