CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON GENDER & WOMEN eBULLETIN

16 November 2009
  
CONTENTS:

EVENTS ON CAMPUS
NEWS  
OPPORTUNITIES
CALLS FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCES
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

EVENTS ON CAMPUS

Sally Kenney
Professor, Department of Law and Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Director, Center on Women and Public Policy
Will speak on

"Making the Case for Women Judges"
A Public Lecture
16 November
12 pm
2435 Sewell Social Science Bldg

"Teaching and Writing Case Studies on Women and Social Change: The Case of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition"
A workshop
16 November
3 pm
2435 Sewell Social Science Bldg

Sally J. Kenney joined the Humphrey Institute faculty in 1995 after holding joint appointments in Political Science, Women's Studies, and Law at the University of Iowa. Her research interests include gender and judging, judicial selection, feminist social movements, the European Court of Justice, exclusionary employment policies, and pregnancy discrimination. She served as a consultant to the US Congress's House Education and Labor Committee on discrimination resulting from fetal protection policies. She is currently at work on a book entitled Gender and Judging. Beginning January 1, 2010, she will be the Executive Director of the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute at Tulane University where she will hold the Newcomb College Endowed Chair.
Sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and the European Union Center of Excellence.
Co-sponsored by the TARGET (Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training) research circle and Fem Sem (Sociology of Gender).
TARGET is a research circle on the UW-Madison campus, supported by Global Studies http://global.wisc.edu/ and the International Institute http://www.intl-institute.wisc.edu/.

Caren Grown
Economist-In-Residence at American University

Will speak on

Financing Gender Equality:  Keeping Promises in Times of Economic Crisis
17 November
3 pm
336 Ingraham Hall

Working as a 'Gender Expert'
18 November
12 pm
336 Ingraham Hall

Reception for Caren Grown
17 November
7 pm
Please RSVP to wchriste@ssc.wisc.edu for directions.

Working as a 'Gender Expert'
18 November
12 pm
336 Ingraham Hall

Caren Grown is Economist-In-Residence at American University, where she teaches in the fields of economic development and gender analysis in economics.  Her current research focuses on assets and women’s well-being, gender equality and public finance, and gender equality measurement. Formerly, she was Senior Scholar and Co-Director of the Gender Equality and Economy Program at The Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, and Director of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Governance team at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). She has edited and authored numerous books and articles on gender equality, development, and macroeconomics. Her recent books include Taxation and Gender Equity, co-edited with Imraan Valodia (Routledge 2010), The Feminist Economics of Trade, co-edited with Diane Elson and Irene Van Staveren (Routledge 2007), and Trading Women's Health and Rights: the Role of Trade Liberalization and Development, co-edited with Elissa Braunstein and Anju Malhotra (Zed Books 2006). Dr. Grown is an Associate Editor of Feminist Economics, a member of the External Gender Forum of the Asian Development Bank, and a founding member of the International Working Group on Gender and Macroeconomics (GEM-IWG). 
The Gender and International Policy Research Circle is a research circle on the UW-Madison campus, supported by Global Studies and the International Institute. Please see our website for more information: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/TARGET
These events are also part of the Sociology of Gender Brownbag Series (Femsem).
For more information on other Femsem events, visit: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/gender/Activities/index.htm   

Ethelene Whitmire,
Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies

Will speak on

“A New Negro Woman: Harlem Renaissance Librarian Regina Andrews”
A School of Library and Information Studies Workshop Presentation
November 18
5 pm
105 Ingraham Hall

Sponsored by The Program in Gender and Women’s History

Using extensive primary and secondary sources, this scholarly book project examines the life of Regina Andrews (1901-1993), the first African American Supervising Librarian in the New York Public Library system and an integral member of the Harlem Renaissance. I use black feminist theory to investigate the intersections of race, class, and gender on her personal, professional, creative (playwright and actress), and civic lives. Andrews began her career in 1923 at the 135th Street Library branch and ended it with her retirement from the Washington Heights branch in 1967. Ethelene Whitmire is also in the process of developing a documentary about Andrews.

