TEXTS AT WORK
Labor in the Liberal Arts
Labor in the Liberal Arts
The 2025 joint NYCEA-PCEA conference will be held Friday and Saturday, October 3-4, 2025, at SUNY Alfred State, 75 miles south of Rochester, NY.
Keynote presentation: Dr. Rose Zaloom, Content Writer, Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Call for Papers
Abstracts of 250 words are requested by the extended deadline of August 15, 2025, on topics related to the conference theme: TEXTS AT WORK. Abstracts may be submitted via email to Dr. Travis Matteson, SUNY Alfred State, at [email protected]. Please include your name, title, and institutional affiliation with your abstract. Conference presentations will be limited to 15 minutes.
In a time when the idea of “work” continues to be redefined by automation, Artificial Intelligence, the Great Resignation, the Great Gloom, and the gig economy, we invite papers that explore a variety of topics including:
Graduate Students: Submit early to be considered for the prize for best graduate student paper and look for the career roundtable on the conference program.
Virtual Presenters: We have virtual presentation option! If you plan to present or attend virtually, please select "Virtual" for your registration type.
250-word abstracts
due August 1, 2025
[email protected]
Keynote presentation: Dr. Rose Zaloom, Content Writer, Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Call for Papers
Abstracts of 250 words are requested by the extended deadline of August 15, 2025, on topics related to the conference theme: TEXTS AT WORK. Abstracts may be submitted via email to Dr. Travis Matteson, SUNY Alfred State, at [email protected]. Please include your name, title, and institutional affiliation with your abstract. Conference presentations will be limited to 15 minutes.
In a time when the idea of “work” continues to be redefined by automation, Artificial Intelligence, the Great Resignation, the Great Gloom, and the gig economy, we invite papers that explore a variety of topics including:
- the humanities and the professions
- reading as labor
- online instruction for literature & writing
- contingent faculty and the tenure track
- implications of Artificial Intelligence the English curriculum
- labor activism and literature
- literary engagement with appropriated, coercive, or unpaid labor
- representations of work and labor in poetry, fiction, drama, graphic novels, digital media, lyrics, film, series, creative nonfiction, YA & adult genre fiction, fanfiction & adaptation
- any other topics related to literature, writing, and pedagogy.
Graduate Students: Submit early to be considered for the prize for best graduate student paper and look for the career roundtable on the conference program.
Virtual Presenters: We have virtual presentation option! If you plan to present or attend virtually, please select "Virtual" for your registration type.
250-word abstracts
due August 1, 2025
[email protected]
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