• 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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  • Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and Humanities (Princeton University)

    Princeton University seeks to appoint a distinguished humanist whose work is related to the environment for the academic year of 2015-2016. The position will provide salary plus benefits for a semester long visit or the duration of a full academic year, depending on the negotiated length of the visit and available funding. The funds may…

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  • CFP: SSAWW Panels at ALA 2015 (Boston, MA May 2015) 3 January 2015 Deadline

    CFP: SSAWW Panels at ALA 2015 (Boston, MA  May 2015) 3 January 2015 Deadline Contact email: kallukian@gatech.edu http://ssawwnew.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/cfp-ssaww-panels-at-ala-boston-2015/ The Society for the Study of American Women Writers will host two panels at the American Literature Association Conference (May 2015, Boston). The panel themes anticipate our November 4-8, 2015, conference in Philadelphia: “Liminal Spaces, Hybrid Lives.”…

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  • Assistant Professor in Latin American/U.S. Latino literature (Emerson College)

    The Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing invites applications for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Latin American/U.S. Latino literature. The candidate should be able to draw cultural and theoretical connections among Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latino/a, as well as other literatures of the Americas. We will also consider candidates with interests in Transatlantic…

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  • SSAWW Awards 2015: Book, Edition and Lifetime Achievement Awards (Due 1 Jan 2015)

    SSAWW Awards 2015: Book, Edition and Lifetime Achievement Awards (Due 1 Jan 2015) Full Submission Details: https://ssawwnew.wordpress.com/awards/2015-awards/ Book Award: The SSAWW Book Award is given every three years at the Society for the Study of American Women Writers’ conference to recognize excellence in the field. The award recognizes the monograph’s significant contribution to scholarship related…

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  • Grants, Prizes, and Fellowships: The 2015 First Book Institute (Applications by 2.16.15)

    The 2015 First Book Institute June 7-13, 2015 Hosted by the Center for American Literary Studies (CALS) at Pennsylvania State University Co-Directors Sean X. Goudie, Director of the Center for American Literary Studies and Winner of the MLA Prize for a First Book Priscilla Wald, Professor of English and Women’s Studies, Duke University and Editor…

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  • From Koritha Mitchell: SSAWW call for nominations (President, VP for Publications; Deadline 1.31.15)

    Dear SSAWW colleagues:  The time has come to begin the process for replacing officers whose terms are up at the end of 2015/start of 2016. Holding elections now will provide an opportunity for incoming officers to shadow their outgoing predecessors during 2015. Two posts will become vacant, both vital to the success of SSAWW: the…

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  • CFP: Harriet Beecher Stowe Society at ALA 2015 (Deadline: 1.5.15)

    Harriet Beecher Stowe Society Call for Papers American Literature Association 26th Annual Conference May 27-30, 2015 Boston, MA The Harriet Beecher Stowe Society will sponsor to two sessions at the upcoming ALA in Boston, MA: Stowe’s “Friendships” Harriet Beecher Stowe once stated famously that “Friendships are discovered rather than made; there are people who are…

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  • CFP: ASLE-SSAWW Roundtable on Gender and the Underground (ASLE; Deadline 12.6.14)

    Call for Proposals SSAWW Panel at Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) Meeting—June 23-27, 2015 ASLE-SSAWW Roundtable on Gender and the Underground In keeping with the ASLE theme, “Notes from Underground,” this roundtable invites conversation on gender and the underground. How, for instance, can writing about (or living or working in)…

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  • Assistant/Associate Professor of Native American Literature and Creative Writing (South Dakota State University)

    The English Department at South Dakota State University is accepting applications for a full-time, tenure-track (9-month) Assistant or Associate Professor of English to teach courses in Native American Literature and Creative Writing. Minimum qualifications are a Ph.D. in English (or closely related field) with an emphasis in Native American Literature in hand by August 15,…

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  • Assistant Professor in Latino/a Literature: University of Texas at Arlington, Department of English

    University of Texas at Arlington, Department of English Assistant Professor in Latino/a Literature Tenure-track Assistant Professor in English with a PhD  focusing on Latino/a Studies.  Preference will be given to candidates who can also make contributions to the University’s Center for Mexican American Studies and to UTA’s mission as an HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution).  A…

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