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From: Marjanne Gooze <[log in to unmask]>
TALES TOLD BY WOMEN: GERMAN WOMEN'S WRITINGS OF
THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
MAY 31-JUNE 2, 2002
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia USA
Proposals requested for a conference on writings by German-
speaking women of the 18th and 19th centuries. How do women
writers employ and develop existing discourses to tell their "tales"?
Papers may consider the intersections (or lack thereof) between
the forms of women's written expression-poetry, drama, short or
long prose, fairy tales, essays, sermons, travel and all types of
personal narratives-and the discourses of history, memory, politics,
peace, violence and war, philosophy, visual and musical arts,
religion, education, medicine, anthropology, science, etc. They
may focus on specific writers or works, or take a thematic
approach. What roles do class, religion, ethnicity, region,
nationality or sexuality play? What problems arise out of questions
and claims of "authenticity"? Papers may also address issues
such as the reception of women's writings, the book market, and
the "canon."
This conference continues the tradition of the Lancaster Day
School, begun by Margaret Ives in Great Britain and continued last
year by Elisabeth Krimmer at Mt. Holyoke College. Please submit
1-2 page proposals in English or German by either email or "snail
mail" to Marjanne E. Goozé by December 3, 2001. Include a full
mailing address, as well as your email. In an effort to make the
conference as affordable as possible, costs will be kept low, about
$150 for housing and conference fees. Athens and the University of
Georgia are located about 70 miles from Atlanta
(http://www.uga.edu).
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Marjanne E. Gooze
Germanic and Slavic Languages
University of Georgia
Athens GA 30602
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~mgooze
Office phone: 706.542.2450 Fax: 706.542.2459
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