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https://gendertransformationeurope.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/workshop-2015-2016-call-for-papers/
GENDER AND
TRANSFORMATION: WOMEN IN EUROPE WORKSHOP
NYU CENTER FOR EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES
CALL FOR PAPERS 2015-2016
“Theorizing Gender, Class, Race, and Religion in Europe”
DEADLINE FOR
SUBMISSIONS: JUNE 26, 2015
The GENDER and TRANSFORMATION: WOMEN in EUROPE Workshop—a joint project
from New York University and the Network of East-West Women—invites speakers to
submit proposals for Friday afternoon talks for the academic year 2015-2016 at
the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies.
As is our usual practice, we are looking for speakers to discuss gender,
sexuality, or women in Europe or Eurasia. For the academic year 2015-2016 we
are particularly (but not only) interested in speakers addressing theoretically
and/or empirically the intersection of gender with class, race, and religion or
with the reimagining of Europe.
The workshop’s focus is on the postcommunist countries of East and Central Europe
and the former Soviet Union, including the Baltic countries and Central Asia,
and in Europe and the European Union more widely. Recent workshop topics have
included: post-1990 Albanian women’s migration strategies; Hungarian women’s
Holocaust writing, Romani women and theater in the Soviet Union, Russian
intersexuality, and rural women in Tajik film.
The workshop is an informal and friendly group of about 20 feminist
scholars, activists, and journalists who have been meeting for more than 20
years and are knowledgeable about the region. This is the perfect space to
present recent theoretical and/or critical work, empirical research, and
critical and scholarly reflections on your activism.
We offer a small honorarium. We regret that we cannot cover transportation
expenses to New York City or offer assistance for visas or accommodations.
To propose a talk for 2015-6, please email the
following to Janet Elise Johnson (Johnson@brooklyn.cuny.edu) and Mara Lazda (Mara.Lazda@bcc.cuny.edu):
1. a title for your talk
2. an abstract of less than 200 words describing your proposed talk
3. a one-page curriculum vitae or resume.
4. your schedule clarifying which weeks or months you plan to be in or near
New York City and would like to present (proposals for the Spring semester will
be passed onto Nanette Funk and Sonia Jaffe Robbins)
All proposals are welcome, by women and men, from the region and experts
from the U.S. or elsewhere, activists or scholars. We will get back to you as soon
as possible. For more information, see the recent speakers and call for papers
tabs.