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1. Michigan Academy conference (November 30th, 2009 : March 26th, 2010) 2. Evolution of Women's Studies, NeMLA Montreal (September 30th, 2010 : April 7th, 2010) 3. re (un) learning gender: an education in social constructions (February 22nd, 2010 : April 10th, 2010) 4. 34th Wisconsin Women’s Studies and 5th UW System LGBTQ Conferences Leadership and Collaboration: Shaping the Future, Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality ( : April 16th, 2010) 5. 'Quarantine' - The Culture and Theory 2010 Graduate Student Conference, UC Irvine (February 5th, 2010 : April 30th, 2010) 6. Teaching Activism: Women's Studies in the 21st Century (January 29th, 2010 : April 30th, 2010) 7. June Baker Higgins Gender Studies Conference (March 15th, 2010 : May 7th, 2010) 8. 19th Annual Southern Connecticut State University Women's Studies Conference: "Women and Girls of Color: History, Heritage, Heterogeneity" ( : May 16th, 2010) 9. Representing Motherhood: Mothers in the Arts, Literature, Media and Popular Culture (January 5th, 2010 : May 20th, 2010) 10. Call for Papers: A Mirror of our Culture: Sport and Society in America Conference (November 30th, 2009 : May 26th, 2010) 11. Women and the Politics of Possibilities (March 22nd, 2010 : June 11th, 2010) 12. Marxism & Psychology Conference (February 1st, 2010 : August 5th, 2010) 13. Iris Murdoch International Conference (May 30th, 2010 : September 10th, 2010) 14. The Question of Rights (March 15th, 2010 : September 16th, 2010) 15. Women as Intercultural Leaders: Imagination, Innovation, Integrity (March 11th, 2010 : September 30th, 2010) 16. Women as Intercultural Leaders: Imagination, Innovation, Integrity (March 20th, 2010 : September 30th, 2010) 17. Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering (July 1st, 2010 : October 21st, 2010) 18. Difficult Dialogues II/ (March 1st, 2010 : November 11th, 2010) 19. “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”: Four Musical Sistas of “Otherness” Within Colorism (March 1st, 2010 : November 11th, 2010) 20. Global Women’s Autobiographies: Critical Pedagogies and Methodologies National Women’s Studies Association Conference DIFFICULT DIALOGUES II (February 26th, 2010 : November 11th, 2010) 21. Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies (January 15th, 2010 : November 19th, 2010)
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1. Michigan Academy conference Organizers: Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: The Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters 114th Annual Conference will be held at Calvin College , Michigan on March 26, 2010. The Academy is an interdisciplinary scholarly organization established in 1894 to promote exchange among researchers at colleges, universities, government agencies, research and business organizations. Among the advantages of presenting a paper or attending the Michigan Academy conference are the reasonable registration fees and the publication of abstracts of all papers presented in the Michigan Academician, the Academy's quarterly publication. Deadline for abstract and submission form (found at www.alma.edu/michiganacademy) is 11/30/09. Suggested Topics: Women's Studies CFP Address: CFP Email Address: masalabstracts@alma.edu Contact: Jane Fader (Women's Studies Chair) Telephone:
2. Evolution of Women's Studies, NeMLA Montreal Organizers: Sophie Lavin, Women's Caucus Representative Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: “Where Are We Now? The Evolution of Women’s, Gender and Feminist Studies”
Suggested Topics: feminism, gender studies, women's studies CFP Address: blavin@optonline.net CFP Email Address: blavin@optonline.net Contact: Sophie Lavin Telephone:
3. re (un) learning gender: an education in social constructions Organizers: The Pennsylvania State University's Women's Studies Graduate Organization Keynotes/Speakers: Keynote: Sharhzad Mojab, PhD, Professor of Adult Education and Community Development Program at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Theme: For decades, scholars have noted that gender is socially constructed. Yet the idea that behavioral disparities between women and men are driven by essential, inborn differences still flourishes, informing everything from global policy making to interpersonal interactions. Further, the study of the social construction of gender largely remains an investigation of gender as a singular factor in the lives of women, ignoring the ways in which gender intersects with other aspects of women’s lives, such as socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. How do we understand the role of gender in everyday life? How do we learn gender and who teaches us? Can gender be unlearned? How have various academic disciplines contributed to our understanding of the social construction of gender? Suggested Topics: CFP Address: CFP Email Address: wsgo.officers@gmail.com Contact: Lizzie Anderson Telephone:
4. 34th Wisconsin Women’s Studies and 5th UW System LGBTQ Conferences Leadership and Collaboration: Shaping the Future, Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality Organizers: Helen Klebesadel, Director, Women's Studies Consortium, University of Wisconsin System Keynotes/Speakers: Rebecca Snedeker, Filmmaker ("By Invitation Only")
Sabrina Sojourner, 1st open lesbian elected to Congress
Fabu Carter-Brisco, Madison, WI, Poet Laureate
