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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: Edith Wharton and the Natural World (ALA; Deadline 1.15.2014)
Call for Papers, American Literature Association (ALA)Washington, DCMay 22-25, 2014Edith Wharton and the Natural WorldThe Edith Wharton Society invites papers addressing Edith Wharton’s relationship to the natural world. Presentations might address Wharton’s engagements with nature, nature writers, landscapes, the environment, and so on. Especially welcome will be papers focusing on Wharton’s work with dogs (e.g.,…
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CFP: Constance Fenimore Woolson Society (ALA; Deadline 12.20.13)
The Constance Fenimore Woolson Society seeks papers for its panel at the American Literature Association’s 25th Annual Conference, May 22-25, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The theme of this year’s panel is “New Approaches to Constance Fenimore Woolson.” We welcome papers that open up new perspectives on her short…
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CFP: Society for American Travel Writing (ALA; Deadline 12.15.13)
The Society for American Travel Writing will host two sessions at the American Literature Association’s 25th Annual Conference, 22-25 May 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Scholars of American travel writing and practicing travel writers are particularly encouraged to submit proposals. Panel 1: Travel Writing in the Age of…
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CFP: Doing It Themselves: Radical Homemaking in the 21st Century (ASA; Deadline 12.15.13)
Doing It Themselves: Radical Homemaking in the 21st Century. Due Dec. 15 full name / name of organization: American Studies Association 2014. “The Fun and the Fury: New Dialectics of Pleasure and Pain In the Post-American Century” contact email: andersonwires@gmail.com Until now writers and bloggers have argued that radical homemakers (sometimes called “femivores”), people who…
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CFP: Society for Novel Studies Conference at the University of Utah April 4-6, 2014 (Deadline:12.1.13)
Call For Papers Society for Novel Studies Conference at the University of Utah April 4-6, 2014 Organizers: Vincent Pecora, Scott Black, Jeremy Rosen Land and the Novel The history of the novel is in some ways a history of how populations left the land, and their political-theological connection to it, behind—or at least tried to. The…
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CFP: Emily DIckinson’s Reading Culture (Extended Deadline: 10.15.13)
DEA2: CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR VOLUME 3 (2014) Emily Dickinson’s Reading Culture “For Poets-I have Keats-and Mr and Mrs Browning. For Prose – Mr Ruskin – Sir Thomas Browne – and the Revelations.” —Letter to T. W. Higginson, 25 April 1862 Why should we care what Emily Dickinson really read or about…
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SSAWW Conference 2015 – Philadelphia
Hi, everyone, I am happy to let you know that Beth L. Lueck has agreed to serve as the Associate Conference Director. Beth, as many know, has extensive experience in conference planning. Thanks, Beth, for your willingness to work on the 2015 SSAWW conference in Philadelphia. Another great addition to the planning team is Miranda…
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Call for Graduate Student Positions with SSAWW (Deadline: 10.15.13)
Dear SSAWW Colleagues: Your board remains hard at work for you! Start getting excited about the 2015 conference now! As many of you know, several major SSAWW officer positions will have a corresponding graduate student position attached to them. These early career professionals will help their officers on a voluntary basis and be able to…
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CFP: MELUS Special Issue: African American Print Cultures (Deadline 12.15.13)
MELUS CFP for 2015 Special Issue African American Print Cultures Guest Editors Joycelyn Moody and Howard Rambsy In 2015, a special issue of MELUS will showcase under-studied aspects of black print culture studies or book history. We are seeking scholarship that addresses, but is not limited to, the following questions: · How are contemporary…
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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…
