Women, Social Change and Activism: Then and Now: Interdisciplinary Conference March 22-24, 2018

Christopher Newport University’s

College of Arts and Humanities

seeks abstracts for the forthcoming conference on the

Global Status of Women and Girls

to be held at CNU, March 22-24, 2018

We are pleased to announce that the theme for this year’s conference is:

Women, Social Change and Activism:

Then and Now

Call For Abstracts: 

This interdisciplinary conference seeks to use the tools of the arts, humanities, social sciences, and other fields to address challenges faced by women and girls around the world, both historically and today. We invite scholars from all academic disciplines to submit proposals that explore these topics and shed light on women’s efforts to affect social change.

Through the study of the past and present of local and global activism, the conference will engage researchers interested in the artistic, economic, educational, ethical, historical, literary, philosophical, political, psychological, religious, and social dimensions of women’s lives and resistance. 

Themes 

Submissions from any academic discipline are welcome, including but not limited to art, history, philosophy, religious studies, sociology, psychology, chemistry, environmental science, medicine, biomedical ethics, economics, political science, gender studies, communication studies and literature. We also invite professionals in nonacademic settings to submit proposals.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Social Movements / Protest Movements
• Global Feminism / Anti-Feminism / History of Feminism
• Cultural Representations of Resistance
• Art as Activism
• Women’s Activism in the Arts and Media
• Literary / Film Portrayals and Trends
• Anti-Sexual Assault Activism
• Activist Responses to Rape Culture
• Cyber-Activism
• Combating Daily Life Machismo and Gender Inequalities
• Resistance to Femicides and Violence against Women
• Anti-War Movements
• Anti-colonialism / Postcolonial Approaches
• Activism Regarding Economic Issues
• Activism Regarding Religious Issues
• Activism Regarding Educational Issues
• Activism Regarding Poverty / Stratification
• Activism Regarding Health Inequalities
• Activism Regarding Body Issues
• LGTBQ Activism
• Social Justice and Social Change

Deadline: 

Please submit a 350 to 500-word abstract on this topic by September 3, 2017. All submissions will be peer reviewed, and those accepted will be notified no later than October 3, 2017. Paper presentations will ideally be 15-20 minutes in length. 

Please contact Lori Underwood, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, at ahconf@cnu.edu with any questions about the conference.

Please include with your abstract: your full name and your academic or professional affiliation and rank (graduate student, professor, artist, etc.).

All submissions will be peer reviewed, and those accepted will be notified no later than October 3^rd, 2017. Paper presentations will ideally be 15-20 minutes in length. Please direct inquiries about the conference to ahconf@cnu.edu. 

Contact Info: 

Rocio Gordon

Contact Email: 

ahconf@cnu.edu

URL: http://globalstatusofwomen-conf.org/

Performance and Performativity in Modern South Asia

Performnace and Performativity in Modern South Asia: An Interdiciplinary preconference

Madison, WI 

October 26-29, 2017

This preconference approaches ‘performance’ as both a rich object of analysis and a theoretical framework for the study of South Asian culture and praxis. In so doing, it demands a dedicated engagement with the diverse forms of performance in South Asia ¬– including but not limited to theatre, performance art, dance, music, and performativity. The use of performance as both a tool and an object of analysis is an often under-represented field within the discipline of South Asian Studies, and we seek in this conference to emphasize its importance to topics as diverse as government bureaucracy, feminist protest, and recuperative historiography. By invoking performance as a conceptual category, we illuminate the potential for performative modes of reading and analysis to generate new understandings of the articulations of caste, class, gender and sexuality within South Asia. Given the wide scope of this preconference, we hope to attract scholars and performers from a range of disciplines and sub-fields, uniting them around the question of what performance can do for the study of Modern South Asia.

Possible topics include:

• Feminist protest and performativity

• Neoliberal frameworks in performance

• Theater as historiography

• The relationship between performance, memory and the archive

• Performance and community: questions of ‘nation,’ ‘culture,’ and belonging

• Interculturalism/global networks and the circulation of performance

• Performance and the question of caste

• Performing queer identities.

• Dance, movement, and the circulation of affect

• Theater and dance in the diaspora

Deadline:

Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words and a bio of no more than 100 words by June 15, 2017 to Jisha Menon, Kat Frances Lieder, and Sharvari Sastry at sharvarisastry@uchicago.edu. Please also include any technical needs your presentation may have. We will do our best to accommodate.

