Emerging Scholars Organization

Join us for our ESO Summer Seminar featuring Dr. Ahmed Honeini on Tennessee Williams!

Happening NOW! Still time to join: us02web.zoom.us/j/81935799019

Please join us November 6th for the launch and discussion of Martyn Bone's new book, *The Writings of Jesmyn Ward: Matters of Black Southern Life and Death* This event is completely free and virtual! #southernliterature #jesmynward #martynbone

Save the Date! Dr. Molly McGehee is presenting a free virtual workshop, exclusive to the ESO, full of expert advice of creating job market materials and tenure-track portfolios. Join us on September 29th at 4:00pm ET!

Cover and magazine art featuring South Carolina photographer and artist Mahkia Greene.

We're delighted to bring you the newest issue of our ESO newsletter, "An Ethics of Memory: Centering BIPOC Voices in Southern Studies and Beyond." A plain-text accessible PDF is available per email or DM request! #page/4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">heyzine.com/flip-book/b272…

We hope you'll join us in Atlanta this year at SAMLA97! Check out our CFP here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/05/07…

The Spring issue of our ESO newsletter is live! This newsletter's theme is New Beginnings, and we hope you find it inspiring! heyzine.com/flip-book/4d20…

We've got just over a week left for the FRIDAY, JANUARY 17th DEADLINE of a Mississippi Quarterly Special Issue fully dedicated to emerging scholars in the field of Southern Studies! Details here: missq.msstate.edu/resources/call…

Feeling like a lonely scholar this holiday season? Don't! Drop by our Scholar Yap Sesh tomorrow anytime between 3p-5p to meet fellow emerging scholars in southern studies, chat about our semesters, tell bad jokes, etc etc. See you there! Zoom Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/87515699984

New CFP for Mississippi Quarterly's upcoming special issue dedicated to Emerging Scholars in Southern Studies! missq.msstate.edu/resources/call… #southernstudies #southernlit #mississippiquarterly #emergingscholars

Please join us online TODAY at 5pm ET for some fun drinks and discussion 🍹 Zoom link: olemiss.zoom.us/j/99355177400

Zoom link: olemiss.zoom.us/j/99355177400

Looking for the ways to connect with other emerging scholars? Recommendations for new Southern authors to include on syllabi? Tips on navigating the conference space or job market? We got you! Join us for some fun drinks and discussion THIS FRIDAY (6/28) @ 5pm ET.

📢 #CFP: The "Truman Capote” panel at the #SAMLA96 is inviting papers focusing on any aspect of Capote's life & works, while contributing to the conference theme: Seen and Unseen: buff.ly/3X9PA5e Send submissions to Stuart D. Noel (snoel1@gsu.edu) by July 30th, 2024.

Please submit a 250-300 word abstract, a brief bio, scheduling requests, and any A/V needs by July 15, 2024 to Valerie Surrett at valerie.surrett@ung.edu.

📢 #CFP : The “Unreal Prisonscapes” panel at the #SAMLA96 (Nov 15-17, 2024) is inviting explorations of imagined prisonscapes in US American literature, film, and television. Read the full CFP here: buff.ly/3X9PA5e

Black graduate and professional students, please consider participating in this important study "Picturing Resilience: The Visual Narratives of Safety and Joy among Black Collegians" by Dr. Ashley Carpenter (Appalachian State University)

Great opportunity for scholars in the humanities who are no more than 5 years out of their doctorate. The appointment is twelve months (July 1, 2025—June 30, 2026) and carries a minimum stipend of $66,300, a $3000 research fund, and discounted single-coverage health insurance.

Zoom link or scan the QR code: olemiss.zoom.us/j/99355177400

We are looking forward to the SSSL Conference later this month! We would also like to provide a space for emerging and independent scholars to connect after the conference. Please join us online on June 28th for some fun drinks and discussion!