The Modern Humanities Research Association

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Publications

From its earliest journal, Modern Language Review (1905-), to its newest book series, Visual Culture (2021-), MHRA has published over 1500 journals, monographs, editions, translations, bibliographies and dictionaries.

The MHRA Style Guide, which has sold over 50,000 copies, provides essential advice to writers in the field, and is used both by our publications and throughout this website.

Supporting Scholarship

The MHRA makes Conference Grants to support up to ten colloquia each year.

An important part of MHRA's work in the scholarly community is the support of early-career researchers entering the profession. We provide substantial funds for post-doctoral support, through both Research Associateships and Research Scholarships. Follow this link for details.

Aims and Objectives

The MHRA is a learned society with charitable status, formed in the summer of 1918, when Europe could hardly have been more divided.

We take a broad and inclusive definition of European culture, from French writers in Martinique to Portuguese in Angola. Minority cultures are studied alongside more familiar: we publish on Catalan as well as Spanish, Yiddish as well as German, contemporary Belarusian poetry as well as Russian.

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Latest News

  • Oct 14, 2024 announcements Barbara Burns talks to Claudia Dellacasa, whose book on Italo Calvino and Japan was published on Open Access this summer in Legenda’s Italian Perspectives series.
  • Sep 24, 2024 interviews Barbara Burns talks to Hannibal Hamlin, whose volume The Psalms in English 1530-1633 has just been published in the MHRA Tudor and Stuart Translations series.
  • Sep 11, 2024 association There's an opening for one of the two postgraduate editor positions on the journal Working Papers in the Humanities: applications close 14 October.

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The MHRA is an open and inclusive community of scholars, with members in all parts of the world. Membership is inexpensive and simple to arrange, and entitles members to substantial discounts on our publications.

Postgraduates in relevant fields are normally eligible for up to three years' free Associate Membership.

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