Modernism Links
1. Links to Modernist Studies on the Web | 2. Graduate Study within the field of Modernist Studies
1. Links to Modernist Studies on the Web
a. General Sites
BAMS - British Association for Modernist Studies
Exists to provide a means of communication between individuals and
already existing groups working in modernist studies across Britain,
and across all relevant disciplines, and to make connections with
modernists abroad. Aims to support and develop education and training
in modernist studies, particularly for postgraduates. Registration is
free and open to all.
Modernism Research Seminar [Formerly the London Modernism Seminar]
Hosted by the Institute of English Studies in collaboration with
various other London Universities. Meets in London roughly once a month
during term-time, on a Saturday.
The Centre for Modernist Studies at Sussex University
Brings together faculty and students from a variety of disciplines
to explore key questions relating to the cultural forms of Modernism
and their legacies. Home to the Modernist Magazines Project.
The Modernist Magazines Project
Aims to refine and enhance the record through the production of a
scholarly resource and comprehensive critical and cultural history of
modernist magazines in the period 1880-1945, considering their
contribution to the construction of modernism in Britain, Europe and
North America.
Modernist Cultures
Free e-journal examining the interdisciplinary and international aspects of modernism, hosted by the University of Birmingham.
Paideuma: Studies in American and British Modernist Poetry
Formerly Paideuma: A Journal Devoted to Ezra Pound Scholarship; has
expanded its scope to include scholarship on Modernist poetry in
English. The foremost publisher of scholarly work on Ezra Pound and the
Pound tradition.
The Modernist Studies Association
The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts
in their social, political, cultural and intellectual contexts from the
later nineteenth- through the mid-twentieth century. Through annual
conferences and its journal, Modernism/Modernity, the
organization seeks to develop an international and interdisciplinary
forum for exchange among scholars. It also awards an annual book prize.
The Northern Modernism Seminar
The Northern Modernism Seminar is a partner to the London Modernism
Seminar, designed to bring together scholars in the field of modernism
who are located in the North of the UK University and College sector.
It organises biannual day events with three to four papers.
The Manchester Modernism Research Group
The Modernist Journals Project at Brown University
Modernism: American Salons
Modernism: Designing a New World - exhibition at the V&A (now closed)
b. Individual Authors
The T.S. Eliot Society
An international community for discussing the work of T.S. Eliot,
founded in 1980. The society sponsors an annual Memorial Lecture by an
eminent critic or scholar and organises panels on Eliot at conferences.
It is currently developing a portal for access to various online
resources relating to Eliot’s work.
International James Joyce Foundation
Created in 1967, the International James Joyce Foundation (IJJF)
sponsors Symposia every other year around June 16th, which gather
scholars and readers from all over the world to discuss the works of
James Joyce in a European location. (Past venues have included Trieste,
Zurich, Frankfurt and Dublin.) Further information about membership of
IJJF can be found through the website, as well as access to some online
information about Joyce.
The Zurich James Joyce Foundation
Established in 1985 with help from the former Union Bank of
Switzerland. Its premises in Zurich incorporate a significant library
of Joyce and Joyce-related scholarship and archival materials and host
weekly reading groups and annual workshops dedicated to the study of
Joyce’s work. The Foundation regularly invites visiting guest scholars
and writers to present their work and sponsors young scholars of
Joyce’s work to spend a period of up to two months’ pursuing research
in its archives and libraries.
The Ford Madox Ford Society
International society founded in 1997 to promote knowledge of and
interest in the life and work of Ford Madox Ford. Organises regular
events and publishes International Ford Madox Ford Studies.
The Katherine Mansfield Society
A new international organisation, recently established to promote and encourage study and enjoyment of Mansfield's work through newsletters, an annual journal and by organising conferences.
The Wyndham Lewis Society and Wyndham Lewis Project
A Spanish-UK project which focuses on the entire work of Wyndham Lewis,
and pays particular attention to the ideological aspects of his
thinking. Numerous texts by Lewis available online. The Society
publishes the Wyndham Lewis Annual, a refereed academic journal, and
the Lewisletter.
The Dorothy Richardson Society
Provides information about Richardson scholarship including the most
up-to-date bibliography of Richardson's work, Richardson criticism and
the material contained in the Richardson archives, introductory
material about her life and work, news and events, and links to a new
electronic journal, published annually, devoted to Richardson studies.
The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain
A non-profit organisation which aims to raise the profile of Virginia
Woolf and promote the reading and discussion of her works. An Editorial
Committee produces the Virginia Woolf Bulletin three times a year
(January, May and September), as well as a number of other
publications. Woolf-related events and talks, open to members only, are
held throughout the year.
D.H. Lawrence Resources
Portal to the D H Lawrence Collections at The University of Nottingham
Library. This website provides a range of supporting material related
to Lawrence and his work online, but not, currently, direct access to
digital versions of the full texts of his writings or personal papers,
nor any critical essays or studies of individual works.
David Jones Society
2. Graduate Study within the field of Modernist Studies
The Modernities M.Litt. at the University of Glasgow
The MSc. in Literature and Modernity: 1900 to the Present at the University of Edinburgh
The MSc. in Modern Art: History, Criticism, Curating at the University of Edinburgh
The M.A. in Modern English Literature at University College, Dublin