One of the organizers asked if I'd pass this along to folks who might
be interested. Likely to be a good source of professional development
and networking for grad students who study gender as an element of
social organization, in ag and elsewhere. I know there are some
young men and women studying gender in ag--hopefully some folks in
the SANET community include them or can fwd this message.
peace
misha
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>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> The 13th Annual National Feminist Graduate Student conference is
> presently accepting proposals for our March 4-7, 1999 conference in
> Austin, Texas. The conference is entitled Feminist Identities:
> Around the Globe and in the Academy. This year's conference will
> provide a venue for an interdisciplinary gathering of graduate
> students doing feminist work.
>
> Proposals may be positioned as a feminist intervention in a given
> field, a contribution to existing feminist debates, or an
> application of feminist theory, research methods or praxis. We
> seek diverse and innovative perspectives, voices, formats and
> performances that will enlarge our understanding, challenge our
> assumptions, and prompt our thinking. The conference is organized
> by and for graduate students. Our hope is to create a space for
> conversations and for the development of relationships with
> similarly interested and focused students.
>
> Currently we have organized two full days of paper presentations
> and two evenings with prominent speakers, one nationally known and
> one local feminist. The key note speaker will be Chandra Talpade
> Mohanty, associate professor of Women's Studies at Hamilton
> College. At this time we have asked Joni Jones, professor at the
> University of Texas, Austin and performance artist to perform.
> Other planned conference events include: >grassroots activism
> workshops with Gen Vaughn from the Foundation for a Compassionate
> Society; Lisa Sanchez from PODER; and Rachel Muir, founder and
> director of Smartgrrls; and a roundtable of feminist faculty
> members from local universities to discuss their negotiations of
> feminism in pedagogy and in research.
>
> There will also be two afternoon screenings of graduate students
> films and an art exhibit.
>
>Proposal submissions should include:
>(1) one copy of a 750-1000 word proposal
>
>(2) a cover letter complete with:
> (a) name, address, phone and e-mail;
> (b) institution, department, program and year of study;
> (c) audio visual requests;
> (d) information about co-authors/presenters;
> (e) format of contribution (paper, performance,
>slide/film/multi-media);
> (f) a 50 word abstract for conference materials; and
> (g) other personal needs such as child care, wheelchair access, sight
>and hearing impaired concerns, or others.
>
> We will accept proposals for individual papers and panels. Those
> proposing a panel must include a proposal for each paper and a
> description of the panel.
>
> Because of the size of the conference we will only be able to
> allow one appearance per person and will not be able to make
> accommodations for time or day of presentation.
>
>
> Submissions must be received by November 1, 1998 and may be sent by
> e-mail (no attachments please) to
>
> lnramsey@mail.utexas.edu,
>
> or mailed to:
> Feminist Graduate Student Network
> SOC #69
> 100-C West Dean Keeton Street
> Austin, Texas 78712
> Visit us at: >
> http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~femconf/
> Notification of acceptance will be in January 1999.
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