Short-date Job posting (Mount Allison U; 9-month leave replacement) Deadline: 1 June 2012

May 7th, 2012

The Department of English Literatures at Mount Allison University invites applications for a nine-month leave replacement position, subject to budgetary approval. Candidates should be versatile and dedicated teachers with a PhD or near completion with primary research and teaching experience in the field of American Literature. The successful candidate should be able to teach an introductory survey (Introduction to Principles of Literary Analysis), a second- year survey (Introduction to American Literature), and three third-year courses: Pre-Civil War Literature, Post-Civil War Literature, and African-American Literature. The appointment will be made at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor and will commence August 1, 2012. Candidates should prepare a letter of application, a complete curriculum vitae, a brief statement of teaching philosophy, and the names of three references, to be sent in electronic or paper format to:

Chair of the Search Committee,
Department of English Literatures,
Mount Allison University
62 York St., Sackville, NB, E4L 1E2
E-mail: english@mta.ca

Applicants should arrange for three confidential letters of support to be sent to this address. The closing date for receipt of applications is June 1, 2012, or when the position is filled. Candidates are responsible for ensuring that all applications materials, including letters of reference, reach the Department in time.

Mount Allison University welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified women and men, including aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Canadians and permanent residents should indicate their citizenship status in their applications.

Polish Association for American Studies Conference (17-19 October 2012; Deadline 31 July 2012)

March 26th, 2012

 

 

 

 

Polish Association for American Studies

 Conference

PAAS 2012

 

Americascapes:

Americans in/and their diverse sceneries

17-19 October 2012, Pulawy n/Lublin, Poland

Call for Papers

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CFP: Debt: Money/Narrative/Belief (grad; Deadline: 30 March 2012)

March 24th, 2012

Call for Papers

Debt: Money/Narrative/Belief

Department of English
Graduate Student Conference
Dalhousie University, Halifax N.S.
August 17-19, 2012

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UPDATE: Extended Deadline for Robert K. Martin Book Prize (1 May 2012)

March 20th, 2012

The Canadian Association for American Studies is extending the deadline for this year’s competition for the annual Robert K. Martin Prize for the best monograph written by a current member of CAAS.  This year’s prize will be for books published with a copyright date of 2011.  The new postmark deadline for submission is 1 May 2012.

All current members and those who join in advance of the deadline are eligible.  Membership information can be found at our website.

The award will be announced at the 2012 conference, “Geographies of Promise and Betrayal–Land and Place in US Studies” (Toronto, Ontario, 25-28 October 2012).  The recipient will also be congratulated  in a future issue of the Canadian Review of American Studies, and their book cited on the CAAS webpage (for a list of recent winners of our prizes, see here).

Members who wish to be considered for the award should forward three copies of their book by 1 May 2012 to:

Dr. Jason Haslam
President, Canadian Association for American Studies
Dept. of English, Dalhousie University
6135 University Ave.
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
B3H 4R2

Please also email Jason.Haslam@dal.ca with your intent to apply.  We regret that books cannot be returned, but they will be made available to the review editor of the Canadian Review of American Studies for consideration for review.

Please forward to any colleagues who may be interested.

Interview with Robert K. Martin

March 18th, 2012

As mentioned in our recent post about the passing of Robert K. Martin, our journal, The Canadian Review of American Studies, published an interview with Robert, conducted by Bruce Tucker as part of a series commemorating the 25th  anniversary of the journal.  We thought it appropriate to post a copy of this interview now, as we reflect on Robert’s role in our association, and in the larger field of American Studies.  Click the link at the bottom of this post to see the pdf of the interview.

We also want to note that we will be extending the deadline for this year’s Robert K. Martin book prize competition.  We will post the details in a few days.

As before, we would be pleased to see any comments, of course (I should note that the comments have to be moderated because of problems we have with spam, so your comment may not appear immediately).

Interview with Robert K. Martin

Member Kudos!

February 25th, 2012

In what we hope will be the first of many posts in a series of proudly bragging announcements about our members, CAAS would like to congratulate our members Mary Chapman (a past, multi-term Pacific Rep on the exec!) and Angela Mills for winning the Susan Koppelman Award for Best Edited Work on Feminist Popular Culture, from the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, for their work Treacherous Texts: US Suffrage Literature 1846-1946The award will be presented at the upcoming PCA/ACA conference in Boston.  Congratulations!!

