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This is the official MSA Bluesky account run by @kweingarten.bsky.social. Find us at moderniststudies.org for more information about future conferences and other events.
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Submit your application by Monday 2 February 2026
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January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Breaking news: Adelaide Uni colleagues & I are hosting the landmark joint conference of the Australasian Modernist Studies Network & Modernist Studies in Asia Network, Nov. 19-21.

Submit an abstract & come join us for some intoxicating talk of modernism in Australia’s most bewitching wine region!🍷
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 7:45 AM
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It's #ModWrite time! Banish the spectre of Blue Monday and let us know what you're working on this afternoon using the hashtag 📚
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 PM
MSA Members! Do you have any interest in helping out on the MSA Board? Do you want to take over this Bluesky account next fall? Run for a board position! More information is here: www.moderniststudies.org/about/board-...

The MSA needs you!
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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. The o...
www.moderniststudies.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Free house on the MSA!
We will be generous Oprah-esque presenters and throw gifts into the audience, while MSA @moderniststudies.bsky.social will buy you a new house.*

(*neither guaranteed)
January 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Check out this generous roundtable with some wonderful modernists at the MLA!
Ever been generous? Considered the fraught ethical ways generosity shapes modernist literature/studies? Come to @moderniststudies.bsky.social session "Generous Modernisms" at 1.45pm Friday at #MLA2026! Showcasing work from three continents @amyeelkins.bsky.social @tamlynavery.bsky.social & others.
January 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Check out some modernism at the MLA!
@modernistudies.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social Modernists ahoy! A really special panel you will enjoy (I guarantee) at #mla2026 "Rewriting the Modernist Wife: Beckett, Stein, Dumesnil, Toklas". Friday 10.15 MTCC - 205D.
Returning to URGE you if you're at MLA in Toronto to attend this superb panel from Samuel Beckett Society superstars @georginanugent.bsky.social, Julie Bates and Dunlaith Bird (Friday 9th Jan 10.15-11.30am): some of the best and most important work I've encountered in Beckett and modernist studies.
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The CFP deadline for BAMS/ MSA is TODAY!
The CPF deadline for BAMS/MSA Weird Modernisms is tomorrow (Mon 29 Dec)! Get your abstracts in before that window closes...
Important news: the deadline for the joint BAMS/MSA conference in Loughborough has been extended to December 29, 2025! You can review the CFP, and find links to the submission platform, here. www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
December 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The deadline to apply for BAMS/ MSA in Loughborough, July 1-4, 2026, is now exactly 1 week away!
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Panel proposal for @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough submitted - Alice Dodds, @thehubble101.bsky.social, @mcmccluskey.bsky.social and I talking about weird villages…
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The deadline for the joint BAMS/MSA conference in Loughborough has been extended to 29 December 2025. The CFP and submission details are available below:
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Check out these amazing keynotes for Weird Modernisms - and there's still time to propose a paper or panel: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M... @moderniststudies.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Check out the wonderful keynote speakers for BAMS/MSA 'Weird Modernisms' 2026 below. There's still time to submit your proposals - deadline 29th December, and full details here: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Are you looking to join a panel for Weird Modernisms in Loughborough, UK next summer? This one on weird epistemologies might be for you!
@jocularfowl.bsky.social and I are proposing a "weird epistemologies" panel for the @modernistudies.bsky.social Weird Modernisms conference! We're looking for an addition to our panel though, so if you're interested please shoot either of us a message!
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
With @modernistudies.bsky.social we're pleased to announce our keynote speakers for BAMS/ MSA in Loughborough in July 2026. First up is Catriona McAra, art historian, curator and Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History at University of Aberdeen.
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Maybe it's an abstract for Weird Modernisms next summer in Loughborough when BAMS and MSA join forces?
Before we fully switch into Christmas holiday mode🎄, share with us what you're working on with the hashtag #ModWrite !
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
You won't regret spending July in the UK talking about weird modernisms with the best weird modernists! The deadline to apply for BAMS/ MSA in Loughborough is just two weeks away on December 29. More information is here: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
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. The o...
www.moderniststudies.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Deadline is just two weeks away! But DM them now if you're looking for a panel.
The conference is on in Loughborough, on the 1st to 4th of July 2026!

Message us ASAP if you’re interested in joining our panel!

@modernistudies.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Looking for a Weird Modernisms panel to join for MSA/ BAMS in Loughborough? Check out this VIDEO!
We can’t promise Janet Jackson will be on the Weird Epistemologies panel…

…but could have the next best thing: YOU!

Shoot us a message! x

@annakarlien.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Cannibalism and modernism! It might not get weirder than this! Submit your abstract to this panel and join us in Loughborough for Weird Modernisms.
If your take on "Weird Modernisms" includes cannibalism, consider submitting an abstract for an MSA 2026 panel I'd like to propose: "When Humans are On the Menu: Cannibalism and Modernity." Check it out below! @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Some extra time to work on your Weird abstracts for BAMS/ MSA in Loughborough!
Even more time to get Weird with us @lboroenglish.bsky.social in July 2026!
Important news: the deadline for the joint BAMS/MSA conference in Loughborough has been extended to December 29, 2025! You can review the CFP, and find links to the submission platform, here. www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Check out this CFP for an exciting roundtable. The MSA Environment SIG knows how to put together events that draw people!
Check out our "New Voices in Environmental Modernisms" Roundtable CFP (for MSA 2026, Loughborough): share widely with emerging and contingent modernist scholars, makers, and activists please! (DL 2/1/26): sites.google.com/risd.edu/mod...
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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IMPORTANT NEWS!
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Deadline extended for BAMS/MSA26!
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Please and thank you!
Submit [your work] to the MSA! 🫵
Important news: the deadline for the joint BAMS/MSA conference in Loughborough has been extended to December 29, 2025! You can review the CFP, and find links to the submission platform, here. www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM