We look forward to seeing you at the twenty-seventh annual conference of the ALSCW at the Catholic University of America, October 17-20. We have another exciting event in the making!... read more →
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28th ALSCW Conference
The twenty-eighth annual ALSCW conference to take place November 6-9, 2025, at the Ohio State University.
OUR MISSION
Promote excellence in literary criticism and scholarship, and work to ensure that literature thrives in both scholarly and creative environments. We encourage the reading and writing of literature, criticism, and scholarship, as well as wide-ranging discussions among those committed to the reading and study of literary works.
We have extended the paper proposal deadline to June 8. Please send your paper proposal and CV to Diana Senechal (dianalouisesenechal@gmail.com) and Ernie Suarez (suarez@cua.edu) by this date. Once the... read more →
The Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers will take place Thursday, October 17 to Sunday, October 20, 2024, at the Catholic University of America... read more →
WHO WE ARE
Officers
PRESIDENT
Hannibal Hamlin, Ohio State University
VICE PRESIDENT
David Yezzi, Johns Hopkins University
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Diana Senechal, Szolnok, Hungary
SECRETARY
Rebecca Rainof, University of California-Berkeley
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ernest Suarez, Catholic University
Council
David Bromwich, Yale University
Sandra Gustafson, University of Notre Dame
Robert Levine, University of Maryland
Michèle Lowrie, University of Chicago
Major Jackson, Vanderbilt University
Mike Mattison, Tedeschi Trucks Band
David Mikics, New College of Florida
Justin Mitchell, University of Michigan
Lee Oser, College of Holy Cross
Richard Rankin Russell, Baylor University
Mary Jo Salter, Johns Hopkins University
Meg Tyler, Boston University
Sonia Velázquez, Indiana University
Kenneth Warren, University of Chicago
Rosanna Warren, University of Chicago
DC Office Staff
Office Manager, John Matthew Steinhafel