It's time to officially start planning for Feminist Workshop 2009! The workshop will take place March 11, 2009 at the CCCC conference in San Francisco.
Participants, feel free to use the comments here to discuss issues related to preparing for the conference or the trip to CCCC. Information about the program and other details will be forthcoming here.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize
I know many here are likely on the national Women's Studies listserv, but this great opportunity was just broadcast on the list today. If you or anyone you know is working on a dissertation or first book related to gender topics, here is a possible opportunity for accolades and financial gain.
SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in Women's and Gender Studies
SUNY Press is proud to announce a new competition for the best single-authored dissertation or first book manuscript in the field of women's and gender studies. We welcome nonfiction manuscripts that exemplify cutting-edge feminist scholarship, whether the area of focus is historical or contemporary. The competition is open to scholars from all disciplinary backgrounds, but we especially encourage work that speaks effectively across disciplines, and projects that offer new perspectives on concerns central to the field of women's and gender studies.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Feminist knowledge production
Feminist politics
Activism
Intersectionality
Gendered experiences of people of color
Global and transnational feminisms
Institutions and public policies
Women of color feminisms
Theories and practices of coalition
Gender and globalization
Coloniality, postcoloniality and neo-imperialism
Girls studies
Gender and queer sexuality
Transgender studies
Gender and violence
Feminist philosophy and theory
Gender and disability
Gender and militarism
Gender and labor practices
Feminist science and environmental studies
Feminist pedagogy
Cultural production (media, film, music, literature)
If a winner of the competition is selected, he or she will receive a publication contract with SUNY Press and a $3,000 advance. Runners up may also be considered for publication with SUNY Press. All submissions must be postmarked by July 1, 2008, and should include the following materials:--Cover letter--C.V.--Proposal, including a 4-5 page overview of the scope of the project and analysis of competing titles--Complete manuscript, at least 150 double spaced pages, 12 pt. Courier font Please mention the competition in your cover letter, and also indicate if any material from the manuscript has been previously published. Thewinner will be announced in the Fall of 2008. All submissions must beexclusive submissions to SUNY Press for the duration of the contest, and finalists will be notified by September 1, 2008. Please direct all questions and submissions to Larin McLaughlin Acquisitions Editor SUNY Press194 Washington Ave., Ste. 305Albany, NY 12210larin.mclaughlin@sunypress.edu
SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in Women's and Gender Studies
SUNY Press is proud to announce a new competition for the best single-authored dissertation or first book manuscript in the field of women's and gender studies. We welcome nonfiction manuscripts that exemplify cutting-edge feminist scholarship, whether the area of focus is historical or contemporary. The competition is open to scholars from all disciplinary backgrounds, but we especially encourage work that speaks effectively across disciplines, and projects that offer new perspectives on concerns central to the field of women's and gender studies.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Feminist knowledge production
Feminist politics
Activism
Intersectionality
Gendered experiences of people of color
Global and transnational feminisms
Institutions and public policies
Women of color feminisms
Theories and practices of coalition
Gender and globalization
Coloniality, postcoloniality and neo-imperialism
Girls studies
Gender and queer sexuality
Transgender studies
Gender and violence
Feminist philosophy and theory
Gender and disability
Gender and militarism
Gender and labor practices
Feminist science and environmental studies
Feminist pedagogy
Cultural production (media, film, music, literature)
If a winner of the competition is selected, he or she will receive a publication contract with SUNY Press and a $3,000 advance. Runners up may also be considered for publication with SUNY Press. All submissions must be postmarked by July 1, 2008, and should include the following materials:--Cover letter--C.V.--Proposal, including a 4-5 page overview of the scope of the project and analysis of competing titles--Complete manuscript, at least 150 double spaced pages, 12 pt. Courier font Please mention the competition in your cover letter, and also indicate if any material from the manuscript has been previously published. Thewinner will be announced in the Fall of 2008. All submissions must beexclusive submissions to SUNY Press for the duration of the contest, and finalists will be notified by September 1, 2008. Please direct all questions and submissions to Larin McLaughlin Acquisitions Editor SUNY Press194 Washington Ave., Ste. 305Albany, NY 12210larin.mclaughlin@sunypress.edu
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Why I am thankful for rhet/comp
I just want to iterate something here that I wrote to Kirsti as a response to the Feminist Workshop. Last year around this time I went to the annual Feminist Workshop at Duke University, which I found incredibly alienating. How strange to walk into a huge room full of women and not feel that it was a "safe space" (thank you, Jessica and Lisa, for the film that brought out this attention to the affect of particular spaces) at all. In contrast, I found at the CCCC Feminist Workshop the kind of engagement and support that can truly benefit feminism and our efforts to achieve . . . what? better conditions for all human beings, basically--in a way that the academic posturing and negative criticism I witnessed last year cannot. Thank you all for inspiring me!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Welcome to the Feminist Workshop
Hello everyone and welcome to virtual space for the Feminist Workshop!
If you received an email from me, you should be enrolled as an author on this blog, but if you are not for some reason, simply email me and I will enroll you.
The '08 workshop, like the '07 workshop, left me with several questions based on our conversations and I hope that this space, as well as Thirdspace will prove a forum to begin "doing" as we discussed on Wednesday.
I know that several participants took pictures of the event, so perhaps we could inaugurate this blog with reflections on the '08 meeting and include some pictures.
If you received an email from me, you should be enrolled as an author on this blog, but if you are not for some reason, simply email me and I will enroll you.
The '08 workshop, like the '07 workshop, left me with several questions based on our conversations and I hope that this space, as well as Thirdspace will prove a forum to begin "doing" as we discussed on Wednesday.
I know that several participants took pictures of the event, so perhaps we could inaugurate this blog with reflections on the '08 meeting and include some pictures.
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