Graduate Committee for Research on Women/Gender (G-CROW) at The University of Akron

When: March 31-April 1, 2010
Where: University of Akron
Deadline: Feb 1, 2010

The Graduate Committee for Research on Women/Gender (G-CROW) at The University of Akron, located in Northeast Ohio (35 minutes south of Cleveland) is pleased to announce our Third Graduate Gender Symposium, showcasing graduate scholarship in all fields of women’s studies and research on gender.

Our theme, „Local to Global,“ is purposively a broad and inclusive one, in order to provide opportunities for graduate students working on a variety of topics and within many disciplinary approaches in their exploration of the various and often contested meanings of gender, past and present.

The symposium will kick off at 5 pm on Wed, March 31st with a presentation by pacifist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Kathy Kelley.

This will be followed by dinner and a performance by the New York City Def Poetry artist, StaceyAnn Chin. Both events are free for symposium participants, and dinner will be provided.

There is no participation fee, parking is free for participants, and several discounted hotel rooms ($70) have been set aside at the historic Quaker hotel for participants traveling from outside metropolitan Akron.  (Also participants may apply for a grant that will offset hotel fees.)  Some refreshments will be provided morning and afternoon on April 1st – the day of panel sessions.

Proposals due Feb 1, 2010
Proposals should be 300 words or less, and should include name, title of presentation, university and department affiliation, email, phone number, and mailing address. Please be sure to note any AV requirements and to indicate whether you intend to apply for our hotel accommodations grant (if so, a grant application will be sent to you).  Email proposals to Katie Brown at kmc75@zips.uakron.edu

Source: H-WOMEN@H-NET.MSU.EDU