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We have had requests to extend the deadline, so you (and all your friends and colleagues!) now have until January 1st<\/b> to submit an abstract to the Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers Conference April 4-6, 2013 in Albuquerque, NM<\/i>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bwwc-300x86.jpg\")
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The English department at the University of New Mexico is pleased to host the 2013 British Women Writers Conference. The conference will be April 4-6, 2013 at the Hyatt in downtown Albuquerque, NM. The conference theme is \u201c<\/span>Customs<\/b>,\u201d and we look forward to a wide range of unique presentations on the topic. In fact, we have several potential publication opportunities for those who present at the conference! In addition, we are excited that our brilliant lineup of speakers includes:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Keynote Speakers<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Devoney Looser and Pamela Gilbert<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Plenary Panel<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
Diane Long Hoeveler, Kathy Psomiades, Linda Troost<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Customs are often thought of as the habits or social norms that dictate behavior, sometimes so rigidly that they appear to be laws. Conversely, though, \u201ccustom\u201d can refer to a product or service tailored to the \u201ccustomer\u2019s\u201d individual specifications, or the taxes or duties on imports\/exports, the governmental department charged with implementing such fees, or the place in which all items entering a country from foreign parts are examined for contraband. Regardless of its particular connotation, \u201ccustom\u201d denotes a sense of rigidity, restriction, or control; it is these forms of social, economic, and\/or personal limitations that we wish to explore with this year\u2019s conference. Prospective panelists are encouraged to think of \u201ccustoms\u201d broadly as the term might apply to British and Transatlantic women writers and their often-underrepresented contributions to literary studies. Potential topics related to this theme might include but are not limited to the following themes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British women\u2019s writing:<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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- Habits, practices, and routines<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fashions and manners<\/span><\/li>\n
- Rituals and ceremonies (religious, political, social, and cultural)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Trade issues in the local and\/or global economy<\/span><\/li>\n
- Business and mercantile transactions and expansion<\/span><\/li>\n
- Trade and exchange (economic, cultural, philosophical, or trade in knowledge and ideas)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Issues of circulation (monetary as well as other goods and services in the social, political, global, or domestic spheres)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Debt and credit<\/span><\/li>\n
- Traditions and conventions (how they are established as well as how they are upheld or subverted, modified, or re-imagined)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Customers and patronage<\/span><\/li>\n
- Taxation, duties, and tributes<\/span><\/li>\n
- Law and legal systems<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Please send abstracts of 250 words for individual paper presentations by <\/span>January 1, 2013<\/b> to <\/span>BWWC2013@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n - Fashions and manners<\/span><\/li>\n