DFW19: Rights and Logic in Wallace's Short Fiction

Matthew Alexander, Ben Zimmerman
Moderator: Daniel Leonard
Friday, June 28, 2019, 4:00 PM — 4:50 PM

DFW19: Society, Ethics, Representation in Wallace's Writing

Genevieve Bettendorf and Tom Winchester

Moderated by Matthew Alexander
Friday, June 28, 2019, 3:00 PM — 3:50 PM

DFW19: Queering David Foster Wallace Studies: A Diversity Roundtable

Andrea Laurencell Sheridan, Tom Winchester, Grace Chipperfield
Moderated by Ryan Edel
Friday, June 28, 2019, 1:00 PM — 1:50 PM

DFW19: Ethics, Freedom, and Infinite Jest

Vernon Cisney, Ryan Kerr, and Andrew Langford
Moderator: Andrew Varnon
June 28, 2019, 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM

Allard den Dulk - DFW19 Keynote

Sick and Wicked: A Comparative Reading of Wallace’s “The Depressed Person”, “B.I. #20”, and Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground”

Livestream Schedule for DFW19

Here's the Complete Livestream Schedule for DFW19!  We'll be livestreaming our Panels to our Facebook page, and then later we'll upload HD-quality video for our archives.  (Sadly, the camcorder doesn't like the internet.)

Want more details about the panels?  Click here to read the full schedule!   There you'll find abstracts and presenter bios for every panel.

Livestream Instructions for Moderators

Moderators!  If you're in a livestream panel, you'll be directing the camera to record our presenters.  It's a very simple setup - we have a camcorder and an iPhone together on a tripod.  Here's the quick video guide to running the video!

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Call for Proposals Open for DFW19!

The Call for Proposals for DFW19 is now Open!  This year, we have major five categories - in all categories, we particularly encourage studies of the influences that drove Wallace's writing, including (but not limited to) postmodernism, philosophy, psychology, economics, future media forms, and others.  We also welcome roundtable discussions that will encourage more open-ended audience participation in the discussion.

• DFW Studies: presentations specifically addressing the work of David Foster Wallace
• Literary Studies: presentations examining works of contemporary writing from the 1950's onward.
• Arts and Culture: presentations that consider the directions of contemporary society, particularly in relation to arts, literature, and media.
• Pedagogy: presentations and discussions on introducing Wallace, fostering writing skills, or teaching other aspects of literature to today's students.
• Creative Writing: readings of original works in a variety of genres.

For more information, please visit either our Submissions Page or the DFW19 Call for Proposals.

In case of questions, please Contact Us!

Wanted: DFW Proceedings Reviewers

We're currently starting the DFW17 and DFW18 Proceedings!  All papers submitted for consideration will be evaluated through a peer-review process to ensure that they reflect the quality of the conference.  If you'd like to be a reviewer, please Read More.  Or open our Online Application in a new window.

DFW Conference Online Presentation Gallery

To provide a lasting record of the conference presentations, we're putting together an online gallery of past presentations.

Submit to Presentation Gallery