This preconference is invested in approaching performance as a generative site that produces its own forms of embodied knowledges and discursive practices that can challenge, critique and extend the scope of academic scholarship. To this end, we invite enthusiastically invite performers to submit proposals for performances of no more than 30 minutes in length.

Keywords: performance, theater, dance, music, performativity, affect, audience, spectacle

Contact Info: 

Contact Sharvari Sastry at sharvarisastry@uchicago.edu

Contact Email: sharvarisastry@uchicago.edu

URL: http://southasiaconference.wisc.edu/562.htm

Government of Delhi Internships

Government of Delhi Internships

Call For Applications

This is an internship for young college students or professionals who wish to understand governance, public-policy and administration. The scope of this internship is to monitor and support the projects being undertaken from MLA-LAD funds. The Member of Legislative Assembly [MLA] Local Area Development [LAD] refers to the fund of Rs. 4 Crore rupees available to MLAs for undertaking works for the development of their constituencies. This is an important project since the works undertaken with MLA-LAD fund reflects the aspirations of the people and hence are very sacrosanct. Government of Delhi seeks to engage with the youngsters of this country in the process of improving the implementation of the MLA-LAD scheme. Details are provided below:

Internship requires you to work full time and hence to be based out of Delhi. IIt's minimum duration is 4 weeks, extendable by another 4 weeks depending upon performance.

Interns would be supervised by Deputy Chief Minister's Office and are not entitled for any reimbursements, stipend or any claim of employment with Government of Delhi.

Important Dates:

Last Date to Apply: 2nd June 2017

Final Decision Communication by 7th June 2017

Starting Date: 12th June 2017

Minimum Essential Qualification:

- Fluency in English and Hindi

- MS Office

- Enrolled or having graduated from a recognised college

Preferred Qualification:

- Strong Data Analysis

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Monitoring the progress of the MLA-LAD Projects by means of field visits

2. Assist in coordination with all stakeholders- Deputy Chief Minister , MLA, Government Officials, and Local Residents.

3. Assist the Deputy Chief Minister’s Office in day-to-day activities in carrying out review of MLA-LAD projects.

Number of Positions: 20

Contact: In case of any questions, please write to mlaladreview@gmail.com

Apply online :https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j4bF8ctQzzdtG3WaCmA8p5DpLzu8Z5YrPT7Zv3Odfr0/viewform?c=0&w=1&edit_requested=true

Fellowship-Internship at the German Historical Institute, Washington D.C.

 Fellowship - Internship at the German Historical Institute, 

Date: August 31, 2017

Location: District Of Columbia, United States.

Call For Applications:

The GHI Internship Program gives German and American students of history, political science, and library studies an opportunity to gain experience at a scholarly research institute. Interns assist individual research projects, work for the library, take part in the preparation and hosting of conferences, and help with our publications. The program is very flexible: the GHI tries to accommodate the interns' interests, abilities, and goals. A two-month minimum stay is required; a three months stay is preferred. There is a rolling review of applications but slots for the 2017 calendar year are now all filled. Applicants interested in coming to Washington in 2018 are encouraged to submit their application by August 31, 2017. German students are strongly advised to familiarize themselves with the American visa requirements befor

ehand. The process to obtain visa has become complicated and expensive. Information is available at the website of the American Embassy in Berlin. The GHI cooperates with an organization authorized by the State Department to issue the relevant papers to obtain a visa. Applicants accepted into the internship program will receive further information on the procedure in their acceptance letters.

Funding

The interns receive a small stipend (€ 300) from the GHI. The GHI also covers the cost of applying for the J-1 visa. Interns can also apply for an additional grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). (For more information on the DAAD special program "Max Weber Stiftung", please contact Referat 514 (Internationaler Praktikantenaustauch), DAAD Bonn, Tel. +49 (0) 228 882 265, or visit their website.)

Applicants for the GHI Internship Program should hold a BA degree or equivalent qualification. Applications should contain a cover letter, a CV, a letter of recommendation from a professor or academic advisor, and copies of university degrees/transcripts. You can apply either in English or German. Please send applications electronically in one (1) PDF file via email to Melanie Smaney (smaney@ghi-dc.org). The letter of recommendation should be sent directly by your academic advisor or professor. For further information please contact Melanie Smaney(smaney@ghi-dc.org).