Sponsored by The Program in Gender and Women’s History
For additional information (including an article about Andrews) visit Ethelene Whitmire’s website and blog: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/ewhitmire/web/andrews/ and http://harlemrenaissancelibrarian.blogspot.com/

Liz Holzer and Shane Sharp
Sociology, UW-Madison
will speak about
Interviewing Techniques
November 19, Thursday
12:30 pm
Social Sciences 2435
Sociology of Gender Brownbag Series (Femsem)
For more information: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/gender/Activities/index.htm 

Virginia Vargas
Tinker Visiting Scholar (Peru)

Will speak on
 
Feminisms, Democracy and Diversity in Latin America in the 21st Century
 
December 2
12 pm
105 Ingraham Hall


In 1978, Vargas founded the Center for the Peruvian Women "Flora Tristán." She has been involved in the World Social Forum International Committee. She works in the program “Studies and Feminist Debates," for the Center “Flora Tristan” in Lima; in the Program Democracy and Global Transformation for the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in Lima, Peru. Cosponsored by Center for Research on Gender and Women, Gender and Women's Studies, LACIS, TARGET Research Circle (Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training).


For more information, contact Center for Research on Gender and Women <WSRC@mailplus.wisc.edu>

Ingrid Robeyns
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
 
Will speak on
 
What Do Just Family Policies Require? Philosophical Reflections and the Case of the Netherlands
December 1
4 pm
206 Ingraham Hall
Can the Unequal Gender Division of Labor Be Justified?
December 2
4 pm
8417 Sewell Social Sciences
Social Justice and the Family
December 3
12:30 pm
8108 Sewell Social Sciences

Sponsored by Havens Center

Robeyns' main areas of research are theories of justice, especially applied to issues of gender, the family, care and global poverty, and also the further theoretical advancement of the capability approach. She is also interested in other questions at the intersection of economics and normative practical philosophy. 

Seminar conducted by Ingrid Robeyns, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
 
For more information, visit: http://www.havenscenter.org <http://www.havenscenter.org/> . Or contact: 262-0854, info@havenscenter.org.

Trans Week of Remembrance
Community Building and Campus Climate Talk Circle
November 16
6pm
LGBT Campus Center, Memorial Union
Discuss the current state of the UW-Madison/greater Madison trans community and how to improve visibility and solidarity. Share stories, voice ideas and concerns, and create connections.
For more information contact Teddi Hereid, event Coordinator of the UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center, at ehereid@wisc.edu, or at 608-446-2382.

Diagnosing Difference Movie
November 17
5pm
LGBT Campus Center, Memorial Union
Diagnosing Difference is a full-length length documentary featuring interviews with 13 diverse scholars, activists, and artists who identify on the trans spectrum (transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, and gender variant) about the impact and implications of the Gender Identity Disorder (GID) on their lives and communities.
For more information contact Teddi Hereid, event Coordinator of the UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center, at ehereid@wisc.edu, or at 608-446-2382.

Eli Clare Lecture
November 18
7 pm
Play Circle, Memorial Union

Disabled people, trans people, fat people, and people of color all know what it's like to be stared at. Through words and images, Eli explores the internal experiences of living in marked bodies and the external meanings of oppression and bodily difference.
For more information contact Teddi Hereid, event Coordinator of the UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center, at ehereid@wisc.edu, or at 608-446-2382.

Trans Monologues and Vigil Co-sponsored by Ten Percent Society
November 20
6 pm
A Room of One's Own, 307 W Johnson St

The Trans Monologues are a night of theater, poems, songs, monologues, and all other creative expressions of transgender identities. Join the LGBT Campus Center and Ten Percent Society for a powerful evening of performance. Following the Monologues, we will be holding a vigil to remember and honor members of the community who have lost their lives. (Ryka Aoki de la Cruz will be speaking at the monologues and the vigil.)
For more information contact Teddi Hereid, event Coordinator of the UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center, at ehereid@wisc.edu, or at 608-446-2382.

