[ecrea] Call for Proposals - IGSA@ND 2019

The University of Notre Dame’s Gender Studies Program is happy to 
announce its fifth biennial international conference, which will be held 
in conjunction with the second meeting of the International Girls 
Studies Association.

University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
 - 28 February - 2 
March, 2019*Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 1 July 2018*

Girls Studies has become one of the most dynamic academic fields, 
encompassing scholars from a vast array of disciplines engaged in a 
variety of interdisciplinary approaches. This conference aims to bring 
together scholars and creative practitioners from across the world to 
explore contemporary and historical experiences and constructions of 
girlhood and girls’ culture, as well as recent developments within the 
field.

The Host Committee invites proposals for individual papers, 
pre-constituted panels, pre-constituted roundtables, and creative works 
that address one or more of the following topics.Moreover, we are keen 
to move beyond the traditional conference format and encourage 
collaborative work and presentations of digital humanities projects as 
well as creative, visual, and performance-based work. We also welcome 
proposals from individuals working in collaboration with girls in 
schools, after-school programs, and community-based organizations. We 
welcome submissions from scholars, teachers, activists, artists, and 
students (both graduate and undergraduate).

*Topics may include (but are not limited to):*

●Histories of girlhood

●Global girlhood(s)

●Girlhood and intersectionality

●Representations of girlhood

●Intergenerational girlhoods

●Queer and trans girls

●Girls’ cultures and subcultures

●Girlhood and consumption

●Girls and feminism

●Girls and sport

●Girls and politics/activism

●Girls and education

●Girls and religion

●Girls and STEM

●Body image and health

●Girls and digital media

●Girls and popular culture

●Girlhood during austerity

●Girls’ sexuality

●Neoliberal girlhoods

●Ethnographies of girlhood

●Methodological approaches to Girls’ Studies.

The deadline for submissions is *11:59 PM (US Eastern Daylight Time) on 
Sunday, 1 July 2018. *Please submit your proposal here: 
https://genderstudies.submittable.com/submit. You will first need to 
become a member of Submittable (which is easy and free).

To allow for as many voices as possible at the conference, proposers may 
apply for only one role from each of the following two categories: 1) 
paper presenter, creative works presenter, or roundtable participant; 
and 2) coordinator of panel or roundtable in which they are participating.

*Open Call Papers -***Individuals submitting paper proposals should 
provide an abstract of 250 words, a short bio, and contact information. 
Co-authored papers are acceptable.

*Pre-constituted Panels -*Panel chairs should submit a 500-word 
rationale for the panel as a whole. Chairs should collect abstracts from 
individual participants in advance and then weave the abstracts into one 
coherent proposal that reflects the overall topic and goals of the panel 
while also representing the themes and objectives of individual papers. 
Panels should include 3-4 papers. Co-authored papers are acceptable. 
Panels that include a diversity of panelist affiliations and experience 
levels are strongly encouraged. For each participant, coordinators 
should submit a short bio and contact information.

*Pre-constituted Roundtables -***Roundtable coordinators should submit a 
250-word rationale for the pre-constituted roundtable as a whole. 
Roundtables should include no more than 6 participants (inclusive of 
coordinator). Roundtables that include a diversity of panelist 
affiliations and experience levels are strongly encouraged. Roundtable 
participants’ remarks at the conference should be brief in order to 
create substantive discussion with attendees. For each participant, 
coordinators should submit a short bio and contact information.

*Open Call Creative Works -***Proposals for audiovisual and other 
creative works should consist of a 250-word abstract (including the 
length and format of the work), a short bio of the creator/producer, 
contact information, and requirements for exhibition. Co-authored work 
is acceptable.  If some or all of the work is viewable online, please 
submit a URL.

Please direct any questions about the conference and the submission 
process to: (IGSAatND19 /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(IGSAatND19 /at/ gmail.com)>.



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