In conjunction with a larger project on the history of women’s letters from the 12th to the 21st centuries, I hope to propose at least one session at the forthcoming biennial meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, to be held at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2-5 February 2011. Papers can address any aspect of women’s letters, letter-writing practice, or engagement with epistolarity, between (approximately) 1000 and 1400 CE.

Paper proposals in the form of abstracts of no more than 200 words, and any further enquiries, should be submitted to Kathleen Neal (kathleen.neal@arts.monash.edu.au) by 15 August 2010. Please also describe in no more than 3 keywords, the central thematic issues of your paper.

Further information about the conference is available at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/mems/anzamems/index.html

Please feel free to circulate this call to your friends and colleagues who may be interested.