The 13th Annual National Feminist Graduate Student conference

[Peto Andrea]

The 13th Annual National Feminist Graduate Student conference is
presently accepting proposals for our March 4-7, 1999 conference in
Austin, Texas. The conference is entitled Feminist Identities:  Around
the Globe and in the Academy.  This year s  conference will provide a
venue for an interdisciplinary gathering of graduate students doing
feminist work. Proposals may be positioned as a feminist intervention
in a given field, a contribution to existing feminist debates, or an
application of feminist theory, research methods or praxis.  We seek
diverse and innovative perspectives, voices, formats and performances
that will enlarge our understanding, challenge our assumptions, and
prompt our thinking. The conference organized by and for graduate
students.  Our hope is to create a space for conversations and for the
development of relationships with similarly interested and focused
students.

Currently we have organized two full days of paper presentations and
two evenings with prominent speakers, one nationally known and one
local feminist.  The key note speaker will be Chandra Talpade Mohanty,
associate professor of Women s Studies at Hamilton College.  At this
time we have asked Joni Jones, professor at the University of Texas,
Austin and performance artist to perform.  Other planned conference
events include: grassroots activism workshops with Gen Vaughn from the
Foundation for a Compassionate Society; Lisa Sanchez from PODER; and
Rachel Muir, founder and director of Smartgrrls; and a roundtable of
feminist faculty members from local universities to discuss their
negotiations of feminism in pedagogy and in research.  There will also
be two afternoon screenings of graduate students films and an art
exhibit.

Proposal submissions should include:
(1)  one copy of a 750-1000 word proposal

(2)  a cover letter complete with:
 (a)  name, address, phone and e-mail;
 (b)  institution, department, program and year of study;
 (c)  audio visual requests;
 (d)  information about co-authors/presenters;
 (e)  format of contribution (paper, performance,
slide/film/multi-media);
 (f)  a 50 word abstract for conference materials; and
 (g) other personal needs such as child care, wheelchair access, sight
and hearing impaired concerns, or others.

We will accept proposals for individual papers and panels.  Those
proposing a panel must include a proposal for each paper and a
description of the panel.

Because of the size of the conference we will only be able to allow
one appearance per person and will not be able to make accommodations
for time or day of presentation.

Submissions must be received by November 1, 1998 and may be sent by
e-mail (no attachments please) to lnramsey at mail.utexas.edu, or mailed
to:

Feminist Graduate Student Network
SOC #69
100-C  West Dean Keeton Street
Austin, Texas 78712


Vist us at:

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~femconf/


Notification of acceptance will be in January 1999.