M.L.A. Convention
As an Allied
Organization of the Modern Language Association, the International
Virginia Woolf Society sponsors sessions at the annual MLA Convention.
Sessions are organized and chaired by members of the Modern Language
Association. The MLA requires all presenters to be active members of
the Modern Language Association. The IVWS invites, but does not
require, all presenters to join the Society.
MLA 2022
CFP #1: MLA–IVWS Affiliated Organization Session (Guaranteed Panel)
Topic: Virginia Woolf, Hope and Wonder
This session will explore the question, "Where and how do we see hope and wonder in Woolf’s earliest memories, her responses to war, and her approaches to making meaning?" Submit a CV and 300-word abstract by 15 March 2021 to Angela Harris (angela.cat.harris@gmail.com).
Further information here.
CFP #2: (Possible Panel)
Topic: Woolf's 21st-Century Academia
In our profession, we have an opportunity to create what Virginia Woolf envisioned as a totally new version of higher education in the 21st century, that of “an experimental college, an adventurous college . . .The aim of the new college, the cheap college, should be not to segregate and specialise, but to combine. It should explore the ways in which mind and body can be made to co-operate; discover what new combinations make good wholes in human life” (Three Guineas 43). This panel will inspire productive conversation around the idea of Woolf’s 21st-century notion of what academia might look like—exploring the myriad ways in which we, as professors, graduate students, undergraduates, bloggers, and common readers alike, might realize her collaborative vision in our teaching and scholarship today and in the increasingly uncertain future of academia. Please send a 250-300 word abstract and your contact information by March 15, 2021 to Emily Hinnov (emhinnov@yahoo.com).
MLA 2022
CFP #1: MLA–IVWS Affiliated Organization Session (Guaranteed Panel)
Topic: Virginia Woolf, Hope and Wonder
This session will explore the question, "Where and how do we see hope and wonder in Woolf’s earliest memories, her responses to war, and her approaches to making meaning?" Submit a CV and 300-word abstract by 15 March 2021 to Angela Harris (angela.cat.harris@gmail.com).
Further information here.
CFP #2: (Possible Panel)
Topic: Woolf's 21st-Century Academia
In our profession, we have an opportunity to create what Virginia Woolf envisioned as a totally new version of higher education in the 21st century, that of “an experimental college, an adventurous college . . .The aim of the new college, the cheap college, should be not to segregate and specialise, but to combine. It should explore the ways in which mind and body can be made to co-operate; discover what new combinations make good wholes in human life” (Three Guineas 43). This panel will inspire productive conversation around the idea of Woolf’s 21st-century notion of what academia might look like—exploring the myriad ways in which we, as professors, graduate students, undergraduates, bloggers, and common readers alike, might realize her collaborative vision in our teaching and scholarship today and in the increasingly uncertain future of academia. Please send a 250-300 word abstract and your contact information by March 15, 2021 to Emily Hinnov (emhinnov@yahoo.com).
Archives
of past IVWS panels at the MLA Conventions can be found on our archives
page.