From: Karen Hagemann, ZIFG, TU Berlin, Germany <[log in to unmask]>
To: FNG-L <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2000 6:11 AM
Subject: fng-l: Call for a seminar
Call for a seminar
Gender, Development and Post-Colonial Theory
Helsinki, September 25-29, 2000
The Minna Project "The Rich, the Poor and the Resourceful. Aspects of
Gender in the Post-Colonial and Post-Development Context", directed by
Minna Canth Academy professor Ulla Vuorela, will organise a
multidisciplinary seminar in September at the University of Helsinki. If
you are interested in postcolonial feminist theory, development studies or
the problematics of globalisation and multiculturalism, our seminar
programme will certainly offer you insights to the latest theoretical
questions in these fields of study. One of the central themes of our
seminar is to discuss how the public and the private intertwine and form a
dialogue in postcolonial contexts. How to look at various kinds of
"contracts" through which people organise their everyday lives and
welfare? How does the concept of gender feature in the problematics of our
research?
We have received a number of very interesting abstracts. We have extended
the deadline until May 31, 2000, therefore you can still join in and send
us your proposals for topics.
Several foreign guests have promised to come to give lectures and comment
papers:
Marjorie Mbilinyi, a critical third world feminist activist, Professor of
Education in the Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es
Salaam, is specialising in gender analysis of the globalisation process at
macro - meso- micro levels.
Mahmuda Islam (University of Dhaka) is a well-known NGO activist and
sociologist in Bangladesh, specialised in issues on gender.
Durre Ahmed (National College of Arts, Lahore) is a psychologist and has
written extensively on post/modernity and Islam and gender.
Fawzia Mustafa (Fordham University, New York) is a specialist in African
American literature, currently working on Tanzanian women's writings.
Susan Berger (Fordham University, New York) is a political scientist
specialised in Guatemala.
Kuniko Yoshizaki (Fukuoka Women's University, Japan) is a professor of
English literature and currently of women studies.
Anyone interested in these issues can join our seminar. The first two days
of the seminar will be open to the general public, while the rest of the
time is reserved for postgraduate students' and researchers' presentations
in workshops. Please contact us also if you are interested in following
the seminars without presenting your own paper. If you plan to attend the
lecture part only, you do not have to register beforehand. All session are
free of charge but you are expected to cover your own travel and lodging
costs while in Helsinki.
If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send an abstract/
a description of your work of max. 500 words by May 31st 2000 to
research assistant Mari Korpela
by e-mail: [log in to unmask]
or to the postal address: Mari Korpela, Kristiina-instituutti, PL 59,
00014 Helsingin yliopisto.
For further information about the seminar, you can also send your
questions by e-mail to Mari to the address above, or phone her during
office hours (09-191 24321).
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