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.

First call for papers, please send 500 word abstracts to arpfmail@yahoo.co.uk by August 1st 2010. For further details visit www.arpf.org.uk