21-23 January 2009
Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Deadline: 1 June 2008
The ECPR Standing Group on Gender and Politics invites panel and paper proposals for the First European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG). The conference aims to bring together scholars engaged in cutting-edge research on a wide range of topics related to gender and politics. Scholars from member and non-member institutions of the ECPR are welcome to apply.
The program will include a keynote address given by Judith Squires from the University of Bristol, as well as a roundtable on current European Union-funded gender and politics projects.
The conference will be organized around ten sections, convened by the following scholars:
- Social Movements – Lee Ann Banaszak
- Political Parties and Representation – Joni Lovenduski
- Sexuality and the Body – Joyce Outshoorn
- Methods and Methodologies – Jacqui True
- Violence, War, and Security – Lene Hansen
- Development and Democracy – Shirin Rai
- States and Public Policies – Amy Mazur
- Identity and Multiculturalism – Sawitri Saharso
- Citizenship – Birte Siim
- Feminism and the International – Christine Sylvester
Proposals should be sent by email to the conference secretary Jemima Repo (jemima.repo#helsinki.fi). Acceptance of papers and panels will be confirmed by 1 September 2008.
Proposals for individual papers should include the name, affiliation, and contact details for all paper authors, a 200-word abstract and paper title, as well as indicate which section the paper is for.
Proposals for whole panels should include the full details for each paper (see above), a panel synopsis, as well as names, affiliations, and contact details for the panel chair and discussant.
The Standing Group on Gender and Politics was founded in 1985 as the Standing Group on Women and Politics. It currently has 300 members from all over the world.
For more information on the conference, please visit the Hompage
The next ECPG conference will be held in 2011.