Trans People of Color Film Festival Co-sponsored by QPOC
Back-to-back showings of Cruel and Unusual, Still Black, and Paris is Burning.
November 21
4 pm
LGBT Campus Center, Memorial Union
Cruel and Unusual: Women, transgender women such as Ashley, Linda, Anna, Yolanda and Ophelia, are incarcerated in men's prisons across the U.S. from Wyoming to New Jersey and Florida. Denied medical and psychological treatment, victims of rape and violence, the documentary Cruel and Unusual asks if the punishment for their crime is indeed cruel and unusual?
Still Black: a portrait of black transmen, is an alternative feature-length documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States. Through the intimate stories of their lives as artists, students, husbands, fathers, lawyers, and teachers, the film offers viewers a complex and multi-faceted image of race, sexuality and trans identity.
Paris is Burning: An unblinking behind the scenes story of Harlem's underground drag-ball circuit. Follow the houses and Queens who created "voguing" and drag balls , and turned these raucous celebrations into a powerful expression pf personal pride.
For more information contact Teddi Hereid, event Coordinator of the UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center, at ehereid@wisc.edu, or at 608-446-2382.

Trans Resource Display
Throughout the week
9am-5pm
LGBT Campus Center, Memorial Union
This resource display will have information on trans icons, reading materials, films, statistics, local resources, and information on violence experienced within the trans community.
For more information contact Teddi Hereid, event Coordinator of the UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center, at ehereid@wisc.edu, or at 608-446-2382.

NEWS

New book published by Judith Leavitt, Present Ruth Bleier WARF Professor History of Medicine, History of Science, and Women ’s Studies
Make Room for Daddy: The Journey from Waiting Room to Birthing Room (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009)
See http://www.med.wisc.edu/news-events/news/from-the-waiting-room-to-the-birthing-room/1062

Jordana Rosenberg
Will present

"Sins of the Tongue" in The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe, David Hillman and Carla Mazzio, eds. (New York: Routledge, 1997): 53-79
November 18
Room 212 University Club
Light refreshments will be provided.
This event is organized by The Center for Visual Cultures, as part of a Mellon/White Workshop, and in conjunction with the 2009-2010 Conference Series "Visualities beyond Ocularcentrism".
For more information and to gain access to the readings, please email: visualculture@education.wisc.edu. For more about the Mellon/White workshop and conference series Visualities beyond Ocularcentrism, visit: http://www.visualculture.wisc.edu/Events/0910/visualitiesbeyondocularcentrism.html.
Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities.

OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Nominations for Outstanding Women
DEADLINE - 1 December 2009
Please nominate your candidate/s for:
1. UW System Outstanding Woman of Color in Education Award (one award).
2. UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards (multiple awards).
The UW System Award will be given to a woman of color who has:
-worked in the areas of women’s studies scholarship and activism, especially as she has served to improve the status and climate for women, particularly women of color; advocated for women, particularly women of color; consistently demonstrated her ability to rally diverse forces together to advance the agenda of women, particularly that of women of color; created positive changes at the institutional level, i.e., curriculum development and infusion, receiving grants, and mentoring women; and demonstrated an understanding of the interplay of family and community and culture in the lives of women of color.
Now in its 15th year, the UW System Outstanding Woman of Color in Education Awards are given to nominees from each System institution, including UW-Madison. This year’s System-sponsored award ceremony and luncheon will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010, as the closing event of the 34th annual conference of the UW System Women’s Studies Consortium scheduled on April 16-17, 2010 at the James R. Connor University Center on UW-Whitewater campus.
How to nominate (the nomination packet should include the following):
1. A Letter of Nomination
2. An additional letter of support from nominee’s colleague (student, staff, faculty or community member)
3. The nominee’s updated curriculum vitae
4. A publishable photo (head shot)
Send the nomination packet in print or electronic format by Tuesday, 1 December 2009 to Jane Dymond, 109 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Dr., Madison WI 53706, jdymond@provost.wisc.edu.

