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Pauline E. Hopkins in Comparative Perspective The Pauline E. Hopkins Society invites proposals that examine any aspect of Hopkins’ work or life from a comparative perspective for presentation at the 34rd Annual American Literature Association Convention, to be held in Boston, … Continue reading →

The Pauline E. Hopkins Society invites submissions for its panel, “Hopkins and her Contemporaries: Responses to Racial Violence, Appeals for Racial Justice,” at the 2022 meeting of the American Literature Association. Professor Edlie Wong of the University of Maryland, College … Continue reading →

Please join us via Zoom, Monday, June 14, from 2:30-4:00 pm (Eastern time) for our 2021 ALA Panel, “Hopkins and Social Justice.”  The session will be recorded and posted on a new ALA YouTube Channel, thus making our panel available for … Continue reading →

The PEHS requests submissions for its upcoming panel, “Hopkins and Her Contemporaries: Responses to Racial Violence, Appeals for Racial Justice.” Well over a century separates our historical moment from the “lynching era” of Wells, Hopkins, and their contemporaries.  Our two … Continue reading →

The Pauline E. Hopkins Society’s president, Dr. Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), was recently a featured guest on the podcast I Found This Great Book!, which focuses on “sharing mystery, speculative and classic literature by Black authors.” Sherrard-Johnson discusses “Talma Gordon” … Continue reading →

PEHS members John Gruesser and Alisha Knight are pleased to announce their new Broadview Press edition of Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins’s Hagar’s Daughter, originally published in the Colored American Magazine (1901-1902).  

In February 2020, Sam Houston State University hosted a panel on Pauline Hopkins as part of its Diversity Reader series. A full video archive of that panel is available on YouTube. SHSU Senior Research Scholar John Gruesser moderated the event, … Continue reading →

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the cancellation of the American Literature Association’s 2020 meeting, the Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society will postpone its 2020 panel to the next scheduled ALA conference, planned for Boston in May 2021. We are pleased … Continue reading →

The Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society is pleased to announce its panelists for the 31st Annual Conference of the American Literature Association, to be held May 21-24 in San Diego, California.  A business meeting will follow the panel; times for both … Continue reading →

The Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society invites submissions on the topic of “Pauline E. Hopkins and Social Justice” for its panel at the 31st Annual Conference of the American Literature Association, to be held May 21-24 in San Diego, California. Click … Continue reading →