23:16 1st Global Conference Femininity and Masculinity | |
1st Global Conference Femininity and Masculinity 16 to 18 May 2011, Warsaw, Poland Call for Papers
Gender studies is an interdisciplinary field of academic study on the issues of gender in its social and cultural contexts. Since its emergence from feminism, gender studies has become one of the most deliberated disciplines.
The following project aims at an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and perspectives on the issues of femininity and masculinity in the 21st century. It invites ground-breaking research on a plethora of topics connected with gender, to propose an interdisciplinary view of the frontiers and to stake out new territories in the study of femininity and masculinity.
Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to any of the following themes:
1. Representations of Femininity and Masculinity
2. Gender Borders and Transgressions
3. New Directions in Femininity and Masculinity Studies
4. Global and Regional Perspectives on Gender
5. Gender in Relationships
6. Gender in Experience
Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 26th November 2010. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 1st April 2011. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs. Abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract E-mails should be entitled: FM Abstract Submission.
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs:
Barbara Braid (Conference Leader) English Department, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland E-mail: barbara.braid@gmail.com Malwina Degórska
English Department University of Szczecin Szczecin, Poland E-mail: mdegorska@gmail.com Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader, Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. E-mail: fm@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s).
For further details about the project please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/gender-and-sexuality/femininity-and-masculinity For further details about the conference please visit:
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