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CFP: “Emerson and Poetry” at the American Literature Association (May 26-29, 2027)
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society invites proposals for a panel on “Emerson and Poetry” at the American Literature Association’s 38th Annual Conference, to be held May 26–29, 2027, in Boston at the Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116. In “Circles” (1841), Emerson describes “the poet” as a…
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2027 ALA Symposium: “Music and the American Literary Imagination” (Nashville, TN)
Emersonians might be interested in sharing work at the following conference: Music and the American Literary ImaginationJanuary 28–30, 2027Hyatt Centric Downtown Nashville 210 Molloy Street Nashville, TN 37201 Single submissions, a panel, or a roundtable endorsed by the Emerson Society are all welcome. See the attached flyer for more information. Interested?…
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CFP: “‘Quiet Desperation’: Pessimism in Emerson and Thoreau” (online conference)
Please consider applying to this (free!) online conference: “‘Quiet Desperation’: Pessimism in Emerson and Thoreau.” Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2026 Notification of acceptance: 1 December 2026 Proposal submission address: quietdesperation2027@gmail.com Proposals (in English) should be 300-400 words long. Please attach a 200-word bio to your conference paper proposal. Website:…
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CFP: 2026 RWES Graduate Student Works in Progress Online Symposium
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society welcomes graduate students at all levels and in all fields of study to present their works in progress. The works can be a dissertation, thesis, journal article, term paper, or other creative academic work related to Emerson or transcendentalism broadly conceived. Each participant will have…
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CFP: Emerson Society Panel at the Thoreau Annual Gathering, July 8-12, 2026
Thoreau Annual Gathering, July 8-12, 2026 Ralph Waldo Emerson Society “Give Me Health and a Day”: Emerson and Health, Illness, and Unity Emerson writes in Nature (1836), “Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.” Emerson’s writing frequently invokes good health as a…
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2026 Emerson Fellowship at the Houghton Library – Call for Applications
Applications for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Fellowship at the Houghton Library are open! The Visiting Fellowship program offers scholars at all stages of their careers funding to pursue projects that require in-depth research on the library’s holdings, as well as opportunities to draw on staff expertise and participate in intellectual life at…
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CFP: Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (March 12-14, 2026)
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society invites participants in a panel at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, to be held March 12-14, 2026, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The topic of the panel is “Emerson and Power.” Papers may consider topics…
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CFP: 2025 RWES Symposium on Graduate Students Works in Progress
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society welcomes graduate students at all levels and in all fields of study to present their works in progress. The works can be a dissertation, thesis, journal article, term paper, or other creative academic work related to Emerson or transcendentalism broadly conceived. Each participant will have…
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CFP: 2025 Thoreau Society Annual Gathering (July 9-13)
The Emerson Society will sponsor a panel at the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering this summer in Concord, Mass. (July 9-13, 2025). This year’s conference theme is Thoreau’s Revolutions. We will consider papers both on the topic below and on the conference theme more generally. “Emersonian Revolutions Today” Bronson Alcott in…
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CFP: 2025 American Literature Association 36th Annual Conference (May 21-24)
CFP: American Literature Association 36th Annual Conference May 21-24, 2025 The Westin Copley Place 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116 The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society invites proposals for two panels at the upcoming ALA conference in Boston. “Emerson’s Like-Minded Transcendentalists.” There were many authors, ministers, artists, philosophers, activists, and free…
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