7th European Feminist Research Conference
**June 4-7 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands
Gendered Cultures at the Crossroads of Imagination, Knowledge and Politics*
The 7th European Feminist Research Conference is an international event based on cutting-edge scholarship. The conference will reflect a diversity of feminist and gender studies research incorporating perspectives from across the broad spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The focus is on the way in which knowledge, politics, and the imagination inform gendered cultures in contemporary Europe.
European Feminist Research Conferences usually have more than 500 participants from both inside and outside of Europe. The Conference has a track record of presenting innovative feminist scholarly work with critical perspectives on contemporary Europe. This triennial conference is this time organised by Athena (Advanced Thematic Network in Activities in Women's studies in Europe), Gender Studies Programme Utrecht University and Aiofe (Association of Institutions for Feminist Education and Research in Europe).
The 7th edition of the European Feminist Research Conference will be interdisciplinary in several ways. Firstly, it will employ the Utrecht expertise of crossing the boundaries of the scholarly and the artistic through a focus on, and a review of, literary, visual and artistic representations. Secondly, it will work with a matrix of intersecting themes rather than with singular conference strands. Thus participating scholars, students and artists are asked to situate themselves in this cross-cutting matrix.
*THEMES*
*Paper proposals have to refer to two of the themes. For a more detailed explanation of the different themes: *www.7thfeministcon ference.org
*A. Imagination art & politics
*Coordinators: Dr. Marta Zarzycka, Prof.dr. Kirsi Saarikangas, Domitilla Olivieri Key words: women artists, canon, global art history, cultural hybridity
*B. Feminism in post-secular Europe
*Coordinators: Prof.dr. Willy Jansen, Dr. Sarah Bracke, Dr. Chia Longman
Key words: religion, 'clash of civilisations' , religious vitality, believing and belonging, secularity
*C. Global connections: migration, consumption and politics
*Coordinators: Dr. Sandra Ponzanesi, Dr. Gail Lewis, Sabrina Marchetti
Key words: postcolonial cultures, transnational feminism, citizenship, commodification, migration
*D. Sexuality, public, private and beyond*
Coordinators: Prof.dr. Gloria Wekker, Lena Eckert, Malena Gustavson
Key words: globalization, intersectionality, public and private, queer, masculinities
*E: War and violence
*Coordinators: Prof.dr. Andrea Petö, Izabella Agardi
Key words: conflict studies, political rape, post-socialism, masculinity, trauma
*F: Media and Technology: The politics of Representation*
Coordinators: Dr. Cecilia Asberg, Prof.dr.hab. Elzbieta Oleksy, Drs. Edyta Just, Prof.dr. Nina Lykke
Key words: science, technology, media, visual culture
*G. Multi-ethnic Europe: identities, boundaries and communities*
Coordinators: Dr. Rutvica Andrijasevic, Prof.dr. Allaine Cerwonka, Drs. Maayke Botman
Key words: multiculturalism, transnationalism, European-ness, political subjectivities, in/exclusion; intersectionality
*H. Stories to tell: fiction, history & memory
*Coordinators: Doro Wiese, Dr. Babs Boter, Prof.dr. Adelina Sanchez
Key words: feminist assessment of the powers of narrative; intersectionality; reliability of (hi)stories and memories; unspeakability; other modes of telling
*I. Women's movements of past, present and future: Generation in feminism* Coordinators: Prof.dr. Berteke Waaldijk, Drs. Iris van der Tuin, Sandra Prlenda
Key words: generations, new feminisms, histories of women's movements, EU-equal opportunities
*J. Cultures of Knowledge: the Sciences, Humanities and gender
*Coordinators: Prof.dr. Mineke Bosch, Prof.dr. Kaat Wils, Dr. Christine von Oertzen
Key words: knowledge, women/gender in science, epistemology, feminist theory, representations of gender and science
*K. Social economic Europe*
Coordinators: Dr. Bettina van Hoven, Prof.dr. Anastasia Lada
Key words: Labour market, geographies of care, environment, nomadism, old and new identities
*Submission of abstracts, panel proposals and registration: *
www.7thfeministconf erence.org
Abstracts should have not more than 300 words and can only be uploaded using the submit link at www.7thfeministconf erence.org
Paper abstracts send to the general conference email address 7thfeminist@ let.uu.nl will *not* be taken into account.
Paper abstracts have to be submitted before *September 19, 2008*
If you would like to propose a panel or for any other information on the conference, please contact us at 7thfeminist@ let.uu.nl before July 15, 2008.
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