BBWW Activities
Practical info-International Conference: Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins: the Politics of Self-Reflexivity
Registration is now open!
Practical info-'The Lineage of Madness in Caribbean Literature'
Inaugural lecture of the Lorand Chair in Intermediality Studies Bénédicte Ledent
Practical info-Panel: Form and Innovation in Black British Writing @ Conference 'In The Shadow of Empire'
The Eleventh International Conference of the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies (CCDS) at Goldsmiths (University of London) will take place in the London Metropolitan Archives from 22 to 23 September 2023.
Practical info-Q&A: Prof. Eva Ulrike Pirker (HHU Düsseldorf)
On Friday 28/04, we invite you to a Meet & Greet with Dr. Eva Ulrike Pirker (Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf).
Practical info-'Writing Back' with Laura Fish - Writer in Residence @ CLIC
Dr Elizabeth Jane Fish joins CLIC for the WeKONEKT-week in March 2023, a week dedicated to reconnecting the university campus with the vibrant city centre.
Practical info-Experimental Narratives @ Common Threads Conference (2022)
The international conference 'Common Threads: Black and Asian British Women’s Writing' will take place at the University of Brighton in 2022
Confirmed keynote speakers are Bernardine Evaristo, Sharon Duggal and Louisa Uchum Egbunike.
Practical info-Diana Evans @ Passa Porta
In April 2022, author Diana Evans is coming to Brussels for a writing residency at Passa Porta: International House of Literature. During her residency, she will work on a collection of essays and a new novel set in London during the incipit of Brexit times.
Practical info-Guest Lecture: “Jackie Kay's Intermedial Poetics – Disjunctive Connectivity and Plural Identities”
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Birgit Neumann (Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf)
Practical info-Experimentation and Innovation in Black British Women's Writing (Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature)
We are welcoming submissions for a Special Issue of Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature on experimentation and innovation in contemporary Black British Women’s Writing (eds. Elisabeth Bekers, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett and Helen Cousins).
BBWW News
In Memoriam Dr. Laura Fish (6 Jan. 1964 - 4 Oct. 2024)
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of beloved colleague and exceptional author Laura Fish at the age of 60. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to her family and friends.
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CFP International Conference 'Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins: the Politics of Self-Reflexivity'
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Nicola Abram (University of Reading, UK); Suzanne Scafe (University of Brighton, UK), Josh Toth (Macewan University, CA) // 24-26 April 2024
