<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="BD202B8B-3482-45A0-BCB5-CCCB77668234" src="cid:DF3CBD73-B080-44EB-84A5-29A7940FDB11@home" class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">The seventh one-day Graduate Conference on New Work in Modernist Studies will take place on Friday 15th December at the University of Leeds (School of English), in conjunction with the Modernist Network Cymru (MONC), the London Modernism Seminar, the Scottish Network of Modernist Studies, the Northern Modernism Seminar, </span><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">the Midlands Modernist Network </span><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">and the British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS).</span><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit;" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(40, 48, 55);" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">As in previous years, this conference will take the form of an interdisciplinary programme reflecting the full diversity of current graduate work in modernist studies; it encourages contributions both from those already involved in the existing networks and from students new to modernist studies who are eager to share their work. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">The day will close with a plenary lecture by Dr Hope </span><span style="font-family: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Wolf,<span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> Lecturer in British Modernism, and Co-Director of the Centre for Modernist Studies at the University of Sussex.</span></span></p></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Proposals are invited, from PhD research students registered at British universities, for short (10 minutes maximum) research position papers. Your proposal should be no longer than 250 words, and please include with it a short (50 words) biography. </span><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">If you wish to apply for a contribution to your travel expenses you should also include an estimation of travel costs with your proposal (see below for details). Proposals</span><span style="color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-family: inherit; font-size: 19px; box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> should be sent to <a href="mailto:nwims2017@gmail.com" class="">nwims2017@gmail.com</a> by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: rgb(40, 48, 55); font-size: 19px;" class=""> 5pm Saturday 4 November 2017. Acceptance decisions will be communicated within ten days.</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>