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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: International Symposium YST-Young Scholars Transfers (Deadline 03.01.16)
Call for papers: International symposium “YST – Young Scholars Transfers: A reflection on the notion of transfer in the field of human and social sciences” Dates: 13-14 October 2016 at Université Paris-Est Créteil Keynote speakers: Professor Lewis Gordon (University of Connecticut) Professor Rozena Maart (University of KwaZulu-Natal) YST – Young Scholars Transfers is a project…
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CFP Extended Deadline: Rebecca Harding Davis at ALA (1.27.16)
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Jan 27 The Society for the Study of Rebecca Harding Davis and Her World welcomes proposals for an open topic session at the American Literature Association’s Annual Conference. The conference will be held May 26-29, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. For further information about the conference, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliterature.org. We welcome proposals that…
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Assistant Professor of Language and Literature (American Literature) (Sterling College)
A full-time faculty position in the Language and Literature Department is available beginning August 2016. RESPONSIBILITIES Teach both upper and lower division undergraduate courses, in American Literature as well as in composition and linguistics. Ability to teach courses on major American authors, modern American literature, and literary criticism is desired. Have the knowledge and ability…
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Full Professor of American Literature, Literary and Cultural Theory, and Feminist Studies (University of Chicago)
The Department of English at the University of Chicago invites applications for a Full Professor of English specializing in American literature, literary and cultural theory, and feminist studies. We seek applications from scholars with a substantial record of publication and at least a decade of university teaching experience.
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CFP: Lydia Maria Child Society at ALA (Revised Deadline: 01.27.16)
Revised Deadline: 27 January 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS: LYDIA MARIA CHILD SOCIETY AT ALA 2016 The Lydia Maria Child Society (LMCS) is looking for submissions for a panel to be held at the annual American Literature Association conference in San Francisco, CA, 26 – 29 May 2016 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco (http://alaconf.org/annual-conference/ [1]…
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CFP: Catharine Sedgwick Society at ALA (Extended Deadline: 01.23.16)
American Literature Association Conference – San Francisco (May 26-29, 2016) The Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society invites proposals for two panels at ALA. Session #1 (15 to 20-minute papers): “Catharine Sedgwick’s New England” A New England Tale (1822) was one of the first of Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s novels to be republished and garner critical attention. Since…
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CFP: Louisa May Alcott Society at ALA (1.20.16)
Louisa May Alcott Society Call for Papers for two panels at the annual conference of the American Literature Association 26-29 May 2016, San Francisco Panel 1: Representations of Teaching and Learning in Alcott As attested to by her essay, “Recollections of my Childhood,” Alcott’s ideas of education were always caught between the innovative techniques but…
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Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor, English (Miami University, Middletown Campus)
English (Middletown Campus): Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor to teach full load of courses in first year-composition as well as areas of specialization.
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CFP: “Both Bitter and Sweet”: Cather, Literature, and the Great War – Willa Cather Spring Conference (Deadline 02.01.16)
CALL FOR PAPERS “Both Bitter and Sweet”: Cather, Literature, and the Great War 61st annual Willa Cather Spring Conference June 2-4, 2016 | Red Cloud, Nebraska The years 2014–2018 mark the centennial of the First World War and represent a time to re-examine Cather’s writing of that period, particularly her 1922 novel One of Ours,…
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2016-17 Ella Baker Visiting Professor Fellowship in Undergraduate Research (UCSB Department of Black studies in California)
The University of California at Santa Barbara seeks an Advanced Assistant or beginning Associate Professor to serve as the Ella Baker Visiting Professor in Undergraduate Research, a one-year, non-tenure track appointment in the Department of Black Studies, with an affiliated appointment in at least one other department in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Engineering, or Sciences…
