The Kate Chopin International Society
Our mission
The mission of The Kate Chopin International Society is to provide a network and forum for the study of American author Kate Chopin (1850-1904). The society encourages and supports scholarship and activities that illuminate Chopin’s contribution to the American literary tradition, and it seeks to preserve her literary significance for future generations.
Our history
The Society was formed in 2004 by Heather Ostman and Avis Hewitt, both English professors at American universities, after the convention of the American Literature Association, an organization made up of scholarly societies devoted to the study of American authors. Most better-known American authors have a society of their own, and Heather and Avis thought Kate Chopin deserved a scholarly society focused on her work, even though the Kate Chopin Society of North America, with a different emphasis, already existed in St. Louis. There are links to the Kate Chopin Society of North America, the ALA, and other literary groups below.
The Kate Chopin International Society sponsored a session at the 2005 ALA convention and created an advisory board made up mostly of Chopin specialists. It sponsored two sessions at the 2006 and 2007 ALA conventions and will sponsor two at the 2008 convention. You can learn about those sessions through the link on the left.
To comment about the Kate Chopin International Society, write to Heather Ostman here or at Heather.Ostman@sunywcc.edu
To comment about this web site, write to Bernard Koloski here or at bkoloski@katechopin.org
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Our officers
Heather Ostman continues as president of the society and Avis Hewitt acts as secretary.
On the advisory board are Heather (State University of New York: Westchester Community College) and Avis (Grand Valley State University), Thomas Bonner (Xavier University of Louisiana), Barbara Ewell (Loyola University of New Orleans), Bernard Koloski (Mansfield University of Pennsylvania), John May (Louisiana State University), Mary Papke (University of Tennessee), John Staunton (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Helen Taylor (Exeter University, UK), and Emily Toth (Louisiana State University).
Join us
We have no dues, but a donation of $10 or more, sent to Heather Ostman, would help us with our work.
Other scholarly organizations
The Kate Chopin Society of North America
ALA: The American Literature Association
MLA: The Modern Language Association
SSAWW: The Society for the Study of American Women Writers
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