FW: Representing Gender in Cultures

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> Representing Gender in Cultures
> 19-22 September, 2002
> Women's Studies Center
> University of LODZ*
>
>
> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
>
> Sessions in English    Sessions in Polish    Sessions in Spanish
> Elzbieta H. Oleksy        Elzbieta Ostrowska    Magdalena
> Sniadecka-Kotarska
> Joanna Rydzewska        Elzbieta Durys            Tamara Dembinska
>
>
> FIRST CIRCULAR
> AND
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> The international conference "Representing Gender in Cultures" is
> organized to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of
> the Women's Studies Center at the University of Lodz. During these 10
> years, the Center's activities consisted of the teaching of and
> research on women's issues from different disciplinary points of view
> (cultural anthropology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, literature,
> film, and cultural studies) as well as organizing international
> conferences, seminars, and workshops and hosting guest lecturers.
> Currently, with the 10 years of experience, the Center is heading
> towards the establishment of a degree program in Gender Studies at the
> University of Lodz - the first M.A. program in Gender Studies in
> Poland. The conference, thus, comes at a moment of rounding off the
> first decade of the Center's activities and start a new one of
> consolidation and institutionalization.
>
> The Conference Committee will be looking for presentations relating to
> various aspects of the wide conference theme. We seek to bring
> together women and men of different experiences and areas of
> expertise. Interdisciplinary papers are more than welcome.
>
> Participants might want to consider the following topics, but are by
> no means limited to them:
>
> - gender has been perceived as global and ahistorical - all cultures
> recognize a differentiation between 'men' and 'women', but how
> variable are these categories between cultures?
> - social constructions of gender
> - current theoretical debates on gender identity and sexual difference
>
> - in what ways do the notions of race, nationality, ethnicity,
> sexuality, etc. influence the representations of gender in cultures
> - perspectives on teaching gender studies.
>
> The conference languages are English, Polish, and Spanish.
>
> A selection of papers will be published.
>
> The organizers are inviting proposals for entire sessions, panels, and
> individual papers, preferably by electronic submission or one hard
> copy plus a 3.5 inch double-sided diskette in Word for Windows.
>
> Deadline for the submission of abstracts of 250-300 words (A-4 format,
> Times New Roman 12) is January 31, 2002 to the following address:
>
> GENDER 2002
> Faculty of International & Political Studies
> University of Lodz
> ul. Sk_adowa 41/43
> 90-127 Lodz, Poland
>
> Tel: (48) (42) 678 52 38
> Fax: (48) (42) 678 49 16
>
> E-mail: Gender2002 at krysia.uni.lodz.pl
>
> COSTS
>
> Registration fee: paid before February 15, 2002: $120
> paid after February 15, 2002: $150
> Accommodation and full board: $300
>
> Participants from Poland and Central/Eastern Europe will be partly
> sponsored through a grant.
>
> The second circular will be sent in March 2002.
>
> The conference is organized under the auspices of the Association of
> Institutions for Feminist Education and Research in Europe (AOIFE).
>
> * Lodz is the second largest city in Poland, with a population of
> nearly one million people. It is located 130 km (80 miles) south-west
> of Warsaw, almost in the very center of Poland.  Lodz is not only an
> important industrial center, but also a city of culture, often
> referred to as the capital of Polish film. The most renowned Polish
> film directors such as Krzysztof Kieslowski, Roman Polanski, and
> Andrzej Wajda are all graduates of the Lodz Film School.
>
> Since 1945 Lodz has been an important academic center with a number of
> academic institutions, among them the University of Lodz.