Australian Women's and Gender Studies Conference
Adelaide 2010
June 29th: post grad day.
June 30th - July 2nd conference.
Emerging Spaces: New Possibilities in Critical Times
Keynote Speakers: Professor Angela Mc Robbie, University of London;
Professor Dorothy Broom, Australian National University; Professor
Lyn Parker, University of Western Australia.
Also in conjunction with the conference Professor Aileen Morton
Robinson (Queensland University of Technology) will deliver the
inaugural South Australian Women's Studies and Gender Studies Public Lecture.
Call For Papers
In a time of rapid social, economic and political transition this
conference calls for consideration of the meaning and possibilities
of change for gender in Australia and internationally. We invite
papers on themes including (but not limited to):
-Indigenous women and political change
-Global feminisms
-Asian women and women in Asia
-Feminist activism/politics
-Feminist economics
-Gender in technology & science
-Feminist models of governance
-Gender and Health
-Migration and gender
-Gender and youth cultures
-Gendered landscapes
-Masculinities
-Sexualities
-Arts / Creative spaces
-Gender and the media
-Gendered violence
Abstracts for oral presentations of 20 minutes duration should include:
Title of the paper, name and institutional affiliation of author(s),
and an abstract of no more than 300 words. Contact details for
presenter (postal address, phone, fax and email) and a brief
biographical note about author/s -100 words.
Abstracts should be sent as an e-mail attachment to:
(AWGSAconference /at/ flinders.edu.au)<mailto:(AWGSAconference /at/ flinders.edu.au)>
Deadline: 5pm Monday 1st February 2010.
Further information about the conference can be accessed at:
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/womens-studies/awgsa/conference.php
or e-mail (AWGSAconference /at/ flinders.edu.au)
Dr Kim Toffoletti
Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Gender Studies. Chief co-editor,
Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Culture. Secretary,
Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)
School of History, Heritage and Society Faculty of Arts
Deakin University 221 Burwood Hwy Victoria 3125 Australia
Phone: 03 9244 3986 International: +61 3 9244 3986
Fax: 03 9244 6755 International: +61 3 9244 6755
Email: (kim.toffoletti /at/ deakin.edu.au)<mailto:(kim.toffoletti /at/ deakin.edu.au)>
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