Thank you,
BWWC 2012 Conference Committee
Prof. Jill Heydt-Stevenson (director), Kelli T. Jasper (co-chair), Kirstyn Leuner (co-chair)

In 2012, the 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference (BWWC) will commemorate its 20th anniversary in Boulder, Colorado, by focusing on the theme of “Landmarks.” Rich in both physical and metaphorical significance, landmarks form loci by which we organize history and chart the development of individuals, nations, and cultures. We therefore invite papers that explore how women writers and their texts engage with an ever-changing geography that is both material and abstract. These conference papers should address the people, places, events, and texts that have made their marks on history, and/or the processes and implications of marking, mapping, reading, preserving, overwriting, or erasing. Likewise, we wish to investigate land as space and place, acts and effects of landing or arriving, marks of land upon people and cultures, geographical and imaginative landscapes, liminal no-(wo)man’s-lands, and the state of being landed (or not) with property.

Please send a 500-word abstract to bwwc2012@colorado.edu by January 15, 2012. Papers should address the conference theme and apply it to 18th-century, Romantic, or Victorian texts. See the conference website for more details: www.bwwc2012.com.

Coordinating a Special Session:
If you wish to coordinate a special session relating to the theme of “Landmarks,” please submit a 200-word proposal that describes and provides rationale for your proposed session topic. The Conference Committee will review your proposal and notify you if your session has been approved. We will post approved special sessions under the CFP on the conference website.

Applying to Participate in a Special Session:
In December, we will post a list of approved special sessions on our website under the CFP. Those wishing to apply to a special session (please apply to only one) should submit two copies of the abstract: one to the session organizer and one to bwwc2012@colorado.edu. On your abstract you must clearly state to which special session you have applied. Those abstracts not accepted to the special session will be returned to the general submission pool for consideration in other panels.
By Jan. 15: Submit 2 copies of your proposal, one to special session organizers and one to the Conference Committee.
By Feb. 15: Special session organizers will notify the Conference Committee about their decisions. Send to: bwwc2012@colorado.edu.
By March 15: We will notify all applicants of acceptance or rejection.

Possible topics include: