call for papers 

Bodies of Work/Agents of Change:Interdisciplinary Interventions in the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rice University, April 19, 2008
Rice University’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality is seeking submissions for its inaugural graduate symposium. The study of women, gender, and sexuality has influenced surrounding disciplines with interventions in methodology, perspective, and assumptions. As scholars in the field, we create interdisciplinary bodies of work that often explore the possibilities for the agency of gendered and sexualized bodies. The symposium invites papers that offer ways of thinking about the dual problems of the body and agency from the vantage point of these cross-disciplinary convergences.
Deadline for Abstracts: 3/11/2008
Guidelines (Microsoft Word)

AAUW-Texas 100th Anniversary Convention, Dallas, April 25-27, 2008

The AAUW-Texas Biennial Convention Program Committee invites proposals from graduate students in Texas and throughout the Southwest for a research poster exhibition to be held during the Convention. Contributions in any field of interest to AAUW (www.aauw.org) are welcome. The Research Review Committee will be particularly interested in proposals that reflect women's cultural diversity; that explore women's historical experiences, including obstacles and achievements; that depict issue-oriented activism by women; that present data or studies on gender equity issues, including but not limited to those arising in publicly funded programs and at educational institutions; and that discuss educational initiatives and programs for women at all levels, including those in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 22, 2008. Abstracts must not exceed 300 words, and must be presented to the Research Review Committee as Microsoft Word documents. Abstracts must present text only; additional graphic and explanatory information will be permitted during the poster exhibition session in Dallas.

Multiple-author proposals are encouraged, but all first authors must be graduate students currently enrolled in a higher education institution. At least one author is expected to register and attend the AAUW-Texas Biennial Convention and to be present during the poster session to discuss the poster's content with attendees. Grants to meet travel and conference expenses are not available at this time.

Abstract submissions must contain all of the following: the title of the proposal; the names, positions, and institutional affiliations of all authors; a physical mailing address to which conference materials can be sent; a contact telephone number for the first author; a single email address to be used by the Research Review Committee for correspondence with the first author; and the text of the proposal.

Submissions must be made as MS Word attachments to an email message with "AAUW—Poster Proposal" in the subject line, and the email message must be sent to womens.studies@ttu.edu by February 22, 2008. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. Submissions will not be individually acknowledged. The first author of successful proposals will be informed by email by March 7, 2008. For more information on submissions, contact Caitlin M. Hopson, Administrative Assistant, Women's Studies Program-MS2009, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX 79409-2009, at womens.studies@ttu.edu or 806.742-4335. For more information on the AAUW-Texas Biennial Convention, visit www.aauwtexas.org.

 

University of North Texas Critical Voices in Literature and Culture Conference

March 28-29, 2008

The Graduate Students in English Association announces its Interdisciplinary Conference being held March 28-29, 2008 on the UNT campus in Denton, Texas. Please let your graduate students know about this terrific opportunity to present their work and add a line to their curriculum vitae/resumes.

Important Dates
Critical Voices Conference Date: March 28-29, 2008.
Proposals due by January 21, 2008.
The Panel Committee will e-mail proposal acceptances by February 15, 2008.
Conference Schedule will be available on our website by March 1, 2008.
Registration Fee (due day of conference): $20.00.

For more information, visit http://people.unt.edu/cdw0017/GSEA/conference.html.

The 24th Annual All-University Conference on the Advancement of Women in
Higher Education on February 29, 2008

The conference, which will be held at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, invites submission of papers, projects, posters, artistic works, and works-in-progress that highlight research by women and/or about women's or gendered issues. Submissions from all fields of study are invited. The conference will be held on February 29, 2008. Invited speakers include Dr. Alice Hogan, National Science Foundation, and Dr. Kimberlee Kearfott, Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan. Registration is required of all presenters: the fee is $10 for students
and $45 for faculty, staff, administrators, and professionals, and lunch is included with paid registration. Proposals should include a cover page with name and contact information, an abstract not exceeding 100 words, and a summary of 1000 words, sent as an attachment via e-mail to all.university.conference@ttu.edu; type "WS Submission" in the subject line. Cash awards for best student papers. Deadline for submissions is January 14, 2008. If you have questions, please contact Texas Tech's Women's Studies Program, 806-742-4335.  http://www.depts.ttu.edu/wstudies/call_for_papers_and_posters%202008.htm

Women and Political Leadership Research Conference  April 11-12, 2008

This conference will provide an exciting forum for advanced graduate students, junior faculty, and senior scholars to begin to address how differences and commonalities among women inform political leadership.

The conference is looking for papers that examine six broad areas of differences between women and the significance of those differences on women's access to and execution of positions of political leadership, including: (1) What is the utility of intersectionality as a conceptual model for theorizing women's political leadership; (2) Cross-national comparisons; (3) U.S. Regional (South, Northeast, Mid-West, Southwest, and West) and Locale (rural, ex-urban, suburban, and urban) comparisons; (4) race and ethnicity; (5) sexuality and sexual orientation and identity; and (6) ideology and religion.  Abstracts of 200-250 words should be e-mailed to nicole.spirgen at american.edu by September 10, 2007. Conference participants will be selected by mid-November.