In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s corpus, “The Yellow Wall-Paper” may only be the most obvious example of the relays between visual surfaces, politics, d�cor, and words. From visual surfaces very clearly detailed (the titular object in “The Rocking-Chair,” for instance) to visual information left rather hazy (certain architectural details of Herland), Gilman used her ekphrastic powers creatively and to various literary and political effects.

 

Papers are invited on any aspect of these connections, especially those that extend the analysis of visual details in Gilman’s work beyond “The Yellow Wall-Paper.”  Submit abstracts of one page or so, and a c.v., by December 1 to Peter Betjemann at peter.betjemann@oregonstate.edu.  Presenters who are not already members of the Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society will need to join prior to the conference.

Teaching Gilman: Current Contexts

This panel will include several shorter papers and provide a forum for discussion of materials and methods.  Contexts may include but are not limited to: Aesthetic Theory, American Philosophy/Pragmatism, History, Realism/Naturalism, Theology/Religion, trans-Atlantic modernism and culture.  Papers considering Gilman’s nonfiction are encouraged! 

Participants need to be or become members of the Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society.  Please submit proposals for 10-12 minute presentations/papers and 1-pg CV by November 30 to mmamigonian@hw.com.   

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4th Conference for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW)
Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, Oct. 21-24, 2009

 

Charlotte Perkins Gilman in Dialogue

We invite submissions that explore the intersections and continuities of Gilman’s work with that of other women authors writing within different national, cultural, or social contexts.  Papers can address the explicit or implicit dialogues between Gilman’s work and that of other women writers from other nations, or scrutinize similar agendas or comparable discursive gestures in the work of women writers belonging to different ethnic communities within the U.S. 

If interested, please submit a one-page abstract with a one-page C.V. to Mariela Méndez at mendezmariela@hotmail.com by October 31, 2008. Participants need to be or become members of the Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society.