Our friends over at the BSA have just announced this great event for later this year:
The Cultural Arts Committee at Harper College Presents:
The Beat Studies Association 2022 Conference: The Jack Kerouac Centenary
November 3-4, 2022
Harper College
1200 West Algonquin Road
Palatine, IL 60067-7398
Building E Room 106
Keynote Speaker: Ann Charters
Special Presentations by:
Holly George-Warren
Tim Hunt
Paul Marion
Dennis McNally
Jim Sampas
John Suiter
Matt Theado
Regina Weinreich
The Beat Studies Association invites presentation proposals for its 2022 conference in honor of the 100th anniversary of Jack Kerouac’s birth. We are inviting proposals on any aspect of Kerouac’s life or work, with particular interest in “new directions” for Kerouac studies.
Submission Instructions:
Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and a short (100 word) bio by July 1st, 2022. Conference presentations should be no more than 20 minutes, and the BSA will group papers into panels as appropriate. Please indicate in your proposal whether you will require special audio/visual equipment.
Send all proposals as a single Word attachment to Kurt Hemmer, Secretary of the BSA:
Accepted proposals will be announced by August 1st, 2022.
While you do not have to be a member of the Beat Studies Association to submit a proposal, you must be a member to register and present at (or attend) the conference.
The BSA welcomes submissions from graduate students!
If you have any questions, please direct them to our Conference Coordinator, Kurt Hemmer, Secretary of the BSA:
For more information about the Conference, including registration fees and hotel information, please visit the BSA website:
European Beat Studies Network 
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