Krista Cowman, Lincoln School of Humanities, University of Lincoln

Date: 6-7 May 2011
Venue: University of Lincoln, UK
Deadline for proposals: not announced

In 1890 no woman in Britain had a Parliamentary vote and their membership of political parties was restricted to auxiliary organisations such as the Women’s Liberal Federation and the Primrose League. In 1997, the number of women elected to Westminster rose above 100 for the first time. Between these two dates, a number of key milestones facilitated a greater involvement by women in formal political processes including partial, then equal suffrage; equal membership of political parties; legislation on equal pay and sexual discrimination and affirmative actions including all-women shortlists. Continue reading →

Edited by Jean H. Quataert and Benita Roth

The special issue of the „Journal of Women’s History“ is slated to appear in September 2012, issue 24, 2.
Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2011

For a special issue on „Human Rights, Global Congresses, and the Making of Postwar Transnational Feminisms,“ co-edited by Jean Quataert and Benita Roth, we invite authors to submit articles that address the historical dimensions of the intersection between human rights and transnational feminist organizing. We are particularly interested in pieces that explore the following question:

“How did United Nations-sponsored World Conferences for women (beginning in 1975) and meetings of feminists at similarly large-scale congresses – for example at the World Social Forums beginning in 2001 – transform the landscape for transnational feminism in the post-World War II era?”
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Tagung der dvs-Kommission ‚Geschlechterforschung’ und der Sektion „Soziologie des Körpers und des Sports“ in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (dgs)

Zeit: 19.-21. Mai 2011
Ort: Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
Einreichung von Abstracts: 31.12.2010 (max. 1 Din-A4-Seite); an:
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sobiech (sobiech@ph-freiburg.de) oder
Dr. Andrea Ochsner (Andrea.Ochsner@unibas.ch)

Frauenfußball war lange Zeit ein randständiges Thema und Forschungsgebiet.  Das zunehmende öffentliche Interesse und sicher auch die Austragung der Fußballweltmeisterschaft der Frauen in Deutschland 2011 haben zur intensiveren Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Thematik auf der Ebene des Sports (Deutscher Fußballverband) als auch auf der wissenschaftlichen Ebene (Geschlechterforschung/ Soziologie des Sports etc.) geführt. Auf dieser Tagung wollen wir die kulturellen Gegebenheiten und Wandlungsprozesse sowie die strukturellen Bedingungen des Frauenfußballs in den Fokus stellen.

Für Hauptvorträge konnten folgende wissenschaftliche Expertinnen gewonnen werden:
– Prof. Dr. Gertrud Pfister, Professorin für Sportsoziologie an der Universität Kopenhagen
– Prof. Dr. Eva Kreisky, Professorin für Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Wien
– Marianne Meier, Projektleiterin für „Gender und Sport im Entwicklungskontext mit besonderem Fokus auf Fußball“ in der Swiss Academy for Developement  

Details zum CfP auf der Website der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (Web)

18th Annual Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies

Date: March 24th & 25th, 2011
Venu: University of Rochester (New York) 
Deadline for proposals: January 21, 2011

Keynote Speaker: Laura Kipnis, Professor of Radio/Television/Film, Northwestern University

The Susan B. Anthony Institute at the University of Rochester is pleased to announce the 18th Annual Gender and Women’s Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, which will take place March 24th and 25th, 2011. The Conference Committee is currently seeking paper proposals. Each year the SBAI conference features considerations of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies from varied disciplinary fields. These include (but are not limited to) art, art history, cultural studies, education, film, history, geography, law, literary studies, linguistics, media studies, medicine, music, philosophy, and political science. The conference aims to foster an environment of interdisciplinary communication, knowledge exchange, and collaboration.
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