John Steinbeck & the Living World @ the American Literature Association Annual Conference

Deadline: January 20, 2022
Contact: Daniel Lanza Rivers, Assistant Professor & Director of the Center for Steinbeck Studies, San Jose State University
Email: daniel.rivers@sjsu.edu
Phone: 925-323-0445

The International Steinbeck Society is pleased to announce a call for paper presentations on the works of John Steinbeck for the upcoming in-person American Literature Association Conference to be held in Chicago IL on May 26-29th, 2022. The Society is asking for papers that fit two streams: the first is a general stream on the study of John Steinbeck’s life and works (broadly defined). The second is a specialized panel titled “Steinbeck & the Living World.” Topics of consideration for this second panel should examine the way the author’s works, biography, and/or preoccupations offer insight into humans’ relationship with environments, agriculture, landscapes, nonhuman animals, biology, sustainability, place, etc. Submitters should indicate their level of interest in having their work reviewed for publication by The Steinbeck Review. Pedagogical, scholarly, and reflective pieces are all welcome.
Interested parties should submit a 250-350-word proposal and C.V. to Daniel.rivers@sjsu.edu by January 20, 2022.

Conference Details:
The American Literature Association’s 33rd annual conference will meet at the Palmer House Hilton May 26-29, 2022 (Thursday through Sunday of Memorial Day weekend). The deadline for proposals is January 30, 2022. For further information, please consult the ALA website at www.americanliteratureassociation.org or contact the conference director, Professor Leslie Petty, at pettyl@rhodes.edu or the Executive Director of the ALA, Professor Alfred Bendixen of Princeton University, at ab23@princeton.edu with specific questions.

Posted on November 29, 2021