Yvonne Lumsden-Dill, Executive Director of the Women’s Leadership Institute of Mount Mary College Theme: On April 16-17, 2010, UW-Whitewater will host the 34th annual Wisconsin Women’s Studies and 5th annual UW System LGBTQ Conference, bringing together academics, teachers, students, community leaders, activists, and others. Each person attending the conference will have the opportunity to attend an impressive range of workshops, panels, films, and performances. Plan to join us and participate in sessions addressing Women’s and Gender Studies and LGBTQ Research, Scholarship, Program Development, Pedagogy, Teaching, and Activism. Suggested Topics: CFP Address: Contact: Helen Klebesadel Telephone: Helen Klebesadel, 608/262-3056
5. Teaching Activism: Women's Studies in the 21st Century Organizers: New England Women's Studies Association Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: This year’s New England Women’s Studies (NEWSA) conference invites presentations focused on feminist pedagogy and ideas for teaching women’s studies, gender studies, and/or feminist approaches in the university classroom. Suggested Topics: Student-faculty collaborations inside and outside the classroom
CFP Address: CFP Email Address: newsa@umassd.edu Contact: Jen Riley Telephone:
6. 'Quarantine' - The Culture and Theory 2010 Graduate Student Conference, UC Irvine Organizers: Jen Kosakowski, PhD Candidate, Culture and Theory, UC Irvine
Diana Leong, PhD Candidate, Culture and Theory, UC Irvine Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: Our conference theme was inspired by the cultural panics and anxieties that emerged out of the public discourse surrounding the H1N1 flu virus. Declared a national emergency by the Obama Administration, our cultural imaginary on disease, health, and bodies has been become deeply mired in discourses on inclusion and exclusion. These discourses are mobilized by racialized, classed, sexualized, and gendered economies of representation that produce notions of who is allowed access to the identities of ‘citizen’ and ‘national’. Our conference will look to the ways that identities and bodies become sites of intense contestation both within these contemporary discursive formations and through the pathologizing of racial, sexual, classed, and gendered identities.
Suggested Topics: panic/anxiety surrounding the H1N1 flu virus
CFP Address: UCI Ph.D. Program in Culture and Theory
CFP Email Address: jkosakow@uci.edu Contact: Jen Kosakowski Telephone:
7. June Baker Higgins Gender Studies Conference Organizers: Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Central Connecticut State University Keynotes/Speakers: Gail Collins, New York Times Columnist and Author and Rachel Lloyd, Director of The Girls Education and Monitoring Services Theme: The Central Connecticut State University Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program 20th Anniversary Conference & Celebration welcomes proposals for papers or panels from faculty, independent scholars, graduate students, and senior undergraduate students (supervised by professors) for the June Baker Higgins Gender Studies Conference May 7-8, 2010. This year’s theme is on facets of “Being 20.” This year's keynote speakers are Gail Collins and Rachel Lloyd. Abstracts for papers or panels, poster sessions, or short films should be submitted online at www.ccsu.edu/womens-studies. Submissions should be received no later than March 15, 2010. Suggested Topics: Examples of topics may include: struggles, economics, injustices, globalization, changes, aging, rights, conflicts, innovations, cultures, concerns, laws, sexualities, creative works, bodies, solutions, movements, strategies, leaders, or age. Topics that do not fit within the theme of the conference, but which are of general relevance to Women, Gender and/or Sexuality are welcomed, but preference will be given to panels and papers that address this year’s theme. CFP Address: www.ccsu.edu/womens-studies CFP Email Address: Popec@ccsu.edu Contact: Dr. Cindy Pope Telephone:
8. 19th Annual Southern Connecticut State University Women's Studies Conference: "Women and Girls of Color: History, Heritage, Heterogeneity" Organizers: Yi-Chun Tricia Lin Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: Both inside and outside of academe, women of color have actively participated in theoretical, artistic, and cultural production, influencing the ways we perceive and think about issues pertinent to women and girls. Situated by both gender and race, yet often at the margins, women of color have been instrumental in challenging scholars to critically re-conceptualize the discourses on race, gender, class, sexuality, and nationality. The scholarly work by women of color and on women of color is simultaneously multicultural, heterogeneous, interdisciplinary, and, in most instances, global and transnational. This body of literature, which has spawned a whole new area of study at universities and colleges, is among the most exciting and vibrant in feminist scholarship and publications. As a site of innovative knowledge production, women of color writing does not simply travel throughout academic disciplines in the U.S., but it also travels globally, generating significant connections with women’s writing especially globally. In the 19th annual SCSU Women’s Studies conference, we will take a close look at women and girls of color, looking back at their achievements throughout history but also pushing our thinking forward into the 21st century. Who are women and girls of color and what issues are important to them? How have women of color contributed artistically, culturally, and politically, inside universities as well as out in our communities? What challenges do woman and girls of color across races, classes, religions, and cultures face in an increasingly globalized world? How can the discourse surrounding women and girls of color challenge our ideas about race, gender, class, nationality, and sexuality? Suggested Topics: Women of Color as a Social Construct Women & Girls of Color in Pop Culture