Dr. PB Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ People
Deadline: February 1, 2010
On behalf of the UW System Administration Office of Academic and Student Services, the Inclusivity Initiative for LGBTQ People invites nominations for the 2008 Dr. PB Poorman Award. The award winner will be honored at the annual UW System LGBTQ Spring Symposium.
The award, created to honor Dr. Poorman’s legacy to the state of Wisconsin, is intended to recognize a UW System faculty, academic or classified staff, or registered UWS student for her or his excellence in advocacy, research, teaching, or service on behalf of the LGBTQ communities.
To be eligible, individuals must either be currently employed 50 percent time or greater as a member of a UWS institution as faculty, instructional or non-instructional academic staff, classified staff, or a registered student at one of the UW System institutions.
All nomination materials should be sent via e-mail attachment to the attention of Joy Connolly, Project Assistant, Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at jconnolly@uwsa.edu.
Should you have any questions, please contact Joy Connolly, Project Assistant, Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at jconnolly@uwsa.edu.

IHR Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities for UK Archival Research
IHR Mellon Fellowships for doctoral research in the humanities are administered by the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London and are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Fellowships are intended to help students registered as doctoral candidates at a North American university to:
1) work in original source materials in the humanities in the United Kingdom.
2) help doctoral candidates in the humanities to deepen their ability to develop knowledge from original sources.
3) provide insight from the viewpoint of doctoral candidates into how scholarly resources can be developed most helpfully in the future.
There are two types of Fellowship: Pre-dissertation and Dissertation. The Pre-dissertation Fellowship (stipend value USD $5,000) is offered for a maximum of 2 months and is intended to help candidates draw up and revise a dissertation proposal. Candidates must have completed their coursework and examinations prior to the start of the Fellowship. The Dissertation Fellowship (stipend value USD 25,000) is offered to candidates already working on their dissertation and who need to spend time in the United Kingdom to carry out archival research. These fellowships will run concurrently with the academic year (i.e. 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011).
The closing date for receipt of applications, and supporting documentation, is 15 January 2010.
Further details and forms may be obtained at: http://www.history.ac.uk/awards/prizes#mellon

Fellowships 2010-11: University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
UCHI is now welcoming applications from external scholars for the Faculty Residential Fellowship program. The application deadline is January 15, 2010.
Faculty Residential Fellowships are opportunities for individuals to pursue advanced work in the humanities and related social sciences. Applicants may be faculty members of colleges or universities, or independent scholars and writers.
Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients might eventually produce scholarly articles, a monograph on a specialized subject, a book on a broad topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, or other scholarly tools.
Faculty Residential Fellowships support projects that can be completed during the tenure of an award or those that are part of a long-term endeavor. Applicants should have held the Ph.D. for four years or more or possess a record of professional accomplishment.
Faculty Residential Fellowships do not support projects to study teaching methods or theories. Neither do they support surveys of courses and programs or the preparation of institutional curricula.
Tenure normally covers an uninterrupted period of from nine to twelve whole months.  External fellows receive a stipend of $40,000, faculty library privileges, and assistance in locating housing as well as an invigorating intellectual environment.
See the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute website for additional information and application forms: web.uconn.edu/uchi/home.php.

2009-2010 UW-Madison Population Health Dissertation Grants
Due: 25 February, 2010    (Notification: 5 March, 2010)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program at UW-Madison is sponsoring a campus-wide competition for Population Health Dissertation Grants for the academic year 2009-2010.  Eligible students must be enrolled in any UW-Madison Ph.D. program and be working on a topic in the study of health and society.  One of our primary goals is to expand population health research across campus. 
The grant to the student is to be used toward dissertation research, such as for a pilot study, data collection expenses, or other research activities related to the student’s work in health and society.  The proposal should clearly state a plan of action, how this award will improve current or planned research, and an explanation of how the money will be used.  Proposals will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposal, the relevance of the work to expanding knowledge on health and society, and the project’s contribution to expanding research on health and society or population health across campus. 
Funds must be spent by April 30, 2011, and a final report is due to the RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program by July 1, 2011.  In addition, a brief oral presentation will be required at a campus-wide symposium in the late Spring of 2011.
Award:
$5,000 to the student, plus $1,000 to a faculty advisor -8 awards approximately expected. The funds to the faculty advisor go into a research account. These funds need not be spent on the doctoral student project.  They are provided as incentive to participate in the dissertation research of students doing work on health and society.
Application Process:
The proposal should include an abstract section (250 words max), project description, budget and budget rationale, and references.  Please email the proposal (5 pages max, double-spaced, Arial 11 pt font or equivalent), a CV, and a brief letter from your advisor to Jane Lambert at jflamber@wisc.edu.
Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program.
For more information, contact Jane Lambert, Program Coordinator Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program, at jflamber@wisc.edu. Or visit: http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/rwjscholars/.
Opportunity to Display Art

