A reprint of an advertisement of interest.
Gallatin School, New York University
March 4–6, 2010
New York University’s Gallatin School will host a conference, co-sponsored by the Poetry Society of America, on March 4, 5, and 6, 2010, on the work of Wallace Stevens. Stevens’ poetry will be at the center of the conference, and speakers include some [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Conferences’
October 29, 2009
Conference: Wallace Stevens, New York, and Modernism
June 18, 2009
Lesley University Writers’ Conference – July 2009
The 2009 Lesley University Writers’ Conference runs from Sunday, July 29 through Friday, July 31 on Lesley’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Faculty includes Afaa Michael Weaver and Steven Cramer (Poetry), David Elliot (Children’s Book Writing), Marcie Hershman (Nonfiction), and Rachel Kadish and Michael Lowenthal (Fiction). The guest authors this year are Julia Glass, M.T. Anderson, [...]
May 21, 2009
T.S. Eliot International Summer School, June 27 – July 4, 2009
Director: Professor Ronald Schuchard (Emory University).
Executive Director: Dr Wim Van Mierlo (University of London).
The Summer School will bring together some of the most distinguished scholars of T.S. Eliot and Modern Literature, including Jewel Spears Brooker (Eckerd College), Robert Crawford (St Andrews), Anthony Cuda (North Carolina), Denis Donoghue (New York), Mark Ford (London), Jennifer Formichelli (Boston), [...]
February 13, 2009
ALSC Members Present at AWP Conference in Chicago
Several ALSC members are presenters at this year’s Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, held February 11th to 14th at the Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. The AWP Annual Conference is an essential gathering for writers and those in the literature field. Featured readers this year include ALSC members Andrew Hudgins (The Ohio [...]
February 3, 2009
Azar Nafisi Interviewed by Goodreads.com
In conjunction with the January 2009 release of her second memoir, Things I’ve Been Silent About, author and teacher Azar Nafisi gives an exclusive interview to Goodreads.com for their popular “10 Questions With…” series.
In the interview, Nafisi shares her motivations for writing the book and answers questions about the difficulties of writing to an international [...]
January 26, 2009
2009 Conference Featured Speaker to Speak in Texas on March 12
An event of note.
As a preview for the Fifteenth Annual ALSC Conference, to be held in October 2009 in Denver, Colorado, we are pleased to note that our featured speaker Azar Nafisi will be speaking at the Harry Ransom Lecture on March 12th of this year. The Harry Ransom Lectures are held in Austin at [...]
September 23, 2008
A Look Back: Shakespeare After Shakespeare at the 2007 ALSC Conference
This is part one of a retrospective on the 2007 ALSC Conference in Chicago. To learn more about our upcoming conference in Philadelphia, visit http://www.bu.edu/literary/conferences/.
This Friday-afternoon session began the ALSC’s 2007 conference on a scholarly note. Association president Morris Dickstein opened the session with a brief welcome, remarking on the partnership with the Poetry Foundation, its [...]
September 15, 2008
Call for Papers Deadline Extended to Friday
One seminar of the 2008 ALSC Conference in Philadelphia to be held October 24-26 has re-issued its call for papers. The seminar is “Literary Magazines: Meeting Places.” All submissions must reach the convener of the session by Friday September 19, 2008.
Morris Dickstein, distinguished professor of Theatre and English at the CUNY Graduate Center will [...]
