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Please circulate widely to your networks: ‘Feminist Politics and Activism in Reactionary Eras’ The Dutch Journal of Feminist Studies seeks submissions for a special issue on feminist politics and activism for Spring 2018. In this issue, we want to consider the historical and contemporary effects of feminism as a global force. Is feminism past its time, or is it rising from the ashes as a unifying discourse amidst the rise of reactionary forces across the globe? Are feminisms infused within State governance, or marginal to it? What can we learn from the contemporary moment by looking to the political scenarios of previous decades? We invite papers that provide different evaluations on the state of feminist movements cross nationally, including theoretical essays, empirical or archival research. Themes may include: 1. The place of feminist movements amid the growth of right-wing movements – are feminist movements unifying forces across divides of race, class, caste, nationality or religion, or do they prioritize gender as the primary problem? Will they be rejuvenated, or transformed, by the fierce opposition they encounter? 2. Feminism in the era of neoliberalism: can feminist movements thrive within neoliberal regimes? To what extent is neoliberalism contributing to the institutionalization and cooptation of feminism How do feminisms respond to the growing inequalities of class, region, race and indigeneity generated by neoliberal governance? What kinds of alternatives to neo-liberalism have feminist movements imagined? 3. What is the relationship between global, national and local feminisms? How do we map the connections and contradictions between global, national and local issues? To what extent have local feminist campaigns called upon global norms and engaged in transnational advocacy? 4. What forms of women’s movements are excluded by using the term feminism? What are alternate discourses through which notions of gender equality are expressed, and what is their relationship to feminist politics? 5. What is feminist movements’ relationships to the category women, and to the category gender? What are the contradictions in mobilizing around these two terms? Papers should be 8000 to 9000 words in length, and are due by June 30 2017. Please direct inquiries to the Special Issue Editors, Srimati Basu ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Akiko Takenaka ([log in to unmask]) Sally R Munt BA (Hons) MA MSc DPhil PGDip FRSA Professor of Gender Studies Professor of Cultural Studies Director: Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies Founding Editor: Dutch Journal of Feminist Studies MFM, Silverstone Building University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RG UK BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist http://brightonandhovecbt.com/ [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]> New book! Cosmopolitan Dharma: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism by Sharon Smith, Sally R. Munt and Andrew K.T. Yip. The Numen Series Studies in the History of Religions. Brill Publishing: Leiden, (The Netherlands) & Boston, Massachusetts (USA). 2016. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------