The Women's Studies Research Center (WSRC) provides a forum to display artwork with feminist or woman centered content.  Several walls of the Center at 108 Ingraham Hall have been prepared to display framed, ready to hang 2-d art works.  There is some limited space also to display smaller 3-d art objects as well.  Art work will be on display for approximately eight week periods and will be given recognition in the Center for Research on Gender & Women website and ebulletin.  If you would like to have your work considered for exhibition in the Center for Research on Gender & Women please call 608-263-2053 or e-mail wsrc@mailplus.wisc.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS & CONFERENCES

Call for Presenters
2009 Global Studies Graduate Workshop
 
The Global Studies Graduate Workshop is an informal, stress-free environment where graduate students of all levels can meet to discuss their work. Each session, one student presents a dissertation chapter, job talk, conference paper, or similar item for discussion. Papers are normally circulated prior to the meeting so that participants can read them ahead of time. However, there is no required reading or other preparation needed in order to participate. The workshop has proven to be a useful venue precisely because of its interdisciplinarity. People from a variety of departments bring their perspectives to share with others who also come from places where perhaps international/global studies are not the main focus.
 
Any UW-Madison graduate student is welcome to participate in any or all of the workshop meetings.
 
Global Studies continually accepts volunteers to present at upcoming meetings of the Global Studies Graduate Workshop. Dates are flexible and can be determined by the presenters. This is a great opportunity to have your work presented and reviewed by a group of friendly internationally minded graduate students.
 
RSVP to info@global.wisc.edu   to volunteer for the Graduate Workshop.
 
Additional information is available at: http://global.wisc.edu/
IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections
7th Annual Symposium, April 16, 2010
American University Washington College of Law
Special Theme: Gender and Invention
Sponsored by American University Washington College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and Women and the Law Program Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law. In collaboration with Dan Burk, Chancellor's Professor of Law, U.C. Irvine.
Participants include:
Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College
Mario Biagioli, Harvard University
Rayvon Fouche, University of Illinois
Laurel Smith-Doerr, Boston University
Kara Swanson, Drexel University
Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 20, 2009
The 7th Annual Symposium on "IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections" invites proposals for papers on gender issues relating to the production and use of inventions, broadly defined. Appropriate topics might include: gendered patterns in the history of invention or creation; gendered regulation of inventive activities; gendered models of individual and collective inventive activities; gendered aspects in licensing or assignment of technologies; and related subjects.
Introduction & Context:
Over the past seven years, the IP/Gender symposium has provided a forum to examine and discuss research on gendered dimensions of intellectual property law. Because issues of gender in intellectual property have been under-appreciated and remain under-theorized, much of this work has been exploratory and pioneering. Topics discussed in past years have ranged from the impact of intellectual property law and policy on gender-related imbalances in wealth, cultural access, political power, and social control; creative production and gender; the effects of stereotyping and of actual and rhetorical feminization and masculinization of participant roles upon intellectual property stakeholders; the gendered development of IP doctrines and doctrinal categories; related issues in the teaching and practicing of intellectual property; feminist jurisprudential insights about intellectual property law; and female fan cultures and intellectual property.

For more information contact:
Angie McCarthy
Program Coordinator
Women and the Law Program
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: (202) 274-4494
Website: www.wcl.american.edu/gender/wlp

Journal of Women's Intercultural Leadership

The Journal of Women’s Intercultural Leadership serves as a resource for scholars and practitioners who seek to bring intercultural perspectives and practices to their classes, research, programs, or institutions. This refereed journal focuses on women’s studies, leadership development, and intercultural education (including international and domestic multicultural) and the complex interdisciplinary intersections between these disciplines to yield a distinctive, interconnected synthesis of ideas and best practices. The Journal contains articles, discussion forums, and book reviews.
 
