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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: Lydia Maria Child Society at ALA 2024 (EXTENDED Deadline: 1.28.2024)
The Lydia Maria Child Society American Literature Association Conference in Chicago, IL23–26 May 2024 at The Palmer House Hiltonhttps://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/ 2. Celebrating Hobomok (1824) at 200: New Directions, New Reflections The year 2024 marks the 200th publication anniversary of Lydia Maria Child’s novel Hobomok (1824). Set in early 17th-century Puritan New England, the book features a…
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CFP: Margaret Fuller Society at ALA (Extended Deadline: 1.22.2024)
The Margaret Fuller Society will sponsor two panels on relationality at the 35th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association, to be held 23–26 May 2024 at The Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Please help circulate our CFPs far and wide across your circles of shared interest. Send 250-word proposals (indicating AV needs) that respond to…
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CFP: Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society at ALA (2 Panels) EXTENDED Deadline: 1.23.2024
The Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society solicits proposals for two sessions to be presented at the 2024 American Literature Association Conference. The conference will take place May 23-26 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. 1. Sedgwick and her Contemporaries in Context Despite her minimal formal education, Catharine Maria Sedgwick was highly self-educated and unusually well-read…
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Recovery Hub of Women Writers – Call for Teaching Materials (Deadline: 2.16.2024)
The Recovery Hub of Women Writers is seeking teaching materials related to using digital recovery projects or engaging students in recovery projects in the classroom! Our team aims to collaborate with instructors to develop publishable, shareable resources on how to do recovery in the classroom or how to use digital recovery projects with students. By responding…
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CFP: Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society at ALA (2 Panels) Upcoming Deadline: 1.15.2024
The Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society solicits proposals for two sessions to be presented at the 2024 American Literature Association Conference. The conference will take place May 23-26 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. 1. Sedgwick and her Contemporaries in Context Despite her minimal formal education, Catharine Maria Sedgwick was highly self-educated and unusually well-read…
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Reminder – CFP: Lydia Maria Child Society (2 panels) at ALA 2024 (Deadline: 1.15.2024)
The Lydia Maria Child Society is issuing two CFPs for ALA 2024: American Literature Association Conference in Chicago, IL23–26 May 2024 at The Palmer House Hiltonhttps://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/ 1. Social Justice Pedagogy Roundtable The Lydia Maria Child Society seeks participants for a roundtable on pedagogy, social justice, and American literature. Considering contemporary social justice concerns ranging from…
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CFP: Elizabeth Oakes Smith Society at ALA (Upcoming Deadline: 1.15.2024)
CFP: American Literature Association Conference, May 2024: Elizabeth Oakes Smith in Relation Due date: Jan 15, 2024 Contact: Timothy H. Scherman, t-scherman@neiu.edu A recent blog post on the Oakes Smith Society’s website* asks us to reconsider Nina Baym’s dismissal of Oakes Smith in Women’s Fiction (1978, 1993), where Baym described Oakes Smith as “not a…
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CFP: Carson McCullers Society (Deadline: 1.12.2024)
Call for Papers Organized by the Carson McCullers Society Chair: Alison Bertolini, North Dakota State University Panel Title: Carson McCullers and Embodied Difference The Carson McCullers Society, in conjunction with The Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians (Columbus State University), invites proposals for a panel at the 35th Annual Conference of the American Literature…
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CFP: Transatlantic Studies Association, July 8-10, 2024 (Deadline: 2.1.2024)
Dear SSAWW members, Please find below the CFP for the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA) conference 2024, available at this link: https://www.transatlanticstudies.com/tsa-2024 And please consider submitting your manuscripts to the Journal of Transatlantic Studies: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/42738/authors/aims-scope
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Fellowship: Rare Book School (Deadline: TODAY)
Greetings from Rare Book School! Rare Book School (RBS) is offering an exciting fellowship opportunity for those teaching undergraduates about book history: the M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. If you aren’t familiar with RBS, please feel free to check out our website at www.rarebookschool.org. We encourage…
