[Gesth-l] CFP Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence

[Peto Andrea Dr]

Call for Papers

Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence
Young Researchers Conference

25-27 April 2014, Istanbul
Sabancı University, Karaköy Minerva Palace

Workshop organized in the framework of the
Central European University - Sabancı University Joint Academic Initiative
http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/genderconf/

20th century has been a century of wars, genocides, and other forms of 
political violence. It has also
been a century of feminist and LGBTQI struggles and theorizing globally. 
At the peak of what is
sometimes called the “memory boom,” this conference seeks to explore the 
different ways in which
wars, genocides, and other forms of political violence are remembered 
through a gendered lens. Central
questions include (but are not limited to):

* How have wars, genocides and other forms of political violence been 
narrated and represented
by people with different gender and sexual identifications?
* What are the different ways in which sexual violence in wars has been 
remembered, narrated,
and theorized on the basis of gender and sexuality?
* How do (written, oral or visual) testimonies challenge or reinforce 
the hegemonic accounts of
wars and genocides?
* How are wars memorialized, gendered, and sexualized through monuments, 
museums, and
other memory sites?
* What is the impact of the ethnicization/racialization of violence on 
the making of gendered
memories?
* How is the relationship between the “personal” and the 
“public/national/political”
(re)conceptualized in popular culture, film, literature, and 
(auto)biographical texts dealing with
war, genocide, and other forms of political violence?
* How are “humanitarian interventions,” post-conflict processes, and 
transitional justice
gendered?
* How do feminist and LGBTQI movements contribute to critical memory 
work on wars?
* What kind of impact has feminist scholarship had on war and militarism 
studies, genocide
studies, and memory studies?
* What new concepts or theoretical frameworks (queer? postcolonial? 
critical race studies?)
promise new openings in feminist analyses of memory work on wars and 
genocides?
* What are some current initiatives that deal with the gendered memories 
of war and political
violence in order to provide means of coming to terms with past 
atrocities? What challenges do
they face and how do they cope with them? Applications:

The conference is open to young researchers from all disciplines and 
backgrounds. Students working on
their MA or PhD thesis, or recent graduates, as well as young 
independent researchers are encouraged
to apply. The principal intention of the conference is to bring together 
young people and groups working
on issues around gender, sexuality, memory, and political violence, and 
enable the sharing of a diversity
of experiences in research, civil society, and activism.

The working languages of the conference will be English and Turkish. 
Simultaneous translation will be
provided. The applications can be made in either language.

Please submit an abstract (300-500 words) outlining the relevance and 
novelty of your contribution,
together with a 200 words biographical statement.

There are no registration fees. Lunch, tea and coffee will be provided 
for all participants. The organizing
committee staff will assist in finding reasonable accommodation in 
Istanbul. There may also be limited
accommodation funding available. Please indicate your need for 
accommodation funding in the
application.

The application deadline is December 15th, 2013.

To submit your paper and for more information: 
younggenderconf at sabanciuniv.edu


Prof. Dr. habil. Andrea Peto

http://www.ceu.hu/profiles/faculty/andrea_peto
Papers available at: http://ceu.academia.edu/AndreaPeto
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