Subject: Re: FW: NWSA Panel on Writing in Exhile
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:04:40 -0500



thanks Caitlin - some calls are more appropriate than others and this seems
to be fine.

r

At 7:12 PM -0500 10/31/99, Caitlin Fisher wrote:
>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



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