The Spanish Association for American Studies invites graduate students engaged in Ph.D. research to participate in the Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar to take place every two years alternating with the year of the celebration of the SAAS Conference. The seminar aims to provide a space for Ph.D. students to present and discuss their current research in a more relaxed environment than that of a full conference panel and in dialogue with other doctoral students in a highly stimulating and collaborative environment. Participating students must be enrolled in a doctoral program and, preferably, in their second year of doctoral research. MA students and doctoral students in their first year of doctoral research interested in attending the seminar are welcome to send their proposal to the “Morning Song” session (after Sylvia Plath’s poem), where more preliminary research will be discussed.

The Seminar will be celebrated in person and organized in separate discussion groups, depending on the number of participants, and will be chaired by a Doctor nominated by the organizing committee. Presentation at a Doctoral Seminar session will not exclude participation in and presenting at other seminars at the Conference the following year.

Proposals should be sent electronically to saasyoungscholars@gmail.com by December 15, 2025. These should include a summary of the project (of no more than 350 words), indicating:

• The main topics addressed, including the thesis proposed
• The methodology (theoretical tools and standpoints)
• Where relevant, the corpus under consideration
• The results so far obtained.

MA and first-year Ph.D. students interested in participating in the seminar should also send their proposals to the email address mentioned above with the subject “SAAS YS’ Félix Martín Doctoral Seminar – Morning Song session.” Proposals should adhere to the guidelines mentioned above.

See details here.