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C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists

C19 2026: Cincinnati, OH -- March 12-14
Theme: UNDERGROUND

c19society.org
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Life Writing’s Uses and Abuses
Saturday, 10 January 2026
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
MTCC - 707

Presider Koritha Mitchell Boston U

See pic for full list of titles and presenters

Also attached Thursday and Friday sessions on American literature before 1900
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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#MLA2026 #Toronto

LLC 19th Century American Forum's Sponsored Sessions

RESOLUTION!!!!!!
Thurs 8 Jan 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
MTCC - 606
To protest the MLA’s suppression of Resolution 2025-1, discuss how to organize, teach, research c19 American lit committed to staying, fighting

Presider Xine Yao
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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See attached for the Saturday and Sunday sessions at @modernlanguage.bsky.social for American literature before 1900

@c19americanists.bsky.social @earlyamerican.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We are now accepting both applications for Travel Grants for the 2026 Conference and donations to the Travel Grant Fund pool for distribution.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit our C19 Zeffy page:

www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Support the C19 Travel Fund
Begun with the 2018 C19 conference, the Travel Fund is made possible by the generous tax-deductible contributions of our members. Travel Fund awards help defray costs for travel, lodging, and conferen...
www.zeffy.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I knew Fall 2025 would be labor-intensive in terms of teaching, so it’s all easier said than done, but this is also a semester exciting conversations with folk I admire. A couple more on deck!

ASA: American Studies Association
AAR: American Academy of Religion
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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My co-editors Andrew Taylor, Sarah Ruffing Robbins, and I are so proud of this latest book in the Interventions series published by @edinburghuniversitypress. The Asian American Renaissance: Literary Encounters Across Time by Mai Wang will change the stories we tell about US literary history.
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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19th-Century Americanists of North America! Will any of you be in Europe in Dec?

I've been asked to draw your attention to the BrANCA conference in Paris on Dec 12-13

They would love to see some of you there! @c19americanists.bsky.social

branca-2025.weebly.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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We've extended the deadline for submissions to our special issue, "Adaptations," to January 15th, 2026. Attaching the cfp here: please submit!
October 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is 200 today! @c19americanists.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social @ccp-org.bsky.social @blkgrlpoet.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @npr.org She’s just as fabulous, relevant, and fiery now as she was in C19! For a sample, see commonplace.online/article/vol-...
September 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hello C19-ers! The deadline for submitting panel/roundtable or individual paper proposals for 2026 conference in Cincinnati is TODAY!

And the deadline for submitting a proposal to one of our seminars is SEPT 15TH!

www.c19society.org/2026-confere...
2026 Conference CFP | C19 Society
www.c19society.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Issue 2.1 is out! Essays by @alicedegalzain.bsky.social & Peter Balaam; don’t miss our forum on higher ed now featuring Stephanie Foote, @jennifergreiman.bsky.social, @cnewf.bsky.social, & @samcohen.bsky.social

Read/circulate/submit:
thedialjournal.org
The Dial – A Journal of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society
thedialjournal.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We are hard at work on the 2026 Conference Website. In the meantime, a reminder that you can find the CFP for panels, individual papers, AND seminars here:

www.c19society.org/2026-confere...
2026 Conference CFP | C19 Society
www.c19society.org
August 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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‘Whiteness and American Literature’, edited by Jolene Hubbs, is out today with Cambridge UP, featuring a chapter by me where I discuss whiteness in a bunch of extremely weird C19 novels and short stories! @c19americanists.bsky.social @ssag.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/au/universit...
Whiteness and American Literature | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I guess I'm on the only @c19americanists.bsky.social watching the Sex and the City sequel series.
Harriet Jacobs cameo on Sex and the City.
July 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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This is the most 19th-Century shit I’ve seen in all my years.
"It’s never been easier to build an impressive-looking library, especially if you’re mostly interested in the colour and size of your books. Is this necessarily a bad thing?"

Yes. It says you're shallow, ignorant, too lazy to do anything about either, and too stupid to realise how obvious you are.
‘Look how well-read I am!’ How ‘books by the metre’ add the final touch to your home – or your image
It’s never been easier to build an impressive-looking library, especially if you’re mostly interested in the colour and size of your books. Is this necessarily a bad thing?
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The 19th century abolitionist movement utilized a diversity of tactics and engaged in constant critical internal debate in the mission to end slavery. The movement needed speeches, lawyers, lawbreakers, newspapers, and armed resisters. History teaches us that freedom requires all of the above.
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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OMG, everyone, @c19americanists.bsky.social is in @alisonbechdel.bsky.social 's new book, #Spent! This is page 144!!! Published today!
May 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Literally the only thing I want from my students is that they want to learn. That's it. That's the entire thing. Everything else is details
The thing about most professors… they actually want to teach… so if you want to learn they will help you
May 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Our #TeachingC19 series is a rich resource for careful, insightful thinking about pedagogy in C19 studies. We just published a new piece today by Jill Swiencicki

www.c19society.org/teachingc19a...
#TeachingC19 | C19 Society
www.c19society.org
May 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Our latest #TeachingC19 essay is published! Read Erica Stevens, Ashley Rattner, and Julia Tigner collectively reflect on how pedagogy rigorously and responsibly engages online modalities and digital technologies during the age of "enshittification."

www.c19society.org/teachingc19a...
#TeachingC19 | C19 Society
www.c19society.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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My NEH grant was terminated in service of a new focus on “patriotic programming,” but as an American and an Americanist, I know that resisting this dangerous decision and the broader movement of which it is a part is my patriotic duty.

Wrote abt it @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.com/article/1936...
April 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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All, this is an incredibly important story paper for American women writers, and NIU holds almost 1,000 issues. Every $1K they raise will allow them to digitize 75 issues! The fundraiser ends at 11:59 CST on April 3rd. Please help if you can, even just the cost of a coffee! #C19AmLit
April 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The first essay in the 2025 iteration of our #TeachingC19 series is published on our website! Read Margaretta M. Lovell's "The Narrative of Nancy Prince: Historical Facts—Artistic Fiction" here:

www.c19society.org/teachingc19a...
#TeachingC19 | C19 Society
www.c19society.org
March 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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My grad students are asking for examples of historians who use literature to help make their argument. Who would you recommend?
March 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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🚨 C19ers & Asian Americanists! 🚨I’m co-hosting

@c19americanists.bsky.social Virtual Panel: Asian American Studies in the Long C19

Wed 4/9/25 3:00-4:30pm EST

Ft Julia H. Lee (UC Irvine), Andrew Leong (UC Berkeley), Mich Ling (Rutgers), Edlie Wong (Maryland), and Caroline Yang (UMass)
March 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM