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Modernist Studies in Asia (MSIA)
@modernism-asia.bsky.social
A network for scholars of modernist studies in Asia: literature, art, performance, culture
https://www.modernismasia.hku.hk/
We are excited to join forces with the Australasian Modernist Studies Network for:

"Toxic Modernism / Modernist Intoxication"

Hosted at U Adelaide, Nov 19-21; proposals due 24 July. Please spread the word and join us!
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.
August 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Edited by Kaitlin Staudt, our latest cluster on "Global Modernisms and Asia’s Other Empires" expands on the understanding of the relationship between modernism, imperialism, and the global.

Read: modernismmodernity.org/forums/globa...

@laskin.bsky.social @kenansharpe.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
Thursday 11 & Friday 12 December 2025 | Online

Organised by Hong Kong Studies, this symposium invites papers from across the humanities and social sciences that examine the idea and function of the archive

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥: tinyurl.com/ArchivalHK
July 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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On 26 June, I will read a paper in MSIA 4 (Ewha Womans University, Seoul). Suzanne Césaire and Ali Smith coincidentally adopt the botanical tropes, but what do they tell about botanical and human migrations? #MSIA #AliSmith
www.modernismasia.hku.hk/items/modern...
Modernism and Language
June 26-27, 2025The Fourth International Conference of the Modernist Studies in Asia Network (MSIA)
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June 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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#ModWrite
@yasnabozhkova.bsky.social and I are very happy to share our CFP for a special issue of Feminist Modernist Studies on Mina Loy : "The Contour of an Electric Spirit": revisiting Mina Loy in the 21st Century

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Abstracts: 15 February
Articles: 1 July
January 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
About a month left to propose something for next summer in Seoul...

MSIA4 - Modernism and Language

Ewha Womans University
Seoul, South Korea
June 26 - 27, 2025

Keynotes: Rebecca Walkowitz and Janet Poole

Proposals due: January 15, 2025
December 17, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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Do you write about modernism? Do you have an article that's ready to go, but not sure yet where to send it? Try Affirmations: of the modern, the journal of the Australasian Modernist Studies Network. We'd love to review your work.

affirmationsmodern.com/index.php/up...
Affirmations: of the modern
Affirmations: of the modern seeks to stir up modernism studies by publishing work that unsettles the empiricist consensus and pursues unusual, ambitious, and theoretically adventurous paths around the...
affirmationsmodern.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:20 AM
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I’m so happy to announce the book series I'm editing with @glavey.bsky.social & @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social for Amherst College Press. It's called Re:Verse and is dedicated to the poetry collection. Each short book will be about one particular book of poems. Inquiries and pitches very welcome!
February 19, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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We are excited to say that The Modernist Review is seeking papers for a ‘Modernism and Data’ special issue! Deadline 20th December for submissions. Please see the link below for the full CFP: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/m...
Modernism and Data Special Issue: Call for Papers
“A New World of Information”: Modernism and Data Modernism has a problem with data. Within adjacent fields—Victorian, Post45, and Black studies—there has been a proliferation of attempts to expound…
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September 27, 2024 at 1:18 PM