Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 11, 12 & 13, 2008
For more information go to: http://www.duq.edu/womenpoets/
We invite panel, paper and seminar topic proposals on women’s poetry since 1900, including but not limited to the direction of scholarship about women’s poetry; producing, accessing and editing texts; pedagogical approaches to experimental writing; neglected issues in women’s poetry; the work of individual poets or clusters of poets; spirituality and religion; and the separatist anthology issue.
• Individual paper submissions should be limited to abstracts of 300 words. Please include your name and contact information.
• Panel proposals should include a rationale as well as paper abstracts of no more than 300 words each. Please include the name and contact information of each participant.
• Seminar proposals should name the panel organizer(s), state a rationale for the topic, explain the discussion format plans and specify an ideal number of participants.
Submission Deadline: May 16, 2008
Send submissions electronically to womenspoetry@yahoo.com or by mail to:
Women Poets
English Department
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15282
Conference Organizers Elisabeth Joyce, Linda Kinnahan, Elizabeth Savage, Ellen McGrath Smith Questions may be directed to womenspoetry@yahoo.com.