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BWWA: 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Association

BWWA Annual Conference


The BWWA sponsors an annual conference each spring to provide a forum to discuss women’s writing. If your institution is interested in hosting a conference, please contact the BWWA for more information.

Next Conference: University of Iowa 2009

The 17th Annual BWWA Conference, “Fresh Threads of Connection,” will be hosted by the University of Iowa on April 2–5, 2009, in Iowa City, Iowa. The Call for Papers has been issued, and the deadline for receiving abstracts and panel proposals will be October 1, 2008.

For more information, visit the conference website at www.uiowa.edu/~englgrad/bwwc.

Past Conferences


  Year Host Institution Co-Chairs & Faculty Advisors Keynote Speakers
17th 2009 University of Iowa (forthcoming) Laura Capp
Bridget Draxler
Lynne Nugent
Anna Stenson
LeDon Sweeney
Florence Boos (advisor)
Teresa Mangum (advisor)
Judith Pascoe (advisor)
TBA
16th 2008 Indiana University Robin Anglin
John Han
Abigail Mann
Annika Mann
Miranda Yaggi
Susan Gubar (advisor)
Deidre Lynch (advisor)
Mary Favret (advisor)
Dror Wharman (advisor)
Helen Deutsch
Susan Fraiman
Claudia Johnson
Richard Menke
15th 2007 University of Kentucky Hannah Freeman
Stacey Floyd
Katherine Osborne
Melissa Purdue
Christopher Reese
Ellen Bayuk Rosenman (advisor)
Ann Ardis
Teresa Mangum
Sally Mitchell
Deborah Epstein Nord
Ellen Bayuk Rosenman
Laura Rosenthal
14th 2006 University of Florida Sarah Bleakney
Carrie Bolte
Ariel Gunn
Lisa Hager
Leeann Hunter
Cathlena Martin
Amy Robinson
Pamela K. Gilbert (advisor)
Judith W. Page (advisor)
Talia Schaffer
Carolyn Steedman
Lynne Vallone
13th 2005 University of Louisiana–Lafayette Amy Clary
Stephanine Clouatre-Davis
Kate Lane
Shelley Martin
Kevin Moberly
James Reitter
Christine Devine (advisor)
Jenny Geer (advisor)
Catherine Burroughs
Linda K. Hughes
Susan Staves
12th 2004 University of Georgia Heather Akers
Anita DeRouen
Casie LeGette
Monica Smith
Elizabeth Way
Roxanne Eberle (advisor)
Tricia Lootens (advisor)
Susan Gubar
Yopie Prins
Susan Wolfson
11th 2003 Texas Christian University Melissa R. Blackman
Jacquelyn Saunders
Christina Shaner
Linda K. Hughes (advisor)
Laura Brown
Tricia Lootens
Marjorie Stone
10th 2002 University of Wisconsin–Madison Elizabeth Evans
Jennifer Griffith
Elizabeth C. Miller
Hilary Teynor
Sharon Twigg
Susan Bernstein (advisor)
Theresa M. Kelley (advisor)
Gillian Beer
Tilottama Rajan
Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace
9th 2001 University of Kansas Troy J. Bassett
Amy Cummins
Deborah K. Pye
Dorice Williams Elliott (advisor)
Donna Landry
Susan Lanser
Judith Walkowitz
8th 1999 University of New Mexico Kristen Hague
Martha Ninneman
Scott Rode
Mary Rooks
Gail Turley Houston (advisor)
Anne K. Mellor
Mary Poovey
Jane Spencer
7th 1998 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Marya DeVoto
Elizabeth A. Dolan
Michelle Mouton
Julie Straight
Jeanne Moskal (advisor)
Isobel Armstrong
Nancy Armstrong
Stuart Curran
6th 1997 University of California–Davis Jacqueline Dellorusso
Kari Lokke (advisor)
Catherine Gallagher
Helena Michie
5th 1996 University of South Carolina Becky Lewis
Mary Sidney Watson
Paula Feldman (advisor)
Gary Kelly
Donna Landry
Elizabeth Langland
4th 1995 University of Notre Dame Donelle R. Ruwe
Margaret Stein
Greg Kucich (advisor)
Anne K. Mellor
Felicity Nussbaum
Sally Shuttleworth
3rd 1994 Michigan State University Andrea Kaltany
Mildred Jackson
Allison Booth
Ruth Perry
2nd 1993 University of Washington Christine Chaney
Wingate Packard
Dana Schiller
Margaret Homans
Deborah Payne
1st 1992 University of Oregon Cindy LaCom
Pamela Corpron Parker
Dianne Dugaw
Ruth Jenkins