>RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Manchester: 26-28 August 2009 (www.rgs.org/AC2009)
>
>Call for Papers: Feminist Engagements with the Geopolitical
>(Co-sponsored by the Women and Geography Study Group and the
>Political Geography Research Group)
>
>
>Deborah P. Dixon and Lucy Jackson, Institute of Geography and Earth
>Sciences, Aberystwyth University
>
>In this session we want to take the opportunity to map out feminist
>engagements with the geopolitical, but also to think through how
>these can develop alongside future political landscapes. Moreover,
>we would like to think through how new lines of engagement can
>emerge and be put into practice. Accordingly, we invite papers on
>the following themes:
>
>* The history and future of a feminist, geopolitical theory and
>praxis * A feminist approach to geopolitical accountability and
>responsibility * Feminist geopolitics and methodological concerns *
>A feminist appraisal of trauma and violence * Feminist approaches to
>terrorism and conspiracy * Public and private spaces of geopolitics
>* Place, gender and the construction/deconstruction of national
>identities * The gender implications of postconflict reconstructions
>and reconciliations * Women, men and the armed forces * Gender and
>diplomacy * Gender and the work of international reporting * The
>gendering of biopolitics * Geopolitical bodies and assemblages *
>Post-human geopolitical landscapes and their import for feminist theory
>
>The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 3rd 2009.
>Please include the following information when you submit an
>abstract: Name, Affiliation, Contact email, Title of proposed
>paper, Abstract (no more than 250 words), Any technical requirements
>(video, data projector, sound, etc.)
>
>Please submit abstracts to:
>
>Dr. Deborah Dixon
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Deborah Dixon
Editor, Gender,Place and Culture
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences
University of Wales-Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3DB
Wales, UK
Phone: 01970 622582
Fax: 01970 622659
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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