Early American Literature seeks conference reviewers for the following conferences. Conference reviews cover panels relevant to EAL’s readership, encompassing the overall range of the event and addressing key themes of particular interest to the reviewer. Conference reviews are generally 1500-2000 words in length, but they can be longer or shorter depending on the scope of the event.
We welcome reviewers at all ranks who study early American literature and encourage recommendations for other conferences with an early American literature presence. We welcome reviewers for conferences, even if the event will be held virtually.EAL also welcomes proposals for digital conferences, symposia, and/or panel series. If you are interested in participating, please send an email to Katy Chiles at kchiles1@utk.edu. Please include the conference you’d like to review and a brief description (50 words) of your scholarly interests.
2022
Collecting, Curating, and Consuming American Popular Graphic Arts Yesterday and Today. Library Company of Philadelphia, March 2022
The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), March 2022
C19: The Society of Nineteenth Century Americanists Seventh Biennial Conference, March 2022
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), Regional gatherings, March-June 2022
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies, March 2022
Pursuing Wellness: Medicine and Healing in New England, Historic Deerfield, Inc. and the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College, March 2022
The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS), April 202
SEA Seminar Series: Early American Studies Scholarship Beyond The Book; Friday, April 15
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), April 2022
Organization of American Historians (OAH), April 2022
The Fifth International Edgar Allan Poe Conference, April 2022
“New Worlds, Old Worlds, Lost Worlds: Picturing Prehistory in American Art and Visual Culture,” Institut national d’histoire de l’art. The conference is organized by Jonathan Dentler, Terra Foundation for American Art Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow, and by the Université Paris Nanterre (HAR) and the Université de Paris (LARCA). April 2022.
“Indigenous-Mennonite Encounters in Time and Place,” University of Waterloo, May 2022
BrANCA 5th Biennial Symposium: Opening Up; King’s College London and online, Friday 13th – Saturday 14th May 2022
Research Society for American Periodicals, May 2022
Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society, May 2022
American Literature Association, May 2022
Bearing Untold Stories Symposium, Lancaster University, May 2022
“Open Data: Reuse, Redistribution, and Risk,” American Philosophical Society, June 2022
American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA), June 2022
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OIEAHC), June 2022
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP), July 2022
Fifth International Conference of Thomas Paine Studies, September 2022
Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory, September 2022
American Studies Association (ASA), October 2022
British Association of Nineteenth-Century Americanists (BrANCA), December 2022
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