Charles W. Chesnutt Association

American Literature Association
37th Annual Conference
May 20-23, 2026
Palmer House
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603

The Charles W. Chesnutt Association welcomes abstracts of no more than 300 words for presentation at two sessions on the work of Chesnutt at the 2026 ALA conference in Chicago.

Subjects for submissions are open but may include one of the following:

• Chesnutt and the digital archives—new materials and new approaches
• Chesnutt and genre/form/style
• Interdisciplinary approaches to Chesnutt

Please email an abstract (of no more than 300 words) and a brief (1-2 page) CV by January 15, 2026, to program chair Bill Hardwig, whardwig@utk.edu.

Clicke here for more information on the ALA’s 2026 Conference.