Journal of Women in Culture and
SocietyComparative Perspectives
SymposiumOne of our goals at Signs is to increase the global
and comparative
content of the journal. Toward that end, we have
introduced a new
feature, "Comparative Perspectives
Symposia."
Designed to present multiple viewpoints from different regions
of the
world, each Comparative Perspectives Symposium features at least four
scholars, activists, and/or artists who address a specific concept or
topic of import to feminist activism and scholarship.
We are
currently planning a Comparative Perspectives Symposium on
Feminist Art and
Social Change. We would like to recruit 4 to 8 artists,
art critics,
curators, or scholars from Africa, Asia, Australia, the
Caribbean, Europe,
Latin America, New Zealand, and Newly Independent
States, who would
contribute short essays (1250-1500 words) that discuss
how feminism surfaces
in the arts (visual arts, dance, music,
literature, theater, architecture,
new media) and with what effects in
their region.
Those interested in
contributing to the symposium should contact Karen
Alexander (
KAlexander@signs.rutgers.edu) by August 15, 2005. Completed
essays must be submitted by November 1, 2006.
Although the print copy
of the journal is published in English, the
University of Chicago Press has
agreed to include a version in a second
language in the electronic version
of the journal, which is accessible
on line.
Forthcoming Signs
Comparative Perspectives Symposia
Summer 2006 31:4 Democratization
Melani
Budianta Decentralizing Engagements: Women and the
Democratization Process
in Indonesia
Daša Duhac(ek Feminist Perspectives on Democratization in Serbia
/
Western Balkans
Shireen Hassim Democratization: A View from
Africa
Breny Mendoza The Undemocratic Foundations of Democracy: An
Enunciation
from Postoccidental Latin America
Autumn 2006 32:1
Islamization
Saskia Eleonora Wieringa Islamization in Indonesia: Women
Activists’
Discourses
Leela Jacinto Abandoning the Wardrobe and
Reclaiming Religion in the
Discourse on Afghan Women’s Islamic
Rights
Jaleh Shaditalab Islamization and Gender in Iran: Is the Glass Half
Full
or Half Empty?
Ays,e Saktanber Women and the Iconography of Fear:
Islamization in
Post-Islamist Turkey
Fatima Sadiqi The Impact of
Islamization on Moroccan Feminism
Joy Ezeilo Feminism and Islamic
Fundamentalism: Some Perspectives from
Nigeria and Beyond
Winter 2007
32:2 Bioprospecting/Biopiracy
Contributors: Vandana Shiva, Susan Hawthorne,
Ana Isla, Victoria
Tauli-Corpuz, Cori Hayden
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Joanna
Regulska
Professor of Women's Studies and Geography
Chair - Department of
Women's and Gender Studies
Rutgers University