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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: Kate Chopin Society Panels at ALA 2016 (1.15.16)
CFP: Kate Chopin Society Panels at ALA 2016 (1.15.16) Please consider submitting a proposal for either of the KCIS’s sponsored panels at the 2016 ALA Conference in San Francisco, May 26-29. Details and contact information are below. The first panel, a roundtable on “Teaching Kate Chopin in Different Contexts,” seeks short (seven- to eight-minute) papers/remarks…
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A few more conference details:
Reminder that all conference information is available here: https://ssawwnew.wordpress.com/ssaww-2015-updates/ Please note that the Book exhibit opens each day at 8, not 8:30. We only have 10 minutes between sessions; please try to vacate the session rooms in a timely manner at the end of the session so that the next panel can come in. Conversations…
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Legacy Best Paper Awards for Papers Presented at SSAWW 2015 (12.11.15)
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers is happy to announce a contest to honor the best papers presented at the upcoming Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference (5-8 November 2015) in Philadelphia. Two prizes will be awarded: one for the best paper presented by a graduate student, and one for the best paper presented by a non-student member of SSAWW.…
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Library Company event at SSAWW 2015 – suggestion for spreading out attendance
Dear Conference Participants, We look forward with pleasure to seeing you in Philadelphia next week and to hearing the many exciting panels and papers on the program A note on the Library Company event on Thursday evening, 6 to 8: The Library Company sees the event as an “Open House” for those who have rsvp’d…
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CFP: ALA – Rebecca Harding Davis (Deadline 01.15.16)
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 engage any aspect of…
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CFP: ALA – Sarah Piatt at 180 (Deadline 01.18.16)
CFP: ALA 2016 – Sarah Piatt (Deadline 01.18.16) Sarah Piatt at 180 and Palace – Burner at 15: the View from 2016 2016 will mark the 180th anniversary of Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt’s birth and the 15th anniversary of the groundbreaking publication of Paula Bernat Bennett’s Palace – Burner, the first modern anthology of the poet’s work. Since…
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SSAWW 2015 update – October 28
We very much look forward to seeing you soon at SSAWW 2015 Program – SSAWW 2015 Nov 4 – 8 Onsite conference registration and day passes are available here: https://ssawwnew.wordpress.com/onsite-conference-registration/ For conference information on the following, please go to: https://ssawwnew.wordpress.com/ssaww-2015-updates/ Guest passes and single day registration for those not on the program Sign up for “Chat with…
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James Weldon Johnson Institute Visiting Fellows Program (Emory University)
The James Weldon Johnson Institute of Emory University invites applications for its Visiting Fellows Program. Supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Visiting Fellows Program provides three fellowships for both junior and senior scholars and their career equivalents each academic year. We welcome applications from scholars in the humanities, the…
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Assistant Professor Am Lit before 1800 (Tennessee Tech University)
English: Tenure-track, assistant professor position in English is available at Tennessee Tech University. An earned Ph.D. in English from an accredited institution by start date is required, with dissertation or other significant research in American Literature prior to 1800. Preferred specializations include Puritan, Native American/Indigenous, and/or Age of Reason literatures. Interest in diverse perspectives helpful.…
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CFP: Margaret Fuller Society at ALA 2016 (Deadline 1.15.16)
CFP Margaret Fuller Society at ALA 2016 The Margaret Fuller Society will sponsor two panels at the annual American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, 26-29 May, 2016 . 1) “Margaret Fuller in the 19th Century.” We invite submissions on Fuller’s response to her own times and/or responses in her century to Fuller. 2) “Margaret…
