Call for Papers: Mark Twain Circle at ALA, May 20-23, 2026 (Palmer House, Chicago) The Mark Twain Circle invites proposals of 250-500 words for 20-minute presentations at its two guaranteed ALA panels. Panelists who are Circle members (and MTC policy calls for all...
CFP: AHSA Zoom Series, Spring 2026: Works in Progress by Emerging Scholars For its Spring 2026 Zoom series, AHSA seeks to continue its commitment to fostering the development of graduate students. To this end, AHSA plans to put together 2-3 panels of 2-3 graduate...
Call for Papers American Literature Association (ALA) 2026, Chicago The American Humor Studies Association (AHSA) plans to offer two panels. One panel, “Teaching with Humor” will explore, through specific examples, how humor, in its many forms—literary, visual,...
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...