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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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Massachusetts Historical Society Research Fellowships Reminder: The deadline for MHS-NEH support is January 15, 2016!
Massachusetts Historical Society Research Fellowships Reminder: The deadline for MHS-NEH support is January 15, 2016! The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer more than three dozen research fellowships for the academic year 2016-2017, including two MHS-NEH Long-term Fellowships made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2015 their stipend, governed by…
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Assistant Professor of American Poetry (Missouri State)
The Missouri State University Department of English invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in English whose specialty is American Poetry. Teaching responsibilities will include upper-level and graduate courses as well as introductory and general education courses in literature. The position also requires student advising, an active research agenda (including publication), and engagement in service…
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Assistant Professor (Eureka College)
The College— Eureka is a small residential liberal arts college located equidistant between the cities of Peoria and Bloomington/Normal. The campus is situated on 112 wooded acres with 24 academic and residential buildings in the city of Eureka, Illinois. Focused on “excellence in learning, service, and leadership,” Eureka graduates include forty-two college presidents, seven governors…
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Assistant Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies (Kennesaw State U)
Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a nine-month, tenure-track of English and Interdisciplinary Studies faculty position in the Department of English, which begins August, 2016. Candidates must be able to teach Asian American literary studies and a variety of courses that may include: Religious studies, Postcolonial studies, Asian studies, American studies on a…
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Visiting Assistant Professor of English, American Lit (The College of Wooster)
The Department of English at The College of Wooster invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professorship in twentieth-century American Literature. Must be qualified to teach courses in textual and cultural interpretation, as well as writing, at all undergraduate levels. The teaching load is 2-3, plus advising of five senior independent study theses. Ph.D. required.…
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CFP Border Crossings: Translation, Migration, & Gender in the Americas, the Transatlantic, & the Transpacific (Deadlines: 30 June for Complete Panels; 31 August for individual papers)
Border Crossings:Translation, Migration, & Gender in the Americas, the Transatlantic, & the Transpacific Society for the Study of American Women Writers & Université Bordeaux Montaigne Dates: 5th – 8th July 2017 Venue: Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France Conference director: Stéphanie Durrans To maintain a continuity with our previous conference (in Philadelphia, November 2015) on liminality and…
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CFP: Pauline E. Hopkins Society at ALA
CALL FOR PAPERS: PAULINE E. HOPKINS SOCIETY American Literature Association 27th Annual Conference May 26-29, 2016 San Francisco, CA The Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society will sponsor two sessions at the 27th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association. Panel One: “Inspired borrowings” or plagiarism? The significance of Pauline Hopkins’s textual appropriations. While we have long known…
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CFP – Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society at ALA (Deadline 01.15.16)
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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Assistant Professor of English – Cultural Studies (Eastern New Mexico University in New Mexico)
Assistant Professor of English Culture Studies. Full-time, tenure-track, 9-month. Responsibilities include 4/4 teaching load, scholarship, and service. Ph.D. in English preferred. ABD will be considered. Ideal candidates will have a strong academic background in Chicano/a literature and/or Native American literature. Experience with one or more of the following areas is a plus, including but not…
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The 2016 First Book Institute (2.15.16)
The 2016 First Book Institute June 5-11, 2016 Hosted by the Center for American Literary Studies (CALS) at Pennsylvania State University Co-Directors Sean X. Goudie, Director of the Center for American Literary Studies and Winner of the MLA Prize for a First Book Priscilla Wald, Professor of English and Women’s Studies, DukeUniversity and Editor of American Literature The stakes…
