[Englecturers] FW: The Future of Feminism(s) (grad) (UK) (1/9/06; 6/9/06)

[Steven Axelrod]

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Feminisms: A one-day postgraduate conference on feminism(s) in the
humanities, Sheffield Hallam University, 9th June 2006.

Feminism has become a movement of many diverse strands, being divided or
incorporated into post-colonialism, queer theory, gender studies and
cultural theory amongst others. This diversity coupled with the emergence of
post-feminism raises the issue of whether there is any room for feminism in
current academic research. Is feminism trying to move away from the
derogatory associations the term has attracted - specifically the negative
connotations provided by the media? Or does the plurality of feminisms
reflect a feminist response to the system of opposition used to uphold
phallocentrism and repress the feminine other? How do all these feminisms,
(post, third, queer etc.) across all the many subjects in the arts,
humanities and social sciences, (film, philosophy, literature, and those in
the creative arts) react with/against each other? As postgraduate feminists
where do we see feminism(s) in the future - united, divided, or replaced?

This notion of multiplicity has inspired the day's title, 'Feminisms,' and
one of the aims of this conference is to address the precarious position of
feminism(s) and feminists within academia. The day is designed to offer
postgraduates the opportunity to present their own research and discuss it
in relation to current moves in feminist theory within the arts and cultural
theory. We welcome text and/or theory based papers as well as providing the
opportunity for practise-based students to discuss their work. 

Suggested themes include:
Feminist texts, film/literature/art/media etc.
Feminism and its future in academia.
Feminism and its many faces: Women's Studies, Gender Studies, First-,
Second-, Third-wave and Post-feminisms. Feminism, Post-Colonialism, and
Queer Theory. Feminism, Cultural theory and Philosophy. Representations of
feminism and feminists. Feminist voices. Feminist (re)presentations and
(re)interpretation - including the issue of adaptation and revision.
Feminism, madness and the figure of the hysteric - (re)examinations of Dora,
Bertha Mason as well discussions of the representations of 'mad'feminist
authors such as Woolf, Lamb and Plath. 
(Re)readings of feminist theorists such as Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva.
Female sexuality. Reading the female body.
	

We are pleased to announce that Professor Sara Mills from the School of
Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University has agreed to present a
keynote address. Her research and publications are in the area of feminist
post-colonial discourse theory and feminist linguistics.  Her most recent
publications are 'Gender and Colonial Space' (MUP, 2005), and 'Gender and
Politeness' (CUP, 2005).

Please submit proposals of 300 words accompanied with your contact details,
institutional affiliation and level of study by January 9th 2006, to: 
feminisms2006 at yahoo.co.uk

Prospective delegates who wish to attend but not deliver a paper should
contact the 

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