Contact Email: smaney@ghi-dc.org

URL: https://www.ghi-dc.org/fellowships-programs/programs-for-junior-scholars/internships.html?L=0

International Conference on London Studies "Myths, Tales and Urban Legends"

International Conference on London Studies

"Myths, Tales and Urban Legends"

25 November, 2017 – London, UK

organised by London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research

and

Interdisciplinary Research Foundation

Call For Papers:

London exerts the charm of the vast setting that concentrates most, if not all, human experiences and nurtures a multitude of self-images, as a site of permanent metamorphosis and progress where individual histories melt into a collective syntagmatic narrative of autonomy, regeneration and assimilation. From ancient Londinium to the 21st-century metropolis, the exceptional metropolis has forged a particular code of conduct governed by imagination, originality and vision that generate almost endless significations of the self.

The conference will explore the particular spirit of the English capital, one of the most influential cities in the world, aiming to identify some of the features that make up its inimitable personality. It will promote an interdisciplinary perspective on the various issues related to the process of making London into a powerful centre of economic and cultural authority. The conference will also focus on the distinctive symbolism of the city and the particular states of mind generated by the interaction with the global hub, and the way in which people - Londoners either by birth or adoption, as well as temporary residents and transient visitors - translate geographically recognisable sites into culturally constructed places.

The main objective of the event is to bring together all those interested in examining the intersections between their professions and/or interests and some distinct aspects of metropolitan life, providing an integrated approach for the understanding of London’s complex nature.

Topics include but are not limited to several core issues:

• London times: from prehistory to the 21st century
• melting pot or salad bowl?
• iconic symbols of London
• what is a Londoner?
• walking in London
• the Thames and the lost rivers
• representations of London in the arts
• the green capital
• the senses of London
• funny London
• death in London
• secret London and its tales

Paper proposals up to 250 words and a brief biographical note should be sent by 15 August, 2017 to: londonstudies@lcir.co.uk.

Please download paper proposal form.

Conference venue: Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX

(The venue will be confirmed in September 2017)

We welcome applications from prospective volunteers and interns and enquiries from potential visiting scholars. For more information please contact us:


Dr Olena Lytovka
Director
London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
Unit 210 - No: 11 Burford Road
London, E15 2ST, United Kingdom
www.lcir.co.uk
info@lcir.co.uk

International Conference Buddhism & Australia

1-3 February, 2018

Perth, Western Australia 

Call For Papers

It is our great pleasure to announce that the 7th International Conference Buddhism & Australia will be held on 1-3 February, 2018 in Perth, Western Australia. All Buddhists, scholars and members of the general public interested in Buddhism are invited to present their papers in this coming conference. Researchers across a broad range of disciplines are welcomed as well the submission of pre-formed panel proposals

The main themes 2018

• Rituals
• Rituals and the Image of Buddha
• Silk Road Buddhism
• Death of the Buddha

The organizers are open to proposals for contributions on Buddhist history, philosophy, texts as well for proposals on any related theme.

Important Dates

Deadline for Abstract Submission : 25 October, 2017 

Deadline for Full Paper Submission : 25 November, 2017

! Early Bird registration : 1 August, 2017

What to Send

Proposals may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information:

• author(s);
• title of proposal,
• body of proposal; no more than 250 words,
• up to 10 keywords.
• CV max 2 pages

Proposals should be submitted to the following email: info@buddhismandaustralia.com

We acknowledge receipt and answer to all proposals submitted. Please use another email (estoniannyingma@gmail.com) if you have not received confirmation from us in 5 days.

Call for Essays on Buddhism

Those who have prepared for certain big task and who are able to put some sort of idea on certain topics, we have a proposal to compose an essay which needs to create a bridge back to the Buddha. Anyone, from any country, is free to apply. Selected essays will be published on the conference website.

Topics

• Buddha for every home
• Buddha versus Jesus
• Who reads the teachings of the dead Buddha
• Buddhism is in the way of economy
• Buddhist monks - people with weak vitality and mentality
• Buddhist cosmology and contemporary astronomy and astrophysics are not brothers
• Virtual reality as the modern day Nirvana
• Could Buddha turn on a computer?
• Is virtual reality beyond our reality or not?

