The Fourth Biennial International Conference of the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association

(Wo)Man and the Body

11-13 July 2012

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 

The Contemporary Women’s Association and the Postgraduate Contemporary Women’s Writing Network are delighted to announce a competition for two bursaries of £500 to give a paper at Fourth Biennial International Conference of the CWWA at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan on 11-13 July 2012.

The bursaries are funded jointly by the CWWA and PGCWWN and will be awarded to one postgraduate student and one early career researcher (not in full-time employment).

Applicants are required to be a member of the CWWA and are requested to submit the following information by 30 December 2011:

•  An extended abstract of the proposed paper (1000 words)
•  A personal statement detailing applicant’s relevant experience and research interests and the reasons for conference attendance (500 words)
•  An up-to-date C.V.

The competition will be judged by the Executive Committee of the CWWA and the Steering Group of the PGCWWN and the outcome of the competition will be announced by 30 January 2012.

The successful candidate for the postgraduate bursaries will be expected to produce a conference report for the PGCWWN website/newsletter.

Applications and/or further enquiries should be submitted via email to Dr Susan Watkins (S.Watkins@leedsmet.ac.uk) and Dr Helen Davies (H.C.Davies@leedsmet.ac.uk).