Recovering Nineteenth-Century Women Writers on the Internet (1/5/03; SSAWW, 9/24/03-9/27/03)

Call for Papers, Panel, Recovering Nineteenth-Century Women Writers on the Internet, Society for the Study of American Women Writers
September 24-27, 2003 Fort Worth, Texas

The Internet has inspired several great collections of women's work on line. This session will explore these efforts to recover and disseminate women's writing via digital technologies and the effect on the canon, research, and pedagogy. Questions addressed might include, what technologies are you using to preserve the materials? What sources of funding are available for scholars working on women writers and digital projects? How you are using these materials in your research and teaching? What kinds of technical and administrative problems have you encountered as you work to digitize women's writing? How are the works of women writers faring compared to other groups in terms of garnering funding and support? Has the Internet facilitated or hindered the broader dissemination of primary materials or your research? Has your digital archival work helped or hindered your career development? Who do you envision as the audience for materials on the Internet?

Please send 1-page proposals plus a short bio copied and pasted inside an email message (no attachments, please) to:

Felicia L. Carr
George Mason University
fcarr1@gmu.edu

Due: Date January 5, 2003

For more on the conference and SSAWW visit their website:

http://www.unl.edu/legacy/SSAWW_conf.html