CALL FOR PAPERS
(Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 March 2001)
"A New Girl Order? Young Women and the Future of Feminist Inquiry"
A Working Conference
14-16 November 2001
King's College, University of London, UK.
This conference aims to bring together scholars, teachers and activists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds to explore a
range of issues concerning young women as we move into the new century.
Among the questions we wish to pose are:
How are young women positioned and how do they position themselves in the changing postindustrial and postmodern world?
How has girlhood itself taken on new meanings as we enter the twenty-first century?
Who speaks for young women and girls?
What is the future of feminist inquiry into the lives of young women?
What enduring connections are there between young women, feminism and Women's Studies?
We invite submissions in the form of papers, working groups and panels addressing such topics as:
- the changing and/or enduring constructions of girls' class, culture and nation-based identities under late modernity
- young women's cultures and politics
- third wave feminism and grrl power
- methodological questions surrounding research by/about/with young women
- new research agendas for the study of young women in the 21st century
- young women's attitudes towards feminism
- the future of Women's Studies and Gender Studies for a new generation
- young women confronting new technologies and new economies
The conference is planned to be open and discussion-based and for this reason we particularly encourage presentations based on
research work-in-progress and presentations from postgraduate researchers.
The conference is jointly organised by the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Monash University, Melbourne, the Menzies
Centre for Australian Studies, Kings College London and the Monash University
Centre, Kings College London.
Convenors:
Dr Maryanne Dever
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research,
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800 Australia
Email: maryanne.dever@arts.monash.edu.au
Dr Anita Harris
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research,
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800 Australia
Email: anita.harris@arts.monash.edu.au
Dr Susan Pfisterer
Menzies Centre for Australian Studies
Kings College
University of London
28 Russell Sq
London WC1B 5DS
England
susan.pfisterer@kcl.ac.uk
Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 March 2001
Proposals should include:
=Name of contact person
=Mailing and email addresses
=1 page description/abstract
=Brief biographical statement
=Type of session proposed (e.g. individual, panel)
=Names, addresses and emails and bios of all presenters
=Equipment required
See web site at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ws/ango.html for
on-line submission of proposals or send your proposals to:
Dr Anita Harris
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia
Ph. 03 9905 3260
Late proposals may be considered. In this instance please contact
Anita
Harris directly.
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Anne Hugo
Information resources manager; web site manager
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies (ACYS)
GPO Box 252-64
Hobart 7001 Tasmania Australia
Ph: +61 3 6226 2591; Fax: +61 3 6226 2578
http://www.acys.utas.edu.au
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