The 33rd Annual 18th- and 19th-Century
British Women Writers Conference
BWWC
2025
Transformations
DATES /
May 15-17, 2025
LOCATION /
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
HOSTS /
South Dakota State University
University of South Dakota
Keynote Speakers
Lisa Hager
Dr. Hager is an Associate Professor of English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Waukesha. Their current book project focuses on the intersection of trans and Victorian studies, and they have published articles on Victorian sexology, the New Woman, aestheticism and decadence, steampunk, digital humanities, and trans and queer studies. Dr. Hager serves as an editor for Prose Studies: History, Theory, Criticism.
Megan Peiser
Dr. Peiser is an enrolled citizen of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She’s Associate Professor of English at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Her work is centered on telling stories of historically and currently marginalized women using archival research, oral history, and lived traditions. Her monograph, The Review Periodical and British Women Novelists, 1790–1820, and accompanying database are forthcoming from Johns Hopkins University Press, and she is the comanager with Emily Spunaugle of the Marguerite Hicks Project. Peiser’s recent work on Indigenous perspectives in/of the eighteenth century can be found in Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Eighteenth-Century Theory and Interpretation, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. Peiser is active in the Indigenous food sovereignty movement and serves the intertribal community of Metro-Detroit as cochair of Oakland University’s Native American Advisory Committee. She lives and works on the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Anishinaabe peoples in what is currently called Detroit, Michigan.
Kerry Sinanan
Dr. Sinanan is an Assistant Professor in Global Pre-1800 Literature and Culture at the University of Winnipeg. Her work focuses on the Black Atlantic, Caribbean slavery and race, and Black resistance and abolition within a global context and up to the present time. She is completing a monograph entitled Myths of Mastery: Traders, Planters and Colonial Agents, 1750–1834 and editing a new edition of The History of Mary Prince (1831) for Broadview Press.
Venue
Hilton Garden Inn
Sioux Falls Downtown
All conference events will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Sioux Falls Downtown. The hotel is located on the banks of the Big Sioux River in the heart of downtown Sioux Falls, which lies midway between our two campuses. We have reserved a room block with a discounted rate for attendees at the hotel; please see information regarding accommodations and hotel reservations below.
Registration
Conference attendees must register for the conference and must have paid their annual BWWA membership fees.
Registration, Banquet, and BWWA Membership Fees
Early bird registration fee (by April 16, 2025)
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Full-time tenure-track faculty: $200
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All others (including graduate student, independent scholar, part- and full-time adjunct faculty): $100
Standard registration fee (after April 16, 2025)
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Full-time tenure-track faculty: $275
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All others (including graduate student, independent scholar, part- and full-time adjunct faculty): $150
Banquet fee (must pay by April 30 to attend)
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Full-time tenure-track faculty: $35
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All others (including graduate student, independent scholar, part- and full-time adjunct faculty): $20
BWWA membership fee:
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Full-time tenure-track faculty: $35
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All others (including graduate student, independent scholar, part- and full-time adjunct faculty): $15
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How to Register and Pay Conference Fees
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There are three steps to the registration and payment process. To successfully register for the conference, please be sure to complete all three steps using the links provided below.
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Complete the BWWC 2025 registration questionnaire.
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Submit registration and banquet fees via the SDSU BWWC registration payment page.
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Submit annual membership fee via the BWWA membership fee payment page.
Access to Events for South Dakota Community Members, Educators, and Students
Keynote addresses are open to members of the surrounding community at no charge as space allows. One-day conference passes are available at no charge to South Dakota educators, undergraduate students, and graduate students who are not presenting at the conference (one pass per person; includes keynote, paper sessions, and special session). To reserve a seat for any of the keynote addresses or to reserve a one-day pass, please contact the BWWC organizers.
Accommodations
Conference Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Sioux Falls
A room block for conference attendees with a discounted rate of $179 per night is available at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Sioux Falls, the venue at which all conference events will be held. To take advantage of this rate, please reserve your room by April 16, 2025, using the link below. For assistance with their reservation, attendees may also call the hotel's personal reservation line at 605-444-4704.
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Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Sioux Falls, the hotel is just a few minutes from the Sioux Falls Regional Airport and a short walking distance from a wide variety of restaurants and shops. The hotel offers complimentary covered parking and a complimentary airport shuttle.
Navigating the Reservation Link
Upon clicking on the hotel reservation link below, follow these steps to navigate the reservation site successfully:
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On the "2025 BWWC Conference for SDSU” page, click on the “Visit the booking page” link in the blue box under “Rooms & Rates.”
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In the gray banner at the top of the next page, choose the number of nights you intend to stay, edit the number of rooms and guests if necessary, and click the “Update” button to the right.
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Scroll down in the calendar below the gray banner and click on the box associated with the date range of your stay.
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On the new page that opens, confirm that the dates of your stay at the top of the page are correct. If they are not, note that you will need to go back to the previous page to edit them. If the dates are correct, scroll down to select the type of room you would like for your stay. You will then be taken to the "Payment and Guest Details" page to finalize your reservation.
Your Visit
The Hilton Garden Inn Sioux Falls Downtown, the site of all conference events, is located just a three miles from the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (Joe Foss Field; FSD). Lyft, Uber, and a variety of taxi services are available for traveling to and from the airport. The conference hotel operates an airport shuttle, offers complimentary covered on-site parking, and is located within walking distance of dozens of shops, restaurants, and attractions, including Falls Park. Attendees may reserve accomodations at our discounted conference rate at the Hilton Garden Inn. Coming soon: Our recommendations for lunch, dinner, coffee, treats, shopping, and site-seeing!
Falls Park
About Us
Organizing Committee
Jessica Berg, South Dakota State University
​Katherine Malone, South Dakota State University
​Lisa Ann Robertson, University of South Dakota
​Taya Sazama, University of South Dakota
​Sharon Smith, South Dakota State University
Contact Us
Our Sponsors
South Dakota Humanities Council
South Dakota State University Office of Academic Affairs
South Dakota State University College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
South Dakota State University Griffith Foundation Awards
South Dakota State University School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
University of South Dakota Office of Academic Affairs​
University of South Dakota College of Arts and Sciences
University of South Dakota Department of English
Terrace Park Japanese Gardens
