The Journal of William Morris Studies

Articles may therefore concern Morris’s own life and works, or those of his circle – as directly influenced by, or influencing, Morris himself and his interests – or the wider implications of Morris’s ideas in design, literature, printing, political thought and environmentalism. For more information see our Guidelines for Contributors.

All journal enquiries should be directed here, to our Journal Editor, John Blewitt. Printed copies of most back issues of the Journal are available at a cost of £5 each. The Journal of William Morris Studies 1961-2023 is now available online. For indexes by date, author, title and subject, click here.

The editorial advisory board is made up of:

• Phillippa Bennett, University of Northampton, UK
• Florence Boos, University of Iowa, USA
• Jim Cheshire, University of Lincoln, UK
• Peter Cormack, London, UK
• Margaretta Frederick, Curator Emerita, Delaware Art Museum, USA
• Ingrid Hanson, University of Manchester, UK
• Owen Holland, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Ruth Kinna, University of Loughborough, UK
• Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Ryerson University, Canada
• David Latham, York University, Canada
• Ruth Levitas, University of Bristol, UK
• David Mabb, London, UK
• Jan Marsh, London, UK
• Maureen Meister, Boston, Mass., USA
• Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, University of California, Davis, USA
• Morna O’Neill, Wake Forest University, USA
• Michael Robertson, The College of New Jersey, USA
• Peter Stansky, Stanford University, USA
• Anna Vaninskaya, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Imogen Hart, Oxford Brookes University, UK

The Art of Civilisation: A Symposium on William Morris
and Architecture
Morris Month, 2027.
Date: 10 & 11 March, 2027.
Time: 14.00 to 17.15 & 18.15 to 19.45 GMT (both days).
Venue: Online.
Cost: Free

The William Morris Society’s Symposium on Architecture will take place during ‘Morris
Month’ in 2027. It will take as its starting point Morris’s views on ‘The Prospects of
Architecture in Civilisation.’ Architects, scholars, planners, conservators and anyone
interested in this field are invited to submit a presentation proposal.