Guide to the Ewa Plonowska Ziarek papers, 1996-2013

John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Published in 2014

Collection Overview

Title:	Ewa Plonowska Ziarek papers
Date range:	1996-2013
Creator:	Ziarek, Ewa Plonowska, 1961-
Extent:	1.0 linear foot
Abstract:	The Ewa Plonowska Ziarek papers date from 1996-2013 and include drafts of publications and other professional materials relating to Ziarek's work in feminist literary theory and philosophy.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Collection number:	Ms.2014.017

Scope & content

The Ewa Plonowska Ziarek papers contain drafts of publications and other materials related to Ziarek's work in feminist literary theory and philosophy. The collection is comprised mainly of drafts and revisions of essays, conference papers, and book chapters, with a small section of professional and promotional materials.

Series 1 contains drafts and typescripts of Ziarek's essays, conference papers, and other writings. The series ranges in date from 1996-2013 and is arranged chronologically.

Series 2 contains conference programs, lecture posters, correspondence, and other professional papers. The series ranges in date from 2005-2012 and is arranged by subject.

Access Points

Subject Organizations

• Feminist Theory Archive.
• Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women.

Subject Topics

• Comparative literature
• Ethics
• Feminism
• Women authors
• Literary critics

Occupations

• College professors

Document Types

• Fliers (Printed matter)
• Typescripts

Subject Topics

• Race, Ethnicity and Gender

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into the following series:

• Series 1: Writings (1996-2013), arranged chronologically
• Series 2: Professional Papers (2005-2012), arranged by subject

Biographical note

Ewa Plonowska Ziarek is the Julian Park Professor of Comparative Literature at The State University of New York at Buffalo. Her long term research project -- conceived as a sequence of three books -- aims to reassess the contestations and contributions of feminism to the project of modernity. Devoted to the question of feminist ethics, An Ethics of Dissensus: Feminism, Postmodernity, and the Politics of Radical Democracy (2001) is the first part of this trilogy. The second book in this series is Feminist Aesthetics and the Politics of Modernism (2012), one of the first studies to combine an in-depth engagement with philosophical aesthetics with women’s literary modernism. Ziarek is also author of The Rhetoric of Failure: Deconstruction of Skepticism, Reinvention of Modernism (1995), editor of Gombrowicz's Grimaces: Modernism, Gender, Nationality (1998), and co-editor of Revolt, Affect, Collectivity: The Unstable Boundaries of Kristeva's Polis (2005).

(Biography adapted from http://www.complit.buffalo.edu/faculty/ziarek_ewa.shtml)

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Use of the materials:	Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation:	Ewa Plonowska Ziarek papers, Ms.2014.017, Feminist Theory Archive, Brown University Library.
Contact information:	John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts Box A Brown University Providence, RI 02912 Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148 Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	Gift of Ewa Plonowska Ziarek.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared on behalf of the Pembroke Center for the Teaching and Research on Women and the Brown University Library.
Encoding:	This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-09-02
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Sponsor:	Curatorial work and processing provided by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women on behalf of the Feminist Theory Archive, Brown University Library.

Additional Information

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