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Ending International Feminist Futures? 24/25 October 2008 Plenary Speakers: Professor Cynthia Enloe (Clark University, Massachusetts, USA) Professor Robyn Wiegman (Duke University, North Carolina, USA) Key Note Speakers: Professor Helen Kinsella (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA - TBC) Professor Rekha Pande (University of Hyderabad, India - TBC) We invite students, academics, poets, local community workers, activists, and artists to participate in this unique event - the last in a series of events convened to celebrate 20 years of British scholarship on gender and global politics. Potential issues to explore in tackling the theme of feminism's global/local future include: the role of feminism in the 21st century; feminism and the contemporary analyses of international politics; the impact of the critical studies of race, postcolonial studies, masculinity studies and queer theory on the feminist study of gender and sex in global politics; how the local and global intertwine, and what new forms of violence have emerged in the 21st century. * The conference will include film viewings and art/photographic exhibitions and an associated workshop. * It is also anticipated that social events will include a whiskey tasting evening and a ceilidh. Send proposals and presentation ideas by 20 June 2008 to [log in to unmask] The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.