Research and Study Groups California (Southern)
California It was great seeing so many of you in Philadelphia at the SSAWW conference. During the networking lunch, it was suggested that I send a reminder for those interested in attending the spring Southern California SSAWW meeting (and, of course, people outside of Southern CA are welcome). The date is Sunday 7 March 2010 from 12 noon to 3:30 PM at UC San Diego. Interested parties are encouraged to contact scssaww@ucsd.edu with any insight on when our future meetings should be held, generally (e.g., some people have suggested Saturdays would be better).
The reading is Leonora Sansay’s Secret History, or the Horrors of St. Domingo (1808; published by Broadview Press, ed. Michael J. Drexler). A couple of secondary texts may also be added, and we'll be in touch about RSVPs, directions, etc.
Thanks so much for supporting regional groups such as ours.
Best,
Lisa M. Thomas
SCSSAWW
Corresponding Secretary
Southern California Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SCSSAWW) The Southern California Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SCSSAWW) is a collegial, non-hierarchical study group, affiliated with SSAWW (Society for the study of American Women Writers). Ou r primary meeting format is focused, moderated discussions of research topics related to the study of texts written by American women in the nineteenth century. We welcome all who are interested. Contact Information: For more information or to join our mailing list, please email us at scssaww@ucsd.edu. Denise MacNeil, University of RedlandsNancy Sheley, California State University, Long Beach Lisa Thomas, University of California, San Diego Nicole Tonkovich, University of California, San Diego
Pacific Northwest Invitation to attend the Spring 2010 meeting of the American Women Writers Research Group Dear Colleagues, You are cordially invited to be a discussant and participant in the Spring 2010 meeting of the American Women Writers Research Group for the Northwest Region. The meeting will take place on Saturday, April 24 from 11am-5:30pm in the Bundy Reading Room, ground floor of Avery Hall, on the Washington State University Campus in Pullman, Washington. The topic of the reading list for our discussion is “Anthologies and Critical Editions.” Christina Roberts (Seattle University) and Michelle Fankhauser (Washington State University) have compiled the list. We will be discussing selections from texts by Mourning Dove and Julia Ward Howe. See the blog entry below for the reading list and links to PDFs of the readings. At the April 24 meeting, we will discuss the scholarly significance of the texts on our reading list, their place in the history of women writers, and ideas about teaching them. The Washington State University Department of English and the Society for the Study of American Women Writers have generously offered to sponsor this meeting. WSU English is providing our meeting room, and WSU English and SSAWW will be funding lunch and afternoon refreshments for our day of discussion. Please send an RSVP email by April 10 (mfankhauser@wsu.edu) to let us know if you plan to attend, and if you can make the dinner after the meeting, as we need to inform the caterers and restaurant of our numbers. We look forward to seeing you at the Pullman Campus for what we hope will be a useful and engaging discussion! Sincerely, Michelle Fankhauser (mfankhauser@wsu.edu), Donna Campbell (campbelld@wsu.edu), and Amber Lapiana (amber_lapiana@wsu.edu) Go to http://ssawwnw.wordpress.com/ for readings and directions.
Texas The next meeting of the Texas Regional SSAWW Study Group will be February 20, 2010 at University of Texas Austin, hosted by Gretchen Murphy. The common reading will be: Leonora Sansay’s Secret History; or, The Horrors of St. Domingo and Laura (Broadview Press). Please RSVP to gretchen@mail.utexas.edu by January 29th to confirm your participation. Complete information about location, directions, hotel, and parking is available at: http://txssaww.wordpress.com/ We welcome any interested individuals, particularly those from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, or surrounding areas. If you have any questions about the study group, or would like to be added to our mailing list, contact: dhenderson@uta.edu.
Washington, D. C. The D.C.-Area Study Group held two meetings in '08-'09, one at the Library of Congress focused on researching lesser-known women writers, and one on U Street, which included a walking tour of the neighborhood and a discussion of Angelina Weld Grimke’s play Rachel. We're looking forward to catching up with each other at the regional networking lunch at the SSAWW conference in Philadelphia this fall, and plan to join the East Coast Study Group for a discussion of Chinese American women writers in Spring '10. For further information and/or to join our email list, write <csaunde1@gmu.edu>, or look for Cathy Saunders, Lisa Koch, or Jessie Matthews at the SSAWW conference.
Northeast 19th-Century American Women Writers Study Group
United Kingdom 19th-Century American Women Writers Research Group Department of American and Canadian Studies
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