CFP: Feminism Contesting Globalisation (Ireland) (3/1/04; 7/8/04-7/10/04)

From: Tanya Bakhru (tanya_bakhru@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 04 2003 - 10:51:20 EST


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FEMINISM CONTESTING GLOBALISATION
Women=E2=80=99s Studies Association
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17th Annual Conference

8 =E2=80=93 10 July 2004

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Call for Papers

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Confirmed KEYNOTE SPEAKERS include:=20

Cynthia Enloe, Breda Gray, Liz Kelly, Gail Lewis, Chandra Talpade =
Mohanty, Janet Price, and Margrit Shildrick=20

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The conference will be hosted by the Women=E2=80=99s Education, =
Research, and Resource Centre (WERRC) at University College Dublin, 8 =
-10 July 2004. It aims to provide a forum for exploring various =
discourses, politics and theories of feminism and its challenges to =
globalisation.=20

We are inviting proposals for individual papers, panel presentations, =
round table discussions and workshops representing the multitude of ways =
in which feminism explores and critiques the diverse forms and impacts =
of globalisation in local, regional, and global arenas. We are also =
open to work considering how feminists contribute to globally innovative =
and contestatory activist and political projects. =20

Conference Themes include:=20

Feminism and Globalisation: Theoretical Challenges

Globalisation, Culture and Representation

Women, Ecology and the Environment=20

Global Transfers of Gender

Sex and Sexuality in a Global Economy

Violence Against Women and Children: Global Perspectives=20

Women and Movement Across Borders

Feminism, Global Citizenship and Democracy=20

Globalisation and Labour=20

Feminist Perspectives on Human Rights

Globalisation and Feminism: From Resistance to Protest =20

Communities and Relationships from Local to Global=20

Technology, Gender, and (Re)Production=20

Queer Globalisation: Paradigms for Theories and Praxis=20

Organizing from the Grassroots and Transnational Coalition Building

War, Conflict, and Peace-Building=20

Empire and Post-Colonisation

Globalisation of Rural and Urban Spaces

Women=E2=80=99s Studies, Feminist Scholarship and the =E2=80=98Global =
Economy=E2=80=99: Issues and Challenges

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v INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Individual papers should last 15-20 minutes. =
Please submit the following: 1) paper title, 2) abstract (no more than =
250 words), 3) institutional affiliation (if any) and address, 4) any =
audio-visual requirements.

v PANEL SESSIONS: Panels of academic papers should include 3 =
speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper should last for 15-20 minutes. =
Please submit the following: 1) session title, 2) paper titles, 3) =
abstracts for each paper (no more than 250 words) 3) institutional =
affiliation (if any) and address for each participant, 4) any =
audio-visual requirements.

v ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS: Round table discussions should include 6 =
speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper should last for 7-10 minutes. =
Please submit the following: 1) round table title, 2) rationale for =
round table (no more than 250 words) 3) institutional affiliation (if =
any) and address for each participant, 4) audio-visual requirements.

v WORKSHOPS: Workshops last 90 minutes. Please submit the =
following: 1) workshop title, 2) rationale for workshop (no more than =
250 words), 3) institutional affiliation (if any) and address , 4) any =
audio-visual requirements.

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Deadline for Submission of Proposals: 1 March 2004

E-mail proposals to werrc@ucd.ie with subject heading =
=E2=80=9CGlobalisation Conference Proposal=E2=80=9D=20

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post them to =E2=80=9CFeminism Contesting Globalisation=E2=80=9D, attn: =
Women's Education, Research and Resource Centre (WERRC), Arts Annexe =
Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.=20

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Further Information

Ailbhe Smyth: ailbhe.smyth@ucd.ie =20

Tanya Bakhru: Tanya_Bakhru@hotmail.com=20

FEMINISM CONTESTING GLOBALISATION

17th Annual Conference

Women=E2=80=99s Studies Association

(UK and Ireland)

8 =E2=80=93 10 July 2004

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Registration Form
Pre-Registration Deadline: 23 April 2004

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Pre-Registration (please check one):

  a.. Full Conference: =E2=82=AC150
  b.. 1 day: =E2=82=AC70
  c.. Concessions - Full Conf: =E2=82=AC75
  d.. Concessions =E2=80=93 1 day: =E2=82=AC35 =20
Conference fee includes tea/coffee and lunch=20
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Please complete this print this form and return by e-mail, fax or post =
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=E2=80=9CFeminism Contesting Globalisation: Registration=E2=80=9D=20
Attn: WERRC, Arts Annexe Building

University College Dublin

Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Phone: 353-1-716-8571 FAX: 353-1-716-1195

More information: Ailbhe Smyth ailbhe.smyth@ucd.ie or Tanya Bakhru =
Tanya_Bakhru@hotmail.com =20

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