Other Voice series 2016 publications

The Other Voice series is happy to announce its first six 2016 publications. 1/ Jeanne D’Albret, Letters from the Queen of Navarre with an Ample Declaration. Edited and translated by Kathleen M. Llewellyn, Emily E. Thompson, and Colette H. Winn. 2016. Vol. 43. 978-0-86698-545-1; 116 pp.; softcover $31.95. 2/Bathsua Makin and Mary More with a reply to More by Robert Whitehall, Educating English Daughters: Late Seventeenth-Century Debates. Edited by Frances Teague and Margaret J. M. Ezell. Associate Editor Jessica Walker. 2016. Vol. 44. 978-0-86698-546-8; 201 pp.; softcover $34.95. 3/Anna Stanisławska, Orphan Girl: A Transaction, or an Account of the Entire…
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DEADLINE FOR SSEMW AWARDS EXTENDED

DEADLINE *EXTENDED* Deadline for Awards Nominations Extended! The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women seeks nominations for awards for scholarly work published/completed in the previous year. Any work on women and gender in the early modern period (ca. 1450-1750) is eligible. Awards Categories: • Book Award • Essay or Article Award • Josephine Roberts Award for a Scholarly Edition • Scholarly Edition in Translation Award • Teaching Edition Award • Graduate Student Conference Presentation Award • Collaborative Project Award (Edited Collections of Essays, etc.) • Digital Scholarship, New Media, & Art Award (Web-based projects, exhibitions, concerts, productions of…
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Call for Papers! The Afterlives of Eve

The Afterlives of Eve 9-11 September 2016 at Newcastle University and Durham University Keynotes: Sandra M. Gilbert (UC Davis), Wendy Furman-Adams (Whittier), John Bothwell (Durham) From Genesis to mitochondrial Eve, the idea of a single common foremother has occupied a crucial space in the Western cultural imaginary. Eve, whether as bringer of sin, as life-giver, as burden, curse or saviour, functions as a commentary on maternity, sexuality, creativity and power. This cross-period and interdisciplinary conference will be an opportunity to explore the impact of her varied representations through the centuries and across different genres and media. How has this archetypal…
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