Repost: Reading Practices in British Studies
Hi! Looking for panelists or papers for a panel that would explore reading practices within the field of British Studies across historical periods and disciplinary approaches. This call is interested in work that examines how texts are read, circulated, interpreted, and taught in Britain and its imperial and global contexts. Possible topics include historical reading cultures, marginalia and annotation, institutional or classroom reading practices, digital reading environments, community or public reading, and the role of reading in shaping literary, cultural, and political life. Interdisciplinary approaches drawing from literary studies, history, cultural studies, media studies, book history, and the history of education are especially welcome. My own paper examines women’s reading practices in nineteenth-century colonial India.
I am a PhD candidate in the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and my research is on the intersection of education and reading cultures in India. Please email me at mohanty2@uwm.edu.