CFP - The Life and Work of Jane Webb Loudon

Women & Science in the Nineteenth-Century: Science Fiction and Science Education

Leeds Trinity University College 27th-28th June 2011

Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858) is a neglected figure of interest to a range of research areas including women’s professional writing, the promotion of science and women’s education and speculative fiction. She is best known for The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century (1827) and Gardening for Ladies (1840). The conference intends to explore the life, work and example of Jane Webb Loudon in the context of women and science in the nineteenth century. It therefore seeks papers from various disciplinary perspectives on fictional and non-fictional contributions by women to the formation of popular scientific awareness during the nineteenth century.

We welcome proposals for contributions on the following topics:
 Women’s Science Fiction Victorian Science Fiction Women & Scientific Research
Popular Science Jane Webb Loudon’s Circle Women’s Magazines Visualising Social Change Botany and Horticulture Children’s EducationWomen’s positions and voices within late Victorian science fiction 1850-1910 Nineteenth-century speculative writing Science & Social Reform Scientific Writing & the Periodical Press Class & Entry to the Professions Women’s Education and Science in Popular Fiction Women’s Gardening Vivisection Represented in Women’s Writing Gender debates in Science Fiction

Keynote speakers, Matthew Beaumont, Alan Rauch, Andy Sawyer, Ann B. Shteir