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EXTENDED CFP Futures and Frontiers of US American Culture(s) International Conference

updated: 
Monday, June 1, 2026 - 11:10am
PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Futures and Frontiers of US American Culture(s) International Conference

30 September – 2 October 2026

John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Freie Universität Berlin

 

Keynotes: Jenny Stümer (Universität Heidelberg) | Dan Hassler-Forest (Utrecht University)

CFP: Tufts Graduate Humanities Conference 2026 - DEADLINE EXTENDED

updated: 
Monday, June 1, 2026 - 8:23am
Tufts University
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 15, 2026

Theme: Is it a Wonderful Life?

Wonder (n.): a feeling of surprise or awe, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable

Wonder (v.): to feel some doubt or curiosity; to be desirous to know or learn.

Wondrous (adj.): marvelous; wonderful. 

PAMLA 2026 CFP (Extended Deadline) - Pacific Northwest Literatures

updated: 
Sunday, May 31, 2026 - 4:46pm
Kristin Brunnemer (Pierce College - Fort Steilacoom)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

PAMLA 2026 is pleased to present Pacific Northwest Literatures (https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20023)!

Past and present, the Pacific Northwest has functioned in literature as a dynamic space defined by transition, ecological precarity, and socio-political friction. This panel explores writers of fiction, poetry, memoir, and non-fiction whose work investigates the unique sense of place, history, and culture defining the region. We welcome papers that engage with the tensions between industry and preservation, indigenous sovereignty, labor movements, and the mythologies of the western wilderness.

LAST CALL - Galway Kinnell at 100 - PAMLA Seattle 2026

updated: 
Thursday, May 28, 2026 - 7:49pm
Dr. Ariana Lyriotakis
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

PAMLA Seattle (2026) - November 12-15, all in-person conference 

 

2027 is the centenary year of the birth of US American poet and Pulitzer Prize-winner, Galway Kinnell (1927-2014). This session seeks to celebrate his life and legacy while pointing to future thematic and prosodic engagement in Kinnellian studies. Papers offering approaches to any aspect of Kinnell’s work are invited and most welcome.

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20th Century Southern Women Writers Conference

updated: 
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 11:13am
presented by the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, August 1, 2026

20th Century Southern Women Writers Conference
presented by the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society
​October 15-18, 2026Springfield, Kentucky 

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature

updated: 
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - 9:38pm
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, November 27, 2026

The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature publishes articles, creative fiction and poetry, book reviews, and notes in the spirit of or regarding the life and work of Rawlings, her circle, and other authors who have used the state of Florida as a source of creativity. Submissions of articles that focus not only on Rawlings but also on issues that fit within broader contexts are welcome, including these topics: Florida writing & culture; Gender studies; Literature of place; Regionalism; Race; Eco-criticism and environmental studies.

In addition, the journal seeks submissions of short fiction and poetry, particularly works inspired by Rawlings’s own deep affection for Florida.

SAMLA 2026 Panel: Intertextual "Innerleckchuls": Reading O’Connor in Conversation

updated: 
Monday, May 25, 2026 - 2:40pm
Flannery O'Connor Society
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

South Atlantic MLA Conference 
November 5-7, 2026 
In-Person Conference 
Atlanta, GA 

Panel Proposal: “Intertextual ‘Innerleckchuls’: Reading O’Connor in Conversation” 

The Flannery O’Connor Society seeks abstract proposal submissions for a panel to be held at SAMLA’s annual conference (November 5-7, 2026) in Atlanta, GA.  

The Flannery O’Connor Society Open Topics Panel at SAMLA

updated: 
Monday, May 25, 2026 - 11:28am
The Flannery O'Connor Society
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Click here to submit your abstract and bio using SAMLA's internal platform: https://samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19584 

The Flannery O’Connor Society invites abstracts (of no more than 300 words) for open topic presentations at SAMLA 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia, November 5-7. We will accept proposals for a wide variety of topics about and/or related to Flannery O’Connor’s oeuvre, and submissions from graduate students and emerging scholars are encouraged.

Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:

Graduate Conference: In-Between Wor(l)ds: Liminality, Poetry and Performance

updated: 
Sunday, May 24, 2026 - 8:43pm
University of Minnesota
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, June 7, 2026

In-Between Wor(l)ds: Liminality, Poetry and Performance

Extended Deadine: June 7th! 