CFP Address: Women’s Studies Conference Committee
CFP Email Address: womenstudies@southernct.edu Contact: Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Director
Cerella Griffin, secretary
Jessica Kelly, Graduate Assistant
Ebony McClease, Graduate Assistant
Katie D'Antonio, Graduate Assistant
Leah Knowles, Graduate Assistant Telephone: Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Director (203)392-6133 Cerella Griffin, secretary (203)392-6133 Jessica Kelly, Graduate Assistant (203)392-6133 Ebony McClease, Graduate Assistant (203)392-6133 Katie D'Antonio, Graduate Assistant (203)392-6133 Leah Knowles, Gradu
9. Representing Motherhood: Mothers in the Arts, Literature, Media and Popular Culture Organizers: Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
Mamapalooza Inc. Keynotes/Speakers: Dr. Meredith Michaels
Others TBA Theme: In celebration of Mother’s Day, The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) and MAMAPALOOZA are hosting our 3rd annual conference in NYC. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, artists, community agencies, service providers, journalists, mothers and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical, and comparative work is encouraged. We encourage a variety of types of submissions including academic papers from all disciplines, workshops, creative submissions, performances, storytelling, visual arts, and other alternative formats.
Suggested Topics: Representing the Maternal in Film, Video, Art, Music, and Theater; Theorizing Motherhood and Representation; Race, Representation and Motherhood; Maternal Ambivalence in visual culture; Countering Media Discourses on Motherhood; Maternal Loss, Depression, and Domestic Violence; Performing Feminist Mothering in Practice and Expression; Mother Writer: Writing Motherhood; Creating Outlaw Children; Imaging LGBT Mothers and Maternity; “Late bloomers”: Post-Maternal Mother Artists; Representing Motherhood on the Internet; The Politics of Motherhood and Spirituality in Music and Visual Culture; Motherhood, Art, and Creativity; Healing and Creativity; The Performance of the Maternal or Performing Motherhood; Mothering and Disability: Producing New Paradigms of Normal; Motherhood in the News: Mothers as Newsmaker; Documenting Motherhood: Maternal Documentaries; Mothers, Motherhood and Photography; Behind the Camera: Mothers as Filmmakers, Directors, Producers; Mother Musicians across Musical Genres: Rock, Rap, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Country Narratives of Creative Mothers: Moms who “Rock,” Expressing: Imaging Breastfeeding Mothers, Mommy Bloggers: Re-Writing Motherhood, Mothers as consumers CFP Address: 726 Atkinson, York University, 4700 Keele Street,
CFP Email Address: arm@yorku.ca Contact: Renée Knapp Telephone: Renée Knapp 416-736-2100 ext 60366...email preferred please
10. Call for Papers: A Mirror of our Culture: Sport and Society in America Conference Organizers: St. Norbert College Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: The Sport and Society in America Conference invites proposals for individual papers or complete sessions focused on sport and culture.
Suggested Topics: ***Of particular interest are papers that explore the following: gender and sexuality, class, race, disabilities in sport, traditional and nontraditional sports, and sport and culture. *** CFP Address: http://www.snc.edu/sportandsociety CFP Email Address: kevin.quinn@snc.edu Contact: Kevin Quinn Telephone: Kevin Quinn (920) 403-3447
11. Women and the Politics of Possibilities Organizers: Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Studies Association Keynotes/Speakers: Vinie Burrows, performer, playwright, activist
Amy Goodman (invited), Democracy Now,Journalist and Author Theme: Suggested Topics: • The 90th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage
CFP Address: email only CFP Email Address: womensst@montgomerycollege.edu Contact: Genevieve Carminati Telephone: Genevieve Carminati/ 240-567-5355
12. Marxism & Psychology Conference Organizers: Marxism & Psychology Research Group (MPRG)
http://vre.upei.ca/mprg/ Keynotes/Speakers: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
John Cromby
Raquel Guzzo
Lois Holzman
Gordana Jovanovic
Athanasios Marvakis
Morten Nissen
Ian Parker
Carl Ratner
Hans Skott-Myhre
Thomas Teo Theme: In the history of social thought, it is difficult to find a more divisive figure than Karl Marx. For many, the mere mention of his name conjures up images of totalitarian regimes dominating nearly every aspect of an individual’s existence. Yet for others, Marx’s critique of the capitalist mode of production draws attention to the fact that our beliefs, thoughts, and desires inevitably emerge against the background of specific cultural, historical, and social practices.
