[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: The "F" Word: The Next Season (5/24/06; Women and Theatre, 8/1/06-8/2/06)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Graduate Student Working Group- The "F" Word: The Next Season

Call for Participants

2006 Women and Theatre Conference August 1-2, Chicago

Deadline for Submission May 24th



The mission of this working group is to create a student-driven
roundtable as part of an effort to engage more grad students in the
conversation surrounding feminism, as well as to establish a stronger
network, and an ongoing discussion amongst graduate scholars in WTP
related fields surrounding the following questions:

Where/what is feminism in contemporary graduate student life and
studies? How does feminism fit into our current political climate? What
are the future roads of feminism emerging out of changing national and
global realities? Is scholarship/theory activism? What does it mean to
be a feminist in the 21st century? What is the relationship between
feminism and queer theory? Amongst contemporary students/graduate
programs is there an aversion to the concept or word feminism? Is the
feminist movement "over" or is there still a need for organized
political activism surrounding women's issues?  In addition to
considering the preceding questions, participants are asked to prepare a
short statement (3 minutes) about their current work considering how it
relates to feminism and/or women in theatre. What issues are the most
compelling to you in the field of feminism and women's studies?

Interested participants should reply to:

Jen-Scott Mobley
Graduate Student Representative for the Women and Theatre Program at
jen-scottm at nyc.rr.com
(Cell # 646-662-5702)

Please include your name, contact information and academic affiliation
as well as a brief (350 words) statement about your current research
interests and how they relate to feminism and/or women in theatre.
Please also indicate which of the above questions you find most
compelling and articulate briefly your position (300-500 words). Please
also indicate your confirmed availability to attend the conference in
August.

Deadline for Submissions:  May 24th, 2006

Notification Date: June 15, 2006

Work Group Meeting Time:  TBA August 1 or 2 at Columbia College, Chicago
(Preceding ATHE conference Aug 3-6)

The 26th Annual Women and Theatre Program Conference will be
co-sponsored by: Columbia College Chicago, Department of Art & Design
and the Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts & Media.

This conference takes place August 1-2, 2006 (a pre-conference before
the Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference). The 26th
Annual Women and Theatre Program Conference will focus on active
feminist responses to geopolitical realities that shape our artistic and
academic work, "Displacements: Genealogies, Generations and
Geopolitics." Confirmed Guests Artists for the conference include:
About Face Theatre Company, Teatro Luna, and Karen Finley (a performance
co-sponsored by Performance Studies and LGBT through an ATHE Focus Group
Grant).

For more information about the Women and Theatre Pre-conference, go to:
  http://www.athe.org/wtp




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