Category : gender

CFP: Subjectivity in Question


CFP: Transatlantic Research Group: “Sexuality, Human Rights and Public Policy”

The 3rd International Conference of the Transatlantic Research Group in collaboration with the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and Women and Gender Studies Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presents the Conference on Sexuality, Human Rights and Public Policy.

 

This conference draws on a broad range of academic fields—including anthropology, sociology, political philosophy, history, political science, and cultural studies—to investigate the dynamics of public policy, human rights, and sexuality as they relate to inclusion and exclusion globally.

 

Panels, papers, creative presentations, and roundtables that employ diverse, interdisciplinary and inter-generational perspectives are especially welcome in these areas:

 

Public policy, Law and Sexuality

Human body, Gender and Sexuality

Culture, Identity and Sexuality

Religion, Culture, and Sexuality

Christianity and Sexuality

Islam and Sexuality

Social Media and Sexuality

Sexual Orientation, Sexual/Gender Identity

Sexuality and Reproductive Rights

Human Body and Cultural Meanings

Human body, Stereotypes and Sexualities

Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Violence

The Female Body and Gender-based Violence

Heterosexuality and “Other” Sexuality

 

Abstracts should be around 300 words and include the paper title and the name and contact details of the presenter. Abstracts should be submitted by October 25, 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Monday January 20, 2014.

Please send abstracts and papers to Chima Korieh, Marquette University: chima.korieh@marquette.edu

 


Lecture: Dr. Aili Mari Tripp on “New Trends in Women and Politics in Africa,” Loyola, April 24


Join the Philosophy Club tomorrow at Dr. Virginia Strain’s presentation of “These Visions Did Appear” and for a discussion of homosexuality in Shakespeare


Hypatia Reviews Online (HRO) – NOW LIVE – as of January 15, 2013

From the Hypatia listserv:

We are pleased to announce that HRO – the new online venue for Hypatia  book reviews – is now up and running!  We launch HRO with five new Hypatia book reviews and a very full archive of past reviews: a set of reviews that appeared online in 2004, and links to all the reviews since published in regular issues of the journal.

 

HRO is open access; all HRO reviews are available online at: http://hypatiaphilosophy.org/HRO

 

If you’re interested in reviewing for HRO, or can recommend books for review, please contact the Hypatia Book Review Editor, Sharyn Clough, either directly or through the Hypatia Editorial Office: sharyn.clough@oregonstate.edu / hypatia@uw.edu.

 

Sincerely,

Hypatia Editorial Office

 

via Diana Tietjens Meyers 


Hypatia list-serv

Dear Friends of Hypatia,

We are moving our Hypatia email notifications to a new Hypatia listserv; starting in January 2013 we’ll send all Hypatia news and updates this way, and hopefully reduce cross-posting. 

In the next week or so you’ll receive an email from the listserv provider (mailchimp) asking you to confirm that you’re willing to join the Hypatia e-list; please be sure to follow the confirmation link so we don’t lose touch with you!  And feel free to email us with any questions: hypatia@uw.edu

If you know of others who might like to receive Hypatia news and information, please direct them to the sign-up link at the top of our editorial office webpage: http://depts.washington.edu/hypatia/

Sincerely,
Hypatia Editorial Office

Simpson Center for the Humanities
University of Washington
Box 353710
Seattle, WA 98195 USA

hypatia@uw.edu


Britte-Marie Schiller Colloquium on Luce Irigiray and Sexual Difference, Marquette, Nov. 16

Click here to download the full-size Schiller Poster