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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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Call for Proposals – Research Support Grants, Maine Women Writers Collection
The Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England is pleased to invite applications for our Research Support Grant Program. Deadline: September 1, 2026, for research to be conducted on site between June 1, 2027 and April 30, 2028 MWWC Research Support Grants are intended for faculty, independent researchers, and graduate students at…
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President’s Update
Dear SSAWW community, I’m honored to have been elected to lead this organization for the next three years, and I’m excited to let you know of the work that has been going on behind the scenes during the first months of this year. Officers Mollie Barnes (VP of organizational matters), Charline Jao (VP of communication),…
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CFP for SSAWW Panel at SEA 2027
Please consider submitting a proposal for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers panel at the Biennial Conference of the Society of Early Americanists, which will be held in Chicago at the Loyola University downtown campus March 18-20, 2027. We especially welcome proposals from graduate students and independent scholars. Proposals are welcome on…
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SSAWW’s Mentorship Match Online Panels: Showcasing Graduate Student Research
SSAWW and SSAWW’s Graduate Student Caucus are co-hosting two upcoming online panels, showcasing the exciting work of our dissertating graduate student members. Join us for the following two online panels in late April and early May to learn more about their research and their experience in SSAWW’s Mentorship Match Program, which pairs dissertating graduate students…
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NIU Libraries Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture
Fellowships | Research | Special Collections and Archives | University Libraries | Northern Illinois University Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture The NIU Libraries, with funding provided by the Horatio Alger Society, offers a fellowship to scholars who wish to come to NIU to conduct research using the Libraries’ major holdings in…
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Revolutions and Reflections: A Conference for Editing and Recovery Practitioners
From August 8–9, the Center for Digital Editing’s eLaboratories will host its first annual conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, under the theme “Revolutions and Reflections.” We invite editors, recovery practitioners, public historians, archivists, educators, students, digital humanists, community-based researchers, and more to join us in discussing methodologies, technological approaches, public applications, and insights gained from editing and recovery work.…
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“Approaches to Teaching the Works of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman” request for survey input and proposed chapters
Call for survey engagement and proposals for “Approaches to Teaching the Works of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman” Deadline for surveys and proposals: June 1, 2026 In light of the recent resurgence in scholarly work on the writings of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, we are proposing an MLA volume on “Approaches to Teaching the Works of…
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CFP: Special Issue of Early American Literature
Please note the following CFP, with abstracts due May 1, 2026 CFP: Special Issue of Early American Literature TRANSLATING CULTURES: KEY TEXTS IN MULTILINGUAL EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE As recent work by scholars such as Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Sara E. Johnson, Patrick Erben, Sarah Rivett, and Jeffrey Einboden has shown, the print cultures and intellectual debates of early…
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Edith Wharton Review Seeks New Editor
The Edith Wharton Review seeks a new editor. The journal is a peer-reviewed, MLA-indexed publication of the Edith Wharton Society, published twice yearly by Pennsylvania State University Press. It features scholarship on Edith Wharton, her literary contexts, and her ongoing influence, along with pedagogical essays and book reviews. The editor collaborates with associate editors and the book…
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CFP: Graduate Student Fellowship – Emily Dickinson International Society (Deadline: 3.15.2026)
2026 Emily Dickinson International Society Graduate Student Fellowship The EDIS announces a fellowship award of $1,000 in support of excellence in graduate student scholarship on Emily Dickinson. The project need not be devoted solely to Dickinson, but her work should be a substantial focus. The award may be used for any expense incurred to advance…
