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It was great seeing so many of you in Philadelphia at the SSAWW conference.  During the networking lunch, it was suggested that I send a reminder for those interested in attending the spring Southern California SSAWW meeting (and, of course, people outside of Southern CA are welcome).  The date is Sunday 7 March 2010 from 12 noon to 3:30 PM at UC San Diego.  Interested parties are encouraged to contact scssaww@ucsd.edu with any insight on when our future meetings should be held, generally (e.g., some people have suggested Saturdays would be better).

The reading is Leonora Sansay’s Secret History, or the Horrors of St. Domingo (1808; published by Broadview Press, ed. Michael J. Drexler).  A couple of secondary texts may also be added, and we'll be in touch about RSVPs, directions, etc.

Thanks so much for supporting regional groups such as ours.

Best,
Lisa M. Thomas
SCSSAWW
Corresponding Secretary

Southern California Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SCSSAWW)

The Southern California Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SCSSAWW) is a collegial, non-hierarchical study group, affiliated with SSAWW (Society for the study of American Women Writers). Ou r primary meeting format is focused, moderated discussions of research topics related to the study of texts written by American women in the nineteenth century.  We welcome all who are interested.

Contact Information:

For more information or to join our mailing list, please email us at scssaww@ucsd.edu.

Denise MacNeil, University of Redlands
Nancy Sheley, California State University, Long Beach
Lisa Thomas, University of California, San Diego
Nicole Tonkovich, University of California, San Diego

Pacific Northwest

The next meeting of the Pacific Northwest SSAWW Study Group will take place on April 24, 2010 at Washington State University. The topic is “Anthologies and Critical Editions.” For more information, contact Donna Campbell <campbelld@wsu.edu> or Lydia Fisher <lfisher@ups.edu> or go to http://ssawwnw.wordpress.com/.

Texas

The next meeting of the Texas Regional SSAWW Study Group will be February 20, 2010 at University of Texas Austin, hosted by Gretchen Murphy. The common reading will be: Leonora Sansay’s Secret History; or, The Horrors of St. Domingo and Laura (Broadview Press).

Please RSVP to gretchen@mail.utexas.edu by January 29th to confirm your participation.

Complete information about location, directions, hotel, and parking is available at: http://txssaww.wordpress.com/

We welcome any interested individuals, particularly those from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, or surrounding areas. If you have any questions about the study group, or would like to be added to our mailing list, contact: dhenderson@uta.edu.

Washington, D. C.

The D.C.-Area Study Group held two meetings in '08-'09, one at the Library of Congress focused on researching lesser-known women writers, and one on U Street, which included a walking tour of the neighborhood and a discussion of Angelina Weld Grimke’s play Rachel. We're looking forward to catching up with each other at the regional networking lunch at the SSAWW conference in Philadelphia this fall, and plan to join the East Coast Study Group for a discussion of Chinese American women writers in Spring '10. For further information and/or to join our email list, write <csaunde1@gmu.edu>, or look for Cathy Saunders, Lisa Koch, or Jessie Matthews at the SSAWW conference.

Northeast

19th-Century American Women Writers Study Group
Professor Joyce W. Warren
Department of English
Queens College
Flushing, NY 11367
joyce_warren@qc.edu

United Kingdom

19th-Century American Women Writers Research Group
R. J. (Dick) Ellis

Department of American and Canadian Studies
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom

r.j.ellis@bham.ac.uk

 

Address e-mail to Donna Campbell, campbelld at wsu dot edu .