Subject: FW: NWSA Panel on Writing in Exhile
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:12:31 -0500


hi.  i'm new to the list and i'm not sure what the policy is about
forwarding calls (i'm sure you'll let me know if they're not welcome ;) but
i thought this might be of interest to some people on sa-cyborgs.
caitlin


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Women's Studies List [mailto:WMST-L-AT-UMDD.UMD.EDU]On Behalf Of
>Donna L. Rowe
>Sent: October 24, 1999 12:00 PM
>To: WMST-L-AT-UMDD.UMD.EDU
>Subject: NWSA Panel on Writing in Exhile
>
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>    I would like to submit a proposal for a session at the NWSA
>conference (June 14-18 in Boston) on women writing in exhile, from
>marginalized locations, or from positions of survival due to war or
>trauma.  My interests are in the areas of women's autobiography and
>personal narratives, particularly perspectives of women in prison,
>battered women, and trauma survivors.
>    I'm looking for people who might be interested in participating.
>Some possible topics could include the expansion of the
>prison-industrial complex in the US, immigration issues, feminist
>survival narratives, the literature that grows out of race and class
>marginalization, feminist jursiprudence, social justice and/or cultural
>changes connected to any of the above.
>    Folks involved in global struggles for human rights and peace,
>public policy reform, social services/social justice, literary
>analysis,
>anthropology, sociology, critical race theory, and criminal
>justice/feminist jurisprudence are encouraged to consider joining me.
>
>If you're interested, please e-mail me directly at  dr70-AT-umail.umd.edu
>by November 3, 1999.
>
>Donna Rowe
>University of Maryland College Park
>American Studies/Women's Studies
>2125 Taliaferro Hall
>College Park, MD  20742
>301-405-7621 (o)
>310-314-9453 (f)
>dr70-AT-umail.umd.edu