Happy New Year & Memberful Update
We hope that 2021 is, so far, kinder to everyone than 2020 was! A big change that want to inform you of is that the Society has moved its membership …
Now Available! The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies
Who We Are
Mission Statement
The International David Foster Wallace Society was founded to promote and sustain the long-term scholarly and independent study of David Foster Wallace’s writing. To these ends, the Society welcomes diverse, peer-reviewed scholarship and seeks to expand the critical boundaries of Wallace studies. We recognize and champion the visual, the alternative, and the literary: the presence of minds at work. The Society showcases a variety of projects—at conferences, on panels, in our print publication, The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies, and through other non-traditional modes of scholarly expression.
The International David Foster Wallace Society
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Upcoming DFW
Conferences
DFW 2021 Amsterdam
Board Members & Officers
Our Team
Ándrea Laurencell Sheridan
PresidentAshlie Kontos
Vice PresidentRob Short
TreasurerMatt Bucher
Austin 2022 Conference ChairDanielle Ely
Membership CoordinatorMatthew Luter
ALA/MLA Conference ChairGrace Chipperfield
Web DeveloperClare Hayes-Brady
Editor-in-Chief, JDFWSVernon W. Cisney
2023 PA Conference Chair
Allard den Dulk
2021 Amsterdam Conference ChairDominik Steinhilber
Emerging Scholars Initative CoordinatorDave Laird
Membre du conseil, division de convexitéMike Miley
Board MemberDiego Báez
Board MemberAlex Moran
Board MemberRecent blog posts and other
Society News
CFP: DFW @ ALA 2021
As of this posting, the American Literature Association plans to hold an in-person conference this coming year. The International David Foster Wallace Society will sponsor two panels at the 32nd …
Changes to the Board
We like to participate in early voting here at the IDFWS, so we’re proud to announce some shifted roles as well as some new faces on the board: Ándrea Laurencell …
New and Upcoming Work in Wallace Studies
Publications
The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace
The Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace
Available August 2018. Best known for his masterpiece, Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace re-invented fiction and non-fiction for a generation with his groundbreaking and original work. Wallace’s desire to blend …
David Foster Wallace: Presences of the Other
David Foster Wallace: Presences of the Other
Available in Paperback February 2018. Why is David Foster Wallace so widely read? Why does his fiction and non-fiction continue to raise enthusiasm among an ever-growing variety of readers of …