Routledge Auto/Biography Studies

Series Editor: Ricia Anne Chansky

The Routledge Auto/Biography Studies book series publishes outstanding new work from preeminent scholars and emerging voices in autobiography, biography, life writing, life narrative, and identity studies. This series is an interdisciplinary project that maintains interest in all…[Read more]

Palgrave Studies in Life Writing Brant, C. (Ed), Saunders, M. (Ed) This series features books that address key concepts and subjects, with an emphasis on new and emergent approaches. It offers specialist but accessible studies of contemporary and historical topics, with a focus on connecting life writing to themes with cross-disciplinary appeal.…[Read more]

The Textualities of the Auto/biogrAfrical

Following the founding colloquium of the IABA Africa chapter in October 2017, this special issue of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies will both explore and provisionally consolidate examples of contemporary scholarship on the varied forms of ‘auto/biogrAfrical’ life storying that emerge from (and in rel…[Read more]

Lives in Transition: Negotiating the Currents in a Changing World

The 4th Biennial Conference of the IABA Americas Chapter

The conference conveners invite papers that explore the means by which auto/biographical subjects explore lives ‘in transition’ and/or in the process of ‘transitioning.’ How do life narratives explore the kinds of adjustm…[Read more]

Call for Papers | Women & Language

Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University

Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Contributions to Women & Language may be empirical,…[Read more]

Catfished: Lies Online
How do platforms that facilitate sharing life narratives open doors to fake lives? This panel explores social media and other online spaces as means for constructing counterfeit lives: romantic, political, and otherwise.

250 word abstracts and brief bios by March 15.

Contact: Ricia Anne Chansky (ricia.chansky@upr.edu) and…[Read more]

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This panel examines auto/biographical narratives that challenge the myth of a homogeneous United States. What complex and nuanced aspects of American national identities are revealed…[Read more]

Saturday, January 7, 2017 6 pm to 7:30 pm

Take some time out to enjoy the annual MLA GS Life Writing Forum social. To be held at the Marriott Philadelphia Courtyard Downtown, 21 North Juniper Street. Check back on Jan 5 for suite number. Hope to see you there!

Sponsored by a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.

Saturday, January 7, 2017 6 pm to 7:30 pm

<span class=”_4n-j _3cht fsl”>Take some time out to enjoy the annual MLA GS Life Writing Forum social. To be held at the Marriott Philadelphia Courtyard Downtown, 21 North Juniper Street. Check back on Jan 5 for suite number. Hope to see you there!</span>

Sponsored by a/b: Auto/Biography…[Read more]

Howdy Folks: I am concerned about many aspects of a Trump presidency, including civil liberties, critical thinking, and support for education. I wonder if anyone has considered drafting an emergency resolution for the MLA convention in regards to affirming tolerance and academic freedom in the face of what has already proven to be a reductive,…[Read more]