News (Calls for Papers)

  • CFP: Online Workshop on Emerson and Zhuang Zi

    Dear Colleagues, You might be interested in the following workshop on Emerson and Zhuang Zi Due to rapid processes of urbanization and globalization, self-identity, which has once been closely related to places and cultures, is undergoing destruction. During this process, spiritual crises are taking place in many cultures around the…

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  • PAMLA 2023 Los Angeles: “Shifting Perspectives” October 26–29, 2023

    Emersonian Perspectives Sponsored by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society Abstract The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society invites papers that explore the conference theme “Shifting Perspectives” in the context of Emerson’s work and reception. Contributions may address how perspective informs Emerson’s philosophy, aesthetics, poetics and politics. They may also explore in what…

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Fellowship

    for the Study of Emerson and His Circle Houghton Library, home to the papers of Emerson and his family, annually  awards 17 Visiting Fellowships to support research in its collections, including one devoted to Emerson and his circle.  Application deadline is typically in mid-January.  Learn More

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  • The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society announces 2023 awards for projects that foster appreciation for Emerson

    *Graduate Student Conference Paper Award* Provides up to $750 of travel support to present a paper on an Emerson Society panel at the American Literature Association Annual Conference (May 2023) or the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering (July 2023). Please submit a carefully crafted 1-2-page single-spaced conference paper proposal by January…

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