It wouldn't be crashing the party! What Demetres advises is exactly right. Frame a Pound-friendly topic so as to welcome and invite scholars working on other figures. Cheers, Michael On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Andy, > No official plans since the MSA is not part of the EPS conference circuit. > BUT having said that, I don't see any impediment in crashing the party. If > you have ideas for a paper/seminar/round table we could use the EPS mailing > list to cobble a proposal together. > Participants have to be members of the MSA. > Here a link to the MSA conference website: http://msa.press.jhu.edu/ > conferences/msa16/cfp.html > Cheers, > Roxana > > > Quoting Andy Trevathan <[log in to unmask]> on Sat, 22 Feb 2014 > 21:29:29 -0600: > > What are the Society's plans, if any, for MSA 2014? It's in Pittsburgh >> this coming November. >> >> *Deadline for Seminar Proposals and Thursday Workshop Proposals is >> February >> 28, 2014 * >> >> http://msa.press.jhu.edu/conferences/msa16/ >> >> I'm trying to put together something, but don't remember hearing anything >> from my fellow Poundians. >> >> Best, >> AndyT. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Poundians, >>> >>> As you all know, The Ezra Pound Society has the major mission of >>> organising conference sessions and panels so that Poundians can present >>> their work and projects to the scholarly community. Until now, the EPS >>> has >>> had two slots at the MLA in January and two slots at the American >>> Literature Association Conference in May. Preparations for the MLA >>> participation were made in February this year: Demetres organised a >>> session >>> on literature and technology for the MLA 2014. >>> >>> The very good news is that our colleague Prof. Alan Golding, who has now >>> been appointed Director of the Louisville Conference, has offered the >>> society a regular slot for this prestigious annual event. The Louisville >>> Conference is dedicated to literature after 1900 and its connections with >>> the other arts: it has run for 41 years now and is attended on average by >>> 500 scholars. >>> Alan tells me people come gladly year after year (and not only for the >>> music, excellent restaurants and the bourbon!). Have a look at the >>> conference website here: http://www.thelouisvilleconference.com/ >>> >>> I asked Alan about how the Louisville conference compares to the MSA. >>> This is what he told me: >>> >>> ?Compared to MSA, it's somewhat smaller (about 500 people), and we don't >>> use MSA's seminar structure. We have a somewhat smaller book exhibit, but >>> still a pretty good-size Scholar's Choice table, and the U of Iowa Press >>> is >>> now a presence too. Creative writing is a much stronger presence here >>> than >>> at MSA; we run creative and critical panels simultaneously, and of our >>> four >>> featured speaker slots, two are devoted to creative writing. I'm in touch >>> with Colson Whitehead about coming in 2014, and we still need to book our >>> poet; our critical speakers, Lauren Berlant and Peter Nicholls (of >>> obvious >>> interest to Poundians), are in place. ? There's the full range of >>> participants, from grad students to full profs and name chairs. ? this >>> would be an opportunity to gather for folks working on the MLA Approaches >>> to Teaching Pound, among other possibilities.? >>> >>> It is for us to shape our session according to our interests and >>> pursuits, >>> which gives us a much-needed freedom to study Pound in context and >>> interact >>> with scholars engaged in all areas of modernism. Other author societies, >>> like the T.S. Eliot and Wallace Stevens ones, are regulars at the >>> Louisville Conference. I have taken up contact with the Eliot society UK, >>> which has started its own call for papers for Louisville ? it is a >>> modest >>> beginning but in due course we could have stable channels of cooperation >>> and organise joint sessions or other projects. >>> >>> The deadline for submissions is October 1st 2013. >>> Please send a 300 word abstract and separate cover sheet to >>> [log in to unmask] to participate in this first session we organise >>> for the Louisville conference as a society. >>> >>> The cover sheet should include: >>> ? Name (as it will appear in the program) >>> ? Address (preferably home address) >>> ? E-mail address (necessary to confirm your acceptance) >>> ? Telephone number >>> ? Academic affiliation (if applicable) >>> ? Title of paper/work (as it will appear in the program) >>> ? National origin/genre of work discussed (please be specific) >>> ? Personal biographical note (100-150 words >>> >>> Depending on the nature of the work you submit, I will devise an >>> inclusive >>> theme, rationale and title for our session. >>> >>> To conclude: >>> Through our organisation we are fortunate to have what could be called a >>> stable ?conference season? running from January through May (MLA, >>> Louisville, ALA). Let us use it to present our work, discuss it with >>> peers, >>> and establish contacts. >>> >>> My promise to you at this point is that the participants in the >>> Louisville >>> Conference will be the first to benefit from a website I plan to create >>> for >>> the EPS. At present, most of us have to wait up to four years to see our >>> work published, or at least posted somewhere for public attention. As >>> people in my family used to say (a lot): ?This situation is intolerable. >>> It >>> can?t and shouldn?t last!? >>> >>> The least we can do is post the conference abstracts on the website, so >>> that we have a running record of what we work on. For those of you who >>> have >>> a project ready and are willing to show it to peers, the society website >>> could be a working option, permanent or temporary, as you choose. >>> >>> I am now preparing a white paper with proposals, so as to let you know >>> what such a website could be like. I hope to finish a draft by the end of >>> September and look forward to your input and ideas. >>> >>> Please use the email address above to write to me on any concerns, >>> queries >>> and proposals about the EPS you might have. >>> >>> With all my best, >>> Roxana >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Andy Trevathan* >> "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive >> characters are seared with scars." ~ Kahlil Gibran >> "We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy." ~ >> Joseph Campbell >> >> >> > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >