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SSAWW Mentorship Match Program
The SSAWW Graduate Student Caucus is excited to announce a new cycle for our Mentorship Match Program. This program pairs dissertating graduate students with a faculty mentor who will read and provide feedback on two chapters of their dissertation during the 2026-2027 academic year. The program concludes with a series of online panels in Spring 2027 in…
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CFP: Emily Dickinson International Society (MLA; 3.15.15)
The Emily Dickinson International Society invites submissions for their guaranteed session at next year’s MLA Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas: Title of session: Lyrical Ecologies Description: This session focuses on Dickinson’s relation to human and non-human eco-systems. We invite 300-word abstracts for presentations engaging Dickinson’s textual and material ecologies, including her interrogation of anthropomorphism; her stakes…
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SSAWW Announcements: New Membership Directory Posted
The new SSAWW Membership Directory has been posted at http://ssawwnew.wordpress.com/membership/directory/. Thanks to Dr. Heidi Hanrahan, Vice President for Membership and Finances, for making this information available. If you want to join SSAWW or renew your membership, you can do so from the Membership page at http://ssawwnew.wordpress.com/membership/
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SSAWW and U. S. Studies Online
Reposted from SSAWW-L: The Society for the Study of American Women Writers has been working with U.S. Studies Online (http://usstudiesonline.com/) to help create a selection of posts to celebrate Women’s History Month in March. The collaboration includes USSO, the Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW), and SSAWW. Check out USSO’s video…
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9/11 Memorial Museum Mellon Foundation Fellowship
In Fall 2015, the 9/11 Memorial Museum will launch its scholarly programs with the award of two Andrew W. Mellon Foundation post-doctoral fellowships to qualified candidates whose scholarly work reflects an engagement with issues related to or emerging from the 9/11 attacks. Eligible fields of study include: American studies, anthropology, architectural history, area studies, art…
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SAMLA 2015– Call for Papers
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Study Groups: SSAWW Mid-Atlantic Study Group (RSVP by 2.27.15)
Just a reminder. We can accept RSVPs a bit longer than we originally anticipated; please let me or Maria Sanchez know if you’re coming by Fri. 2/27. From SSAWW-L: From: Catherine E. Saunders Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:19 PM To: Society for the Study of American Women Writers Subject: Discussion of Bondwoman’s Narrative w/…
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Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of San Diego)
The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego announces a Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship. We seek to support scholars who are committed to teaching and mentoring students from communities that have historically been underrepresented in higher education, and who show promise of a distinguished academic career in the Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Mathematics…
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CFP: MLA Special Session Katherine Anne Porter — Texan, Southerner, Cosmopolitan (3.11.15)
Katherine Anne Porter — Texan, Southerner, Cosmopolitan MLA Special Session New assessments of Porter’s legacy, as the MLA meets in her home state for the first time since 1980. 100-word abstracts by 11 March 2015; Thomas Carl Austenfeld (thomas.austenfeld@unifr.ch).
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CFP: Edith Wharton and Hemingway (Essay collection; 4.15.15)
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CFP: MLA Special Session “From the Lowell Mills to Lean In” (3.15.15)
From the labor leader to the COO, what do American narratives about working women reveal about women’s paths to power? 250-word abstracts and CVs by 10 March 2015; Meghan Wadle (mtinning@smu.edu).
