About

The Modernist Review is a bi-monthly round-up of publications, conferences and events from across the diverse field of modernist studies. Every month or so, we  publish 4-5 articles from Early Career Researchers and Postgraduates. These articles consist of interviews, conference and book reviews, condensed research and more. You can explore our contact area to download the rolling Call for Papers and access our in-house style guide, as well as explore works available for review. Each issue also comes with a short editorial written by the editors.

As modernist studies becomes a larger, more diverse, and more interdisciplinary field, it is more important than ever that new researchers have an accessible, public space to present their research and individual perspectives in a less formal, faster-paced setting than traditional journals. The Modernist Review hopes to foster a sense of connectedness and engagement between academics working at disparate institutions and provide an overview of key developments drawn from a busy research environment. We strongly encourage engagement with articles via the comments sections!

The British Association for Modernist Studies

The British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) is a major academic institution based in the UK. The object of the Association is to advance education and knowledge by promoting the interdisciplinary study of modernism.

In continuation with the founding of The Modernist Review in 2016 by Stephanie Boland and Helen Saunders, BAMS Postgraduate Representatives continue to oversee the running of the publication. The logo of The Modernist Review was developed from the BAMS one, designed by Rhys Tranter, to reflect the ECR-centred affiliation.

The Editors

• Jennifer Ashby is a PhD Candidate at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Her ongoing thesis on the artist and poet Mina Loy explores the intersection of early twentieth century heterodox spiritualities and scientific discourse with avant-garde aesthetics. She received her MA from University College London in Issues in Modern Culture (2018) and a BA in English Literature and Language from Balliol College, University of Oxford (2016). She is a convenor of the interdisciplinary EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group and recently organised a two day international symposium titled Mapping Mina Loy Studies 2023.
• Elena Valli is a PhD candidate at Trinity College Dublin. Her project, founded by the Fitzroy-Pyle scholarship, reflects on the influence of 17^th-century spiritual meditative exercises on the work of Elizabeth Bishop, Anthony Hecht, and Geoffrey Hill. Through this research, Elena is studying the transition from modernism to postmodernism and considering these authors’ indebtedness to T.S. Eliot in terms of shifting perspectives on witness and vision, representation of place, and religious values. She holds an MA with Distinction in English and American Literature from the University of Venice Ca’ Foscari (2020) and a BA in English and French from the University of Bologna (2017). She is a member of the T.S. Eliot International Society and has contributed to the society’s review, Time Present.
• Hannah Voss is a PhD candidate at Durham University, funded by a Durham Doctoral Studentship. Her thesis explores the representations of split identity, self-erasure, and alternative belonging in the work of mid-twentieth century women writers, especially H.D., Jean Rhys, and Anne Stevenson. She received her MA from Durham in 2019 and holds a BA (2018) from Benedictine College, in Atchison, Kansas. She has presented her work at New Work in Modernist Studies and published in The Modernist Review. She currently serves as co-editor of the Postgraduate English journal at Durham University and is coming into her final months in the role.
• Serena Wong is a PhD student in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. Her doctoral study situates itself at the crossroads of British modernisms and Chinese modernity, with a focus on the orientalism in Virginia Woolf’s stylistic and formal representations of China. Her research also looks at theoretical and creative studies of ornamentation, which she positions as an important dimension of orientalist thought. Serena holds an MLitt with Distinction from the University of Glasgow (2020) and a LLB with a minor in English from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019). She has presented her work at conferences including The Aesthetics of Global Modernism organised by MSIA and BAMS in 2021, and will be presenting at the upcoming 2023 MLA Annual Convention. She has served, too, as co-organiser of the 2022 conference Autotheory: Thinking through Self, Body and Practice. She is currently working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in English Literature at the University of Glasgow and is entering her final month as co-editor of the university’s postgraduate journal eSharp.