Motherhood in post-1968 European Women’s Writing:
Cross-cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues
Thursday-Saturday 24-26 October 2013
AHRC-funded ‘Motherhood in post-1968 European Literature’ Network
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing, Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies,
Senate House, University of London
Keynote Speakers
Ana Luísa Amaral (Poet/Comparative Literature, Porto)
Christine Battersby (Philosophy, Warwick)
Gayle Letherby (Sociology, Plymouth)
Panels include:
Maternal Subjectivities and Becomings
Epigenetics and New Perspectives of Inheritance
Maternal Taboos and Transgressions
Maternal Temporalities
Pregnancy, Labour and Birth
Motherhood and Death
Motherhood and Disability
Motherhood as Resistance in a Reality of War
Motherhood in Literature, Theatre and the Blogosphere
To view the programme, see here:
To register, please download the registration form (follow the link below), and send to Jane Lewin at the address provided, by Friday 11th October:
Note: the Student rate will also be available to those who are unwaged.
Please direct all queries to the Network Coordinator, Dr. Victoria Browne: victoria.browne@sas.ac.uk.
For further information on the Network: http://www.igrs.sas.ac.uk/research-fellowships/ahrc-post-1968-motherhood-european-literature-network
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing: http://www.igrs.sas.ac.uk/centre-study-contemporary-womens-writing