FW: CFA Conference on Gender and (Post) East-West Divide, Romania

[Katalin Fabian]

> Subject: CFA Conference on Gener and (Post) East-West Divide, Romania
> 
> from HNET
> 
> Gender and (Post) East-Est Divide
> Location: Romania
> Workshop Deadline: 2004-02-29
> Date Submitted: 2004-01-16
> 
> 
> The East-West divide has entered the long series of “the
> differences within” feminism (white vs. black, middle class vs.
> poor, “straight” vs. “queer”, West vs. East). This particular
> difference gained a new importance after the 1989 fall of the
> socialist-communist regimes in the CEE, being theorized and
> examined by prominent researchers and theorists in Gender Studies
> (Gail Kligman, Susan Gal, Mieke Verloo etc.)
> 
> This new division inside feminism has re-opened a long list of
> questions (and sometimes fears), such as:
> 
> Why and how are Eastern feminists (supposed to be) different,
> when the problems and challenges women have to face are
> (practically) the same?
> How is the socialist/ communist context supposed to have shaped
> the “Eastern” look of the feminism?
> How much difference and how much sameness are involved?
> Who can speak in the name of “Eastern” and/or “Western” feminist
> (s)? 
> The seminar has the aim to address the question on the impact of
> these (and other) phenomena, framing it into to “post”
> debate/divide/discussion. The seminar is going to group a
> conference on the topic Gender and the (Post) East-West Divide
> and several workshops on related issues. The expected outcomes of
> the seminar will be: a brochure with presentations of
> participants, their institutions and the presentation of their
> projects; plus a book with the most significant papers presented.
> 
> Date and place of the event:
> 6th - 9th of May 2004 or 13th – 16th of May 2004; Cluj, Romania
> 
> Organizers:
> Civic Education Project, Romania; Department of Philosophy, BBU
> Cluj 
> 
> Partners/Sponsors:
> Royal Norwegian Embassy; American Cultural Center; SACRI, Cluj;
> Limes Publishing House
> 
> Eligibility:
> 
> 
> The conference is intended for:
> 
> researchers in Gender Studies (from Romania and the countries
> from the CEE region: Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania, Poland, Serbia,
> Macedonia etc.) 
> NGO representatives that activate in the field of gender studies
> Young academics/researchers/NGO representatives
> Requirements:
> 
> 
> Prospective participants are asked to submit the following
> documents via e-mail, by February 29, 2004 the latest. All
> documents are to be submitted in English.
> 
> a completed application form (the application form will soon be
> available in a downloadable format on the conference website; for
> the moment, send a blank message having as subject “Application
> form” to conferinta_gender at yahoo.com)
> a recent CV or resume, including a list of publications;
> a letter of motivation (500 words), explaining the reasons for
> applying to the seminar;
> a 300-words-abstract of the paper;
> a 300-words-presentation of their submitting organization
> (optional). 
> The e-mail address where the documents are to be sent is
> conferinta_gender at yahoo.com.
> 
> Participants are kindly asked to zip the documents that are
> bigger than 300 Kb J
> 
> A selection committee will evaluate the applications and will
> notify the participants by March 15, 2004.
> 
> Interested participants are kindly asked to note that in the
> event of being selected to participate in the conference, they
> will be asked to submit the full paper in advance. Deadline for
> submitting the papers: April 15, 2004. The length of the paper
> should not exceed 4000 words.
> 
> Important note: 
> The organizers have applied to different organizations in order
> to cover the costs of the event. However, potential participants
> are encouraged to seek for alternative funds (individual grants,
> institutional funds, own contribution etc.). We are not able to
> cover the accommodation and travel costs of participants coming
> from regions other than Central and Eastern Europe.
> 
> For supplementary information, please contact the seminar
> coordinators: 
> 
> Teaching Assistant Theodora-Eliza Vãcãrescu, MA, University of
> Bucharest, CEP Lecturer
> Email: theoeliza at yahoo.com, conferinta_gender at yahoo.com Phone: +
> 4 0744 322 890 
> 
> Assistant Lecturer George Popescu, MA, University of Bucharest,
> CEP Lecturer
> Email: georgepop at hotmail.com, conferinta_gender at yahoo.com
> Phone: +4 0744 350 277
> 
> Assistant Lecturer Mihaela Frunzã, Ph.D., Babes-Bolyai
> University, Cluj, CEP Lecturer
> Email: mihafrunza at yahoo.com, conferinta_gender at yahoo.com
> Phone: +4 0744 698 826
> 
> 
> 
> Teaching Assistant Theodora-Eliza Vãcãrescu, MA
> University of Bucharest
> CEP Lecturer 
> 
> Phone: + 4 0744 322 890
> Email: conferinta_gender at yahoo.com, theoeliza at yahoo.com
> Visit the website at http://www.genderomania.ro
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Location: romania
> Deadline: Feb 29, 2004 (MAy 2004 event)
> Website: http://www.genderomania.ro
>