The underrepresentation of women in cultural historiography has challenged a number of feminist responses in the form of supplementary female canons since the 1970s. Women Writers in History takes this task a step further, and investigates historical sources until 1930 to find out whether female authors were read in the past. Evidence of readership, translations and commentary is contained in the digital repository NEWW Women Writers, which serves as a collaborative research tool for the working group. The group also pursues methods of incorporating this new knowledge at the different levels of education. Further concerns consist in finding openings for outreach and for funded, future research projects.
The NEWW VRE: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/womenwriters
After a period of closure for updates, the NEWW VRE is now open again. Password holders can edit records and enter new information, and are invited to do so. Other visitors can consult the data, or request a password by sending a message to Suzan van Dijk (suzan.van.dijk@huygens.knaw.nl).
Other questions can be addressed to:
Amelia Sanz (amsanz@ucm.es), Katja Mihurko-Poniž (katja.mihurko.poniz@ung.si) and Marie Nedregotten Sørbø (mns@hivolda.no) (Chairs of the WWIH Board).
Women Writers in History Working Group DARIAH Annual Event 2019
Warsaw, May 2019
Women Writers in History Working Group Meeting Minutes, Warsaw May 2019
Colleagues interested in joining the WWIH WG can contact Dr. Beatrijs Vanacker <beatrijs.vanacker@kuleuven.be>
Amelia Sanz
Professor, Dr. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Responsible for collaboration with national libraries...
Professor, Dr. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Responsible for collaboration with national libraries
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Katja Mihurko Poniž, PhD, is Professor of Slovenian and Comparative Literature at School of Humanities,...
Katja Mihurko Poniž, PhD, is Professor of Slovenian and Comparative Literature at School of Humanities, University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia). Her research interests include early Slovenian women writers, digital humanities, the history of women's movement in Habsburg monarchy, and the cultural transfer between Slovenian and German Literature.
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