I do have an idea/ideas for a paper/seminar/round table (and subsequently 'crashing the party'): What say ye Poundians? 1. The Modernist Epic 2. (Anti-)Romanticism and (Neo)Classicism: Polarizing Ideals of Transatlantic Modernism 3. Modernist Translators and How Translation Influenced the Modern Aesthetic On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Michael Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > > -- *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