The William Faulkner Society condemns war against Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with our Eastern European colleagues and anyone anywhere who is fleeing and resisting authoritarianism. nobelprize.org/prizes/literat…

Three more days left to apply to our MLA 2023 panel in San Francisco, "Doing the Work of Criticism"! Brief Abstracts due March 15 mla.confex.com/mla/2023/webpr…

WFS offers scholarships for graduate students or nontenured scholars to attend the annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference. This year, we will offer two scholarships, with one reserved for a BIPOC scholar. Apply by April 28, 2022. williamfaulknersociety.com/hunt-scholarsh…

Many heartfelt thanks to the William Faulkner Society for awarding me the John W. Hunt Memorial Scholarship for 2022. Support and encouragements of this sort are greatly appreciated by those of us navigating the challenges of early-career academia. Thank you!

Happy birthday Mr Faulkner! To celebrate, we're delighted to reveal our CfP for our 7th colloquium on Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Flannery O'Connor, with keynote addresses by Michael Zeitlin, @hischvey, and @MonicaCMiller! May 26, 27, and 28, 2023 online via Zoom.

#OTD: September 25, 1897, William Falkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, the oldest son of Murry and Maud Butler Falkner. (William added the "u" to his last name in 1918.) This photo was taken at UVA in May 1962, two months before his death. faulkner.lib.virginia.edu/page%3Fid=essa…

The New William Faulkner Studies is here! An amazing line up of authors and topics, edited by @PDabashi and Sarah Gleeson-White. bit.ly/3SkLAJN

At long last! The special issue of The Southern Quarterly, with contributions from me, Michał Choiński, Marco Petrelli, and more is finally here! Grateful to be included!!

Check out: Doing the Work: Figuring the Lumpen, Subaltern, Refugee, and Provincial @ 2023 MLA Annual Convention mla.confex.com/mla/2023/meeti…

Deadline extended to February 6

I was planning to re-read some of my favorite #Faulkner novels this year - need to look at this new analysis by Jay Watson William Faulkner Society as background for my revisiting this great author - thanks Florian Louis

For ALA 2023 in Boston, we invite abstracts on any topic that explores the theoretical, methodological, and thematic dimensions of the work of Faulkner. The body of the abstract should be 250 words and be followed by a brief bio of the speaker & any AV needs for the presentation.

ALA 2023 CFP from the William Faulkner Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conference… William Faulkner Society

A few more days left to submit! The Faulkner Studies in the UK Research Network Digital Yoknapatawpha

Session: William Faulkner Society (2024 MLA Annual Convention) We seek proposals for our guaranteed session, William Faulkner Black and Blue mla.confex.com/mla/2024/webpr…

Thrilled to be on a panel with Bernard, Jenna Sciuto, and Rebecca Nisetich, organized by the William Faulkner Society! I'll be speaking on Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer, arguing that this legendary Southern Gothic one-act play is a queer recasting of Absalom, Absalom!

Please send us your proposals for MLA by March 20!

We are currently accepting applications for the Hunt Scholarship to support students and junior and contingent faculty attend the annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha conference. Applications due on May 5 - more details here williamfaulknersociety.com/hunt-scholarsh…