The executive committee requests that all members complete a short survey on some important issues facing the society. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has prevented the Marvell Society from meeting in person since SCRC 2019 and which has also brought to the fore key issues of engagement, sustainability, and inclusiveness, the Executive … Read more
The John M. Wallace Award for 2021 goes to Ruby Lowe, graduate student, NYU. The Wallace prize honors the best paper by an early career researcher presented at the annual meeting of the Marvell Society. Guest judge Professor Anita Sherman: In her wide-ranging essay, ‘”A World Within”: Inside Wither, Milton, and Marvell as Dialectic Voice’, … Read more
The School of English at St Andrews is delighted to announce the eighth annual English Colloquium, ‘Reimagining Andrew Marvell: The Poet at 400’, scheduled for 6-8 May 2021 (rescheduled from May 2020 due to Covid-19), in coordination with the British Academy, the Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Society for Renaissance Studies. This … Read more
Exploring the Renaissance 2021: An International Conference, March 25-27 The Andrew Marvell Society invites proposals for 15- to 20-minute papers to be presented at the 2021 South Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) on any aspect of Marvell studies. Proposals are welcomed on all topics. We also invite proposals for short (5- to 10-minute) papers for a … Read more
The Andrew Marvell Society invites paper proposals for a sponsored session at the next annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Dublin (or, if necessary, virtually), 7-10 April 2020 . We welcome papers on any topic relating to Marvell, including but not limited to his reception by modern poets; his representations and theorizations … Read more
The Andrew Marvell Society invites proposals for papers to be presented at the 2020 South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) on any aspect of Marvell studies from established scholars in the field as well as graduate students and newcomers. Proposals are welcomed on all topics. This year’s conference will be hosted by Southern Methodist University in Dallas, … Read more
The Marvell Society will be sponsoring panels at the next annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, to be held in Philadelphia, 2-4 April 2020. Proposals for panels are now invited: please send a 150-word overview as well as names of likely contributors to Society President Matthew Augustine ([email protected]) or Executive Secretary Steph Coster … Read more
The Andrew Marvell Society invites proposals for papers to be presented at the 2019 South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) on any aspect of Marvell studies from established scholars in the field as well as graduate students and newcomers. Proposals are welcomed on all topics, but especially: Marvell and executive power ‘Law and literature’ approaches to Marvell … Read more
The Marvell Society are pleased to announce that our sponsored panel for RSA conference (Toronto, 17-19 March 2019) will be on ‘Marvell and Bureaucracy’. Panellists will be Edward Holberton (Bristol), Jack Avery (Bristol) and Nicholas von Maltzahn (Ottawa). Chair: Julianne Werlin (Duke). We would love to see as many of you as possible there. Information on location, … Read more
Marvell Studies seeks articles using and/or arguing for fresh theoretical approaches to the study of Andrew Marvell. Possible approaches might include — but need not be limited to — eco-criticism, queer theory, disability studies, political theory, and the ways in which these approaches alter our understanding of politics, futurity, nature, and life in Marvell’s poetry … Read more