Suggested Topics: CFP Address: CFP Email Address: marfken@upei.ca Contact: Michael Arfken Telephone:
13. Iris Murdoch International Conference Organizers: Dr Anne Rowe and Dr Sara Upstone Keynotes/Speakers: Professor Robert Eaglestone, Peter J Conradi, David Morgan Theme: 5th international Iris Murdoch conference. This year's theme is 'Murdoch on the Margins'. Suggested Topics: We are interested in how Murdoch’s literature and/or philosophy engages with what it means to live on the margins in terms of issues such as – but not limited to – sexuality, gender, race, class, national identity and religion. We would also encourage papers that consider Murdoch’s place in the English canon: how she has been conceived as a ‘marginal’ writer; how interest in her work has been renewed by changes in critical thinking, philosophy, and literary studies; how considering her work alongside that of other authors allows us to reappraise her contemporary significance and, finally, how she herself took the status as an outsider or critic in order to further her philosophical interests and/or define her literary position.
CFP Address: Dr Sara Upstone, Kingston University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Penrhyn Road, Kingston, Surrey, England, KT1 2 EE CFP Email Address: s.upstone@kingston.ac.uk Contact: Anne Rowe Telephone: Anne Rowe Tel: +44 (0)208 417 9000
14. The Question of Rights Organizers: Chris Waldrep, Barbara Loomis, James Martel, Eva Sheppard Wolf, Paul Longmore, John Logan, Jillian Sandell, Julietta Hua Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: San Francisco State University will host a conference September 16-17, 2010 exploring the question and place of rights in history, politics, and society.Rights, both individual and collective, have long been a theme in American society, often seen in conflict with state power. Our goal is to bring together a wide variety of people from a range of academic, activist, legal, and community spaces to examine the place of rights within the context of American society (as situated within a boarder global political community). To that end, we welcome participation from historians, both senior and junior scholars, graduate students, community advocates, archivists, and lawyers. We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, or roundtables. Suggested Topics: We welcome papers on assertions of rights by insurgent groups, resistance to rights claims, and governmental efforts to suppress or promote rights, in areas including but not limited to: civil liberties; disability rights; labor and economic rights; feminism and antiracism; immigration; environmental justice; access to
CFP Address: Christopher Waldrep
CFP Email Address: cwaldrep@sfsu.edu Contact: Christopher Waldrep Telephone:
15. Women as Intercultural Leaders: Imagination, Innovation, Integrity Organizers: Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership
Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: This interactive conference will celebrate ten years of accomplishments and welcome fruitful new collaboration by bringing together theorists, scholars, professionals, educators, community activists, practitioners, and students who are interested in women's intercultural leadership. For three days participants will imagine and innovate while networking, sharing best practices, and joining a national conversation about cutting-edge work. Suggested Topics: The conference will focus on five particular themes and their intersections:
CFP Address: Saint Mary's College
CFP Email Address: cwil@saintmarys.edu Contact: Linda Biggins Telephone: Dr. Mana Derakhshani (574) 284-4051
16. Women as Intercultural Leaders: Imagination, Innovation, Integrity Organizers: Saint Mary's College Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: This interactive conference will celebrate ten years of accomplishments and welcome fruitful new collaboration by bringing together theorists, scholars, professionals, educators, community activists, practitioners, and students who are interested in women's intercultural leadership. For three days participants will imagine and innovate while networking, sharing best practices, and joining a national conversation about cutting-edge work. Suggested Topics: The conference will focus on five particular themes and their intersections:
CFP Address: CFP Email Address: cwil@saintmarys.edu Contact: Mana Derakhshani Telephone: Center for Women's InterCultural Leadership (574) 284-4051
17. Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering Organizers: Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) Keynotes/Speakers: Dr. Martha Albertson Fineman
Ann Crittenden
Dr. Eva Feder Kittay
Dr. Nancy Folbre
Dr. Marilyn Waring
Theme: This is the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)'s 37th conference on the topic of Mothers and the Economy and the Economics of Mothering. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, and workers, artists, mothers and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We encourage a variety of types of submissions including academic papers from all disciplines, workshops, creative submissions, performances, storytelling, visual arts and other alternative formats. Please email your 250 word abstract and 50 word bio to arm@yorku.ca by July 1, 2010. Suggested Topics: the economics of maintaining sustainable family systems; mothering, appropriate technology and economics; mothering and microcredit; mothering and economic activism; social and economic supports for mothering; mothering within the neoliberal context; motherwork and valuation of motherwork, mothering and the economics of unpaid labour; mothers-as-providers, mother-led cooperatives; the effects of privatization/commodification on women; mothering and the economics of raising children with disabilities; the “selling” of mothering and the economics of consumerism; consumption and the marketing of mothering; the economics of reproductive technologies and surrogacy; the financial implications for mothers of family law reforms and welfare state developments; quantifications of mothering/caregiving/parenting as a part of the base structure of the economic productivity of society; the actual value of domestic/unpaid labour; motherhood and the gender pay gap, mothering and the feminization of poverty; the impacts of economic globalization on mothering and kinship networks; the economics of caregiving/parenting in nontraditional households and more. CFP Address: Association for Research on Mothering
CFP Email Address: arm@yorku.ca Contact: Renée Knapp Telephone: Renée Knapp, The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) 416-736-2100 ext 60366. Email correspondence preferred.
