New York, New Perspectives, and The Great Gatsby
The 17th International Fitzgerald Society Conference
in New York City June 22-28 2025!
Hosted by the New School, with conference director Anne Margaret Daniel
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society will hold its 17th international conference in New York City in June 2023 with Anne Margaret Daniel serving as conference director and Maggie Gordon Froehlich as program director with the assistance of Ross Tangedal.
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby, we invite scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts to submit proposals for The 17th International F. Scott Fitzgerald Society Conference in New York City.
While consideration will be given to proposals on any aspect of Fitzgerald’s life and work, we are particularly interested in papers that focus on the following areas:
- The timeless appeal of The Great Gatsby.
- The influence of The Great Gatsby on literature, culture, and popular media.
- Collecting Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby memorabilia. Changing trends in literary and cultural criticism of Fitzgerald, including global perspectives.
- Fitzgerald’s short story collection, All the Sad Young Men (1926)
- Fitzgerald’s other New York novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
- Fitzgerald’s “New York” stories and essays, such as “The Rich Boy”, “My Lost City”, and “The Lost Decade”
- New contexts for Fitzgerald’s writing (e.g., the Harlem Renaissance; Gender and Sexuality Studies; and so on).
- Approaches to teaching Fitzgerald’s writing
- Fitzgerald and his New York publisher, Charles Scribner’s Sons
- The Fitzgeralds (Scott and Zelda)
In addition to these areas, we also welcome proposals that explore other facets of Fitzgerald’s life and oeuvre, particularly those set in our host city of New York, as well as proposals on Zelda Fitzgerald’s writings. Join us in this unique opportunity to delve into the lasting legacy and contemporary relevance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work. Please send proposals (250–500 words) as well as a brief biographical statement and audio-visual requirements to our conference email address, fitzgeraldsociety@gmail.com, by 15 November 2024. Presenters will be notified of acceptance by mid-December.
Click below for the downloadable CFP
