• 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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  • SSAWW 2025 Conference – Save the Date Nov. 6-9, 2025

    Additional details forthcoming.

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  • Job Posting: Instructional Position in American literature and Gender studies at William & Mary

    The Department of English and Program in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies at William & Mary, a public university of the Commonwealth of Virginia, seeks applications for a two-year, non-tenure track instructional position in American literature and gender studies. Appointment will begin August 10, 2024. We seek an individual with expertise in 19th-century American literature…

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  • Call for Teaching Materials: Recovery Hub for American Women Writers (Deadline Extended: 3.11.2024)

    The Recovery Hub for American Women Writers is extending our open call for teaching materials deadline until March 11. Please consider submitting! We are seeking teaching materials related to using digital recovery projects or engaging students in recovery projects in the classroom. By responding to this open call via the submission form below, you will be…

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  • CFP: Edith Wharton Society at MLA 2025 (Deadline: 3.25.2024)

    Edith Wharton Society Panel Modern Language Association Convention January 9-12 New Orleans Edith Wharton and the Politics of Visibility Deadline for Submissions: March 25, 2024 Accepted presenters must be MLA members by April 7, 2024 The Edith Wharton Society invites papers that explore the Convention theme of Morrison’s metaphor of visibility. In this call for…

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  • Virtual Event: Print Culture Studies “Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins and Sagebrush Journalism” with Dr. Carolyn Sorisio (Friday, March 1st)

    Dear SSAWW Members Our next meeting of the Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies 2023-2024 series will take place virtually on Friday, March 1st, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. (EST) via Zoom. Dr. Carolyn Sorisio will deliver a talk titled “Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins and Sagebrush Journalism.” Zoom link: https://wcupa.zoom.us/j/92049110061?pwd=bjU5SU5FYzJncmhDMUVCbGJjQnBmUT09 Abstract Carolyn Sorisio will describe…

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  • CFP: 3 Panels on Contingent Labor at MLA 2025

    (In)Visibility of Adjuncts Visible to students but invisible to faculty/administration for governance, pay, and benefits, this panel seeks papers defining issues and/or strategies to increase adjunct visibility providing substantive, long-term, meaningful change. Send 200-word abstracts: samo@uwsuper.edu & Amee.Schmidt@iavalley.edu Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, 5 March 2024 Dr. Stacey Amo, University of Wisconsin-Superior (staceymarieamo@gmail.com )Amee Schmidt, Marshalltown…

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  • Call for Nominations: 2024 Lydia Maria Child Social Justice Awards for Academic Work (Deadline: 4.1.2024)

    Call for Nominations:  2024 Lydia Maria Child Social Justice Awards for Academic Work In keeping with the Lydia Maria Child Society’s goal of honoring and continuing Child’s legacy, the Society is pleased to recognize Humanities scholars who have demonstrated a commitment to social justice through teaching, research, and/or service. To honor Lydia Maria Child’s unwavering…

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  • CFP: Willa Cather and the Readerly Imagination – 69th Annual Cather Spring Conference (Deadline: 3.1.2024)

    Willa Cather and the Readerly Imagination In her own time as in ours, Willa Cather’s books created vibrant and varied communities of readers. Cather’s literary works detail numerous acts of reading, and she herself was an avid reader with an acute awareness of the reading public. The 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference seeks to…

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  • Conceptualizing and Creating a Digital Edition, June 10–14 (In Person Workshop)

    Workshop jointly sponsored by eLaboratories and the Digital Humanities Summer Institute that may be of interest to some folks.  Please note that the application for tuition scholarships and travel bursaries closes on February 14, and early bird registration close on April 1. Discounts are also available for members of select organizations, or for students and staff of select universities and colleges.…

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  • Recovery Hub: Digital Recovery Pedagogy Workshops for Spring 2024

    The Recovery Hub for American Women Writers is excited to host a series of Spring 2024 panel talks, all on the theme of Digital Recovery Pedagogy! Below is the schedule for this Tech Hours series. Please register to participate in one or all of the sessions using this link. Tech Hours are a series of 3-4…

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