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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: Transgressive Humor of American Women Writers
Call for Contributors: Transgressive Humor of American Women Writers, edited volume, Palgrave Macmillan Send abstracts (250-500 words) and brief c.v. by Feb. 1st to editor, Sabrina.FuchsAbrams@esc.edu
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH (Columbus State University)
The Department of English at Columbus State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in American Literature before 1900 with emphasis in African-American literature.
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American Jewish Literature Assistant Professor (Arizona State University)
The Department of English at Arizona State University-Tempe invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in American Jewish Literature with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2016. Interest in other cultural forms, such as theatre, film, television or digital media is desired. Comparative and transnational perspectives are welcome. The successful candidate will…
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CFP – Lydia Maria Child Society at ALA 2016 (Deadline 01.10.16)
Call for Papers: Lydia Maria Child Society at ALA 2016 Deadline 01.10.16 The Lydia Maria Child Society (LMCS) welcomes proposals on the topic “‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lydia Maria Child?’: Principles at Heart and at Work” for a panel to be held at the annual American Literature Association conference in San Francisco,…
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Assistant Professor-Early American Literature (Plymouth State University)
Assistant Professor of Early American Literature, Tenure-track PSU is a coeducational, residential university located in the scenic heart of the Lakes and White Mountain Region of New Hampshire with an enrollment of approximately 4,300 undergraduate students and 3,000 graduate students. Plymouth State University invites applications for the tenure track position of Assistant Professor of English,…
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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
The Department of English at Rutgers University, which has a long history of scholarship and teaching in African American Literature and Literature of the African Diaspora, announces two Postdoctoral Fellowships for scholars pursuing research in these fields.
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CFP for ALA – “Woman Thinking: Public Intellectualism in U.S. Periodical Culture” Deadline 01.10.16
CFP for ALA – “Woman Thinking: Public Intellectualism in U.S. Periodical Culture” Deadline 01.10.16 We welcome proposals on the topic “Woman Thinking: Public Intellectualism in U.S. Periodical Culture” for the American Literature Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 26-29, 2016 (http://alaconf.org/). This panel will be co-sponsored by the Research Society for American Periodicals and author…
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CFP: Pauline E. Hopkins Society at ALA (1.6.16)
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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SSAWW Graduate Student Paper Award 2015
SSAWW will present an award for the best paper by a graduate student at the 2015 SSAWW conference. The Award This award brings recognition and a monetary prize. First- and second-place winners will be awarded a monetary prize and publicly recognized on the SSAWW website. (Note: this award is separate from the Legacy award.) A…
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SSAWW Conference in Bordeaux
From Dick Ellis, SSAWW President: Here is a date change for Bordeaux. SSAWW international conference at Universite Bordeaux Montaigne Please note the following date change: the conference will begin one day earlier, on Wednesday 5 July and finish one day earlier, on 8 July. This is to save substantially on costs. A few further details: Registration will cost…
