[Gesth-l] FW: CFP: Gender in Post-Soviet Space

[Borgos Anna]

> >CALL FOR PAPERS
> >
> >CAPITALISM  AND/OR  PATRIARCHY?
> >
> >Conference On Gender in Post-Soviet Space
> >
> >June 22-24, 2006
> >
> >Centre for Gender Studies,  European Humanities University International
> >Vilnius, Lithuania
> >
> >Centre for Gender Studies at European Humanities University International
> >invites panel and paper proposals for the “Capitalism and/or Patriarchy?”
> >conference that is aimed at exploring issues of gender in the post-Soviet
> >region.
> >
> >The demise of state socialism, some scholars maintain, resulted in the
> >reconfiguration of gender relations and the rise of a systemic privilege 
>of
> >men over women in countries in transition. Other theorists argue that the
> >most important event of the late 20th century was the disintegration of 
>the
> >Soviet Union and intensive nation-building in new independent states. 
>Still
> >others are focused on economic inequality and class stratification as the
> >formative processes of post-communism.
> >Some theories interpret the emergence of post-Soviet “masculine 
>privilege”
> >as patriarchal renaissance. According to another point of view, men and
> >women are equally marginalized by capitalism: it is class, not gender, 
>that
> >matters. There is also a tradition of rethinking capitalism as just a 
>form
> >(or a reincarnation) of patriarchy.
> >Conference organizers are hoping for an interdisciplinary academic debate
> >of
> >the interception of (post-Soviet) capitalism and patriarchy within the
> >following topical areas:
> >
> >1.      Gender and post-Soviet social stratification
> >Class and gender stratification in post-Soviet societies. The new rich 
>and
> >the new poor. Unpaid women’s work and global capitalism. Men at the 
>margins
> >of Ťnew economy”. Market and the welfare state.
> >
> >2. Gender and post-Soviet nations
> >The ultimate connection between constructions of and ideas about gender
> >relations and post-Soviet nation-building. The fraternity of the nation 
>and
> >construction of patriotic manhood. Gender and citizenship. Nationalism 
>and
> >motherhood. Women, the invention of tradition, and cultural reproduction 
>of
> >the nation. Sexuality, demography, and nationalism. Global religions,
> >gender
> >and nation-building.
> >
> >3.     Gender  and social movements/collective actions
> >Gender and the problem of a political subject. Whom do women in political
> >parties and decision- making bodies represent? “Women’s issues” as a
> >political issue.
> >
> >Women’s movement and the reasons for its weakness: structural or 
>cultural?
> >Is a common ideology for postcommunist women’s groups possible?
> >Rethinking gender in postcommunism: post-Soviet and Western scholarship.
> >
> >4.       Capitalism, lifestyles and cultural practices
> >Anthropological dimension of transition. Transformation of daily life:
> >class
> >and gender differences in lifestyles. Post-Soviet consumption practices.
> >Sexuality as a commodity. Gender, mass media and popular culture.
> >
> >Conference languages are the regional lingua franca of Russian and 
>English.
> >
> >Proposals for individual papers or complete panels can be sent to
> >gender at ehu-international.org  Please include your contact information,
> >brief
> >CV and paper description of up to 250 words. The deadline is March 1, 
>2006;
> >acceptance notification by April 10, 2006.
> >
> >
> >Centre for Gender Studies at European Humanities University in Minsk- has
> >concentrated on studying gender issues since 1997, and has offered a
> >master’
> >s degree in gender studies since 2000. After being forced to terminate 
>its
> >operation in Belarus in the summer of 2004, European Humanities 
>University
> >resumed its programs as a university-in-exile in Lithuania, with the
> >support
> >of American and European foundations and governments, and the European
> >Commission for Democracy and Human Rights. Currently the MA program in
> >Gender Studies remains the only one in NIS offering a graduate degree in
> >Gender.
> >For more information about the Centre for Gender Studies, please, go to:
> ><www.gender-ehu.org>
> >For information on EHU-International programs and activities, see:
> >http://ehu-international.org
> >
> >For further inquiries please e-mail to: Elena Gapova
> ><e.gapova at worldnet.att.net>

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