Call for Papers – GNSD Graduate Conference, University of Minnesota
Nov. 6 - 7th, 2026 (in person)
Keynote by Adeena Karasick

“Quiet Desperation”: Pessimism in Emerson and Thoreau

updated: 
Saturday, May 23, 2026 - 6:08am
University of Łódź / Sorbonne Université
deadline for submissions: 
Saturday, October 31, 2026

“Quiet Desperation”: Pessimism in Emerson and Thoreau 

12-13 March 2027

 

 

University of Łódź

Faculty of Philology 

 

Sorbonne Université

Research Unit VALE

 

Online conference

Call for Papers 

Leon Edel Prize

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:16am
Henry James Review
deadline for submissions: 
Sunday, November 1, 2026

The Leon Edel Prize is awarded annually for the best essay on Henry James by a beginning scholar.  The prize carries with it an award of $300, and the prize-winning essay will be published in HJR.

The competition is open to applicants who have not held a full-time academic appointment for more than four years. Independent scholars and graduate students are encouraged to apply.

Essays should be 20-30 pages (including notes), original, and not under submission elsewhere or previously published.  Please send electronic submssions in Microsoft Word format and a current CV to hjamesr@creighton.edu.

International Symposium America at 250: Narratives of Resistance and Change

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:16am
CETAPS - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nova University of Lisbon
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence,
at a time of perceived challenges to its promises of freedom and equality, this symposium
invites a multidisciplinary reflection on the narrative strategies used to represent past and
contemporary interpretations of experienced scenarios of crises, resistance and change.
The Symposium is particularly interested in the connections between contemporary
political, social and cultural fractures and previous experiences of confrontation of
opposing visions of the collective national project, which also tested the fulfillment of the

How Scripted TV Series Portray Social Media’s Power to Shape Culture

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:15am
Libbie Searcy
deadline for submissions: 
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

 

3rd Call for Chapter Proposals
for Essay Collection

How Scripted TV Series Portray Social Media’s Power to Shape Culture

 

This edited collection invites scholars to consider how an episode or series of scripted television (from 2000 to present) has portrayed social media’s power to shape culture—for better and/or for worse.

 

Call for additional chapter proposals – The Works of Elaine May

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:14am
Jonathan Winchell, SCREEN STORYTELLERS
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

EXTENDED CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

 

The Works of Elaine May
SCREEN STORYTELLERS book series
Bloomsbury Academic

 

Editor: Jonathan Winchell

New deadline for abstract submissions: June 30, 2026

 

The proposed edited volume, The Works of Elaine May, has received preliminary interest from the SCREEN STORYTELLERS series editor. Nine chapters have been reviewed and confirmed for inclusion (see below).

 

I am currently seeking additional chapters on:

 

  • Primary Colors
  • Such Good Friends
  • Nichols and May (comedy)

 

Poetry & Poetry Studies at MAPACA

updated: 
Friday, May 22, 2026 - 8:12am
Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Poetry & Poetry Studies at MAPACA 2026

November 5-7, 2026 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, MD

Deadline: 6/30/2026

 

**EXTENDED** 2026 Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference

updated: 
Monday, May 18, 2026 - 12:38pm
Cory Barker / Midwest Popular Culture Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, AND PANEL PROPOSALS

Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference

Friday-Sunday, October 9-11, 2026

Horizon Convention Center | Muncie, Indiana

The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is accepting proposals for the organization’s 50th annual conference this October in Muncie, Indiana. Submit paper, abstract, or panel proposals (including the title of each presentation within the panel) with the appropriate keywords via the submissions website at https://www.mpcaaca.org/submit-panels.

The Black Press at 200 Symposium at Howard University

updated: 
Friday, May 15, 2026 - 11:49am
Michael Guy/Black Press Research Collective
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, September 18, 2026

Howard University | March 17–18, 2027

Hosted by the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center and the Black Press Research Collective

In March 1827, just over fifty years after the United States Declaration of Independence, Freedom’s Journal, the first Black newspaper in North America, declared: “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.”

In March 2027, we mark the bicentennial of the Black Press, celebrating 200 years of Black journalism as one of the most vital and enduring institutions in American public life.

Melville Revivals (PAMLA 2026): Extended Deadline

updated: 
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 1:43pm
Andrew Lyndon Knighton
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, May 25, 2026

"Melville Revivals"

PAMLA 2026

November 12-15, 2026

Seattle, Washington (Hyatt Regency Seattle, 808 Howell Street)

Extended Deadline (June 8, 2026): William Faulkner and Louise Erdrich Conference

updated: 
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 1:33pm
Center for Faulkner Studies / Southeast Missouri State University
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, June 8, 2026

William Faulkner and Louise Erdrich

A Conference Sponsored by the Center for Faulkner Studies

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

October 22-24, 2026

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