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Call for Papers on Thornton Wilder: "Uncharted Territories"

American Literature Association Conference

May 24-27, 2012, Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA

The Wilder Society is calling for 15-20 minute paper proposals on "Uncharted Territories" of Thornton Wilder's works for the 23rd Annual Conference of the American Literature Association. We welcome proposals on Wilder's one-act plays, adaptations, his screenplay for the Hitchcock film Shadow of a Doubt (published in Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays and Writings on Theater, Library of America, 2007), fiction, and particularly any paper prompted by the recently published collection The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder. The panel "Uncharted Territories" is presented as part of a series of panels on the topic sponsored by the American Theatre and Drama Society, the Susan Glaspell Society, the Arthur Miller Society, the Eugene O'Neill Society, and the Thornton Wilder Society. The ALA conference will be held on May 24-27, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero in San Francisco. We encourage graduate students as well as established scholars to submit 200-word proposals including name, academic affiliation (if applicable), e-mail address, and paper title by January 27, 2012, to Dr. Park Bucker, USC Sumter (psbucke@uscsumter.edu).

For information about the ALA conference, go to www.americanliterature.org

CALL FOR WILDER CORRESPONDENCE

Professor Jackson R. Bryer of the University of Maryland and Dr. Robin G. Wilder of Chevy Chase, MD, are editing Wilder's correspondence and hope to bring out an edition of this correspondence soon. In order to compile as complete an edition as possible, they are seeking photocopies of any and all letters, post cards, and telegrams from Wilder. The editors will defray all copying and mailing costs and will respect the anonymity of the recipient of any correspondence, if requested. At this point in their work, the editors are less interested in publishing the correspondence than in locating as much Wilder material as possible. No item will be published without the explicit prior permission of its owner. Materials can be sent to Professor Bryer or Dr. Wilder at: Department of English, University of Maryland, 3101 Susquehanna Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

Contact: Professor Jackson Bryer (jbryer@umd.edu).

Yale Fellowships for Wilder Scholars: Applying for the Beinecke Research Grants.
posted 9/24/02
Applicants, who may not be degree candidates, are asked to submit a resume and a brief research proposal (not to exceed 3 pages) to:

The Director, Beinecke Library,
PO Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520.

The proposal should emphasize the relationship of the Beinecke collections to the project and state the preferred dates of residence. The applicant should also arrange to have 2 confidential letters of recommendation sent to the Director.

American Alliance for Theatre and Education
posted 9/19/01
The mission of American Alliance for Theatre and Education is to promote standards of excellence in theatre and theatre education.We achieve this mission by disseminating quality practices in theatre and theatre education, connecting artists, educators, researchers and scholars with each other, and by providing opportunities for our membership to learn, exchange, expand and diversify their work, the audience and their perspectives.

To comment or ask questions about our programs please send us an e-mail to aate.info@asu.edu, or call (480)965-6064 during office hours which are as follows (PST): Monday-Tuesday 8:30-4:00, Wednesday-Thursday 7:30-3:00, Friday 11:00-3:00. Or write to us any time at:, AATE, Theatre Department, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872002, Tempe, AZ 85287-2002. http://www.aate.com.

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Welcome to The Thornton Wilder Society Bulletin Board. Here scholars, teachers and Wilder fans will be able to request materials about Wilder and his works, be able to respond to others who seek such materials, and can inform others about new Wilder research, projects, and teaching. The Bulletin Board is international in scope, providing a forum for scholars throughout the world to exchange ideas, to contact others with like interests, and develop a network of Wilder knowledge. Early contributors have been able to find teaching editions of Wilder's work in Spanish and to locate scholars writing about Wilder in Russia. We trust that, building on this auspicious start, the Bulletin Board will become a forum for a lively, informative exchange of ideas about Wilder and Wilder scholarship.