18. Global Women’s Autobiographies: Critical Pedagogies and Methodologies National Women’s Studies Association Conference DIFFICULT DIALOGUES II Organizers: National Women’s Studies Association Conference
Keynotes/Speakers: Theme: Global Women’s Autobiographies: Critical Pedagogies and Methodologies
Suggested Topics: CFP Address: Contact: Telephone:
19. Difficult Dialogues II/ Organizers: Loretta Green-Williams Keynotes/Speakers: Loretta Green-Williams, Adjunct Professor/Independent Researcher Theme: The purpose of this presentation is to consider intersects of intracommunity and institutional racisms through generations of black music. Suggested Topics: intracommunity racism, colorism, institutional racism, music, sex, labor, otherness, black music, Nina Simone, Foxy Brown, Bessie Smith, Sarah Vaughn CFP Address: 6 Dew Drop Circle, Pittsburg, CA 94565 CFP Email Address: loretta.green@hotmail.com Contact: Loretta Green-Williams Telephone:
20. “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”: Four Musical Sistas of “Otherness” Within Colorism Organizers: Loretta Green-Williams Keynotes/Speakers: Loretta Green-Williams Theme: The purpose of this presentation is to consider intersects of intracommunity and institutional racisms through generations of black music. Using the theoretical constructs of black feminism and postcolonial anthropology, the visualization of these four dark-skinned women will consider the exploitation of sex, race, and labor. Suggested Topics: black feminism, black music, jazz, blues, contemporary, Rap, Hip-Hop, Nina Simone, Foxy Brown, Sarah Vaughn, Bessie Smith, postcolonial anthropology CFP Address: 6 Dew Drop Circle, Pittsburg, CA 94565 CFP Email Address: loretta.green@hotmail.com Contact: Loretta Green-Williams Telephone: Loretta Green-Williams, 925-458-7647
21. Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies Organizers: Sarah Brophy, Associate Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
Janice Hladki, Associate Professor, School of the Arts, McMaster University Keynotes/Speakers: *Rebecca Belmore,* internationally recognized Anishinabekwe artist, Vancouver; *Lisa Cartwright,* Professor of Communication and Science Studies and Affiliated Faculty in Gender Studies, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego; *Robert McRuer,* Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of English, George Washington University, Washington, DC; *Ato Quayson,* Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto Theme: This interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore how visual cultural practices image and imagine unruly bodies and, in so doing, respond to Patricia Zimmermann's call for “radical media democracies that animate contentious public spheres” (2000, p. xx). Our aim is to explore how health, disability, and the body are theorized, materialized, and politicized in forms of visual culture including photography, video art, graphic memoir, film, body art and performance, and digital media. Accordingly, we invite proposals for individual papers and roundtables that consider how contemporary visual culture makes bodies political in ways that matter for the future of democracy. Proposals may draw on fields such as: visual culture, critical theory, disability studies, health studies, science studies, autobiography studies, indigenous studies, feminisms, queer studies, and globalization/ transnationalism. Suggested Topics: POSSIBLE THEMATICS INCLUDE: technologies, cultural production, disability, and affect.
CFP Address: If electronic submission is not possible, please mail or fax proposals to arrive by January 15, 2010.
CFP Email Address: viscult@mcmaster.ca Contact: Sarah Brophy and Janice Hladki Telephone: Sarah Brophy 905-525-9140 ext. 22243
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