[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Shifting Gender Identities in the Face of War, Globalization,
and Natural Disaster (grad) (2/15/06; MIT, 3/30/06-3/31/06)
Sule Tarakcioglu
suletar@kulturad.org
Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:06:45 +0200
From: Colleen Ammerman <colleen.ammerman@simmons.edu>
1st Annual Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies Conference:
Shifting Gender Identities in the Face of War, Globalization, and
Natural Disaster
March 30-31, 2006
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA
Call for Proposals
The 2006 GCWS conference is an event organized by graduate students for
graduate
students working in the field of Women's and Gender Studies. It is a
2-day event
where students and faculty will gather to present and discuss cutting-edge
student work, workshop ideas, and network to share skills and resources and
build community. We are currently inviting proposals for three presentation
formats: Individual Paper, Pre-Formed Panel, and Poster Session.
Conference Abstract
Do we live in desperate times? As the rhetoric of an equal and free
society is
used to justify the Iraq war, massive hurricanes in the American south have
exposed deep domestic disparities around class and race. Natural
disasters in
Southeast Asia and Pakistan have revealed just how deep the divide is
between
wealth and poverty on the global scale. Human exploitation, environmental
degradation, and conflicts around racial, ethnic, and national identities
continue around the world. What does this mean for anyone who stands
outside or
astride the boundaries of conventional gender/sexual norms? Are we, as
scholars
and/or activists, prepared for our advancing future?
Possible topics could include, but are not limited to:
- All forms of labor and work, including traditionally unrecognized
forms
such as care work and sex work
- Social, economic, and political upheavals stemming from manmade and
natural disasters, military conflict, and other forms of violence
- Human impact on the environment and vice versa
- Emerging and/or changing forms of identity in a global future
- The future of identity politics in a globalized world
- Re-imagining the theory/practice divide; where and how do
scholars and
activists fit into today's global cultural 'flows' moving people, goods,
information, and ideas?
- Original research paradigms and methods
- How do past frameworks for understanding gender, sexuality, and
global
movement help or impede our efforts to describe current shifts?
- The changing nature of war/conflict, and implications for the future
- The function and dysfunction of various borders and borderlands
around
nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, etc.
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2006
Submission guidelines can be found online at: http://web.mit.edu/gcws.
Proposals will be subject to an anonymous peer-review process.
Notification of proposal status will occur no later than Monday, March
6, 2006.
We invite proposals for three presentation formats: Individual Paper,
Pre-Formed
Panel, and Poster Session.
Individual paper presentation sessions provide an opportunity for three
authors
to present an abbreviated version of a paper they wrote or are in the
process of
writing. Papers will be grouped into 90-minute panels around common
themes and
will include a follow-up discussion. Each presenter will be given 20
minutes.
A pre-formed panel presentation of 90 minutes will provide the
opportunity for a
group of people (3-4) to present papers on a specific issue from a
variety of
perspectives. Panel participants may present alternative or complementary
interpretations or points of view on a topic. Participating panelists are
expected to select a point person who will submit the proposal. The
person will
also be responsible for communicating with the GCWS proposal review
committee
and for informing his/her co-presenters about the progress of their
proposal.
Panelists are encouraged to assign a discussant who will prepare a
commentary
integrating or summarizing the various positions addressed.
Poster sessions combine graphic display of materials with the
opportunity for
individualized informal discussions on the work throughout the session.
Presenters are encouraged to have copies or summaries of papers they
have written available for distribution. The posters will be displayed
on the
second day of the conference.
Selection Process
Proposals will be subject to an anonymous peer-review process.
Notification of
proposal status will occur no later than Monday, March 6, 2006.
Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of students and faculty using the
following criteria:
- Overall Quality of proposal
- Grounded in research
- Clearly and coherently presented
- Development of ideas
- Relevance to gender studies and the overarching conference theme.
Please submit a 250-word abstract with title for proposals for
individual paper
presentations and poster sessions to <gcws@mit.edu>.
Proposals for pre-formed panels of three to four presenters should
include short
(no more than 100 words) abstracts of each paper along with the panel
proposal.
Also include a short paragraph detailing AV needs. Lastly, include a short
biographical statement with your institutional affiliation and current
research
interests.
In addition to the above, include the following information in your
submission:
Paper/Panel Title
Name (primary contact for presentation)
Institution(s)
Discipline(s)
Panel Moderator
Additional Panelists
Current Degree Program
Projected Date of Graduation
Home Phone
Cell Phone
Mailing Address
Email
Permanent Address
Proposals can also be submitted online at http://web.mit.edu/gcws or
emailed to
gcws@mit.edu. Proposal guidelines are posted online at
http://web.mit.edu/gcws
For more information, contact:
The Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies
Building 16 Room 287, MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Phone: (617) 324-2085
Fax: (617) 324-2090
Email: gcws@mit.edu
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