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MSA @ MLA2026
If you’re attending the MLA Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, on January 8-11, 2026, we hope that you will join us for the MSA’s sponsored panel:
| Milton’s Afterlives ~ Friday, 9 January, 10:15AM-11:30AM, 802A (Metro Toronto Convention Centre) |
Presentations:
- “Equiano, Revolution, and the Lyricizing of Paradise Lost,” Nicholas Allread
- “‘The O of Wonder’: Ronald Johnson’s Radi Os and the Queer Rewriting of Paradise Lost,” Shaun Nowicki
- “Milton’s Premodern American Afterlife,” Elizabeth Sauer
- “John Akomfrah’s Post-Migrant Epic,” Orlando Reade
Presiding:
- Andrea Walkden
MSA @ RSA2026
We will soon be announcing full information about MSA-sponsored sessions and the MSA Annual Meeting and Dinner at RSA, which this year meets in San Francisco, CA, on February 19-21, 2026 (please note the earlier than usual date this year).
| John Milton: A General Session |
| New Voices, New Directions in Milton Studies |
| Who’s Afraid of Areopagitica?: Milton and the Revolutionary Reader, Once More |
| Four Types of Ambiguity in Milton |
MSA Governance
MSA Goals
The Milton Society of America aims to further Milton scholarship, not only in the U.S. but internationally, by bringing Milton scholars together at an annual dinner, by selecting outstanding scholars for honor, by publishing an annual booklet (and maintaining a website) honoring these scholars and summarizing the work of the Society, by gathering books, articles and other materials pertaining to Milton, by encouraging research in progress, and by promoting exchange of ideas in the field of Milton study (adapted from the Society’s Constitution).
Keep us in the loop!
One of the goals of the MSA is to make sure our members know about the accomplishments of other members. If you have Milton-related publications, conferences, news, or updates, please submit them using our news update form.
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