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CALL FOR PAPERS
"A New Girl Order? Young Women and the Future of Feminist
Inquiry"
A Working Conference
14-16 November 2001
King's College, University of London, UK.
This conference aims to bring together scholars, teachers and
activists
from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds to explore a
range of
issues concerning young women as we move into the new century.
Among the
questions we wish to pose are:
How are young women positioned and how do they position
themselves in
the changing postindustrial and postmodern world?
How has girlhood itself taken on new meanings as we enter the
twenty-first century?
Who speaks for young women and girls?
What is the future of feminist inquiry into the lives of young women?
What enduring connections are there between young women,
feminism and
Women's Studies?
We invite submissions in the form of papers, working groups and
panels
addressing such topics as:
· the changing and/or enduring constructions of girls' class,
culture
and nation-based identities under late modernity
· young women's cultures and politics
· third wave feminism and grrl power
· methodological questions surrounding research by/about/with
young
women
· new research agendas for the study of young women in the
21st
century
· young women's attitudes towards feminism
· the future of Women's Studies and Gender Studies for a new
generation
· young women confronting new technologies and new
economies
The conference is planned to be open and discussion-based and
for this
reason we particularly encourage presentations based on research
work-in-progress and presentations from postgraduate researchers.
The conference is jointly organised by the Centre for Women's
Studies
and Gender Research, Monash University, Melbourne, the Menzies
Centre
for Australian Studies, Kings College London and the Monash
University
Centre, Kings College London.
Convenors:
Dr Maryanne Dever
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research,
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University, Melbourne
VIC 3800 Australia
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Dr Anita Harris
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research,
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University, Melbourne
VIC 3800 Australia
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Dr Susan Pfisterer
Menzies Centre for Australian Studies
Kings College
University of London
28 Russell Sq
London WC1B 5DS
England
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Deadline for submission of proposals: 31 March 2001
Proposals should include:
· Name of contact person
· Mailing and email addresses
· 1 page description/abstract
· Brief biographical statement
· Type of session proposed (e.g. individual, panel)
· Names, addresses and emails and bios of all presenters
· Equipment required
See our webpage at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ws/ango.html
for
on-line submission of proposals or send your proposals to:
Dr Anita Harris
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research,
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University, Melbourne
VIC 3800 AUSTRALIA
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Late proposals may be considered. In this instance please contact
Anita
Harris directly.
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Dr Anita Harris
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research
School of Political and Social Inquiry
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia
Ph. 03 9905 3260
Fax. 03 9905 2410
Ms Kathryn Morris-Roberts
Geography Department
The University of Sheffield
Winter Street
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Tel: 0114 2227968
Fax: 0114 2797912
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