Modern language studies (MLS)

Council of Editors of Learned Journals 2005 Phoenix Award Runner-Up for Significant Editorial Achievement

Modern Language Studies offers contributors, subscribers, and editors an opportunity to examine vexing and provocative issues in all areas of English, American, and comparative literature, and the literatures of the modern languages. Articles and reviews in MLS reflect the eclectic interests of NeMLA members, and part of the journal's mission is to provide members with a broad range of publishing opportunities.

NeMLA membership is not required to submit to MLS; however, membership is required for publication.

Staff

Laurence Roth, Editor
Amanda Lenig, Creative Director
Patrick Thomas Henry, Associate Editor: Fiction and Poetry
Angela Fulk, Associate Editor: Profession & Pedagogy
Randy Robertson, Associate Editor: Reviews
Nick Stephenson, Webmaster
Crystal VanHorn, Subscriptions Manager
Olivia Kost, Anya Unser, Editorial Assistants

NeMLA

The Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) is a scholarly organization for professionals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other modern languages. The group was founded as the New York-Pennsylvania MLA in 1967 by William Wehmeyer of St. Bonaventure University and other MLA members interested in continuing scholarly discourse at annual conventions smaller than that hosted by the Modern Language Association. In 1969, the organization moved to wider regional membership, election of officers, formal affiliation with MLA, and adoption of its present name.

NeMLA continues its traditions of intellectual contribution and advancement at the 58th Annual Convention, to be held March 6–9, 2026 in Newport, Rhode Island. This year's presidential theme is “Empowering Communities.” This theme evokes the process of transformation from a state of passivity to being active agents of change. It represents a shift away from authoritarianism and toward a model that values (and solves problems through) local knowledge, collaboration, and collective action. The opening plenary will be given by Dr. Jerome Branche, whose current work addresses the interwoven themes of slavery, necropolitics, and coloniality from a transhistoric standpoint. The keynote address will be given by Manuel Muñoz, the author of a novel and three collections of short stories, most recently The Consequences (Graywolf, 2022), and recipient of the 2023 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

Please see the NeMLA web page at www.nemla.org for information on joining the organization and about the fellowships, awards, and publications available to members.

Modern Language Studies appears twice a year, in the summer and winter, and is a publication of the Northeast Modern Language Association.