SCRC 2016 Program

The Marvell Society will hold its annual meeting in conjunction with the South Central Renaissance Conference, March 24-26, in St Louis, MO. The conference program is available here.

CFP SCRC 2016

The Andrew Marvell Society invites proposals for papers to be presented at the 2016 South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) on any aspect of Marvell studies from established scholars in the field as well as graduate students and newcomers. Papers may be suggesting new historical, cultural, and discursive contexts for his works in verse and prose, re-examining … Read more

‘Marvell Studies’ Editorial Board Constituted

The Society is delighted to announce the constitution of the Editorial Board for ‘Marvell Studies’, our new journal, set to replace the ‘Andrew Marvell Newsletter’ in Summer 2015. The board for 2015-16 will include: Matthew Augustine (ex officio, University of St Andrews) Martin Dzelzainis (ex officio, University of Leicester) Alex Garganigo (ex officio, Austin College) … Read more

Journal launch: ‘Marvell Studies’

For the last half-decade or so, the Andrew Marvell Society has published a periodical under the name of the ‘Andrew Marvell Newsletter’. At the annual business meeting of the Society in March 2015, the decision was taken to relaunch this periodical as ‘Marvell Studies’, beginning Summer 2015. This will continue to be an open-access publication, … Read more

Jonathan Sawday Tapped for SCRC 2015 Plenary

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jonathan Sawday, Walter J. Ong, S. J., Chair in the Humanities at St Louis University, has agreed to give the plenary talk at next year’s meeting of the Marvell Society in conjunction with the South Central Renaissance Conference in Raleigh, NC. Professor Sawday will be presenting new findings about … Read more

CFP: Marvell Sessions at RSA 2015

The Andrew Marvell Society invites session proposals and individual paper proposals for the 2015 annual conference, to be held at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin next spring, 26–28 March 2015. The RSA deadline is 10 June, but submissions should be made to Martin Dzelzainis ([email protected]) in the first instance by 6 June at the latest. The Society … Read more

New Executive Committee Takes Office

Following the annual meeting of the Society April 3-5 in Tucson, the Executive Committee of the Andrew Marvell Society was reorganised around several expiring appointments and new elections. The Society thanks outgoing ExComm members Laurent Currelly (2011-14) and Christopher Orchard (2011-14) and welcomes newly elected representatives Brett Hudson (2014-17) and Brendan Prawdzik (2014-17). Having completed … Read more

Brett Hudson Wins 2014 John M. Wallace Award

Congratulations to Dr Brett Hudson who was honoured with the second John M. Wallace Award, which recognises the best paper given by an early career academic at the Society’s annual meeting. His prize paper was titled ‘Marvell’s Satire of Corporal Punishment in the Rehearsal Transpros’d.’