JWIL is dedicated to the exploration of questions, concerns, and best practices that focus on women's and intercultural perspectives, experience, and leadership. JWIL welcomes contributions from scholars and practitioners working in a wide range of disciplines and fields. Contributors may use various approaches, including critical/rhetorical, qualitative, and/or quantitative.
 
See http://www.saintmarys.edu/cwil/jwil   for specific guidelines for submissions.  Or contact jwil@saintmarys.edu   for more information.

Call for Submissions

SAGE Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World
You are invited to present Academic editorial contributions to the Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, a new print and electronic reference that will look at women today around the world and delve into the contexts of being female in the 21st century. Thus the scope of the encyclopedia will focus on women’s status starting in approximately 2000 and look forward. The work will present state-of-the-art research, ready-to-use facts. The 1,000 signed entries (with cross-references and recommended readings) will cover issues in contemporary women’s and gender studies and the articles will include information relevant to the following academic disciplinary contexts: women in different cultures/countries; arts and media; business and economics; criminal justice; education; family studies; health; media; military; politics; science and technology; sports; environmental studies; and religion. We are making assignments with a submission due date of December 31, 2009.
This comprehensive project will be published in stages by SAGE Reference and will be marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product available to students via the library’s electronic services. The General Editors, who will be reviewing each submission to the project, are Dr. Mary Zeiss Stange of Skidmore College, and Dr. Carol K. Oyster of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
If you are interested in contributing to this cutting-edge reference, it is an opportunity to contribute to the contemporary literature, redefining women’s issues in today’s terms. Moreover, it can be a notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing credits. SAGE Publications offers an honorarium ranging from SAGE book credits for smaller articles up to a free set of the printed product or access to the online product for contributions totaling 10,000 words or more.
For questions about the Article topics’ list, as well as for style and submission guidelines, contact Sue Moskowitz, Director of Author Recruitment, Golson Media, at women@golsonmedia.com. Please provide a brief summary of your academic/ publishing credentials in women’s and gender issues.

Graduate Journal of Social Science - call for book reviews
The Graduate Journal of Social Science is seeking book reviews for the upcoming issue (June 2010) on ‘Interdisciplinarity: Methodological approaches’ (http://gjss.org/index.php/CFP-Regular-Issue.html)
We are very interested in hearing from students and researchers who have a particular area or book they'd like to review on the aforementioned topic.
Beyond books, reviews can also cover current or relevant academic debates, movies, documentaries, etc.
Suggested themes include, but are not limited to:
-Discussions of methodological issues of interdisciplinary relevance at the theoretical level
-Examples of this type of research in the form of specific case studies
-A combination of these two aspects, such as a theoretical discussion with reference to research experiences/data or case studies containing a rich discussion of methodological premises and implications.
If this is of interest to you, please send a 250 word abstract to katherine.harrison@gmail.com by 1 December 2009. Please note that if your abstract is accepted, a full version of your review (1000-1500 words) will be required by 1 January 2010.
If you have any queries please contact Katherine Harrison as soon as possible at: katherine.harrison@gmail.com Further information on the format and length of book reviews can be found at: http://gjss.org/index.php/gjss.org-Submission-of-Bookreviews.html

Call for Essays: Transnational Feminisms

Call for essays to be published in the book Transnational Feminisms

Essays are sought for the first volume in the Hampton Press book series, Transnational Feminisms, that investigates current concepts of transnational or global feminisms, and the attention and critique such concepts have receive within public, scholarly, international, creative and performative discourses.

The editors seek a broad-ranging set of investigations on areas including, but not limited to, ethics and transnational feminisms, women and leadership, diverse enactments of feminist activism, and transnational politics of difference. Authors will engage with multiple constructions of global feminism that assume common concerns and similar shared lived experiences by all women in current times. Essays that interrogate intersections of gender, class, nation, ethnicity, and the tendencies of globalization on women’s roles, identities and communities are encouraged. 

