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Prisoner of War Camp Journals (2023)
Book Chapter
Schwan, A. (2023). Prisoner of War Camp Journals. In M. Demoor, C. Van Dijck, & B. Van Puymbroeck (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to First World War Periodicals. Edinburgh University Press

A case study of internment camp newspaper Stobsiade, contextualised in an overview of First World War internment camp periodicals.

The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities (2022)
Book
Schwan, A., & Thomson, T. (Eds.). (2022). The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11886-9

This collection seeks to bring together some of the most recent international scholarship and developments in the interdisciplinary fields of digital and public humanities. Alongside a critical exploration of the production, distribution and scholars... Read More about The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities.

Introduction: Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities (2022)
Book Chapter
Schwan, A., & Thomson, T. (2022). Introduction: Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities. In A. Schwan, & T. Thomson (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities (1-8). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11886-9_1

This chapter introduces some key concepts and critical debates in digital and public humanities. Emphasis is placed on the multiplicity of “publics” that the collection engages with, including historically underrepresented communities. The chapter cr... Read More about Introduction: Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities.

Carpenter, Mary (2020)
Book Chapter
Schwan, A. (2020). Carpenter, Mary. In L. Scholl (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02721-6_178-1

Nineteenth-century reformer Mary Carpenter (1807–1877) established an international profile as prolific author and public speaker with a focus on educational and penal reform. After initial reluctance, she also supported the women’s suffrage movement... Read More about Carpenter, Mary.

Representing Women in Prison (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A., & Gray, P. (2019, March). Representing Women in Prison. Paper presented at Scottish Universities-Prisons Network Conference: ‘Empowering, Linking, Making', Edinburgh, Scotland

'A Night at Stobs' (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A. (2018, November). 'A Night at Stobs'. Presented at The Internment Research Centre (IRC) opening, Hawick, Scotland

Presentation on the occasion of the Internment Research Centre (IRC) opening, Hawick, Scotland

‘A Night at Stobs’ and the Politics of Commemoration: Between the Local and the Global (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A. (2018, August). ‘A Night at Stobs’ and the Politics of Commemoration: Between the Local and the Global. Paper presented at 81st Meeting of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland (AGS), Bangor, Wales

Paper presented at 81st Meeting of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland (AGS), Lead Panel on Anniversary Capital, Bangor, Wales

A Night at Stobs (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Schwan, A., Davie, I., Frayn, A., Martin, S., Dempster, K., Durkin, R., Manz, S., & Trimm, C. A Night at Stobs. [Music and Theatre Performance]. 18 June 2018 - 22 June 2018

An evening of music and comedy, based on material found at Stobs Camp, a First World War internment camp in the Scottish Borders. Performances at Chalmers Church, Edinburgh (18 June 2018), Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow (19 June 2018), and Tower Mill The... Read More about A Night at Stobs.

Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black (2016)
Journal Article
Schwan, A. (2016). Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black. Television and New Media, 17(6), 473-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476416647497

This article argues that Netflix’s original series Orange is the New Black (2013-), based on Piper Kerman’s memoir (2010), uses postfeminist strategies to covertly promote prison reform and exercise a subtle critique of (female) mass incarceration wh... Read More about Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black.

Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England (2014)
Book
Schwan, A. (2014). Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England. University of New Hampshire Press

In this lively study of the development and transformation of voices of female offenders in nineteenth-century England, Anne Schwan analyzes a range of colorful sources, including crime broadsides, reform literature, prisoners' own writings about imp... Read More about Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England.