Keats-Shelley Annual Awards 2022, MLA 2022, and a Message from Neil Fraistat, President
We’ll host our Keats-Shelley Annual Awards Celebration
on January 8th at 6:30p EST via ZOOM where we’ll celebrate Distinguished Scholars Jon Klancher and Nicola Watson and the recipients of the 2021 Pforzheimer grants and the 2021 Essay Prize.
Please follow the link here to register.
If you have any problems, email ksinger@mtholyoke.edu.
K-SAA at MLA
Earlier in the day, the Association will sponsor its annual panel, #420V Romanticism and the Caribbean, on Saturday 8 January 8:30 am-9:45 on Zoom, organized by Kerry Sinanan (U Texas, San Antonio) and featuring speakers Alexandra Milsom (CUNY Hostos), Kiel Shaub (UCLA), Thomas Van Camp (U Wisconsin Madison), and Sinanan herself. Please keep your eyes peeled on the K-SAA Blog for a list of MLA panels of interest to readers of Keats, the Shelleys, and their circles (to be shared by the end of this week).
2022 Membership Renewal
Please consider renewing your membership for 2022. Your dues will help sponsor the Association’s expanding docket of activities, including the Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants, Distinguished Scholar Awards and Dinner, Mentoring Program, Romantics 200 events, Curran Symposia, and the Keats-Shelley Journal. You can renew with PayPal on our website at k-saa.org/join/ or with your check and the attached form.
Please feel free to contact Robert Hartley, K-SAA Treasurer, regarding membership matters at ksaa.treasurer@gmail.com or by U.S. mail at the Association’s address.
President’s Message
The attached message from Neil Fraistat will bring you up to date on all our initiatives, including the 2020 volume of the Keats-Shelley Journal, recent anti-racism colloquia and roundtables, our Romantic Bicentennials series on “Shelley’s Last Days,” new board members, our ongoing support for early career scholars, new designs and features for our impendent website relaunch, and our continued social media outreach. There’s a lot going on, and we hope it will inspire your participation and support.
Best wishes for the holidays,
Olivia Loksing Moy
K-SAA Secretary