Society for Women in Philosophy. For information on membership in regional divisions, which includes receiving program announcements, the national SWIP newsletter, and a discount subscription to Hypatia contact:
Midwest SWIP: Executive Secretary, Jackie Zita, Women's Studies Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Treasurer: Carol Mickett, English & Philosophy Department, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO 64093.
Eastern SWIP: Executive Secretary: Patrice DiQuinzio, Philosophy Department, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510; Treasurer: Linda Damico, Department of Philosophy, Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA 30061.
Pacific SWIP: Executive Secretary, Rita Manning, Department of Philosophy, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. 95192. Treasurer: Dianne Romain, Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.
Upcoming SWIP Meetings:
Midwest SWIP's Fall 1992 meeting will be held October 9–11, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Marilyn Frye is in charge of local arrangements. Contact her at Department of Philosophy, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824. (517)353–3981.
Eastern SWIP is turning, at least temporarily, into Southeastern SWIP this year. There will be no Fall meeting, but there will be a two-day meeting in Tampa, FL on March 20–21, 1993 with a keynote speaker (TBA) and a celebration of Hypatia's 10th anniversary. Send papers and abstracts to: Donna Serniak, Department of Philosophy, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA 23005. Deadline: December 1,1992. Local arrangements chair is: Linda Lopez McAlister, Department of Women's Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620.
Announcing SWIP-L an electronic mail list for feminist philosophers. SWIP-L is an information and discussion list for members of the Society for Women in Philosophy and others who are interested in feminist philosophy. To subscribe to this list send the following one-line message to LISTSERV@CFRVM or to [email protected]: SUBSCRIBE SWIP-L. When you want to post messages on the list send them to SWIP-L@CFRVM or to [email protected]. The purpose of the list is to provide a place to share information about SWIP and other feminist philosophy meetings, calls for papers, jobs for feminist philosophers, etc., as well as to engage in more substantive discussions related to feminist philosophy. While the list is public and open to both SWIP members and non-members, it is meant for feminist philosophers and theorists. It is free of charge. The SWIP-L's home is in the Hypatia editorial office. If you have questions please e-mail, call, or write us at the addresses or telephone numbers listed on page ii of this issue.
An International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics is being formed in conjunction with the Inaugural Congress of the International Association of Bioethics. The organizers, Anne Donchin and Helen Bequaert Holmes envision a more inclusive theory of bioethics, one that would encompass the experiences of women and other marginalized social groups, examine how the principles that dominate the prevailing discourse may favor those already empowered, create new methodologies, and look closely at the legitimizing function of mainstream bioethics. Plans are to meet at the Congress in Amsterdam (October 5–7, 1992) to determine the scope of future activities. The Congress Secretariat will forward to the organizers the names and addresses of those who circle this network when they register for the Congress. Those who cannot attend the Congress should contact Anne Donchin, Women's Studies, Indiana University, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202 or Helen Bequaert Holmes, Center for Genetics, Ethics, and Women, 24 Berkshire Terrace, Amherst, MA 01002. Phone and FAX (413) 549–1226.
5th National Conference of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace will be held in Charlotte, NC on October 16–18, 1992. The theme of the conference is “Power and Domination.” If you would like more information about the organization or the conference please call Laura Duhan Kaplan, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223. (704) 547–2780.
The Society for Analytical Feminism invites submissions for sessions at the 1993 Central Division APA meetings. The Society seeks papers that examine feminist issues by methods broadly construed as analytic, or that discuss the use of analytic methods as applied to feminist issues. Reading time should be about 20 minutes. Papers should be prepared for anonymous review and two copies submitted. Submissions should be postmarked no later than December 1, 1992 and sent to Virginia Klenk, Department of Philosophy, University of West Virginia, 252 Stansbury Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506. All members of the Society will be eligible to read papers. For information about membership in the Society, please contact Virginia Klenk at the address given above.
Call for Papers - Rereading the Canon: Feminist Interpretations of Simone De Beauvoir edited by Margaret A. Simons. Papers reflecting a diversity of philosophical methodologies and standpoints are sought for an anthology on Beauvoir's philosophy. Are Simone de Beauvoir's texts “out-of-date, male-identified, and just Sartrean anyway”? Is The Second Sex a modernist work rendered obsolete by the postmoderninst critique? Or does Beauvoir have relevance for contemporary feminist philosophy? Papers addressing these questions and others relating to Beauvoir's philosophy, inquiries, and abstracts should be sent to: Professor Margaret A. Simons, Dept. of Philosophical Studies, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026–1433. Deadline is November 15,1992.
Call for Papers - Rereading the Canon: Feminist Interpretations of Descartes and Cartesianism. I am seeking feminist and other innovative perspectives on Descartes and Cartesianism. I welcome philosophical, literary, historical, sociological, and interdisciplinary papers, reflections on the impact of feminist studies on traditional readings, and explorations of gender, race, class, and culture. The collection will be part of a series, edited by Nancy Tuana, for Penn State Press. Send inquiries, proposals, papers, and suggestions to: Susan Bordo, Department of Philosophy, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, N.Y. 12314.
Call for papers for a collection entitled Nexus: Writings on Location, an interdisciplinary anthology drawing on the “New Subjectivity” or “personal,”“narrative,” or “autobiographical” criticism across a range of disciplines. If you are working in a autobiography—or you know others who are—we would love to hear from you. 15–25 page essays, double-spaced, in MLA parenthetical style with separate endnote and works-cited pages. Each critical/theoretical/autobiographical essay is to focus on the ethnicity, religion, gender, family, community, ability, discipline) to specific texts or current theoretical issues in her or his discipline. Deadline for submissions: February 15, 1983. Queries or submissions (in duplicate) to Olivia Frey, English, St. Olaf College, WordPerfect IBM-compatible files (on high-density diskettes) also appreciated.
“Women and Texts in Pre-revolutionary France” a conference sponsored by the Department of French, at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, will be held May 7–9, 1993. The conference will focus on questions related to the subject of French women as producers of texts in pre-revolution-ary France. We understand the word text as referring to canonical as well as non-canonical works and genres. History, science and education are only a few areas in which women chose to express themselves textually. For information contact Hannah Fournier or Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, MARGOT Project, Dept. of French, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2L 3G1. Phone (519) 885–1211, ext. 2249 or 3554.
The Fifth International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women will be held at the University of Costa Rica, February 22–26,1993. For information write to Prof. Mirta González-Suárez, V Congreso Internacional e Interdisciplinario de la Mujer, PRIEG—Escuela de Psicología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Apdo. 2060, San Pedro, Costa Rica, America Central.
“Beyond the Boundaries,” a conference sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art will be held February 2–4, 1993 in Seattle, Washington. For further info: send stamped, self-addressed envelope to Jo Hockenhull, Box 897, Pullman, WA 99163; (509) 334–4137. FAX: (509)335–4171.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection in conjunction with Swarthmore College and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College will be sponsoring an academic conference on the work of Lucretia Mott and other women in the nineteenth century peace movement in March, 1993 to celebrate the bicentennial of Mott's birth. The conference title is “Nineteenth Century Feminist Strategies for Non-Violence.” For more information contact Dr. Wendy E. Chmielewski, Curator, Swarthmore College Peace Collection, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081–1399.
Call for Manuscripts for an anthology on lesbians and the law and theory. Send manuscripts and inquiries to Ruthann Robson, CUNY Law School at Queens College, 65–21 Main Street, Flushing, New York 11367. (718) 575–4447.