Criteria

1. The essay should be at least 800 words and not over 2300 words.
2. All essays must be absolutely original and in your own words.
3. Images are encouraged. You are free to use images but they must be copyright-free.
4. Submissions are accepted only in Microsoft Word documents (doc or docx).
5. The cover page of your essay must contain your complete details such as your full name, phone number and email.
6. The essay must be written in English.

Conference Registration

Payment of the conference fee of 540 AUD should be made by December 1, 2017

Registration fee will include -participation in all sessions for 3 days and lunches & coffee breaks during the conference.

• Early Bird registration fee of 460 AUD is possible until 1 August, 2017

To participate in the Buddhism & Australia 2016 please contact Marju Broder by the following email: info@buddhismandaustralia.com

All of the accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings.

The time for paper presentation is 30 min including questions and answer time.

Papers to be presented in the conference will be published on conference website.

Papers must not have previously been published and, if accepted, cannot be published through other media.

Copyright owner for published papers will be Buddhism & Australia Inc.

Contact:

Organizing Chair Marju Broder:

info@buddhismandaustralia.com

tel. +61 0 405549923

www.buddhismandaustralia.com

Conference International Federation for Research in Women's History 2018

Call For Papers: 

Date: July 1, 2017

Location: British Columbia, Canada

Theme:  “Transnationalisms, Transgressions, Translations” 

The 12th Conference of the International Federation for Research on Women’s History/ Federation Internationale Pour la Recherche en Histoire des Femmes (IFRWH/FIRHF) will be held August 9-12, 2018 at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Unceded Coast Salish Territory-Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations.

The theme, “Transnationalisms, Transgressions, Translations: Conversations and Controversies,” probes the meanings of boundaries and frameworks, narratives and epistemologies, analytic terms and foundational categories, global, national and local understandings, interactions and power relations across time and space. We are open to proposals for complete panels (chair, commentator, three papers) as well as individual papers, roundtables, conversations, workshops, and non-traditional forms of presentation.

Transnationalisms

This sub-theme reflects the international turn in this era of globalization and the commitment of IFRWH/FIRHF to international histories and comparative panels in such areas as women’s and gendered movements, transnational organizations and global governance, state socialist and third world /global South manifestations, settler societies and Empires, imperialisms and colonialisms, anti-imperialism and anti-imperial uprisings, global labor, individual life trajectories, the traveling across space (and time) of ideas and objects, labor and sex trafficking, mobilities and immigration/migration, and related areas.

Transgressions

This sub-theme considers the ways various peoples over time and space define the transgressive from dominant and accepted norms of being, identity and behavior as well as the self-conscious transgressions against hegemonic gender in relation to other social factors. Papers might consider outlaws and criminalization, deviancy, rebelliousness, genderqueer and trans*gender identities and practices, witches, “bad” mothers, gender bending dress or labor, crossing race/ethnic or class/caste lines, revolutions and social movements.

Translations

How do terms of analysis travel across languages, disciplines, and time and space? What is lost in translation and how can we forge a transnational praxis when we cannot always speak well to each other? We are especially interested in the place of orality and how national historiographies and cultures of intellectual life (including the place of women’s and gender history and feminist and gender studies/theory) address concepts like gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexualities, agency, identity, power, (post)colonialism, globalization, feminisms, and development.

About the Organization:

Founded in 1987, IFRWH is affiliated with the International Congress of Historical Sciences/Comité Internationale des Sciences Historiques and consists of national affiliates from across the globe, which link scholars together in a transnational network. Beginning in 2020, it will award the Ida Bloom-Karen Offen Book Prize in Transnational Women’s and Gender History (named after two of the most active founders of the organization.) Though the language of the conference is English, and the languages of the organization are French and English, we will seek to have plenaries with translation into Spanish and from French and Spanish into English. But we want to problematize this issue and invite suggestions on how to make this component of the conference accessible. In addition, as funding permits, we will plan on having modest subventions for graduate students, and scholars from areas of the world or institutions without resources.

Submission:

Our submission link is live. Originally, we accepted proposals until March 15, 2017. Due to the fact that we are relocating the conference to Vancouver, we are accepting another round of submissions.  Please submit using our form by July 1. Send inquiries to: ifrwh18@gmail.com

Contact Info: 

Sasha Coles, Conference Planning Assistant

Contact Email: ifrwh18@gmail.com

URL: http://www.femst.ucsb.edu/ifrwh/call