Mark your calendars! We’re laying the groundwork for our next biennial U.S. Cormac McCarthy Conference, and in Fall 2019 we’ll be back in Austin, Texas, at the downtown Hilton, August 29 through September 1. More info soon to come on registration, room rates, and a call for papers. Hope to see you there!
Monterrey Conference Info Posted
We’ve just posted the info and registration page on the Monterrey Conference.
Two New Conference CFPs
American Literature Association Conference CFP
The Cormac McCarthy Society will sponsor two panels at the 2018 American Literature Association Conference, occurring from May 24-27, 2018, in San Francisco, California. Topics are open.
Send one-page proposals for twenty minute papers/presentations by 15 January 2018 to Steven Frye, California State University, Bakersfield, sfrye@csub.edu. Email proposals only. Please provide contact information including email, address, and academic affiliation.
Southwest PCA/ACA Conference CFP
The Area Chair of the Cormac McCarthy Area of the Southwest PCA/ACA conference is seeking paper proposals on any aspect of the work of Cormac McCarthy, including novels, plays, and television and film scripts and adaptations. We invite presentations about all facets of McCarthy’s work in forms ranging from critical essays to analyses employing recognized research methodologies. The chair also welcomes pre-formed panels, but will need submissions to be uploaded individually as required by the SWPACA. Paper presentations should be 15 minutes and should present an arguable thesis or develop a compelling question.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- McCarthy and the West
- McCarthy and apocalypse
- Narration and historical imaginaries in McCarthy’s work
- Narrative theory approaches to McCarthy’s writing
- Gender and sexuality studies approaches to McCarthy’s work
- McCarthy and Hollywood
- Issues in film adaptation
- Neoliberal discourse and/in McCarthy
- Southern gothic and its meaning now
- Horror and McCarthy
Extended Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2017.
See also The Southwest PCA/ACA Conference CFP.
Conference Proceeding as Planned
Our Cormac McCarthy conference (Aug. 31-Sep. 3) is proceeding as planned. Our hearts are with our friends on the Texas coast, particularly in Houston. Austin, however, has had only moderately heavy rain that is forecast to clear by Thursday. If you experience travel delays that affect your presentation time, please be in touch with us and we’ll alter the schedule as needed. The final program can be found here.
Draft Schedule for Fall 2017 Cormac McCarthy Conference
Click here to see the Cormac McCarthy Conference Draft Schedule for the Cormac McCarthy Conference taking place Aug. 31-Sept. 3 in Austin! You can also register for the conference here, and see general information and hotel information here.
Registration Reminder and Schedule Information
Remember to register by July 15 for the 2017 Cormac McCarthy Conference taking place in Austin, Texas! You can register here. After July 15, registration rates will increase by $25.
We are busy building the final schedule, which we’ll post soon. Because of the number of excellent paper proposals we received, we will likely begin on the evening of Thursday, August 31st with a welcome and opening panel. Panels will then run all day Friday and Saturday and conclude in the mid-afternoon on Sunday, September 3rd. We’ll have a reception on Friday evening and a catered lunch on Saturday, which will also be the occasion for our keynote address by Don Graham.
Remember, too, to make your hotel reservations! The conference will take place in the downtown Hilton hotel (500 E. 4th St.) in Austin, right in the midst of some of Austin’s best restaurants and coffee shops—not to mention other landmarks like the Alamo Drafthouse theater, the Mexic-Arte Museum, the Elephant Room jazz club, Iron Works BBQ, and Voodoo Doughnut. The Hilton conference rate for single and double rooms (which is available from Aug. 31 through Sept. 3) is $189/night. When you’re ready to reserve a room, you can call the Hilton at 512-482-8000 and give the group code “CMC,” or you can go to this website:
https://aws.passkey.com/event/16228617/owner/11913/landing
We hope to see you soon!
Proposal deadline extended for Austin conference
Due to McCarthy’s recent publication of an essay in the journal Nautilus, as well as by popular demand, we are extending the proposal deadline for the Fall 2017 Cormac McCarthy Conference to May 1.
To reiterate the conference information:
Fall 2017 Cormac McCarthy Conference, Sept. 1-3, Austin, Texas
Papers on all topics relating to the works of Cormac McCarthy, from all perspectives, are invited, including considerations of theatrical productions or film adaptations of his work, pedagogical approaches, and the relationship of McCarthy’s work to other authors or artists.
