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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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Grants and Fellowships: American Antiquarian Society (Deadline: 1.15.2014)
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) invites applications for its 2014-15 visiting academic fellowships. At least three AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships will be awarded for periods extending from four to twelve months. Long-term fellowships are intended for scholars beyond the doctorate; senior and mid-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. Over thirty short-term fellowships…
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Job Posting: Native American Literature at Florida International University (Deadline: 12.13.13)
Florida Atlantic University Assistant Professor of Native American Literature The Department of English at Florida Atlantic University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin August 2014. Candidates must have teaching and research interests in Native American literatures in English, but special consideration will be given to candidates whose interests also include broader…
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Job Posting: Early American Literature at Florida International University (Deadline: 12.1.13)
Florida International University’s Department of English invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor, specializing in Early American literature, to begin in the fall of 2014. We are looking for a Ph.D. in English, with specialty in early American literatures (from 1600s up through 1860s) and/or cultural studies; transnational perspectives…
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CFP: Wharton and Masculinities (ALA; Deadline 1.15.2014)
Call for Papers, American Literature Association (ALA) Washington, D.C.May 22-25, 2014Wharton and Masculinities The Edith Wharton Society invites paper proposals that consider Wharton’s interest in constructions of masculinity. Papers might address normative and non-normative masculinities, historical approaches to men’s cultures and subcultures, male figures in relation to Wharton’s narrative technique, men’s imagined and real spaces…
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CFP: Stowe Panel at ALA 2014 (Deadline: 1.24.2014)
Stowe Panel at ALA 2014 (May 22-25, Washington DC; proposal deadline Jan 24, 2014) Beyond the Paradigmatic Stowe: New Critical and Pedagogical Approaches In her introduction to The Cambridge Companion to Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cindy Weinstein argues that Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin has “become, in recent years, a critical white whale.” She goes on to…
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CFP: Dickinson Institute (Deadline: 1.15.2014)
Call for Papers: Dickinson Institute On Friday, August 8th, 2014, the EDIS “Dickinson Institute” will be held in Amherst, Massachusetts. The topic is “Emily Dickinson and New England Writers.” Individuals doing work on Dickinson’s relationship to other writers of her region should send 250-word abstracts of a paper to Elizabeth Petrino (EPetrino@fairfield.edu) and Alexandra Socarides…
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CFP: Saving the World: Girlhood and Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth Century (ALA; Deadline 1.13.2014)
We are pleased to announce that our panel for ALA: “Saving the World: Girlhood and Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth Century” is now sponsored by The Children’s Literature Society. CFP: Saving the World: Girlhood and Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth Century Proposed Panel for ALA, May 22-25, 2014, Washington D.C. Deadline for abstracts: Jan 13, 2014 Childhood…
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CFP: Rebecca Harding Davis Panel (ALA; Deadline 1.17.2014)
The Society for the Study of Rebecca Harding Davis and Her World welcomes proposals for a session on “Davis and the Political” at the American Literature Association’s 25th Annual Conference. The conference will be held on May 22-25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. For further information about the…
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Job Posting: American Literature at New Jersey City University (Deadline: 12.1.2013)
Assistant Professor New Jersey City University invites applications from candidates for a tenure-track position in American Literature to begin fall 2014. The successful candidate must be willing and able to teach courses outside his/her areas of specialization, including courses in the undergraduate major, general education program, and composition program. Applicants with expertise in Early American…
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CFP: Ellen Glasgow Society Panels (ALA; 1.6.2014)
ALA CALL FOR PAPERs: The Ellen Glasgow Society The Ellen Glasgow Society seeks paper proposals for two sessions at the 25th Annual American Literature Association Conference. Session I: The Political Ellen Glasgow Apropos to the site of this year’s meeting, the nation’s capital, this session will feature presentations exploring the full range of Glasgow’s political interests…
