Sponsored by the Center for Faulkner Studies
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
October 20-22, 2016
This “Faulkner and Hemingway” conference invites proposals for twenty-minute papers on any topic related to William Faulkner and/or Ernest Hemingway. All critical approaches, including theoretical and pedagogical, are welcomed. We are particularly interested in inter-textual approaches that treat both authors. Proposals for organized panels are also encouraged.
Possible topics could include: race, gender, class, biography, history, World War I, the Great Depression, the Global South, religion, the natural environment, hunting, myth, humor, language, and modernism.
In addition to the paper sessions, the conference will include a keynote address by Joseph Fruscione, author of Faulkner and Hemingway: Biography of a Literary Rivalry, a tour of the University’s renowned L. D. Brodsky Collection of Faulkner materials, and a literary-themed art exhibition.
Expanded versions of the papers will be considered for possible publication in a collection of essays to be published by Southeast Missouri State University Press.
E-mail a 200-300-word abstract by May 15, 2016, to: cfs@semo.edu Inquiries can be directed to Christopher Rieger at crieger@semo.edu or (573) 651-2620.
FAULKNER AND HEMINGWAY UNDERGRADUATE WRITING CONTEST:
Undergraduate students from any institution are encouraged to submit papers for this conference. These papers (7-10 pages) may be on Faulkner, Hemingway, or both. The authors of the top two undergraduate submissions will receive cash prizes respectively of $150 and $100; a waiver of the conference registration and banquet fees; and an invitation to present the winning entries at the conference (winners must participate in the conference to qualify for the cash award). Contest submissions may be submitted by e-mail attachment to cfs@semo.edu and must be received by May 15, 2016. Undergraduate submissions not awarded cash prizes will be considered for inclusion among the presentations at the conference. NOTE: To be eligible for this contest, a student must be enrolled as an undergraduate during all or part of the 2016 calendar year.