• The spines of many issues of the journal Shakespeare Quarterly
    Shakespeare Quarterly     invites applications for co-editors or an editorial team for the journal. Rather than a single lead editor, we invite applications either in the form of three-person teams, or from individuals willing to be part of the three-person editorial team. Editors will receive a modest annual stipend, funds for travel related to the journal, and the support of the journal’s salaried staff, managing editor, and copy editor/fact checker; editors may arrange to receive additional support from their home institutions.

    Applications for the co-editorial positions are due by September 30. Additional information (job description, required application materials, and contacts) can be found here: https://www.folger.edu/research/shakespeare-quarterly/

  • May 1, 2025 – May 3, 2025  |  Philadelphia, PA

    The McNeil Center for Early American Studies is pleased to announce a state of the field conference, to be held in May of 2025. Our goal is to provide a general convention for scholars working in all subfields of early American studies. We especially invite scholars focused on the earliest periods of America’s past to participate. If your work is chronologically centered before 1750, please join us in Philadelphia to discuss the significance of this era with your peers.

    We invite submissions of individual papers, panels, and roundtables on any aspect of early American history and culture, including, but not limited to: history, art history, material culture studies, African American studies, NAIS, architectural history, literature, and music. We are keen to host sessions that propose new frameworks for comprehending the earliest period of European colonization in America and novel arguments for scholarly attention to this era. We also welcome styles of presentation that innovate on customary formats. At least one panel will be sponsored by the Society of Early Americanists.

    The conference will be held from May 1 to May 3, 2025, with sessions hosted at the McNeil Center’s facility on the University of Pennsylvania campus.

    All proposals should include a title, brief abstract (250 words), CVs of all participants, and the type of session proposed (paper, panel, or roundtable). They must be submitted no later than August 30th, 2024, to mceas@sas.upenn.edu.

    This conference is chaired by Emma Hart, Director of The McNeil Center for Early American Studies. A limited number of travel and lodging awards will be available for presenters.

    Photo credit: “Beadwork and Raised Picture of Woman and Servant by Unknown Maker,” Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Object No. 2000-333 (1660-1680)

Image: Vallard Atlas, detail of chart 11, 1547. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. © Courtesy of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.