Please send queries and/or abstracts to Noemi Marin, nmarin@fau.edu or Lara Lengel, lengell@bgsu.edu by October 15, 2009. Final essays should be submitted by January 1, 2010.

"Leadership and Collaboration in Shaping the Future: The Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality”

April 16-17, 2010
UW-Whitewater

For more information or to submit a proposal visit: http://www.uww.edu/conteduc/camps/wsc/form.php
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Women and Social Change in Mexico
January 9 - 22, 2010
At Mexico
CETLALIC, the most progressive Spanish immersion school in Mexico, invites you to join them on January 9 - 22, 2010 to:
-Learn about Mexican culture, politics, and economics through the lens of women´s experiences and struggles for social justice.
-Study how women from various backgrounds (i.e. Indigenous, students, workers) have been affected by the neoliberal model of globalization and the kinds of mobilizations they have initiated or participated in.
-Establish and strengthen links between women of different countries (whose lives in an increasingly globalized world are more interrelated than ever) by sharing our respective struggles for justice and equality.
-And study Spanish, all in the City of Eternal Spring, Cuernavaca, Mexico
For more information: www.cetlalic.org.mx:

National Women’s Studies Association

Presents
 
Engaged Scholarship in Theory and Practice –an Online Seminar

May 14
4:00–5:15 pm
 
Presented by Irma McClaurin, moderated by Allison Kimmich, this webinar promises to explore in depth some of the reasons to practice engaged scholarship, some ways to be an engaged scholar, and finally some of the professional pitfalls that may accompany seeking a wider audience for your research.

Participants will learn how to define engaged scholarship and discuss it in multiple campus and community settings, how to develop an "engaged" research agenda, how to balance engaged scholarship with tenure and promotion requirements, and tips for translating academic research for wider "publics"
 
Cost: $45 for NWSA Member. $60 for Non-members.

For more information visit: http://www.nwsa.org/webinars/

Gender, Work and Organization
6th international interdisciplinary conference
 
21-23 June 2010
GWO2010 conference
Keele University, UK
 
Journal Editors: Deborah Kerfoot and David Knights, Keele University Joint Editors in Chief, Gender, Work and Organization
 
Conference Administrator: Nicola Nixon n.j.nixon@mngt.keele.ac.uk
Address for Correspondence:
Gender, Work and Organization
Keele University Management School
Darwin Building
Keele University
Staffordshire ST5 5BG
England
 
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 734278
Fax: +44 (0) 1782 734277
n.j.nixon@mngt.keele.ac.uk
                                     
For more information visit: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0968-6673  , or http://www.keele-conference.com/conferences_delegate.htm
  
The 2010 International Conference on Queer Diaspora

June 11-12, 2010
 
The First International Conference on Queer Diaspora is to be initiated and organized by the Division of Women’s and Gender Studies at the Population and Gender Studies Center, National Taiwan University.
 
The conference focus will be on the following core Topics:
-Queering trans-nationalism; queer & trans-nationalism
-Queer, territorial governance, cross-boundary migration, and diasporas
-LGBTQ social movements
-Queer citizenship and marginal human rights
-HIV/AIDS epidemiology
-Trans-locational cultural production & consumption
 
Summary of key dates:
Call for Papers release on June 2009
Abstracts (500-1000 words) due on 30 September 2009            
Referee responds to abstracts on 15 November 2009             
Full papers (10000-12000 words) due on 30 April 2010                      
 
Submission:
Abstracts and papers can be submitted in either Chinese or English via email as an attachment to wrp@ntu.edu.tw with “Paper for the International Conference on Queer Diaspora” as the subject and with a note of personal information.
 
Contact:
Division of Women’s and Gender Studies, Population and Gender Studies Center, National Taiwan University
Conference Chair: Dr. Miaofen Chen
Conference Secretariat: Ting Ong
Email: wrp@ntu.edu.tw
Phone: 886-2-2363-0197
Fax: +886-2-2363-9565
 
For more information visit: http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~wrp/qd.htm
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http://www.womenstudies.wisc.edu/WSRC/index.htm

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