Society for the Study of American Women Writers

The Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) has extended deadline for proposals to February 28.

Conference details are as follows:

Title: Fourth Conference of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers
Date: October 21-24, 2009
Location: Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SSAWW invites submissions of proposals for panels, roundtables, workshops, or individual papers. They welcome sessions on U.S. women authors and themes from the 17th through the 21st century; sessions and papers that compare U.S. women writers to writers of other nations are also welcome.

All conference participants must be members of SSAWW.

Proposals for entire sessions should include: (1) a paragraph describing the session as a whole; (2) a one-page abstract of each paper; (3) a one-page cv for each participant. The conference prefers four presenters per session, excluding the chair, although submissions for panels of three presenters will be considered.

Proposals for individual papers should include a one-page abstract and a one-page c.v.

Please specify if audio/visual equipment is needed.

Proposals may be submitted to Carolyn Sorisio at csorisio@wcupa.edu

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A Day to Remember

First International Conference on Gloria E. Anzaldua

The SSGA (Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldua) is currently seeking proposals for papers, panels of 3-4 papers, roundtables, workshops, or performances for its First International Conference on the work and life of Gloria E. Anzaldúa on the fifth anniversary of her passing.

We welcome proposals involving all facets of Anzaldúa's life and work. The following tracks are merely suggested conceptual groupings for panel and performance presentations:

· BORDERS—explorations of border theory, borderlands ethos and other concepts of Anzaldúan thought focused on this key concept of her work
· QUEER STUDIES—el mundo zurdo and the atravesados, key to Anzaldúa's thinking and application of her philosophical work
· EDUCATION—pedagogical concerns surrounding her literary and philosophical works. Some questions that may arise: what are some challenges of teaching Anzaldúa? How does Anzaldúa's thought apply to teaching?
· INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSFRONTERA—The effects of globalization and market economies on culture. What is the status of Anzaldúa studies at the international level?
· SPIRITUALITY—Explorations of Anzaldúa's spiritual teachings. How can we heal the earth and ourselves?

Guidelines
Proposals must include the following:
· 250-word proposal narrative
· 100-word abstract suitable for publication in the conference program book
· Submissions for Panels must include proposals and abstracts for each paper and the name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and institutional affiliation of each participant
· Audio/visual needs
· Contact person's name, address, phone number(s), e-mail address, and institutional affiliation

All materials must be electronically date-stamped by February 15, 2009. Proposers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2009.

Questions about the submission process may be sent to:
gloria.anzaldua.society@gmail.com

Call for Papers: "Independence and Decolonization" (2010)

Call for Papers:

The Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin will host a symposium, Independence and Decolonization, April 15-17, 2010.

Inspired by the upcoming bicentenary of Mexican independence, thesymposium aims to generate dialogue among scholars from a variety ofdisciplines working on processes of independence, decolonization, andthe reconfiguration of territorial and social borders that suchprocesses generate. We encourage proposals that adopt an explicitly synoptic approach to the interactions between metropolitan powers and colonial/nationalist societies. We welcome proposals from scholarsworking on the following broad problem areas:

1. Global and localdynamics of "first wave" independence movements and decolonization inthe late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (e.g. UnitedStates, Haiti, Spanish America)

2. Nineteenth century decolonization(e.g. Ottoman successor states, Brazil, Cuba)

3. National liberationmovements and decolonization in the twentieth century. We areinterested in bringing into dialogue a variety of approaches and themes which might include ethnic identities and anti-colonial movements, postcolonial state formation, and economic development ofpostcolonial states.

Interested scholars should submit an abstract of 200-500 words and a one-page CV to Professor Susan Deans-Smith, sdsmith@mail.utexas.eduby March 1, 2009.

Participants will be reimbursed for travel and lodging expenses.

For further information about the Institute for Historical Studies, its programs, and fellowships see: www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/