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Whitman Studies Association Calls for Papers for the American Literature Association Annual Conference (May 21-24, 2025)
Posted by Stephanie M. Blalock, President, Whitman Studies Association and Stefan Schöberlein, Vice President, Whitman Studies Assocation on 2024-11-04
Panel 1: Walt Whitman and Visual Culture A special issue of The Walt Whitman Quarterly Review (4 [Fall/Winter 1986-1987], 1-74) first brought together nearly all the known photographs of Whitman, laying the foundation for the Walt Whitman Archive’s Gallery of Images. Whitman wrote about and sat for sculptors and painters, and he has been the inspiration for many art and film projects. [...]
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ALA Symposium on American Poetry (Santa Fe, November 7-9, 2024)
Posted by Sophia Craig on 2024-09-06
The Society for the Study of American Poetry, the newest member society of the American Literature Association, will be holding its first symposium in beautiful Santa Fe on November 7-9, 2024: ALA Symposium “American Poetry” – The American Literature Association.The symposium includes roundtables on “Contemporary Poetics” and “Rediscovered Voices,” and the keynote speaker is Dr. Karen L. Kilcup [...]
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Whitman Studies Association Calls for Papers for the American Literature Association Conference (May 23-26, 2024)
Posted by Stephanie M. Blalock on 2023-12-06
The Whitman Studies Association will sponsor two panels at the 35th Annual American Literature Association Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois, May 23-26, 2024. Details of the conference, including registration and hotel arrangements, are available at the ALA website. The calls for papers and deadlines for submitting proposals are included below. Democracy and Gender in Alcott [...]
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American Literature Association Conference (May 25-28, 2023)
Posted by Stephanie M. Blalock on 2023-01-12
The American Literature Association is holding its 34th annual conference in Boston, MA, on May 25-28, 2023. The intention this year is to have a live, in-person conference, so there will be no virtual options for papers and no pre-recorded sessions. Details of the conference, including registration and hotel arrangements, are available at the ALA website.
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The Susan Jaffe Tane Fellowship
Posted by Mark F. Anderson on 2021-08-26
The Walt Whitman Initiative (WWI) invites applications for a fellowship program to encourage new research on Walt Whitman and his cultural legacy and to mentor a promising, public-minded scholar pursuing a career in the humanities. The fellowship will be available to graduate students and/or graduating seniors (college level and above) enrolled in a graduate program in the 2021-2022 [...]
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