• 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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  • Upcoming deadline for USSO blogs: September 30

    SSAWW has been invited to contribute to a blog hosted by United States Studies Online (USSO: http://usstudiesonline.com/blog-3/submission-guidelines/). It will involve the creation of 8-10 blog posts of 700-1200 words each. In terms of theme, USSO argues these blogs can be broad or more specific. SSAWW seeks posts that represent the field of American Women’s writing…

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  • CFP: Stowe Society Panel at SSAWW 2015

    The Harriet Beecher Stowe Society invites participants for its upcoming panel at the SSAWW 2015 Conference: Between Feeling Unsettled and Feeling Right:  Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Targeted Liminality CFP for Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Philadelphia, PA, November 4-8, 2015 Sponsored by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Society In The American Porch:  An Informal…

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  • Regional Study Groups: SSAWW Pacific Northwest (RSVP by 9.24.14 for meeting on 10.18.14)

    You are invited to the Fall 2014 meeting of the Northwest Region SSAWW Study Group, which will take place at Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. The meeting will be on Saturday, October 18th from 12:30-3:30pm, and lunch will be provided by the Whitworth English Department and the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning. We…

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  • Call for Items: Fall 2014 SSAWW Newsletter (Deadline 9.25.14)

    If you have items you¹d like to see in the Fall 2014 SSAWW Newsletter, please send them to me at ssaww.web@gmail.com  by September 25. If you’re sending in a notice of a new book or article (and please do send these!), it would be helpful if you could include a link to the press’s page…

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  • Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position (Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York)

    Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York English: 19th Century American Literature. Area(s) of specialization within the period are open, but candidates should bring broad competency in American literature up to the Civil War, as well as demonstrated interest and ability in teaching poetry. The Department values intellectual diversity, supports…

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  • SSAWW 2015 Proposed Panel: Kay Boyle’s Short Fiction (Deadline 1.9.15)

    Kay Boyle’s Short Fiction Kay Boyle Society at Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Philadelphia, PA, November 4-8, 2015 In accordance with the SSAWW shared theme of Liminal Spaces, Hybrid Lives, we invite papers that engage Kay Boyle’s short fiction from any perspective. In particular, we encourage critical or pedagogical treatments of her…

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  • Grants and Fellowships: Woodress Scholar Archive Research Grants (Deadline 11.30.14)

    Woodress Scholar Archive Research Grants (2015) The Cather Project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announces the availability of two Research Grants for visiting scholars. These grants provide financial support for scholars to travel to and reside in Lincoln, NE, for four consecutive weeks, in order to conduct research on Willa Cather using Cather resources in…

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  • CFP: SSAWW Panels at ALA Boston 2015

    SSAWW Panels at ALA 2015 (Boston, MA  May 2015) 3 January 2015 Deadline Contact email: kallukian@gatech.edu 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.” The two…

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  • Open-Rank Brigham Young University, Hawaii

    English Faculty The Department of English invites applications for an open-rank position to teach general education composition and literature courses, conduct research and publish, and serve in university or department committees or assignments. Background in rhetoric and composition, American literature, and/or English language (grammar, History of the English Language, etc.) of special interest. Writing Center…

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  • Assistant Professor – English Education and Early American Literature – UW-La Crosse

    The University of Wisconsin – La Crosse English Department seeks a tenure-track academic year assistant professor of English Education and Early American Literatures position in our vibrant and growing department. Required academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in one of the main specialty areas (either English Education or American Literature) and a Master’s degree in the…

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