Do you know of a member who has recently been honoured with a prize or award?  Is it you?  Let us know!

In Memoriam – Robert K. Martin

February 23rd, 2012

Earlier this week, CAAS received the sad news that Robert K. Martin (Université de Montréal)–past president and a founding member of CAAS–has passed away.  In the coming weeks, we will be posting some tributes on our webpage, including an interview conducted with Robert for the Canadian Review for American Studies.  We will also be letting you know of plans for when we meet at our conference in Toronto to celebrate the life and work of this remarkable scholar.

We invite anyone who may so wish to share memories of Robert in the comments on our blog or on Facebook.

2011 Robert K. Martin book prize: call for submissions (postmark deadline: 17 March 2012)

February 4th, 2012

The Canadian Association for American Studies is announcing the opening of this year’s competition for the annual Robert K. Martin Prize for the best monograph written by a current member of CAAS.  This year’s prize will be for books published with a copyright date of 2011.  The postmark deadline for submission is 17 March 2012.

All current members and those who join in advance of the deadline are eligible.  Membership information can be found at our website.

The award will be announced at the 2012 conference, “Geographies of Promise and Betrayal–Land and Place in US Studies” (Toronto, Ontario, 25-28 October 2012), sponsored by CAAS, York University, and the Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.  See the conference CFP here.  The recipient will also be congratulated  in a future issue of the Canadian Review of American Studies, and their book cited on the CAAS webpage (for a list of recent winners of our prizes, see here).

Members who wish to be considered for the award should forward three copies of their book by 17 March 2012 to:

Dr. Jason Haslam
President, Canadian Association for American Studies
Dept. of English, Dalhousie University
6135 University Ave.
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
B3H 4R2

Please also email Jason.Haslam@dal.ca with your intent to apply.  We regret that books cannot be returned, but they will be made available to the review editor of the Canadian Review of American Studies for consideration for review.

Please forward to any colleagues who may be interested.

CFP: Northeast MLA

February 3rd, 2012

Below, please find the CFP for the 44th Annual Northeast MLA (NeMLA) convention.  (CAAS has a long history of association with NeMLA: our current president was the American Lit director a few years past, and current VP and incoming president, Jennifer Harris, is also the incoming American Lit director!)

Northeast Modern Language Association
44th Annual Convention
March 21-24, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts
Host: Tufts University

The 2013 NeMLA convention continues the Association’s tradition of sharing innovative scholarship in an engaging and generative location. The 44th annual event will be held in historic Boston, Massachusetts, a city known for its national and maritime history, academic facilities and collections, vibrant art, theatre, and food scenes, and blend of architecture. The Convention, located centrally near Boston Commons and the Theatre District at the Hyatt Regency, will include keynote and guest speakers, literary readings, film screenings, tours and workshops. Read the rest of this entry »

Tenure-Track Position in American Literature (19th and 20th C); Deadline 19 March 2012

January 31st, 2012

The Department of English Language and Literature, St. Thomas University, invites applications for an entry-level, tenure-track appointment, at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 2012, pending budgetary approval.

St. Thomas University is an undergraduate, liberal arts institution whose roots are in the faith and tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. With a full-time enrolment of 2,500, its students graduate with Bachelor of Arts, Applied Arts, Education, and Social Work degrees. The faculty members are distinguished teachers, researchers and scholars, and the University holds four Canada Research Chairs.

The successful candidate will be a scholar of American Literature (19th and 20th centuries) and will be able to contribute to our broadly-based Liberal Arts curriculum.

For more information about our curriculum, please see STU’s website:
http://w3.stu.ca/stu/academic/departments/english_lit/default.aspx

A PhD or imminent completion is required. Applicants are to submit a curriculum vitae, samples of scholarly work, evidence of teaching effectiveness (teaching portfolio preferred), and arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to Dr. Kathleen McConnell, Chair, Department of English Language and Literature, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5G3.

Closing date: Monday, March 19, 2012, or when position is filled. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their completed applications, including letters of reference, are received by this date.

An equal opportunity employer, St. Thomas University is committed to employment equity for women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minority groups, and persons with disabilities. The university welcomes applications from all faiths and backgrounds. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.