About the Sophie Project...

     The Sophie Project is sponsored by Women in German. We are deeply grateful for the generous funding provided for the project by the Brigham Young University Office of Research and Creative Activities, the Brigham Young University College of Humanities, the Brigham Young University Women's Research Institute, and the Brigham Young University Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages.

     As a mentored research project, Sophie: A Digital Library and Resource Center for Early German-Speaking Women's Works 1740-1923 directly addresses the problem of how to involve undergraduate students in significant research in such a way that they make meaningful contributions to scholarly research and benefit in ways that will enhance their future careers and lives.
     At the same time the Sophie project also directly addresses a second problem, which arises from the current debate on the role of marginalized authors, texts and creative works in the academic curriculum and in scholarly research agendas.

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