Featuring Literary Critic, Adam Nemmers
The Alpha Theta Beta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at Friends University will hold a virtual undergraduate and graduate research conference for the High Plains Region and our neighbors from other regions. We invite all students as well as current Sigma Tau Delta members and alumni members of Sigma Tau Delta to send critical papers and creative works to share in scholarly and creative presentations, and attendance is open to all.
Sigma Tau Delta Conference
Register for the 2024 Sigma Tau Delta High Plains Regional Conference.
The AlpOur guest speaker will be professor and literary critic, Adam Nemmers. Hailing from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Adam Nemmers has been an Assistant Professor of Literature at Lamar University since 2017. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he serves as faculty advisor for Pulse, LU’s student-run literary magazine, and co-editor of the Lamar Journal of the Humanities. His research interests include modernism, American ethnic literature(s), literary theory, and creative writing. His books include American Modern(ist) Epic: Novels to Refound a Nation, Yours in Filial Regards: The Civil War Letters of a Texan Family, and an edited collection entitled, Transatlantic Anglophone Literatures 1776-1920. In addition, his works have been featured in the following journals: University of Mississippi Press, Transnational American Spaces, An American Studies Journal, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, McFarland Press, The Southern Quarterly, Clemson University Press, University of Tennessee Press, South Atlantic Review, etc.
The conversation and Q&A will take place on the evening of Friday, October 11. We will also have a number of other activities of interest including a session to generate roundtable submissions for the 2024 International Convention in March, an alumni roundtable, and an open mic night.
Schedule
(All Times CST)
Friday, Oct. 11
7:00-8:00 Guest Author Q&A, Adam Nemmers
8:00-8:30 Open Mic
Saturday, Oct. 12
9:00-11:30 morning sessions
11:30-12:45 Lunch Break and Convention Roundtable Networking
1:00-5:00 afternoon sessions
Registration: Free/ The conference will be virtual this year.
Submissions
Submissions for presentation are open to any undergraduate or graduate student, as well as current Sigma Tau Delta members and alumni members of Sigma Tau Delta. Presenters may submit either a critical essay or creative work in any genre, and submissions should not exceed 2,500 words in length. Critical presentations are welcome on any period or genre of literature, popular culture, media, film, rhetoric/composition studies, or pedagogy. If you have a critical topic that you would like to present but have not quite completed the work, you may send a 250- to 500-word abstract of the paper instead. Please feel free to email the High Plains Regent, Dr. Kassia Krone, at kassia_krone@friends.edu if you have questions about the topic of your paper.
Document Format for Submissions
- Word document (.doc or .docx)
- Files should be named like this: “LastNameCritical” or “LastNameCreative”
- For both critical and creative works, in the body of your email, please include the title and genre of the submission, a 100-250 word description of its content, and your current institution and class standing if a student, or the institution you graduated from if you are an alumni member. Audio-visual technology will be available.
Submission Deadline: Friday, September 27, 2024
Email submissions to kassia_krone@friends.edu
Acceptance Notifications: no later than Friday Oct. 4, 2024
e evening of Friday, Nov 3. We will also have a number of other activities of interest including a session to generate roundtable submissions for the 2024 International Convention in March, an alumni roundtable, and an open mic night.