The 2026 First Book Institute May 31-June 6, 2026 Hosted by the Center for American Literary Studies (CALS) at Pennsylvania State University Co-Directors Priscilla Wald, R. Florence Brinkley Distinguished Professor of English, Duke University, and Co-Editor...
The W.D. Howells Society will host two panels at the American Literature Association’s 37th annual conference, which will meet at the Palmer House in Chicago, May 20-23, 2026 (Wednesday through Saturday of Memorial Day weekend). PANEL 1: HOWELLS & MEDIA From...
Please note upcoming application deadlines for research fellowship opportunities at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. All awards are for use of the AAS library's resources for research and writing. On-campus housing is available. ...
CFP: Edited Volume “Formats and Institutions of American Literary Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century” Editors: Philipp Löffler (Heidelberg) and Alexander Starre (Berlin) Deadline for Abstracts: October 31, 2025 This edited collection addresses alternative modes of...
CFP for Special Issue of Studies in American Humor: “Periodicals, Period: Humor and Nineteenth-Century American Newspapers and Magazines” Studies in American Humor, the journal of the American Humor Studies Association, invites submissions of scholarly papers for a...
The Mark Twain Circle seeks abstracts for a proposed panel at the 2025 South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) conference in Atlanta (Nov. 6-8). CFP Deadline: August 1, 2025The overall theme of the conference is the production, transmission, and...
2026 Northeast Modern Language Association Conference March 5-8, 2026 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "Twainian Regeneration: Adaptations of the Works, Life, and Legacy of Mark Twain" Sponsored by the Mark Twain Circle of America Michael Torregrossa (Bristol Community...
Celebrating The 70th Anniversary of her Cornell Degree (MA 1955) Toni Morrison: Literature and Public Life September 18-21, 2025 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Cornell University’s Toni Morrison Collective in collaboration with the Toni Morrison...
Stowe Center Call for Papers The Stowe Center for Literary Activism, in partnership with the New England Quarterly invites papers for the 2026 “Stowe in Context & Conversation: Understanding Harriet Beecher Stowe in her historical context and ours” symposium. We...
Call for Papers "Mark Twain and Adaptation" CFP Deadline: "First Come, First Serve" basis (Co-sponsored by the Mark Twain Circle) 122nd PAMLA Conference Thursday, November 20 – Sunday, November 23, 2025 San Francisco, California Percival Everett’s Pulitzer...