Gender and Women's Studies

Calls For Papers

Call for Papers

University of South Dakota
Women’s Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Conference

“Women and Power”
October 3-4, 2008

(Proposal due date: August 1, 2008)

The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, invites proposals for its 2008 Women’s Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Conference.

The 2008 conference will feature scholarly and creative work that treats questions of power in relation to women: the experiences, creations, theories, and practices of power that define and are defined by women as actors, objects, and modes of performance and being in the world. The conference, among other things, aims to provoke discussion about women in positions of power, the vexatious roads they travel to get there, the barriers they meet, defeat, or submit to along the way, and the humorous, sad, and/or inspiring visions that arise from women’s engagement with powers of all kinds—including the powers they possess themselves.

This year’s conference will culminate in the publication of selected scholarly papers and creative works in a special conference issue of The South Dakota Review.

We solicit proposals for research presentations, scholarly papers, roundtable discussions, brief dramatic performances, film viewings, and creative readings on any topic that treats the diverse intertwinings of women and power.

We anticipate papers that address the following topic areas and are glad to consider others:

--women, power, and literature and language --women, power, and history --women, power, and the economy --women, power, and politics --women, power, and activism --women, power, and sexuality --women, power, and popular culture --women, power, and the fine arts --women, power, and society --women, power, and justice --women, power, and ecology --women, power, and the digital age --women, power, and medicine --women, power, and religion --women, power, and the global community --women, power, and peace, war, & the military

Please upload your electronic proposal at www.usd.edu/wmst/, e-mail 250-word abstracts to aemerson@usd.edu, or send a hard copy to the following address by August 1, 2008.

Women’s Studies
The University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069

 

 

The Newberry Library Seminar on
Women and Gender
Co-sponsored by Northeastern Illinois University
CALL FOR PAPERS
for the 2008–09 academic year
Deadline for Submission: 15 May 2008

The Newberry Seminar on Women and Gender is intended to bring together scholars
from a variety of historical fields to share their works in progress. We envision that it will explore diverse topics and genres—such as race/ethnicity, biography, war, religion,
family, and sexuality—through the prisms of women and/or gender. Our focus will be on the United States and North America across all time periods; however, we welcome
papers on non-American aspects of the history of women and gender. Ideally our
meetings will stimulate wide-ranging discussions applicable for use in classrooms and
professional forums.

The seminar will be open to graduate students, independent scholars, and faculty. To
maximize time for discussion, papers will be circulated electronically in advance. Priority will be given to individuals who are at a stage in their research at which they can best profit from discussion, and to individuals who need a venue to present their work. The seminar will meet on selected Fridays during the academic year, 3:00-5:00 PM, at the Newberry Library in Chicago.

To propose a paper, please send a one-page proposal, a statement explaining the
relationship of the paper to your other work, and a brief c.v. to Jenny Butler, Program
Assistant, Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History, The
Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street; Chicago, IL, 60610. Please send all materials
as electronic attachments via email to scholl@newberry.org.

If you are interested in presenting and have questions, please contact one of the seminar coordinators, Francesca Morgan (Northeastern Illinois University;
f-morgan@neiu.edu; (773) 442-5609) or Joan Marie Johnson (Northeastern Illinois
University; joanmjohnson@comcast.net; (773) 442-5628)

The Newberry Library is unable to provide funds for travel or lodging, but can provide assistance in locating discounted accommodations.

If you would like to be placed on the mailing list to receive announcements of upcoming presentations, or if you would like further information about Newberry Library seminars, phone Jenny Butler at the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History at the Newberry Library at (312) 255-3524, or send an e-mail to scholl@newberry.org. (Please include your e-mail address with all communications,
and let us know if you would be willing to receive announcements by e-mail.)

Dr. William M. Scholl Center for
Family and Community History
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 255-3524/ scholl@newberry.org
http://www.newberry.org

 

 

CRITICAL HALF

CALL FOR PAPERS

Global Women’s Movements
in Changing Societies

Deadline for Submissions: June 16, 2008

Women for Women International, a non-profit humanitarian organization, seeks submissions for the Fall 2008 issue of its bi-annual academic journal, Critical Half.

This issue will focus on global women’s movements and women’s movements globally in various contexts, including politics, women’s rights, social change, religion, and economic endeavors. Women’s movements may be global in their organization or effects, as in the international feminist movement, or they may be global in their concerns but local or ‘grassroots’ in their organization and immediate impact. Papers might consider the genesis and logistics of women’s movements; the underlying ideological concerns which give rise to and sustain, or counteract, these movements; or the interaction of women’s movements with local, regional, and global organizations, such as religious groups, political parties, or local or international local women’s groups.

Papers which address issues of women’s movements in conflict and post-conflict societies, developing countries, and trans-national contexts are particularly encouraged.

Articles should be 2,000-2,500 words long. For further information, including topic suggestions, article possibilities, and submission guidelines, please see

http://www.womenforwomen.org/cfpapers.htm <http://www.womenforwomen.org/cfpapers.htm>

CONTACT
Women for Women International
criticalhalf@womenforwomen.org <mailto:criticalhalf@womenforwomen.org>

Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. Additional information about our programs can be found online at http://HYPERLINK "http://www.womenforwomen.org" www.womenforwomen.org <http://HYPERLINK> .

