Early American Environments: SEA Session at 2024 ALA Conference
Early American Environments: Society of Early Americanists sponsored session at the American Literature Association conference, May 25-28, 2024, Chicago, IL
How do early American settlers and/or Indigenous peoples describe their own or others’ environmental impact in writing produced before 1830? What connections or tensions do they observe in settler colonial projects and the environment? Papers that consider the Great Lakes and Midwest, especially the sites of future Chicagoland and its surrounding prairies are especially welcome. Please send a 100-200 word paper proposal to madamscampbell@niu.edu ...