Dear Milton Society, The big news at the MSA right now is that our Annual Dinner is just around the corner. We can’t wait to see you there. Please remember to get your tickets: https://miltonsociety.net/. And please read on for time-sensitive matters such as new CFPs (MLA 2026), announcements (especially pertaining to MSA at RSA), and …
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MSA Newsletter – February 2025
Dear Milton Society, We are at the busiest time of the year for the MSA—with events, awards, new CFPs, and preparations for our Annual Dinner all at full swing. Please read on for news, updates, and special requests. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS MSA MINI-CONFERENCE 2025: MILTON IN THE CURRICULUM Milton in the Curriculum: A Global Conversation …
MSA Newsletter – February 2025
Dear Milton Society, We are at the busiest time of the year for the MSA—with events, awards, and preparations for our Annual Dinner all at full swing. Please read on for news, updates, and special requests. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS MSA MINI-CONFERENCE 2025: MILTON IN THE CURRICULUM Milton in the Curriculum: A Global Conversation The MSA …
MSA Newsletter – January 2025
Dear Milton Society, Every good wish again to each of you for 2025. Please read on for all kinds of brilliant and exciting MSA news and updates. MSA HONORED SCHOLAR 2024 The MSA Executive Committee is delighted to announce that MSA Honored Scholar 2024 is Sharon Achinstein, Sir William Osler Professor of English at Johns …
MSA Awards 2023 Announced
Dear Milton Society, On behalf of the MSA Awards Committee, I am excited and honored to share with you the recipients of the 2023 MSA Awards! So too, on behalf of the Executive Committee and the entire membership, I wish to thank the MSA Awards Committee for their extraordinary labors. Information about all awards, including instructions …
MSA Newsletter – MSA at MLA, January 2025
Dear Milton Society, A very happy new year to you. This mini missive comes with a few final reminders about MSA at MLA. MSA at MLA The Milton Society of America is sponsoring two sessions at the upcoming Modern Language Association of America Convention in New Orleans, LA (9-12 January 2025). Milton and Visibility (#389) …
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MSA Newsletter – December 2024
Dear Milton Society, I hope 2024 is winding down as peacefully as possible for each of you. May the next year bring strength, patience, and perseverance in all that is good. Please read on for MSA news and updates. PUBLICATIONS Milton Quarterly and Milton Studies have a terrific lineup of articles from 2024; please see …
Paul Stanwood
Dear Milton Society, I am writing again with sad news. Christopher Stanwood sends word of the passing of beloved Renaissance poetry scholar, director of the Fourth International Milton Symposium (held at the University of British Columbia in 1991), and MSA Lifetime Member and cherished Uncouth Swain Professor Paul Stanwood. He was 91. “My father, Dr. …
MSA Newsletter – November 2024
Dear Milton Society, I write with various bits of news submitted to the MSA. MILTONATHON 8 November 2024 (this coming Friday) marks the 350th anniversary of Milton’s death. Milton’s Cottage writes: “To commemorate this landmark occasion, Milton’s Cottage – his only surviving residence – are working with partners around the world to stage a 24-hour shared reading …
John Mulryan and Warren Chernaik
Dear Milton Society, As the academic year begins for many of us, I am writing today to let you know of two passages. We have lost two dear friends of the Milton Society. May their friendship of the Milton Society remain an inspiration for us. The first message comes to me from Oleg Bychkov, who writes …