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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: Joint Symposium Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Lydia Maria Child Societies (June 24-27, 2026)
CALL FOR PAPERS for a joint symposium to be hosted by the Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society and Lydia Maria Child Society Williamsburg, Virginia June 24-27, 2026 (Deadline for proposals: February 5, 2026) The Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society and the Lydia Maria Child Society invite proposals for a joint symposium to be held on the campus…
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CFP: Willa Cather Spring Conference June 4-6, 2026 (Deadline: 3.2.2026)
Memory, Myth, and Meaning: Cather in Dialogue with America 250 Willa Cather Spring Conference | Thursday, June 4 – Saturday, June 6, 2026 This year marks the centennial of My Mortal Enemy, one of Cather’s least affirmative works and one not produced in the Cather Scholarly Edition (translation: much important work remains to be done!) …
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CFPs: Willa Cather at ALA and the Willa Cather Review
Call for Papers: Willa Cather Foundation Panels for the American Literature Association Conference The Willa Cather Foundation seeks proposals for 1-2 panels at the 37th annual conference of the American Literature Association, held at the Palmer House in Chicago from May 20-23, 2026. Topics could include (but are by no means limited to) race and ethnicity, indigeneity, settler colonialism,…
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2025 SSAWW Election – Nominees and Vision Statements
Please find below the nominees and vision statements for the 2025 SSAWW Election. The vote is open to all members in good standing, not just those in attendance at the conference. Members will vote online (a link is forthcoming to members through WildApricot our online membership system). Voting will begin at the time of the…
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Sign-up 2025 SSAWW Common/Open Table Dinner – Thursday 11/6 (Deadline for sign-up Monday 10/27)
The SSAWW Common Table Dinner is a great chance to talk with old friends and colleagues, and meet new ones. If you’d like to join SSAWW conference attendees for an open table dinner Thursday, Nov. 6, 7 pm, restaurant to be announced based on amount of interest, so we can make reservations. Please indicate whether…
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Sign-up: Frances E.W. Harper 200th Anniversary Mural Tour at the SSAWW 2025 Conference
SSAWW Frances E.W. Harper 200th Anniversary Mural Tour Sign-up Required (limited to 30 participants) Cost: $25 This short walking tour will allow SSAWW conference goers to visit a brand new mural of novelist, poet, activist, and orator, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper which sits alongside a mural of Philadelphia poet, Ursula Rucker, this year’s SSAWW keynote…
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SSAWW 2025 Conference: Hotel Deadline Approaching (Tomorrow 10/10)
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is the LAST DAY to reserve your rooms at the conference hotel at the discounted rate before they are released for general sale. After tomorrow, attendees will need to make their own arrangements with the hotel, and we cannot guarantee the discounted conference rate. Visit our hotel page to…
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Sign-Up – 2025 SSAWW Conference – Library Company Tour (space limited)
The Library Company Tour On Thursday, November 6, the Library Company will host a tour for SSAWW attendees. This tour is limited to 20 attendees. Participants will receive a tour of the space, gain a general overview of the Library Company’s history and collections, and take a closer look at a selection of artifacts related to…
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Sign-Up “Chat with an Editor”
For the 2025 SSAWW Conference, we are pleased to once again offer the widely popular “Chat with an Editor” and “Chat with a Digital Humanist” feature, including editors from College Literature, ESQ, J19, Legacy, EAL, Modernism/Modernity, and the Recovery Hub who will be hosting thirty-minute one-on-one consultations to answer questions about the publication process, to review abstracts for…
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2025 SSAWW Conference Reminders and Deadlines
If you have any questions, please contact Isabela Creighton at ssaww.conferences@gmail.com.
