The Philip Roth Society

The 2025 Roth/Updike Conference was held at the Center for Jewish Center in New York City from October 19-22. Featuring a remarkable range of established and emergent scholars, the Conference celebrated the work, friendship, and rivalry of these two major American writers. Conference Directors Aimee Pozorski and Adam Sexton Reading and Discussion with Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Moderated by Steven Zipperstein and Aimee Pozorski Michael Updike and Olga Karasik-Updike A panel featu

The annual Siegel/McDaniel Award, sponsored by the Philip Roth Society, recognizes high-quality graduate student papers written within the past year on any aspect of Philip Roth’s work. (*we may also consider undergraduate work of exceptional quality). We recommend that faculty encourage their students to submit papers, and we welcome submissions from Roth Society members and non-members alike. PLEASE KNOW: if you finished your graduate studies in 2025, then your work may be

Check out this interview with scholar and former Roth Society President Matthew Shipe (author of Understanding Philip Roth and...

The "Roth and Redemption" issue features essays by Joseph Ozias, Pauline Nouzille, Emmet Scanlan, James Bloom, Derek Graf, and James...

Congratulations to Ira Nadel on the publication of his new book, Philip Roth: À la recherche de Marcel Proust (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)....

Featuring messages from the new Roth Society President, Andy Connolly, outgoing President Matthew Shipe, and the new Editor of the...