The editors of /thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory and culture/ invite submissions for our forthcoming issue on gender, sport, and the Olympics.

Prompted by the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, we are interested in exploring the central role which gender and sexuality play in shaping ideas about athleticism, sport culture, and the body, and the significant ways in which athletic events such as the Olympics work to transform conceptions of public space, national boundaries and identities, and gendered self-presentations and performances. This issue invites contributions on:

• the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
• sport, athleticism, and ability
• the Para Olympics
• LGBT participation in athletics and the Olympics Continue reading →

3rd Call for Papers and Panels – Regulated Liberties. Negotiating Freedom in Art, Culture and Media
1st Rethinking Art Studies (REARS) conference in Turku, August 20-22 2009, University of Turku, Finland.
Freedom is a heavily charged notion with a vast conceptual width. Yet, the question of freedom and its regulation remains inadequately studied in the field of art, culture and media. Research has often relied conceptually on dichotomies and concentrated on revealing different kinds of power structures and forms of oppression, which tends to simplify the complex nature of freedom and constraint. The conference is dedicated to rethinking cultural power in new inventive ways not based on a dichotomous logic of domination and resistance. The concept of „regulated liberties“ denotes a more complex relationship of negotiation between the dominant and its subjects.
The aim of the conference is to relate art, culture and media to questions concerning freedom, emancipation and resistance. The overall conference topic disperses on the theoretical fields of subjectivity, social structures, and representation. Continue reading →

THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON GENDER, MACROECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (GEM- IWG) – 9th GEM- IWG International Conference
Co-organized by the Gender Equality and the Economy Program, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
The current global crisis that has engulfed the world economy makes it more urgent than ever to continue the work of generating and sharing knowledge for the formulation of gender – equitable responses, including in the areas of macroeconomic and International trade policies and global finance. With this purpose in mind a conference is being organized to take place on July 13-14, 2009, immediately following the planned GEM 2-week intensive course (June 29-July 10, 2009) at Blithewood, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
In addition to theoretical papers, we are seeking empirical contributions with regional and country-level emphasis; evaluation of government responses to this crisis and policy recommendations; comparisons of this crisis with previous ones and “lessons learned”. Though not exclusively, a special emphasis is encouraged on the intersection between gender, institutional arrangements, and policy space as follows:
• Gender and Macroeconomic “Policy Space”: Continue reading →

The Centre for Second World War Studies and the British Commission for Military History are organizing a joint conference from Friday 24 July to Sunday 26 July 2009 to mark the 70th Anniversary of the outbreak of Second World War. The Conference will be held at the Centre for Professional Development, College of Medical & Dental Science, University of Birmingham.

Deadline: 15.05.2009

The theme of the Conference is “New Thinking on the Second World War”. Archival research is beginning to challenge many of the traditional interpretations and the organizers would like to receive proposals for papers which take a fresh view of many aspects of the war. Proposals for papers from current PhD students are particularly welcome. It is intended that a number of papers will review the established reputations of a number of major commanders and there will be four Workshop sessions, dealing with the following topics:

• Land Warfare – Tactics & Operations
• Women in War Continue reading →

SEX AND GENDER. CULTIVATING IDENTITIES TODAY.
Issue 30 of CRITIQUE & HUMANISM journal
Issue Editors: Dr. Marina Liakova (University of Education, Karlsruhe) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vyara Angelova (Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“)
The issue is scheduled for December 2009. The journal invites contributions in English, German and French. The accepted articles will be published in Bulgarian translation.
ABOUT US: Critique & Humanism journal, founded in 1990, is the first independent academic journal in Bulgaria. It has an interdisciplinary profile, with special emphases on political philosophy, social theory and sociology. The journal released thematic issues twice a year in Bulgarian language, with special bilingual issues (in Bulgarian and English). Based on its understanding of social sciences as a fundamental critical resource in contemporary world, the journal fosters and represents intellectual and public debates and thereby promotes the building of an active public sphere and civic culture Continue reading →