Fwd: CFP Women and Science in the 19thC: Science Fiction and Science Education

[Lisa Hager]

FYI . . .

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Subject:	CFP Women and Science in the 19thC: Science Fiction and Science Education
Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:12:18 -0600
From:	Horrocks, Clare <C.L.Ho...@LJMU.AC.UK>
Reply-To:	VICTORIA 19th-Century British Culture & Society <VICT...@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
To:	VICT...@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU <VICT...@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>

Given the recent fascinating discussions on women and science, I thought that this CFP would be of interest to members.
 
Dr. Clare Horrocks
Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication 
(LJMU Early Career Researcher Fellow 2010-2011)
Office 105B Dean Walters Building 
Liverpool John Moores University 
St James Road 
Liverpool L1 7BR 
Tel: 0151 231 5035 
 
**with apologies for cross-posting**
 

Women & Science in the Nineteenth-Century: Science Fiction and Science Education

The Life and Work of Jane Webb Loudon

Leeds Trinity University College 27th-28th June 2011

Call for Papers

Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858) is a neglected figure of interest to a range of research areas including women's professional writing, the promotion of science and women's education and speculative fiction.  She is best known for The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century (1827) and Gardening for Ladies (1840). The conference intends to explore the life, work and example of Jane Webb Loudon in the context of women and science in the nineteenth century.  It therefore seeks papers from various disciplinary perspectives on fictional and non-fictional contributions by women to the formation of popular scientific awareness during the nineteenth century.

Keynote speakers Alan Rauch, Andy Sawyer, Ann B. Shteir

We welcome proposals for contributions on the following topics:

 

Women's Science Fiction         

Victorian Science Fiction          

Women & Scientific Research

Popular Science                        

Jane Webb Loudon's Circle     

Women's Magazines

Visualising Social Change          

Botany and Horticulture            

Children's Education

Women's positions and voices within late Victorian science fiction 1850-1910

Nineteenth-century speculative writing                           

Science & Social Reform

Scientific Writing & the Periodical Press                                    

Class & Entry to the Professions

Women's Education and Science in Popular Fiction                   

Women's Gardening     

Vivisection Represented in Women's Writing    

Gender debates in Science Fiction

 

Please send 500 word abstracts to arpf...@yahoo.co.uk with the subject line Women and Science in the Nineteenth Century by December 15th 2010    

Further details available at www.arpf.org.uk <http://www.arpf.org.uk/>       

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[Helen Hester-Ossa]

Hi to all of you in the Washington, DC, area:

Just wanted to let you know about the (free) talk to be given by S.J. Chambers (co-author with Jeff VanderMeer of "The Steampunk Bible") at the Library of Congress at noon on Tuesday, May 31:

The LCPA What IF . . . Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum presents:

Edgar Allan Poe:
Science Fiction’s Founding Father

S.J. Chambers
co-author of The Steampunk Bible

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Noon

Library of Congress, Copyright Hearing Room, LM-408
Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave SE,
Washington, DC 20559

Ms. Chamber’s presentation will be followed by a book sale and signing


Hope some of you can come.

Helen Hester-Ossa
Lead Coordinator
Library of Congress What If . . . Science Fiction & Fantasy Forum
202-707-6809 for more information