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Intersecting Feminisms: Theory, Politics and Activism

University of ????d??, Poland

November 16 ??? 18, 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS


Women???s Studies Centre, founded at the
University of ????d?? in 1992, has successfully
survived the turbulent years of political and
institutional transformations in Poland. Facing
the challenges of the times, it has laboured to
promote the visibility of women and gender in the
field of research, pedagogy and politics,
widening social perception of and advancing
respect for difference. Its productive
functioning proves resiliency of coping
strategies and inspires belief in the value of
the collective effort invested theoretically,
politically and socially in ongoing feminist criticism and creativity.


It is on this occasion that we invite you to
participate in the international conference held
to celebrate Women???s Studies Centre???s 20th
anniversary in November 16-18, 2012. The event
will be hosted by the Faculty of International
and Political Studies, University of ????d??.
Bringing together scholars, students, activists,
politicians and artists to critically address
interconnections between theory and practice, the
conference will reconsider and revaluate the
place and role of feminism in contemporary world.
It will offer a platform for creative and
insightful encounters of various politics of
location both Polish and international.
Intersectionality has for the past decades gained
currency not only as a useful critical tool of
analyzing diverse sites of oppression but also as
a productive strategy of dealing with everyday
exclusionary practices and forms of inequality. ?
Introducing intersectional framework, the
conference will, therefore, attempt to respond
thematically to the multiple axes of
differentiation and consider how they interweave and affect equality.

Scholars and activists are welcomed to submit
proposals ? in either English or Polish ? of
individual prepresentations and panels of minimum
three presenters from a wide range of areas
analyzing significant issues that arise in feminist critique and praxis.


Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Wanda Nowicka, Speaker of Polish Parliament

Patricia Hill Collins, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Nina Lykke, University of Link??ping, Sweden

Joanna Mizieli??ska, The Warsaw School of Social
Sciences and Humanities, Poland


Deadline for Abstracts: April 30, 2012


Please submit a proposal of up to 250 words for
each individual presentation. For panels, include
an abstract for each presentation. Please specify
in your abstract the title of your paper or
panel, your name and affiliation, your postal and
electronic address, and any requirements for
technology that you anticipate to use. Please
send your abstracts and all queries to the
following e-mail <mailto:genderlodz2012 at gmail.com>genderlodz2012 at gmail.com


Publication of a selection of conference papers is envisaged.

Conference Convener

Prof. dr hab. El??bieta H. Oleksy
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