Dear IEMFS Members, We are delighted to share news of two upcoming events celebrating Forster’s friendship with the Buckingham family and his connections with Bloomsbury. First, on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, from 6 to 7 pm, there will be an exhibition launch featuring two short talks by members of our Society, Professor Claire Monk and […]
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Bibliography Update and Conference Invitation
Dear Members and Friends of the IEMFS, For those who may not yet be aware of the new bibliography (though not very likely😊), here is a a link to the publication and a link to a preprint of a review of the said bibliography . Please feel free to use the links and share them […]
Summing up 2025 and welcoming the New Year
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Members of the International E. M. Forster Society, The 1st of January is the day when we celebrate E. M. Forster’s birthday and look back upon the past year. 2025 was a good year for us, especially for those who took the time to meet in Nancy for a brief but very fruitful […]
Only Connect
Social media may have various uses – a very important one is that they allow us to share interesting things with others. We have had our YouTube channel for almost a year, we used it to provide access to our June 2024 conference but it does offer more possibilities. One of them are playlists which […]
2025 E.M. Forster Conference
This year another E.M. Foster Conference is planned! It will take place in Nancy, France, in October 2025 – hope to see you there! The CFP is here.
Extended conference deadline
In response to some requests, we have decided to extend the deadline for abstract submission. The final deadline to submit your proposal to A Passage to India – Centenary Revaluations conference is now 31 October 2023 for those who plan to come to Olsztyn, and additionally 30 November 2023 for those who plan an online […]
Conference 2024 – Can You Help Us?
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Members of the IEMFS, As it happens every year, the summer surprised us over piles of tests, exams, reviews, reports, BA and MA theses submitted in the very last moment. Some of us still have defences to attend or exams to administer, some are already free and enjoying the sun and the […]
Conference 2024
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Members of the IEMFS, It took us more time that we originally planned to reach this stage but we did it and now we can share with you all the call for papers for the conference that we intend to organize in the end of June 2024. Our main plan is to […]
Birthday of E. M. Forster
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Members of the IEMFS, Once more we celebrated the birthday of Edward Morgan Forster and we looked back on the year that has just ended. It was not quite as busy for the Society as previous two years but we still have something to be proud of. We have started the year […]
We are against
The International E. M. Forster Society is strongly opposed to the Stevenage Borough Council’s car park plan. The beautiful countryside that nurtured Forster’s imagination and made him write the world-famous masterpiece Howards End has highest value as a cultural heritage. It is recognised as a “sanctuary” by researchers and Forster fans around the world, and […]