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CFP - 50 Years of Sexism: What Next? The Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities at Durham University is hosting an interdisciplinary conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the coining of the term “sexism”, and to ask how far we have come since this often controversial and inflammatory term became a way to refer to gender inequality. According to Fred Shapiro, 1965 is the year to which the term “sexism” – applied in its modern, intensively discriminatory sense - can be dated and we will be questioning where the term originated, what its impact has been, and just what “sexism” means today, and will mean in the future. The conference follows on from the success of last year’s international conference Literary Dolls: The Female Textual Body from the 19th Century to Now, held at Durham University on International Women’s Day, 2014, and we are delighted to host another conference to mark a milestone in the feminist movement. Fifty Years of Sexism will run on the weekend of International Women’s Day 2015, Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th March. Keynote speakers include: · New York Times No. 1 Best-Selling Author of The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield · Actress, writer and founder of the “No More Page 3” Campaign, Lucy-Anne Holmes · Specialist in Criminology at Durham University, Professor Nicole Westmarland · Children’s Literature specialist and Durham University emeritus, Dr Pam Knights · Writer of children’s fiction, The Demon Notebook, Erika McGann · Author of The Quick, Lauren Owen We welcome abstracts of three hundred words for twenty minute papers discussing the conference theme from any discipline. We also welcome proposals that engage with the conference theme in ways beyond conventional 20-minute papers, such as film screenings and discussions; artworks; poster presentations; manifestos. Please contact the conference organisers on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you have any questions about the viability of what you plan to submit. Topics may include, but are not limited to the following: · Sexual and gender representation in literature and fine art · Considerations of the history of the formation of the term, sexism and its development as a concept in the arts and social sciences · Critical reflections on the development of the concept of sexism since 1965 · Reflections on the misandry movement · Historicisations of the concept of “sexism” avant la lettre · The interactions between sexism and other movements (racism, homophobia etc.) · Sexism and the body · Sexism and sexuality · Sexism in the media (conventional and online) · Sexism in new narrative modes (video games, interactive art, hypertext digital culture) Abstracts should be submitted by 1st December 2014. If you are unable to meet the deadline please send us an email to discuss an extension. For more information, and to keep track of the latest conference news, visit http://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/tag/fifty-years-of-sexism/