In addition to hosting distinguished visiting professors and its annual conference, the Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) also actively supports graduate student writing and research by conducting quarterly roundtables for students' work. These GCLR roundtable workshops, comprised of graduate students from across the humanities, offer selected graduate students a prime opportunity for extended feedback from an interdisciplinary perspective as well as possible financial support for conference travel. 

Graduate students are eligible to present in these Roundtables up to two times throughout their graduate career at UCSB. Eligible papers for the roundtable workshops will vary in form, content, and disciplinary approach but should follow MLA style as set out in the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook. Papers not conforming to MLA style may be asked to consider revision before circulation during the workshop. Works-in-progress, such as field exam research and dissertation chapters, will also be considered and are encouraged!

Finalists from the roundtable workshops will also be invited to adapt their work into a spotlight article to be published in the annual GCLR responsive journal Exchanges. For more information on the roundtable workshops, please visit our Roundtables and Travel Grants Application page. 

If you are interested in presenting your work at a future roundtable workshop, please check back around the beginning of each quarter. All graduate students in the Humanities are encouraged to apply as well as to attend and support the finalists! 

2024-2025 Roundtable Workshops: 

We are currently accepting submissions for our 2024 Fall Roundtable "Technology and the Humanities" to be held on October 17th!

Submissions and other inquiries can be directed toward complit-gclr@ucsb.edu

Deadline for submissions: October 13th, 2024. Selected participants will be notified the following day.