Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies appears three times a year in March, June, and October. We welcome articles, notes, reviews, and creative writing on the life, works, and influence of novelist and poet Herman Melville (1819-1891). Click here for more information.
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum in collaboration with The Melville Society is the established home of the Melville Society Cultural Project and Melville Society Archive. The Melville Society Archive is housed at the New Bedford Whaling Museum's Research Library, where significant works from this collection are also on display. The Melville Society Cultural Project also sponsors a book donation program and presents exciting annual events including the Moby-Dick Marathon and a Birthday Lecture.06.22.2011 - 06.26.2011
Melville and Rome: 8th Intnl Melville Conference
Welcome
The Melville Society is dedicated to the study and appreciation of the nineteenth-century American author Herman Melville, writer of Typee, Moby-Dick, and Billy Budd, such short stories as “Bartleby” and “Benito Cereno,” and several volumes of poetry, including Battle-Pieces and the epic Clarel.
We publish the award-winning journal Leviathan and meet twice a year for fellowship and scholarly discourse at the annual conferences of the Modern Language Association and the American Literature Association. We also sponsor International Conferences and tours every other year.
Membership in the Melville Society is open to all. Take a look at our website to find out more about our publications, gatherings, scholarly projects, archive, outreach programs, governance, and dues.
 Melville and RomeEmpire – Democracy – Belief – Art The Eighth International Rome: 22-26 June 2011 Join us in Rome for our eighth international conference on June 22-26, 2011. Sponsored by the Melville Society and the University of Rome, the conference will be held at the famed University and the renowned Center for American Studies, both in the heart of the Eternal City. Over one hundred scholars from the United States, Italy, and twenty other nations—including colleagues from Algeria, Australia, Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Korea, Kurdistan, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine—are slated to speak in what promises to be our most global conference to date. Scheduled programs will include presentations by artists, a walking tour of Melville’s Rome, and a day-trip to Naples guided by noted Neapolitan Melvillean, Gordon Poole.
FEATURED KEYNOTERS Leslie Marmon Silko, novelist Click here for more information and details on registration and accommodations.
Upcoming MLA: Scheduled Melville Society Panels and Annual Dinner Please plan to attend the Melville Society panels at MLA 2011 in Los Angeles on Friday January 7 and Saturday January 8, with dinner Friday evening. Click here for more details and a download link to a file with all the information. The New Bedford Whaling Museum Celebrates 15 Years with the Moby-Dick Marathon and three days of activities, January 7-9. Click here for details.
Call for Papers American Literature Association – Boston – May 26-29, 2011 – "Melville Among the Poets" MLA Conference – Seattle – January 5-8, 2012 – "Traveling Melville" Site News Report: Melville Electronic Library Meeting, MEL Camp 2, Hofstra University, April 23, 2010Albums - Past Conferences, Meetings, Arrowhead, Hancock Shaker Village and More |
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Hennig Cohen EndowmentCultural Project |
