We plan to have sessions on publishing culture, theatre, lives and deaths, sociability, visual culture, and radicalism. There will also be a panel on the practice of diarykeeping. We will offer a hands-on session navigating the diary and exploiting its search mechanisms.

The conference will also, in conjunction with the Bodleian Library, host an exhibition of the diary and other key manuscripts from the Godwin-Shelley archive (Abinger Collection). It is also planned to stage the world premiere of Godwin's MS tragedy, St Dunstan (1790)!

Those attending the conference will get access to the diary before its full launch in Autumn 2010 as we hope to improve the resource after feedback from users.

An outline plan of the conference and its different sessions is given here, along with suggested topics (other topics are welcome). Those interested in contributing are asked to indicate the panel which they believe is most appropriate and to provide a brief paragraph outlining their research interest and what they would hope to discuss in their paper (no more than 300 words). This should be sent to the project e-mail address (below) by 1 October 2009.

e-mail: godwin[dot]diary[at]politics[dot]ox[dot]ac[dot]uk