CF one P on women's illness in Literature

[Sibelan Forrester]

Dear SEELANGovci,

Passing along a query from colleagues who seek a third participant for a
panel at the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (March 25-27 in
Richmond, VA); they would like very much to add disciplinary breadth
through a paper that approaches the title, "Illness as Women's Refuge,"
from the perspective of literary study.

The sostav so far includes:

"Illness as Women's Refuge."
Chair:  Julie Brown (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of NC at Greensboro)
Papers:
Sally Boniece (Frostburg State University), on (terrorist) Mariia
Spiridonova and the martydom of illness, 1906-30;
Michelle DenBeste-Barnett (Arkansas Tech University), on (Dr.) Varvara
Kashevarova-Rudneva's use of illness as refuge while building her career.

I should note that like many of the regional Slavics conferences, SCSS is a
less pressured event than the national conferences; the panels are less
crowded, tend to have more time for substantive discussion, and offer
friendly venues for graduate students or anyone presenting new work for
which useful comments would be especialy helpful.  Participants need not
live in the South in order to take part (though obviously you'd join SCSS,
register for the conference, etc.) -- they understand why people from
other, chillier parts would want to visit by late March.

If you have any questions please contact Sally Boniece at
<S_Boniece at fre.fsu.umd.edu>!

Respectfully submitted,

Sibelan Forrester
Swarthmore College