This 2-Day, International, Interdisciplinary Conference to be held at the Women’s Studies, School of Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland. This year the theme will be ‘Representations of the Lesbian in Art, Culture and the Media’. We welcome proposals from academics, scholars, students, activists, documentary and film makers, writers and artists.

The conference organisers welcome proposals for (A) individual papers, (B) sessions, (C) round table discussions, (D) workshops, and (E) visual presentations.

Event:
Friday 13 – Saturday 14 February 2009
Ort: University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland

Individual Papers: Individual papers should last 20 minutes (c. 2,400 words). Individuals should submit: (1) paper title, (2) abstract (c. 100 words), (3) biography (c. 100-150 words), (4) institutional affiliation and address, (5) audio-visual requirements.
Sessions: Panels of academic papers should include 3 speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper should last for 20 minutes (c. 2,400 words), with a further 30 minutes for questions and discussion. Proposers should submit (1) session title, (2) paper titles, (3) abstracts for each paper (c. 100 words), (3) biography for each participant (c. 100-150 words), (4) institutional affiliation and address for each participant, (5) audio-visual requirements.
Round Table Discussions: Round table discussions should include 6 speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper should last for 10 minutes (c. 1,200 words), with a further 30 minutes for questions and discussion. Proposers should submit (1) round table title, (2) rationale for round table (c. 100 words), (3) biography for each participant (c. 100-150 words), (4) institutional affiliation and address for each participant, (5) audio-visual requirements.
Workshops: Workshops last 90 minutes. Proposers should submit (1) workshop title, (2) rationale for workshop (c. 100 words), (3) biography (c. 100-150 words), (4) institutional affiliation and address (if relevant) Visual presentations; documentary, video, art or media presentations by individuals or groups are welcomed.

E-mail proposals to lesbian.lives#ucd.ie or post them to:
Lesbian Lives XVI:
‘Representations of the Lesbian in Art, Culture and the Media’
Women’s Studies,
Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington Building
University College Dublin, Dublin 4 Ireland

The closing date for the submission of proposals is Friday 27th November 2008

Visit http://www.ucd.ie/werrc/lesbianlives2009.html for conference updates.

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