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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: Rebecca Harding Davis at ALA 2017 (Deadline 1.20.17)
The Society for the Study of Rebecca Harding Davis and Her World welcomes proposals for two sessions at the next meeting of the American Literature Association. The conference will be held May 25-28, 2017 in Boston, MA. For further information about the conference, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliterature.org. 1. Joint Session with the Louisa May Alcott Society: Rebecca…
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Call for Reviewers: SSAWW Panels at the American Literature Association
Call for Reviewers: SSAWW Panels at the American Literature Association The Society for the Study of American Women Writers will be presenting two panels at the 2017 American Literature Association Conference in Boston, MA. The theme for our panels this year will be activism and resistance in American women’s writing from early America to…
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CFP: Movement and Mobility, Graduate Symposium, due January 27
CFP Movement and Mobility: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Symposium Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi April 27th-28th, 2017 Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, January 27th In a world of rapid global expansion and technological transformation, it can seem as though we are constantly in motion. In response, scholars in the humanities have taken a growing interest in the…
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SSAWW Panels for ALA: due January 15, 2016
CFP: SSAWW Panels at the American Literature Association (ALA), May 2017 The West Copley Place Hotel in Boston, MA Contact: Christopher Allen Varlack, SSAWW VP of Development Contact E-mail: cvarlack@umbc.edu The Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) is proud to announce its two panels for the upcoming American Literature Association…
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CFP: ALA 2017 Rebecca Harding Davis Society (Deadline 1.20.17)
The Society for the Study of Rebecca Harding Davis and Her World welcomes proposals for two sessions at the next meeting of the American Literature Association. The conference will be held May 25-28, 2017 in Boston, MA. For further information about the conference, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliterature.org. 1. Joint Session with the Louisa May…
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Job Posting: Assistant Professor of English (Early Americanist), Valdosta State University. Due 1-9-2017
The Department of English invites applications for an academic tenure track faculty position. In addition to teaching a standard 4/4 load per academic year (graduate and undergraduate courses in area of expertise), responsibilities include research leading to publication and service at the department, college, and university levels. Must have a PhD in English with a…
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CFP: Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society’s 20th Anniversary Symposium – Deadline EXTENDED (12.9.16)
“Where and When: Evolving Concepts of Place, Space, and Time in the Writings of Sedgwick and Her Contemporaries” Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Sedgwick’s death in 1867 and The 20th Anniversary of the Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society June 7-10, 2017 — The Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, Massachusetts From her first novel, A New-England Tale; or…
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CFP for ALA 2017: Edwidge Danticat Society, due December 20, 2016
ALA Boston 2017 The American Literature Association Conference May 25-28, 2017 The Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA The Edwidge Danticat Society invites papers for a panel at the 28th Annual American Literature Association conference. We welcome papers that explore the expanse of Danticat’s work across many genres. As a prolific author, she…
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CFP: Collection on Playwright Lydia Diamond, Due December 16, 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS Staging Lydia: Dramaturgy, Directing & Design in the Plays of Lydia Diamond Edited by Denise J. Hart (Northwestern Press 2018) Staging Lydia is an anthology that seeks to contextualize the work of notable seasoned African American woman playwright Lydia Diamond for a broader academic and professional audience. This anthology…
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CFP for ALA 2017: Emily Dickinson International Society, Due Jan 4, 2017
Calls for Papers Emily Dickinson International Society The Emily Dickinson International Society will sponsor two sessions at the 2017 American Literature Association Annual Conference. ALA conference will be held in Boston, May 25-28, 2017. Please send a 300-word abstract and a brief CV to Michelle Kohler (mkohler@tulane.edu) and Renee Bergland (renee.bergland@simmons.edu) by January 4, 2017.…
