San Jose State University invites proposals for papers and panels on reading, teaching, and translating John Steinbeck for the Steinbeck conference to be held March 22-24, 2023 at San Jose State. Said Daniel Rivers, assistant professor of American studies and literature and newly appointed director of the university’s Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies: “We invite proposals from varied disciplines and critical frameworks, including but not limited to literary/cultural studies, comparative literature, media studies, secondary and post-secondary education, psychology, political science, sociology, ecology, and marine biology. Potential topics include comparative studies of Steinbeck and post-Steinbeck writers, issues in translating Steinbeck’s works into other languages, stage/film/video adaptations, and approaches to teaching Steinbeck in contemporary classrooms.”
Email a 300-word or less abstract of the paper you propose to present, along with your biography of 200 words or less, to Steinbeck@sjsu.edu with the subject line “Steinbeck Conference 2023 Submission, [your last name].” If you are interested in suggesting a pre-constituted panel, workshop, or roundtable session for the conference, note the title, the format, and the names of your co-presenters in your online submission to the same address. If you are interested in soliciting participants for your proposed panel, workshop, or roundtable session, email your topic and request with the subject line “Panel CFP Steinbeck Conference 2023.” Your topic and invitation will be shared with the center’s mailing list. The deadline for all submissions is November 15, 2022.
Above: John Steinbeck caricature by David Levine.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Associate Professor of Bukhara State University and I am working on the poetics of XX century American realistic prose on the basis of three American writers one of which is John Steinbeck. In my PhD thesis I worked on the description of the relationship between a person and society in John Steinbeck’s and one of our national writers. Thus I became Steinbeck lover and continued spreading his works among my students.
I want to collaborate with you as an international volunteer, if you accept it. Maybe in future we could realize more important projects with you among our students.
Thanks,
Orzigul Ganieva
While I do not have time for a collaboration at this time, I do suggest you consider writing a paper on your topic for submission to Steinbeck Review. It would be subject to strict peer review, and I advise that you peruse the journal to get an idea of the sort of things we publish.
All best wishes on your endeavors.
Dear Orzigul,
Thanks for your interest in the conference! Please feel free to reach out to me directly at the SJSU Center for Steinbeck Studies: daniel.rivers@sjsu.edu.
All the best,
Daniel
Director of the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University