Please submit a brief abstract of the proposed paper as a Word doc or PDF by email to the Cormac McCarthy Society at McCarthyConference2017@gmail.com no later than May 1, 2017.
Proposals for complete panels are welcome as well. Please include titles and abstracts for at least three participants.
The conference will take place in the downtown Hilton hotel (500 E. 4th St.) in Austin, right in the midst of some of Austin’s best restaurants and coffee shops—not to mention other landmarks like the Alamo Drafthouse theater, the Mexic-Arte Museum, the Elephant Room jazz club, Iron Works BBQ, and Voodoo Doughnut. The Hilton conference rate for single and double rooms (which is available from Aug. 31 through Sept. 3) is $189/night. When you’re ready to reserve a room, you can call the Hilton at 512-482-8000 and give the group code “CMC,” or you can go to this website:
https://aws.passkey.com/event/16228617/owner/11913/landing
To register, click here.
We hope to see you in Austin!
Registration for 2017 Cormac McCarthy Conference
Early registration for our next Cormac McCarthy conference, to be held September 1-3, 2017, in Austin, Texas, is now open! Registration includes admittance to all conference sessions, events, meals, and receptions. (We’ll have more details about the schedule available soon.)
Our keynote speaker will be Don Graham, Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Cowboys and Cadillacs: How Hollywood Looks at Texas; State of Minds: Texas Culture and Its Discontents; and Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire, among other publications.
Registration fees are:
- US$200 for regular Society members
- US$175 for Society members who are students, active duty military, or seniors
- US$225 For nonmembers
One-day/Guest registrants should contact McCarthyConference2017@gmail.com for details.
You may register and pay here using the PayPal link below.
If you would prefer to send a check, please address it to:
The Cormac McCarthy Society
c/o Stacey Peebles
Centre College
600 West Walnut St.
Danville, KY 40422
The deadline for early registration is July 15. We hope to see you in Austin!
Fall 2017 Cormac McCarthy Conference Call for Papers
The Cormac McCarthy Society invites paper proposals for its Fall 2017 Conference, to be held Sept. 1-3 in Austin, Texas. The submission deadline is April 15, 2017.
Papers on all topics relating to the works of Cormac McCarthy, from all perspectives, are invited, including considerations of theatrical productions or film adaptations of his work, pedagogical approaches, and the relationship of McCarthy’s work to other authors or artists.
Please submit a brief abstract of the proposed paper as a Word doc or PDF by email to the Cormac McCarthy Society at McCarthyConference2017@gmail.com no later than April 15, 2017.
Proposals for complete panels are welcome as well. Please include titles and abstracts for at least three participants.
The conference will take place in the downtown Hilton hotel (500 E. 4th St.) in Austin, right in the midst of some of Austin’s best restaurants and coffee shops—not to mention other landmarks like the Alamo Drafthouse theater, the Mexic-Arte Museum, the Elephant Room jazz club, Iron Works BBQ, and Voodoo Doughnut. The Hilton conference rate for single and double rooms (which is available from Aug. 31 through Sept. 3) is $189/night. When you’re ready to reserve a room, you can call the Hilton at 512-482-8000 and give the group code “CMC,” or you can go to this website:
https://aws.passkey.com/event/16228617/owner/11913/landing
Conference registration information will soon be available on cormacmccarthy.com. We hope to see you there!
Fall 2017 Cormac McCarthy Conference
Mark your calendars!
Friday, September 1 – Sunday, September 3
The Hilton, 500 E. 4th St., Austin, Texas
We have finalized the date and location for our next Cormac McCarthy conference, which will take place in Austin, Texas, with events beginning Friday morning and ending mid-day on Sunday. Some meals will be included in the registration fee of $175,* and the Hilton conference rate for single and double rooms will be $189/night. (The room rate is available beginning on August 31st.) When you’re ready to reserve a room, you can do so here, or call the Hilton at 512-482-8000 and give the group code “CMC.”
We’ll have more information soon about registration and the call for paper proposals, so please stay tuned!
Stacey Peebles (stacey.peebles@gmail.com), Steve Frye, and Dustin Anderson are working on the details, so be in touch with questions if you have them.
* This post previously listed the registration fee as $150, which was an error—$175 will allow us to provide more snacks and meals. Apologies!
