Theory and Practice in Contemporary Women's Writing
23rd October 2010 10:00 - 25th August 2015 18:00
PGCWWN’s networking event will provide postgraduates working on contemporary women’s writin.g an opportunity to make new as well as foster established contacts and collaborations with other students in the field. Through a variety of themed workshops the event will also serve as a forum in which postgraduates can interrogate current work on their topic(s), and discuss the issues they encounter in their research, as well as the challenges they simultaneously face in the preparations of their academic or professional careers. Workshops will be held by leading academics in the field and cover a wide range of prominent and emerging themes and genres in contemporary women’s writing: postcolonial & diasporic literature, chicklit, science-/ cyber-fiction, queer and feminist theories in women’s writing, and women’s historical fiction. Additionally, the PG CWWN will offer practice-based sessions on teaching in and publishing on contemporary women’s writing as well as a workshop aimed at creative women writers.
The event will also include the following workshops:
Postcolonial & diasporic literature (Prof. Janet Wilson)
Chicklit (Prof. Imelda Whelehan)
Science-/ cyber-fiction (Prof. Lucie Armitt)
Queer theory (Prof. Sally Munt)
Feminist theory (Dr. Stephanie Genz)
Historical fiction (Prof. Diana Wallace)
Publishing on contemporary women’s writing (Prof. Ann Heilmann)
Teaching contemporary women’s writing (Dr. Nicole King)
