The Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Society of Early Americanists, 5-8 June 2025
The Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Society of Early Americanists will convene on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, 5-8 June 2025. Along with wide-ranging panels on various early Americanist topics, the conference will include:
Keynote Presentations from Sara E. Johnson (Literature, UC San Diego; author of Encyclopédie Noire: The Making of Moreau de Saint-Méry’s Intellectual World) and Zada Ballew (History, UW-Madison; historical consultant for Native American and Indigenous Initiatives at U of Notre Dame; citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians).
Common Read Events on As Sacred to Us: Simon Pokagon’s Birch Bark Stories in Their Contexts, organized by Blaire Morseau (Religious Studies and American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Michigan State U; citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians) and Kelly Wisecup (English, Northwestern U).
Plenary Panels on “1776 and the Age of Revolutions,” chaired by Sandra M. Gustafson (English, U of Notre Dame), with Eliga Gould (History, U of New Hampshire), Philip Gould (English, Brown U), Steve Sarson (English, U Jean Moulin, Lyon), and Lenora Warren (English, Cornell U); and “Religious Poetry and Biblical Interpretation” chaired by Jan Stieverman (American Studies, U of Heidelberg), with Wendy Roberts (English, U of Albany) and Abram Van Engen (English, Washington U).
See the Call for Papers for information about submitting proposals for papers as well as complete panels, workshops, and round tables by 31 October 2024.