Susan B. Anthony Institute

16th Annual Conference Call for Papers deadline: December 10, 2008

16th Annual Gender and Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference: March, 2009 - 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The Susan B. Anthony Institute at the University of Rochester is pleased to announce the 16th Annual Gender and Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, which will take place in March, 2008 (exact day TBA.) The conference committee is currently seeking paper and presentation proposals from students throughout the University of Rochester. Each year, the SBAI conference features considerations of gender and women's studies from varied disciplinary fields, including but not limited to history, art history, literary studies, music, education, nursing, philosophy, and linguistics. The conference aims to foster an interdisciplinary environment for exchanging knowledge and encouraging communication and collaboration across disciplines.

 Research topics might include the following, though this list is far from exclusive:

• masculinity and/or femininity
• queer studies and theory
• history of the body and/or gender
• health care and the gendered body
• cultural studies
• film and media studies
• medical and scientific research
• political theory and practice
• educational theory and practice
• race and/or class and gender
• language
• transcultural studies and globalization
• performance studies
• women artists, performers, musicians, and/or composers

Submission Details

Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words to sbai@mail.rochester.edu by Friday, December 10, 2008. Accepted speakers will be notified by mid- to late January. Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, including audio-visual demonstrations. In your email, please provide contact information, a brief biographical statement, and any audio-visual or technological equipment needed for your presentation.

 

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