in conjunction with
THE USC CENTER FOR FEMINIST RESEARCH
announce
CALL FOR PAPERS
2009 Thinking Gender
THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Friday, February 6, 2009
UCLA FACULTY CENTER
Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student research on women, sexuality and gender across all disciplines and historical periods. We invite submissions for individual papers or preconstituted panels. This year, we especially welcome feminist research on:
- women and media
- local feminist issues and concerns in Southern California
- women and the environment (e.g., ecofeminism, the built environment, urban planning, architecture)
- women and political activism (e.g., women in government, women and war/peace)
- embodiment (e.g., disability, genetics)
- women in sports
For individual papers, please submit an abstract (250 word maximum), a CV (2 pages maximum, no resumes, please), and a brief bibliography (1 page maximum). For panels, please submit a 250-word description of the panel topic in addition to the materials required for the individual paper submissions. Please reference the submission guidelines at http://www.csw.ucla.edu/thinkinggender.html, and note that only complete applications adhering to the stated guidelines will be accepted.
Deadline for Submissions: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, by midnight.
We will only accept completed submissions emailed by the deadline, without exception.
Please send submissions to: thinkinggender@women.ucla.edu
UCLA Center for the Study of Women
Box 957222/ Public Affairs 1500
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7222
310-825-0590
http://www.women.ucla.edu/csw/
Email: thinkinggender@women.ucla.edu
USC Center for Feminist Research
Mark Taper Hall of Humanities, 442
3501 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4352
http://www.usc.edu/dept/cfr/
Email: cfr@usc.edu
