Call for Papers
Melissa Ponder (mponder@edcc.edu)
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:24:40
>>From: "Women, Gender, & Sexuality" <eustacia@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
>>Please distribute widely:
>>
>>CALL FOR PAPERS
>>
>>BOUNDARIES IN QUESTION: DESIGNING WOMEN
>>
>>This conference is sponsored by the Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender
>>and Sexuality, the Beatrice Bain Research Group, The Ford Foundation, and
>>the Department of Women's Studies.
>>
>>FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 6-7, 1998
>>
>>UC BERKELEY CAMPUS - THE LIPMAN ROOM - BARROWS HALL
>>
>>9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM
>>
>>One page proposals are being solicited for the 1997 Boundaries in Question
>>Conference: a yearly symposium spotlighting graduate student work in
>>feminist research, theory, and practice. This year's theme, Designing
>>Women, suggests that women are simultaneously constructed by and
>>reconstructing their spaces, places, images and identities. The goal of
>>this conference is to create an international community of students which
>>fosters dialogue across disciplines and professional schools.
>>
>>Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
>>
>>Racialized Identities and Practices
>>Class Formations
>>Masculinities and Femininities
>>Violence
>>Sports
>>Grrl Power/Youth Cultures
>>Globalization/Transnationalism
>>Institutional Practices
>>Conflicts within Feminism
>>Social Movements
>>Graduate Student Experiences
>>Medicine, Science and Technology
>>Sexualities
>>Pop Culture
>>Rethinking Politics
>>Jurisprudence and Legal Issues
>>Postcolonialism
>>Bodies and Body Practices
>>Performance Pieces
>>
>>
>>Paper proposals should include:
>>Name
>>E-mail address and phone number
>>Department affiliation, program, and year
>>Title of the Paper
>>One Page Abstract
>>
>>DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS JANUARY 5, 1998
>>
>>Please send proposals to:
>>
>>Boundaries in Question
>>Beatrice Bain Research Group
>>University of California - Berkeley
>>2539 Channing Way, MC#2050
>>Berkeley, CA 94720-2050
>>
>>Accepted panelists will be notified by the end of January.
>>
>>Questions about the conference, and electronic submissions should be sent
>>to: wgs@socrates.berkeley.edu
>>
>>We are trying to get the message out to as many graduate students as
>>possible, so please forward this e-mail to anyone who you think might be
>>interested. Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
Melissa Ponder
<mponder@edcc.edu>>>