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Vedika Kaushal @vedikaushal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It was such a pleasure to work on this report! A big shout-out to all the wonderful people who chose to speak to me on this 🌻

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

And that's a wrap on #WeirdModernisms! Thank you so much to everyone who took part and especially to all from @moderniststudies.bsky.social, @modernistudies.bsky.social, and the Loughborough local organising committee for their hard work to produce this wonderfully weird conference! 💐

Conference poster for 'Weird Modernisms', featuring an illustration of The Empress by Pamela Coleman Smith and the text 'Weird Modernisms, BAMS/MSA 26, 1-4 July 2026, Loughborough University, UK'.

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Vedika Kaushal @vedikaushal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

What a wonderful final seminar-style send-off in the #WeirdModernisms conference! This one was *weirdly* special in a lot of ways 🫶🏼 - Scenes from "Unsettling Multilingualism in Global Modernism" workshop #multilingualism #globalmodernisms @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Day 3: and the wonderful sessions and panels at #WeirdModernisms continue! This morning, we took part in a workshop on "Mapping Religion in the Global Anglophone Novel" - exploring methods and pedagogies of reading religion within fiction! @moderniststudies.bsky.social #religionstudies #workshop

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today we dropped into “Uncanny Encounters in Asian Modernisms”, an invigorating panel with talks ranging from exoticized premodern Japan, to sound in Woolf and Bae Suah, to Chinatowns in (post)colonial Singapore.The panel asks: What can “Asian modernisms” mean? Where does it wobble? #WeirdModernisms

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The #WeirdModernisms conference kicked off this morning with its first keynote address by Dr Nisha Ramayya ((Queen Mary, University of London) with a full house! @moderniststudies.bsky.social

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Registration is open, and lively chats are already happening! The campus is looking its best and ready to welcome everyone for #WeirdModernisms. See you soon on campus everyone! @moderniststudies.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today is the final day to express your interest in contributing to The Modernist Review's special issue for the Weird Modernisms conference in Loughborough, held jointly by @moderniststudies.bsky.social & @modernistudies.bsky.social . Get in touch at tmr@bams.ac.uk!

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We're delighted to share an opportunity to contribute to a Special Issue of Modernist Cultures, edited by @rsazzad.bsky.social. If you're interested in contributing an article, please email rehnuma.sazzad@yahoo.co.uk with a 250-word abstract (with 5 keywords) and a 100-word bio, by 31 August!

Global Modernism: Historical Representations, Diasporic Movements, and Space as Constituents

The Special Issue points to a complex understanding of modernism that moves beyond a Eurocentric canon. It suggests that the three elements above are significant building blocks –constituents – of what we now call Global Modernism (see Jaillant and Martin 2018). Expanding on the aesthetic experiments of pioneering figures like Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, and Franz Kafka, Global Modernism presents a critical framework for recognizing the modernist movements that emerged across the globe (in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, for example). Situating the experience of modernity outside the West, the framework highlights a compressed time that witnessed not only violent (anti-colonial) upheavals, colonialism, and rapid industrialization, but also the birth of equally powerful modernist expressions. The Special Issue aims to highlight the richness of these expressions by tracing the following aspects:
Historical Representations: In Global Modernism, history is always not a linear progression toward a European ideal. Instead, it is a contested site challenging colonial narratives and forging new identities. Articles addressing historical representations in Global Modernism will demonstrate how this is an active, often polemical, process of recovering, reinterpreting, and formally experimenting with the past to make sense of a disruptive present. The articles will reflect the difficulty of processing a violent/colonial past through traditional and coherent storytelling.
Diasporic Movements: Articles in this section will highlight that he forced and voluntary movements of people are not just background contexts; they are generative forces that shape modernist form and content. For instance, Paul Gilroy’s concept of the ‘Black Atlantic’ is a content that posits the ocean not as a barrier, but as a conduit that created a transnational and intercultural modernism. The cir…

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joysters5.bsky.social @joysters5.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

It's Monday and we're excited to know what you're working on! Let us know what you've got going on using the hashtag #ModWrite 📝💭

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

For your Easter weekend perusal, we are delighted to share #TheModernistReview60! Our sixtieth, diamond issue celebrates New Work in Modernist Studies 15 with pieces from the conference's speakers. Check it out here: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/t...

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The Modernist Review Issue #60: New Work in Modernist Studies

2 April 2026 Following on from the 15th edition of New Work in Modernist Studies (NWiMS) held virtually in January, we are delighted to present a selection of articles from the conference’s speaker…

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ruthclemens.bsky.social @ruthclemens.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I'm organising a conference in Leiden, come! 🪐 Listening to Possible Worlds: Sound and Music in Speculative Literature and Culture 🪐 22-23 Oct 2026 at Leiden U, proposal deadline 30 March 2026. 💫 Bursaries available for unfunded scholars call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/...

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Vedika Kaushal @vedikaushal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Had a great time reading this review!

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Vedika Kaushal @vedikaushal.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I'm spending today's Monday #ModWrite with the latest issue of The Modernist Review - modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2026/03/06/t... Making notes - taking inspiration - writing about my own reflections in response to the edition. Perhaps I will make this a regular thing! #BAMS #modernism

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The Modernist Review Issue #59

6 March 2026 As March and the promise of Spring arrives, we are pleased to bring you the latest issue of The Modernist Review. Our new issue contains an exciting range of research articles, book re…

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Jenny Kenyon @jennykenyon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

for today's #ModWrite I'm digging around in the archives for some work on Evelyn Waugh and radio, and enjoying the number of times Waugh sent the BBC one of these pre-printed rejection postcards.

A printed postcard, with the text 'Mr. Evelyn Waugh greatly regrets that he cannot do what you so kindly suggest'.

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British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) @modernistudies.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Monday is here, so you know what that means - it’s time for another #ModWrite! Let us know what you’re working on using the hashtag 📚

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Vedika Kaushal @vedikaushal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

For those interested in sharing their journey after doctoral submissions, please see below! #moderniststudies #phd

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 We invite proposals that place HK and Ireland in the same analytical frame, with both locations integral to the argument in a paper. ⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...

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Vedika Kaushal @vedikaushal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I'm thrilled beyond imagination to be working with such a wonderful team. A big shout-out to @jennykenyon.bsky.social and @lilyvmartin.bsky.social for such seamless onboarding. An exciting issue is upcoming this month - watch this space for more!

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