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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 Nominations: 2017 Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology, Multi-Authored, or Edited Book in Feminist Studies in Popular Culture or American Literature (Deadline 12.31.2017)
2017 Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology, Multi-Authored, or Edited Book in Feminist Studies in Popular Culture or American Culture CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2017 Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology, Multi-Authored or Edited Book in Feminist Studies in Popular or American Culture published in 2017, The award is sponsored by the Popular Culture Association/American Culture…
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Job Posting: Multiple Positions–open rank African American Material Culture Studies and/or African American Public Humanities (Review Process begins 12.2.2017)
Job Posting: African American Material Culture Studies and/or African American Public Humanities, University of Delaware Multiple Positions, Open Rank We have been approved for multiple positions–open rank, but with a special interest in senior scholars–for a major initiative in African American Material Culture Studies and/or African American Public Humanities. Joint appointments or single-department appointments are…
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Emily Dickinson International Society Fellowships (Deadline: 1.30.2018)
2018 Dickinson Scholar Award The Emily Dickinson International Society invites applications for the 2018 Dickinson Scholar Award, which supports new research on Dickinson. The project need not be devoted solely to Dickinson, but her work should be a substantial focus. The award of $2,000 may be used for any expense incurred to advance the project.…
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New Books: Learning Legacies: Archive to Action through Women’s Cross-Cultural Teaching by Sarah Robbins
Robbins, Sarah Ruffing. Learning Legacies: Archive to Action through Women’s Cross-Cultural Teaching. University of Michigan Press, 2017. The book is available in hardback, paper, and digital editions: https://www.press.umich.edu/4469010/learning_legacies Learning Legacies spotlights women writer-educators of the past whose stories can inspire community building today. One chapter highlights work by African American teachers and students from Spelman College.…
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MLA Workshop – Graduate Students encouraged to participate/attend
Recounting Evidence in African American Digital Studies (REAADS) For more info & registration: https://github.com/REAADS Scholars of African American experiences have long insisted that we shift perceptions about evidentiary privilege. Now, in tapping historical and contemporary humanities data, how do notions about evidence and recovery change when we reconsider what gets labeled “absent” or “present?” What…
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C19 Podcast S01E02: “Modern Slavery?” How 19th Century Slavery Can Speak to 21st Century Trafficking
Please enjoy listening to the amazing work of Anna Mae Duane and her team. Listen, review, and subscribe on iTunes or Soundcloud. Inspired? I’ve attached our CFP if you’re interested in submitting a proposal. You do not need prior experience in podcasting! Don’t hesitate to reach out to me with any questions you might have. Our next review cycle is coming…
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CFP: Pauline Hopkins Society at ALA (Deadline: 1.8.2018)
Call for Papers Pauline E. Hopkins Society American Literature Association 29th Annual Conference May 24-27, 2018 San Francisco, CA The Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society will sponsor two sessions at the 29th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association. Panel One: Pauline Hopkins and Genre Pauline Hopkins’s work is notable for its experimentation with genres. Like…
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CFP: 32nd Annual MELUS Conference in Las Vegas (Deadline Extended: 11.27.2017)
32nd Annual MELUS Conference in Las Vegas Conference Theme: “TransCulture” May 3-6, 2018 Hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Tuscany Suites & Casino, 255 E. Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89169 Deadline for Abstracts: EXTENDED to November 27, 2017 Las Vegas is a transcultural city, rich in racial and ethnic diversity, and UNLV…
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CFP: Cross-Currents: the Indian Novels of Elizabeth Oakes Smith (Deadline: 12.28.2017)
Cross-Currents: the Indian Novels of Elizabeth Oakes Smith A Special Session for the American Literature Association Conference, San Francisco May 24-27, 2018 While it remains important to continue to re-locate Oakes Smith’s place in cultural conversations of her time—for example, relating recently recovered novels such as The Western Captive to other representations of Native Americans in the…
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Call for Nominations: 2018 Lydia Maria Child Society Social Justice Awards (Deadline 4.15.2018)
2018 LYDIA MARIA CHILD SOCIETY SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS In keeping with our society’s goal of honoring and continuing Lydia Maria Child’s vision of and work toward social justice, the Lydia Maria Child Society is pleased to offer three awards recognizing scholarship and creative work that furthers social change: one for faculty or…
