MORE ABOUT THE SOCIETY

Founded in 1995 by Steve Centola

Membership

HOW TO JOIN:
  
Individual Membership is $25 per annum, $10 for students, $30 for overseas. Members can attend scheduled meetings of the society (these usually take place at ALA as well as during the conferences that the society organizes), and speak and vote on society issues.  They will also receive announcements of the society's activities, and copies of the bi-annual Arthur Miller Journal. (Please include an e-mail address as well as mailing address with your application so we can add you to the society's listserve).

Members are encouraged to participate in the International Arthur Miller Conferences and the American Drama Conferences which the society organizes, and whenever possible, to promote the study of Arthur Miller and his work, by facilitating performances, scholarship, primary and secondary publications, and general interest.  Please send any information pertaining to these goals to the society's webmaster, Sue Abbotson, 15 Concord Avenue, Cranston, RI 02910: (401) 461 1668.

To join, please send a check (or international money order in American dollars) made payable to The Arthur Miller Society, to:

Steve Marino
100-14 160 Avenue,
Howard Beach, NY 11414

Board Members

CURRENT OFFICERS

Kate Egerton

Josh Polster

President
Kate Egerton, Berea College
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Vice President
Josh Polster
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Secretary/Treasurer
Stephen Marino, St. Francis College
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Board of Directors
Susan C. W. Abbotson, Rhode Island College, Jane Dominik, San Joaquin Delta College,
Paula Langteau, University of Wisconsin, Marinette, Lew Livesay, St. Peter's College,
Brenda Murphy, University of Connecticut, and Matthew Roudane, Georgia State University

Honorary Board
Christopher Bigsby, Gerald Freeman, Hal Holbrook, James Houghton
Kevin McCarthy, Mashiro Oikawa, June Schlueter, Gerald Weales

Our founding President, Steve Centola, sadly passed away in 2008. You can check out our tribute on this site or go to a website, dedicated to Steve, that is managed by the Relay for Life team, The Art of the Possible, which continues to run each year in his honor and raise money from other events.

Conference Involvement

In 2008, the Society sponsored an American Drama conference at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, and hopes to repeat this, possibly on a biennial basis. The next one is tentatively scheduled for Fall 2010 at Kean University, NJ. Drama is a sadly neglected academic genre, and joining forces with other playwright societies is one way in which we hope to make a bigger impact, as well as offer greater scope and interest to those participating. The Eleventh International Arthur Miller Conference was held at Community College of Southern Nevada in October 2006.  Past conferences have been held at Saint Peter's College, NJ, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI; Felician College, Lodi, NJ; San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA; St. Francis College, Brooklyn; Millersville University, PA; and Utica College of Syracuse University, NY.  Check the AMS Conference archive pages for lists of papers presented at these past conferences.  Many of these conferences have been tied in with a performance of a particular Miller play.  We are always seeking new conference venues for future years, and would welcome any suggestions--please contact the current President, Kate Egerton directly.  Please check out the events page for more details on upcoming conferences and calls for papers.  Anyone can present at these conferences, but we especially encourage members to become involved.

Since 1996 the society has been a member of the American Literature Association, at whose annual meetings they usually host two panels, as well as  society meetings and possible screenings.  For the 2010 ALA conference in San Francisco, please contact Jan Balakian if you are interested in taking part.  If you are interested in organizing panels for other conferences, such as ATHE, MLA or American Studies, please let Jane Dominik know of your interest.

There have also been occasional special conferences, such as the one at Kean University in February 1999 which discussed the influence of the Holocaust on Miller's work, and was organized to coincide with a performance of Playing For Time. We hope to return to Kean in Fall 2010 for an American Drama conferene built around their production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town.

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Last updated  30 June 2009