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*Dr. Ursula Phillips, honorary associate at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.<br><br> *Dr. Ursula Phillips, honorary associate at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.<br><br>
-The aim of this COST Action is to lay the groundwork for a new history of European women’s participation in the literary field of the centuries before 1900, and to further develop a database that allows researchers to stock, share and analyze data concerning the contemporary reception of women’s writing, and to apply different research models to these data. <br><br>+The aim of this COST Action is to lay the groundwork for a new history of European women’s participation in the literary field of the centuries before 1900, and to further develop the [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Database_WomenWriters ''WomenWriters'' database] which allows researchers to stock, share and analyze data concerning the contemporary reception of women’s writing, and to apply different research models to these data. <br><br>
-The conference at Chawton House Library aims to develop the quantitative and transnational data gathered during previous meetings and conferences and to move our methodology to a qualitative approach of the data and relevant case studies. Our aims are twofold: +The conference at [http://www.chawton.org/ Chawton House Library] aims to develop the quantitative and transnational data gathered during previous meetings and conferences and to move our methodology to a qualitative approach of the data and relevant case studies. Our aims are twofold:
* As any qualitative approach is multi-paradigmatic in focus, one main question arises: how can we approach the history of women's literature, starting from the material in the database across the period under investigation and across the national/ethnic/cultural boundaries that we have identified? What are the different ideas of femininity, women's writing, and the canon, in different European countries in different historical periods? <br> * As any qualitative approach is multi-paradigmatic in focus, one main question arises: how can we approach the history of women's literature, starting from the material in the database across the period under investigation and across the national/ethnic/cultural boundaries that we have identified? What are the different ideas of femininity, women's writing, and the canon, in different European countries in different historical periods? <br>
*Does the reception/translation of foreign and perhaps more/less radical women's writing have any measurable impact and how do we evaluate it? For the conference at Chawton House Library, we therefore welcome paper proposals that use case studies from the database or other repositories to consider: <br> *Does the reception/translation of foreign and perhaps more/less radical women's writing have any measurable impact and how do we evaluate it? For the conference at Chawton House Library, we therefore welcome paper proposals that use case studies from the database or other repositories to consider: <br>
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**theoretical approaches to qualitative methodologies in literary studies.<br><br> **theoretical approaches to qualitative methodologies in literary studies.<br><br>
-This conference represents the “Second Milestone” of the Action. This Milestone has been reached, for a large part, thanks to collaborative work carried out, during this second Action year, within two “Training Schools” (The Hague), and two “Short Time Scientific Missions” (Nancy and Gothenburg). During the Chawton conference, the respective outcomes of these will also be presented.<br><br>+This conference represents the “Second Milestone” of the Action - the first one having been presented [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Madrid%2C_November_2010 last year in Madrid]. This Milestone has been reached, for a large part, thanks to collaborative work carried out, during this second Action year, within two “[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/First_Training_School Training] [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Second_Training_School Schools]” (The Hague), and two “Short Time Scientific Missions” ([http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Short_Time_Scientific_Mission Nancy] and Gothenburg). During the Chawton conference, the respective outcomes of these will also be presented.<br><br>
Proposals are due on '''15 August 2011'''. Please send them for the attention of Nicole Pohl (Oxford Brookes) and Gillian Dow (University of Southampton and Chawton House Library) to [mailto:sw17@soton.ac.uk Sandy White], Chawton administrator at the University of Southampton. Proposals are due on '''15 August 2011'''. Please send them for the attention of Nicole Pohl (Oxford Brookes) and Gillian Dow (University of Southampton and Chawton House Library) to [mailto:sw17@soton.ac.uk Sandy White], Chawton administrator at the University of Southampton.

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Conference Chawton 3-5 November 2011




NEWW International conference:
Voices in Dialogue::
Ideational production and reception of Women's Writing in Europe
Org. Nicole Pohl and Gillian Dow

Proposals are invited for a conference focusing on European women’s literary history, organized in the context of this COST Action, at Chawton House Library in Chawton (UK), 3-5 November 2011. Keynote Speakers are:

  • Prof. Markman Ellis, University of London,
  • Dr. Ursula Phillips, honorary associate at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.

The aim of this COST Action is to lay the groundwork for a new history of European women’s participation in the literary field of the centuries before 1900, and to further develop the WomenWriters database which allows researchers to stock, share and analyze data concerning the contemporary reception of women’s writing, and to apply different research models to these data.

The conference at Chawton House Library aims to develop the quantitative and transnational data gathered during previous meetings and conferences and to move our methodology to a qualitative approach of the data and relevant case studies. Our aims are twofold:

  • As any qualitative approach is multi-paradigmatic in focus, one main question arises: how can we approach the history of women's literature, starting from the material in the database across the period under investigation and across the national/ethnic/cultural boundaries that we have identified? What are the different ideas of femininity, women's writing, and the canon, in different European countries in different historical periods?
  • Does the reception/translation of foreign and perhaps more/less radical women's writing have any measurable impact and how do we evaluate it? For the conference at Chawton House Library, we therefore welcome paper proposals that use case studies from the database or other repositories to consider:
    • contemporary (explicit) receptions of texts (= comments) that insist on specific narratives and topoi,
    • the transnational reception of texts and topoi (comparative approach),
    • a study of paratextual evidence to think about the intention and positioning of the author,
    • women’s production and reception networks,
    • theoretical approaches to qualitative methodologies in literary studies.

This conference represents the “Second Milestone” of the Action - the first one having been presented last year in Madrid. This Milestone has been reached, for a large part, thanks to collaborative work carried out, during this second Action year, within two “Training Schools” (The Hague), and two “Short Time Scientific Missions” (Nancy and Gothenburg). During the Chawton conference, the respective outcomes of these will also be presented.

Proposals are due on 15 August 2011. Please send them for the attention of Nicole Pohl (Oxford Brookes) and Gillian Dow (University of Southampton and Chawton House Library) to Sandy White, Chawton administrator at the University of Southampton.






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