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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Call for Papers<BR><BR>Gendered Memories of War and
Political Violence<BR>Young Researchers Conference<BR><BR>25-27 April 2014,
Istanbul<BR>Sabancı University, Karaköy Minerva Palace<BR><BR>Workshop organized
in the framework of the<BR>Central European University - Sabancı University
Joint Academic Initiative<BR></FONT><A
href="http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/genderconf/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/genderconf/</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">20th century has been a century of wars, genocides, and
other forms of <BR>political violence. It has also<BR>been a century of feminist
and LGBTQI struggles and theorizing globally. <BR>At the peak of what
is<BR>sometimes called the “memory boom,” this conference seeks to explore the
<BR>different ways in which<BR>wars, genocides, and other forms of political
violence are remembered <BR>through a gendered lens. Central<BR>questions
include (but are not limited to):<BR><BR>* How have wars, genocides and other
forms of political violence been <BR>narrated and represented<BR>by people with
different gender and sexual identifications?<BR>* What are the different ways in
which sexual violence in wars has been <BR>remembered, narrated,<BR>and
theorized on the basis of gender and sexuality?<BR>* How do (written, oral or
visual) testimonies challenge or reinforce <BR>the hegemonic accounts of<BR>wars
and genocides?<BR>* How are wars memorialized, gendered, and sexualized through
monuments, <BR>museums, and<BR>other memory sites?<BR>* What is the impact of
the ethnicization/racialization of violence on <BR>the making of
gendered<BR>memories?<BR>* How is the relationship between the “personal” and
the <BR>“public/national/political”<BR>(re)conceptualized in popular culture,
film, literature, and <BR>(auto)biographical texts dealing with<BR>war,
genocide, and other forms of political violence?<BR>* How are “humanitarian
interventions,” post-conflict processes, and <BR>transitional
justice<BR>gendered?<BR>* How do feminist and LGBTQI movements contribute to
critical memory <BR>work on wars?<BR>* What kind of impact has feminist
scholarship had on war and militarism <BR>studies, genocide<BR>studies, and
memory studies?<BR>* What new concepts or theoretical frameworks (queer?
postcolonial? <BR>critical race studies?)<BR>promise new openings in feminist
analyses of memory work on wars and <BR>genocides?<BR>* What are some current
initiatives that deal with the gendered memories <BR>of war and
political<BR>violence in order to provide means of coming to terms with past
<BR>atrocities? What challenges do<BR>they face and how do they cope with them?
Applications:<BR><BR>The conference is open to young researchers from all
disciplines and <BR>backgrounds. Students working on<BR>their MA or PhD thesis,
or recent graduates, as well as young <BR>independent researchers are
encouraged<BR>to apply. The principal intention of the conference is to bring
together <BR>young people and groups working<BR>on issues around gender,
sexuality, memory, and political violence, and <BR>enable the sharing of a
diversity<BR>of experiences in research, civil society, and activism.<BR><BR>The
working languages of the conference will be English and Turkish.
<BR>Simultaneous translation will be<BR>provided. The applications can be made
in either language.<BR><BR>Please submit an abstract (300-500 words) outlining
the relevance and <BR>novelty of your contribution,<BR>together with a 200 words
biographical statement.<BR><BR>There are no registration fees. Lunch, tea and
coffee will be provided <BR>for all participants. The organizing<BR>committee
staff will assist in finding reasonable accommodation in <BR>Istanbul. There may
also be limited<BR>accommodation funding available. Please indicate your need
for <BR>accommodation funding in the<BR>application.<BR><BR>The application
deadline is December 15th, 2013.<BR><BR>To submit your paper and for more
information: <BR></FONT><A href="mailto:younggenderconf@sabanciuniv.edu"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">younggenderconf@sabanciuniv.edu</FONT></A><BR><BR>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Prof. Dr.
habil. Andrea
Peto<BR><BR>http://www.ceu.hu/profiles/faculty/andrea_peto<BR>Papers available
at: http://ceu.academia.edu/AndreaPeto</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>