FWSA and the University of Strathclyde invite researchers from all areas and disciplines (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, Health, etc.) – academic or otherwise – to submit proposals for the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (FWSA) biennial conference 2017. (Download call for proposals here)
Call for Papers deadline: March 24th, 2017
Conference Theme: Making space for feminism in the neo-liberal academy
In recent years the academy has gone through massive changes, which can be attributed to the desire to internationalise, globalise and marketise higher education, implementing neo-liberal approaches and producing neo-liberal staff-student subjects. Such ideologies have led to transformations that permeate not only academic work but also shape academic trajectories, feelings and identities. The conference aims to discuss such issues by creating a forum to debate current issues surrounding the future of academia and discuss how and where feminist research is impacting practice and policy and where practices and policies are driving new research. What pressures, tensions and failures might be felt in differently inhabiting academia?
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Professor Kalwant Bhopal, Professorial Research Fellow , Centre for Research in Race and Education, University of Birmingham, UK
Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen, Professor of Sociology (Gender, sexuality and education), Australian National University
Res-Sisters Panel, The Res-Sisters are a feminist collective of nine early career academics working broadly within the sociology and cultural studies of education and youth.
Performance Talk on Feminist Spoken Word Practice by Katie Ailes
For further information about the Conference and Call for Papers link here.
Contact
For further information please email Cristina Costa at cristina.costa@strath.ac.uk or Yvette Taylor at Yvette.Taylor@strath.ac.uk