Critical Half presents various perspectives on economic, social, and political issues as they relate to women in conflict and post-conflict societies. It targets the international development and post-conflict reconstruction communities, including government policymakers, the United Nations, non-governmental organizations, U.S. foundations, academics, and philanthropists, as well as the grassroots supporters of Women for Women International and its programs.

Past issues of Critical Half are available at http://www.womenforwomen.org/repubbiannual.htm <http://www.womenforwomen.org/repubbiannual.htm> .
<<CriticalHalf_CFP_Fall2008.pdf>>

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Margaret E. Garnett
Managing Editor, Critical Half
Women for Women International
4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20008
mgarnett@womenforwomen.org <mailto:mgarnett@womenforwomen.org>
www.womenforwomen.org <http://www.womenforwomen.org>

 

Transnational Dialogues:

De-centering the Academic Debate on Global Feminisms

September 26-28, 2008

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

The internationalization of local feminisms has significantly impacted how, in recent years, research agendas are structured in the U.S. and elsewhere. Feminists from all over the globe are addressing how globalization brings about new forms of gender inequality that, in many cases, are rooted in older histories of colonialism and racism. These transnational approaches move across national boundaries to assess political, economical, and cultural shifts affecting women’s lives, and emphasize connections without necessarily creating similarities. Within the U.S., feminists of color who had experienced first hand race and class biases were the first ones to create a network that included new social movements and transnational alliances. The exclusion that women of color from different racial, ethnic, physical, national, or sexual identities experienced created the conditions that generated novel coalitional movements.

Academic debates have tended to ignore other overarching issues that have produced their internationalization. Local feminisms went global during the 1990s, and produced contentious debates over the goals and strategies of feminist politics. These transnational dialogues resist essentialism and universalism and propose theories and methods that go beyond the exclusive focus on gender to make visible other forms of oppression where issues of race, class, culture, and sexual orientation intersect.

This conference seeks to engage scholars from various areas of the globe in a dialogue to challenge exclusions and omissions of these debates in mainstream academia and college curricula. Papers, panels, and workshops may be on, but are not limited to, any of the following topics:

· Theories, Methods and Challenges of Transnational Feminisms

· The Politics of the Global / Local Dynamic in Women’s Literary and / or Artistic Productions

· Feminist Geographies and Transnational Flows: Globalization, Immigration, and Displacement

· Politics of Sexualities

· Women’s Movements, State Building, and the Growth of Civil Society

· Community Building through Technology

· Building Academic Alliances Within and Beyond Women’s and Gender Studies Programs

All individual papers should be limited to 20 minutes reading time. Proposals for panel discussion and teaching workshops will receive priority. Papers in languages other than English will be considered. Selected proceedings will be considered for publication.

Undergraduate research (papers or poster sessions) encouraged, faculty approval of final paper is required to assure students’ participation. Students must submit an abstract by Feb. 29 and paper by May 30th.

Send a one–page abstract (300 words) submission by February 29, 2008 to:

Prof. Clara Román-Odio (romanodioc@kenyon.edu) and Prof. Marta Sierra (sierram@kenyon.edu)

 

 

 

The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Meeting of SPSL to be held with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, December 27-30, 2008, Philadelphia, PA, at the Downtown Marriott Hotel (in Center City: 1201 Market Street, 19107; 215-625-2900).

Papers should be less than 3000 words, excluding endnotes and references, so that they can be read or delivered within 20-25 minutes. Submit electronic copies of papers (in .pdf or .doc format) and a curriculum vitae by April 15, 2008, to Patricia Marino (pmarino@watarts.uwaterloo.ca ),  Chloe Taylor (chloetaylo@gmail.com), or Helga Varden (hvarden@uiuc.edu). People wishing to serve as session chairs or commentators should send their curriculum vitae and special areas of interest also to Patricia, Chloe or Helga.

 

 

The editorial board is seeking submissions for Vol. 11.1 of the

Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)

to be published in Spring/Summer 2009.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:  NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Maternal Health and Well-Being

(physical, psychological, social, economic, sexual, political and spiritual issues)

The journal will explore the topic of Maternal Health and Well-Being from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, health care professionals and other health workers, artists, mothers and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork on the subject.

Topics can include (but are not limited to):

maternal health promotion and education; globalization and maternal health; maternal health activism; reproductive justice; public policy and maternal health; the environment and maternal health issues; mothers and healthy living; maternal health and challenges within Indigenous communities; mothers with disabilities; mothers with illnesses; HIV/AIDS; breast cancer; mental health issues; postpartum depression; disease prevention; psychiatry; psychology; medicine; pregnancy; childbirth; breastfeeding; young mothers; mothers and aging; work and family balance; maternal nutrition; disordered eating; mothering children with disabilities; violence against mothers and children; sexual abuse, healing through the arts; addictions and recovery; raising healthy children; politics of reproduction; abortion; sterilization; maternal sexuality; maternal health promotion and education; LBGT maternal health issues; menstruation; menopause; mothers and the health professions; representations/images of mothers and health/well-being issues

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Articles should be 15 pages (3750 words).

All should be in MLA style, WordPerfect or Word and IBM compatible.

Please see our style guide for complete details.

http://www.yorku.ca/arm/styleguide.html

For more information, please contact us.

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

** TO SUBMIT WORK ONE MUST BE A MEMBER OF ARM

http://www.yorku.ca/arm/armmembership.html

Please direct your submissions to:

Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
726 Atkinson, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

Phone: 416-736-2100 X60366 Email: arm@yorku.ca or visit our website at http://www.yorku.ca/arm

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