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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond><STRONG>Central European
University<BR></STRONG> <BR>CALL FOR PAPERS<BR> <BR><STRONG>The
Politics of Location Revisited: Gender@2012</STRONG><BR>8<SUP>th</SUP> European
Feminist Research Conference<BR>May 17-20, 2012 │ Budapest,
Hungary<BR> <BR><STRONG>Deadline for proposals: June 30,
2011</STRONG><BR><U>http://www.8thfeministconference.org</U><BR> <BR>Women
and men in Europe in the first decades of the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century are
confronted with acute social, political, cultural, economic and environmental
concerns, including increasingly racist politics and nationalist discourses
across Europe, huge cutbacks in social services and education, strengthening
conservative gender discourses, and an overall climate unfavorable if not
hostile to feminist, queer, and other progressive movements. In striving to
address these concerns on regional, national and international levels, feminist
scholars are re-assessing their theoretical and political toolbox. The ‘politics
of location’, coined by Adrienne Rich in 1976, continues to play a crucial role
in these debates. Women’s and gender studies cannot do without reflecting on the
politics of their locations, but how to use this tool now that locations are
constantly shifting? When the locations we inhabit are perceived to be multiple,
paradoxical and (in)comparable?<BR><BR>The 8<SUP>th</SUP> <STRONG>European
Feminist Research Conference</STRONG> invites scholars, students, activists and
policy makers to re-visit their politics of location in the light of current
crises in Europe and beyond, and to reflect upon the ways in which feminist
scholarly tools can be used for understanding and for changing the
world.<BR>Reflecting the diversity of women’s and gender studies European
Feminist Research Conferences represent cutting-edge scholarship. The
<STRONG>8<SUP>th</SUP> European Feminist Research Conference</STRONG> is
organized by the <STRONG>Central European University, Department of Gender
Studies</STRONG> and
<STRONG><U>AT</U></STRONG><STRONG><U>GENDER</U></STRONG><STRONG>, the European
Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation</STRONG>. The
European Feminist Research Conferences usually have more than 500 participants
from both inside and outside Europe. The Conferences have a track record of
presenting innovative feminist scholarly work with critical perspectives on
contemporary Europe and its histories. The previous European Feminist Research
Conferences were held at the universities of Ålborg (1991), Graz (1994), Coimbra
(1997), Bologna (2000), Lund (2003), £ód¼ (2006), and Utrecht (2009). This one
will be held in <STRONG>Budapest, Hungary, May 17-20,
2012</STRONG>.<BR><BR><STRONG>Confirmed Keynote Speakers</STRONG><BR>Hana
Havelkova(Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Czech Republic)<BR>Clare
Hemmings(Gender Institute, The London School of Economics and Political
Science)<BR>Andrea Petõ(Central European University, Budapest,
Hungary)<BR>Fatima Sadiqi(International Institute for Languages and Cultures,
Fez, Morocco)<BR><BR><STRONG>Call for Papers</STRONG><BR>The
<STRONG>8<SUP>th</SUP> European Feminist Research Conference</STRONG> welcomes
papers that keep in focus the connections among a number of relevant axes that
frame current researches in the field. We have in mind connections between
disciplines and interdisciplinarity; the past, the present and the future;
gender and intersectionality; activism and power; local and global; margin and
center. The strands listed below indicate the main lines of inquiry around which
the Conference will be structured.<BR>Abstracts should have not more than 300
words and can only be uploaded at <A
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href="http://atgender.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b191e660f005d37f84a4e431d&id=858ff6fb70&e=02c59d87e8">http://www.8thfeministconference.org</A>.<BR><STRONG>Paper
abstracts must be submitted before June 30, 2011.</STRONG><BR>The conference
organizers also welcome proposals for whole panels as well as presentations by
women’s centers, libraries, documentation centers, networks or
publishers.<BR>The conference fees and other relevant information are posted on
the conference website <A
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href="http://atgender.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b191e660f005d37f84a4e431d&id=72b9c1d474&e=02c59d87e8">http://www.8thfeministconference.org</A>.<BR>Please
note that <STRONG><U>AT</U></STRONG><STRONG><U>GENDER </U></STRONG>members
have special benefits for participation at the conference.<BR><STRONG>Please
consult the website for more
information.</STRONG><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>