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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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New Issue of Scholarly Editing
The newest issue of Scholarly Editing, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal archived by the Library of Congress and distributed by the University of Virginia Press, has been published: https://www.scholarlyediting.org/. In Volume 43 readers will discover digital humanities and bibliographic insights, pioneering methods to foster student professionalization, analyses of performance art, and wide-ranging conversations about the contested nature of…
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Virtual Panel Session on Phillis Wheatley Peters, July 22, 2026
Are you attending the joint INCS-INCSA-NCSA conference on “Revolution, Revelation, and Reconciliation” July 21-24? If so, I’d like to highlight one of the online sessions, which you can join whether you have registered for in-person or online conference attendance (the latter being especially cost-efficient at $50 for a day). With colleagues from “The Genius of Phillis Wheatley…
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CFP for SSAWW panel at the ALA Santa Fe Symposium on American Novel
SSAWW is sponsoring a panel at the American Literature Association symposium on “The American Novel: Forms, Genres, and Traditions” in Santa Fe on November 5-7, 2026. This symposium is sponsored by the American Literature Association. Please send a one-page vita and a 250-word abstract on any aspect of gender, sexuality, and the novel by July 15…
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SSAWW Advisory Board, Meeting Minutes 6-17-26
Board Attendees: Koritha Mitchell, Alonzo Smith, Bernardino Hernandez, Claudia Stokes, Colton Hicks, Dory Nason, Jessica DeSpain, Jordan Von Cannon, Katherine Adams, Katie Walkiewicz, Kristin Allukian, Susie Lan Cassel, William-Claire Younts Absent: Jennifer Tuttle, Elissa Zellinger 1. Welcome and introductions 2. Advisory Board chair election Candidate: Claudia Stokes After a short statement about her vision for…
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CFP: EWS Awards (Deadline July 30, 2026)
Announcement: The Edith Wharton Society Award for a Mid-Career Scholar has been renamed the Carole Shaffer-Koros Award for a Mid-Career Scholar. This award is named in honor of Carole Shaffer-Koros, who has been one of the Edith Wharton Society’s most dedicated and indispensable members. Her service to the Society has been remarkable in both its…
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The 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Utopian Studies
Interconnections between Utopia and Dystopia in Times of Crisis November 12–14, 2026 Embassy Suites Portland DowntownPortland, Oregon, USA Conference Organizers:Sangita Gopal (Local Chair, University of Oregon)Edward K. Chan (Program Co-Chair, Waseda University, Tokyo)Patricia Ventura (Program Co-Chair, Spelman College)Donald Zarate (Graduate Assistant, University of California, Riverside) Conference Co-chairs email:susprogramchair@gmail.com Proposal Deadline:June 30, 2026 Individual paper/poster/other submission Pre-formed full session…
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[SSAWW Event] Strategies for Securing Support: Writing Fellowship and Grant Applications
We are excited to announce our upcoming event “Strategies for Securing Support: Writing Fellowship and Grant Applications,” a moderated panel that we hope to make a recurring program at SSAWW. For many scholars, late summer is a critical time for finalizing materials, requesting letters, and assembling a targeted list of funding opportunities. How do different…
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20th Century Southern Women Writers Conference
presented by the Elizabeth Madox Roberts SocietyOctober 15-18, 2026 Springfield, Kentucky The 27th Biennial Elizabeth Madox Roberts Conference will coincide with the 100th Anniversary of The Time of Man. To celebrate this milestone, the EMR Society is pleased to host a 20th Century Southern Women Writers Conference to discuss Roberts in context with other significant women…
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Margaret Fuller Society Birthday Fundraiser–to support awards and the Fuller Neighborhood House
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGARET!! Let’s honor Margaret Fuller’s 216th birthday (May 23, 2026) by celebrating intellectual community, social reform, and the transcendent processes by which individuals grow into themselves. The Margaret Fuller Society encourages FB posts and listserv messages sharing your actions in these areas. AND we encourage you to donate $21.60, $43, $216, or any amount to the…
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CFP: “Women and Animals” Legacy Salon
The publicationLegacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is looking for contributions to its next digital Salon on « Women and Animals ». We invite short, reflective, or creative pieces of no more than 1,000 words on the past and future of the political alliance between women and animals. Close-readings of quotes by women writers, critical rewritings of…
