Calls for Papers

This page will include up-to-date listings of various Calls for Papers relevant to early Americanists, including conferences, all manner of publishing opportunities, and awards and prizes. We encourage our readers to contribute to these listings by either leaving a comment or emailing us the relevant info and links on any CFPs.

CONF: Université Stendhal Grenoble 3, “Location and Dislocation of Myth in the Colonial and Postcolonial Anglophone World,” Saint-Martin-d’Hères, FRA, due May 31, 2013.

CONF: Manchester Metropolitan University, “Citizen of the World: The Use and Abuse of Thomas Paine, c.1809-2009,” Manchester, UK, due June 14, 2013.

CONF: Barton College, “Charles A. Beard’s An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States: A Reappraisal,” Wilson, NC, due June 28, 2013.

AWARD: American Society for Legal History, Kathryn T. Preyer Prize (for a paper on legal, institutional, or constitutional history), due June 30, 2013.

CONF: NYSHA, “Researching New York 2013,” Albany, NY, due July 1, 2013.

CONF: MWRC, “George Whitfield at 300,” Oxford, due September 1, 2013.

CONF: OIEAHC, 20th Annual Institute Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, due September 16, 2013.

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JOUR: The Neo-Americanist, online journal, is looking for “book reviews related to American Studies.”

ENCY: The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington is looking for contributors.

JOUR: The Appendix: A New Journal of Experimental and Narrative History, an online journal, is looking for submissions.