What is Welsh Writing in English? The Scope of the Discipline
Friday 10 - Sunday 12 May 2024
Hybrid Conference – in person at Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Powys, and simultaneously online
The Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference
of the Association for Welsh Writing in English
Call for Papers
What is the scope of the discipline of Welsh writing in English? What are we working on? What should we be working on?
This broad call for papers asks for submissions which consider, or provide examples of, where and how scholars and creative practitioners are pushing at the boundaries of our approaches to and understandings of Welsh writing in English. Possible areas for consideration may include:
This broad call for papers asks for submissions which consider, or provide examples of, where and how scholars and creative practitioners are pushing at the boundaries of our approaches to and understandings of Welsh writing in English. Possible areas for consideration may include:
- How we understand innovation within the field, and where it is to be found.
- How creative practice is developing the field, particularly in terms of genre and form.
- How areas of scholarship and practice that are on the edges of Welsh writing in English study can be developed.
- Where the limits of the field can and/or should be.
- What theoretical work might be especially valuable in opening up the discussion of Welsh writing in English.
- Authors or groups of authors who have received insufficient scholarly attention to date.
- What innovations the study/practice of Welsh writing in English specifically might open up for literary studies more generally.
- Areas of scholarly or creative neglect within the traditions of Welsh writing in English.
- The relationship between scholarly/creative work in the field and the demands of public policy (e.g. the needs of the new Curriculum for Wales, or the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act).
The conference is open to both critical and creative proposals – and welcomes work which reflects on the field (or part of the field) or which demonstrates, in its own practice, ways of challenging or extending the study of Welsh writing in English.
Proposals may be from individuals (limited to 20 minutes), from pre-formed panels of three papers (90 minutes total) or for a round table discussion (90 minutes).
Proposals of no more than 250 words should be submitted by email to awwe24@awwe.org
Proposals may be from individuals (limited to 20 minutes), from pre-formed panels of three papers (90 minutes total) or for a round table discussion (90 minutes).
Proposals of no more than 250 words should be submitted by email to awwe24@awwe.org
Deadline
29 March 2024
Attendance is in person or via zoom (please indicate when submitting your proposal).
Attendance is in person or via zoom (please indicate when submitting your proposal).
Conference Fees
Full weekend delegate rate: £260
Reduced weekend delegate rate: £150 (student, unwaged and low waged)
One day + single night accommodation: £130 / £80
Zoom access: £10
Reduced weekend delegate rate: £150 (student, unwaged and low waged)
One day + single night accommodation: £130 / £80
Zoom access: £10
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Contact
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