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"Signs of Life"
The 6th Biennial Conference of the IABA, Chapter of the Americas
Cape May, New Jersey, USA
The IABA-A 2025 conference schedule is now available! Please see our highlights below, or view the full program here.
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General registration (with no presentation) is open until June 1st!
General registration (with no presentation) is open until June 1st!
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The theme of the conference, “Signs of Life,” encourages us to consider how life writers provide signs of life and lives in their works – broadly conceptualized– within, throughout, and across the world. We take as a point of departure Craig Howes’ recent work, in which he describes the connection between a morpheme – a bit of language– and, to use his phrase, a “bio bit”– a bit of life in language. Every animal, plant, and human, is a fragment of the planet; likewise, he suggests, memoirs, biographies, and other forms of auto/biographical expression are “bio bits” suspended in morphemes about life on the planet. What “signs of life” can “bio bits” demonstrate? In what ways do auto/biographical expressions connect us to the planet?
Thank you to our co-sponsors!
a/b: Auto/Biography Studies, York University, The College of New Jersey, Grinnell College, Agnes Scott College, and the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
IABA-A 2025 Conference Organizing Committee
IABA-A 2025 Conference Organizing Committee
Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle, Professor of English, The College of New Jersey
Eva C. Karpinski, Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, York University
Elizabeth Rodrigues, Associate Professor and Humanities/Digital Scholarship Librarian, Grinnell College
Nicole Stamant, Professor of English, Agnes Scott College
Kathryn Jorgensen, TCNJ Graduate Program, The College of New Jersey
Isabel Lindsay, TCNJ Graduate Program, The College of New Jersey
The Venue
The Venue
Congress Hall
Congress Hall
200 Congress Place
200 Congress Place
Cape May, New Jersey, 08204
Cape May, New Jersey, 08204
In the heart of historic Cape May, Congress Hall has been welcoming guests since 1816. From its picturesque beachfront, charming downtown, and proximity to local wildlife reserves, Cape May offers something for everyone to explore.
In the heart of historic Cape May, Congress Hall has been welcoming guests since 1816. From its picturesque beachfront, charming downtown, and proximity to local wildlife reserves, Cape May offers something for everyone to explore.
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