The Emily Dickinson International Society

August 3-5, Cleveland, Ohio, on the Case Western
Reserve University campus, in historically and culturally rich
University Circle

Theme: Emily Rocks

Featured events and speakers: Kevin J. Dettmar, Martha Nell Smith, Gwen Mayer; a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

Emily Dickinson International Society panel at the 2012 South Atlantic Modern Language Association convention, November 9-11, 2012; Durham, North Carolina.

Conference theme: “Text as Memoir: Tales of Travel, Immigration, and Exile”
Panel Title: “Dickinson’s (Inter)Textuality”

Please send a 200-400 word description of your project by July 1, 2012 to Trisha Kannan at trisha.kannan@sfcollege.edu. Please describe the details of your project as well as how it relates to Emily Dickinson and to the panel’s theme.

EDIS has two CFPs for the next MLA:

1. Dickinson, Frost, and the Vernacular Tradition
   We seek papers that discuss language or regionalism of New England literary culture. Formal and theoretical discussions of auditory influences are welcome. Abstracts; 2 pp. CV by 15 March 2012; Elizabeth Petrino (epetrino@fairfield.edu) and Tyler Hoffman (thoffman@camden.rutgers.edu).
2. 2013 Open Call
   We seek papers on any aspect of Dickinson’s poems and letters, including biographical, theoretical, or multi-disciplinary approaches. Abstracts; 2-page CVs by 10 March 2012; Elizabeth Petrino (epetrino@fairfield.edu).

SSAWW Triennial Conference
October 10-13, 2012; Westin Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado
Call for Proposals

Key dates:
Monday, February 6, 2012: Proposals due to ssawwconf@gmail.com; see page 2 for directions.
May 2012: Acceptance notifications sent
June 30, 2012: Program schedule announced

Note: Presenters must be members of SSAWW by the “early/discounted” date for conference registration in the fall of 2012.

For the fall 2012 Conference of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) focused on the theme of “Citizenship and Belonging,” the Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS) invites proposals that speak in some way to "Emily Dickinson as Global Citizen."

ALA will hold its twenty-third annual meeting in San Francisco, May 24-27, 2012. EDIS will sponsor two panels. One panel is open to papers on any aspect of Dickinson's life or literary work. The topic for the second panel is Dickinson's Development.

Please send proposals and academic affiliation/bio information to Vivian Pollak (vrpollak@wustl.edu) by January 10, 2012.