The John Updike Society was launched at the American Literature Association conference in Boston in May 2009 and has participated in ALA conferences ever since. The ALA is a coalition of societies devoted to the study of American authors. Many of those societies are single-author, and registrants/attendees are able to attend any sessions sponsored by the many societies.
Updike Society panels are set for the 33rd Annual Conference on American Literature at the historic Palmer House Hilton (celebrating its 150th anniversary this year) in downtown Chicago, Ill., May 26-29 2022:
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Session 1-I, 9-10:20 a.m.
“Women and Sex in the Works of John Updike and Other Male Authors”
Moderator: James Plath (Illinois Wesleyan Univ.)
Panelists: Susan Norton (Technological Univ. Dublin), Marshall Boswell (Rhodes College), Biljana Dojčinović (Univ. of Belgrade), Olga Karasik-Updike (Independent Scholar), and Matthew Koch (Tarrant County College).
Friday, May 27, 2022
Session 8-I, 10-11:20 a.m.
“Autobiography and Updike’s Self-Consciousness“
Moderator: Matthew Koch (Tarrant County College)
Panelists: Peter Bailey (St. Lawrence Univ.), Sylvie Mathé (Aix-Marseille Univ.), Quentin Miller (Suffolk Univ.), Robert Morace (Daemen College), and James Schiff (Univ. of Cincinnati).
Friday, May 27, 2022
Session 9-L, 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
John Updike Society Business Meeting (all welcome to attend)
Those who are on the program are required to pre-register by April 15. The conference fee is $175, with a reduced rate of $125 for graduate students, independent scholars, and retired faculty. Information on the hotel conference rate, links, and other details can be found on the ALA website.