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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Aug 8

The latest issue of our Recovery Hub e-newsletter is out! Get updates on our work, our calls for submissions, and the broader world of feminist literary recovery in Issue #4! Subscribe at bit.ly/recovery-hub.... View the issue directly here: mailchi.mp/9c078393d38c... #academicsky

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Aug 6

TODAY! Dr. Meg Smith is panelist #5 for our online panel, "Designing Assignments Using Digital Recovery Projects." She'll discuss how classroom assignments using digital projects get students thinking critically about how technology mediates the humanities. bit.ly/RH-tech-hour... #academicsky

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dr. Marlowe Daly-Galeano is panelist #4 for our online panel, "Designing Assignments Using Digital Recovery Projects." She'll discuss a 4-part editing/transcribing exercise that allows students to see how editorial choices shape a text and effect canon formation. bit.ly/RH-tech-hour... #academicsky

Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Aug 4

Renata Hall, PhDc is speaker #3 for our online panel "Designing Assignments Using Digital Projects!" She'll talk about a body-mapping exercise she does with Black women to create collaged archives that speak back to dominant narratives about sexuality and reproductive justice. bit.ly/RH-tech-hour...

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Aug 1

TWO MORE WEEKS to apply for the grad student Mentorship Match Program from The Society for the Study of American Women Writers. It pairs dissertating grad students working on Amer. women writers with a faculty mentor for the academic year. Learn more and sign up: bit.ly/mentorship-m... #academicsky

Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 31

Dr. Jean Lee Cole is speaker #2 for our online panel on "Designing Assignments Using Digital Projects!" She'll talk on how you can use the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore Archive with students. Learn more and register: recoveryhub.siue.edu/2025/05/14/s... #academicsky

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 30

We just added Sarah Walton to our online panel on "Designing Assignments Using Digital Projects!" She'll talk on how diving into local archives helped her & her students realize the value in doing DH work with texts from their Appalachian locale. recoveryhub.siue.edu/2025/05/14/s... #academicsky

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 24

* And Meg Smith, the Recovery Hub's own Director of Consultation, will discuss classroom assignments using digital projects give students access to texts and scholarship, get them thinking critically about how technology mediates the humanities, and provide models for their own work. (5/5)

Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 24

* Marlowe Daly Galeano, Professor at Lewis-Clark College, will discus an editing and transcribing exercise she does using May Alcott-Nieriker's travel essay "London Bridges." The exercise allows students to assess how editorial choices and practices shape a text and effect canon formation. (4/5)

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 24

* Renata Hall, Education Consultant in Anti-Racist Teaching & Learning, Univ. of British Columbia-Vancouver, will detail a body-mapping exercise she does with Black women to help them create collaged archives that speak back to dominant narratives about their sexuality & reproductive justice (3/5)

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 24

Panelists include:
*Jean Lee Cole, Professor Emerita of Loyola University-Maryland, will discuss her work spearheading the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore, while suggesting ways educators can use this vibrant 19th-century archive with students. (2/5)

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 24

As you prep fall classes, help disrupt the literary canon by teaching neglected women & LGBTQ+ writers. Join the Recovery Hub for our FREE Zoom panel, "Designing Assignments Using Digital Projects." Wed., Aug. 6, noon - 1 p.m. CDT. Register: recoveryhub.siue.edu/.../14/summe... #academicsky (1/5)

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 21

In 2022, we received an NEH grant to advance our mission to amplify and assist scholars working to digitally recover neglected texts by women writers of the Americas. What did we do with it? A lot! Read all about the Recovery Hub's work in our NEW white paper: recoveryhub.siue.edu/wp-content/u...

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 18

Have you been working with an author whose Gothic horror texts have been unjustly neglected? American Gothic Studies Journal welcomes submissions of neglected Am. Gothic texts (<12K words) for its "Exhumations" section.
Learn more: www.psupress.org/journals/jnl... #academicsky #americangothic

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Society for the Study of American Women Writers Graduate Student Caucus is calling for participants for their Mentorship Match Program. It pairs dissertating grad students with a faculty mentor for the 2025-2026 academic year. Learn more and sign up: bit.ly/SSAWW-mentor... #academicsky

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 10

Learn more about and register for the SSAWW conference here: studyamericanwomenwriters.org/events/2025-...

2025 SSAWW Conference

Latest updates: Conference Registration - NOW OPEN Conference Presenters - Become a SSAWW Member by July 15th, 2025 Conference Program - Draft Updated

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 10

Want hands-on help building your own digital recovery project? Join Recovery Hub's Jessica DeSpain and Sydney Lines from The Winnifred Eaton Archive on Thurs., Nov. 6 for a two-session workshop on the basics of digital editing at the SSAWW conference. Learn more and register: bit.ly/RH-WEA-works...

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 8

DEADLINE EXTENDED for the SSAWW Recovery Hub Digital Edition Prize. The prize recognizes an excellent digital edition recovering the work of American women writers, launched publicly online during the last 5 years (Jan. 2020-Jan. 2025). Submit by August 30, 2025. #academicsky
bit.ly/SSAWW-RH-dig...

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 7

THIS WEDNESDAY, July 9th, join us for our next free Zoom "Tech Hour" workshop on "Project Management for Digital Humanities Projects," led by Recovery Hub Cultivation Coordinator Emily Rau. Register to get the Zoom link: recoveryhub.siue.edu/.../14/summe...

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Recovery Hub is excited to announce that Dr. Jeannette Schollaert and Ph.D. candidate Fallon Murphy have joined our staff as Showcase Editors, handling our peer review processes for showcase projects and our online resource library. Interested in volunteering? Email us at [email protected].

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jun 24

Join us at noon on July 9 for our next free Zoom "Tech Hour" on "Project Management for Digital Humanities Projects." This session will provide strategies and resources for managing your digital humanities projects. #academicsky #digitalhumanities

Register here: recoveryhub.siue.edu/2025/05/14/s...

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jun 19

In honor of Juneteenth, check out the Teaching Hard History podcast from Learning for Justice, to "commit to teaching the hard history that is foundational to the US and the ongoing movement for freedom and equality." Includes episodes centered on film and literature. lfj.pub/hard-history...

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jun 17

-Do I have to have any particular skills?
Just curiosity and a willingness to try new things!

-What if I'm only starting to think about a project?
We'd be happy to help you brainstorm and flesh out your ideas!

Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jun 17

FAQs:

-Do I have to be an academic?
Nope! We welcome with practitioners of all kinds.

-Does my project have to be a novel?
Definitely not. Women's writing comes in many forms: letters, recipes, essays, diaries, and more. (2/3)

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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jun 17

Did you know that the Recovery Hub offers free consultations on digital recovery projects? We're here to help you work through questions at any stage of your project, from early imaginings to the final product. #academicsky

Book a chat with a digital humanist!
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