Call for papers for the Southeastern Women's Studies Association (SEWSA) meeting to be held at the University of South Florida, March 12–15, 1992. The planning committee invites proposals for papers, posters, workshops, and round table discussions in women's studies and related fields. Proposals should reflect the diversity of women in regard to race; class; ethnicity; age; physical, intellectual, and emotional impairment; nationality, and sexual identity. Proposals from both scholarly and community-based groups are welcome and may focus on research, theory, applied practice, policy and/or teaching approaches. We welcome a variety of styles and experimentation in presentation format. Interested participants should submit an abstract of 500 words no later than October 15, 1991. If you plan a panel or workshop, please include the names of all participants along with individual abstracts. Submit proposals to: Janice Snook, Women's Studies Program, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., HMS 413, Tampa, FL 33620–8350.
Call for Papers for a session entitled Medieval Women/Medieval Philosophy for the 1992 Medieval Studies Congress to be held in Kalamazoo, MI. Of particular interest is work dealing with women's engagement with medieval philosophy as well as work on medieval philosophical positions about women. Work outside the mystical tradition is especially welcome, as is work on more scholastic elements in mystical authors. Contact: Joan Gibson, York University, Atkinson College, 4700 Keele St., Downsview, ONT M3J 2R7, Canada.
Call for Papers for a conference Color and Colorfulness in Nineteenth-Century Life and Art, sponsored by the Southeastern Nineteenth Century Studies Association to be held April 2–4, 1992 in Tampa, FL. SENSCA is an organization of scholars in music, art, architecture, photography, history, philosophy, literature, and related fields; it promotes interdisciplinary research and exchange and publishes the annual Nineteenth Century Studies. Submissions may concern any topic dealing with the use, representation, interpretation and conception of color in 19th Century art, literature and material culture (crafts, domestic and industrial design, costume, etc.), as well as with the theme of colorfulness, including the picturesque, the exotic, the bohemian and the eccentric, in individual and group life styles, race and gender relations and social attitudes. Also welcome are proposals concerning the lack of color—conformity, camouflage, evasiveness and subterfuge—and with the creation of secret and private colorful lives. Particularly encouraged are comparative studies of European and American relations and influences. Proposals for 20 minute papers should be accompanied by three-sentence abstracts. The deadline for submissions is November 1, 1991. Send paper and abstract to: Jadviga M. da Costa Nunez, Dept. of Art, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104–5586.
Gender in Academe: Who Cares? 2nd Biennial Conference will be held at the University of South Florida October 31-November 2, 1991. For further conference information contact: Lagretta Lenker, University of South Florida, LLL 012, Tampa, FL 33620. (813) 974–2403.
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:
Eastern SWIP: Executive Secretary Peggy Walsh, Humanities Division, Bradford College, Bradford, MA 01830. Treasurer Patrice DiQuinzio, Philosophy Department, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510. The Fall, 1991 meeting of Eastern SWIP will be held at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh on Saturday, November 2. Contact Eleanor Holveck, Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15282. (412) 434–6500.
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. The Fall, 1991 meeting of Pacific SWIP will be held at Southern Oregon State College, Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6. Contact person is: Tangren Alexander, English Department, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR 97520. (503) 482–8846.
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. The Fall, 1991 meeting of Midwest SWIP will be held at Carleton College in Northfield, MN on November 9 and 10. Contact person: Maria Lugones.
Call for papers for a special double issue of Pre/Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory on lesbian and gay rhetoric. Subjects of papers will be left open, but essayists may, for example, submit papers that relate to such matters as the rhetoric of passing, coming out, of closeting, of articulation and (dis)articulation, of how language both reveals and conceals “lesbian”/“gay men,” of how “lesbians” and “gay men” vanish through linguistic displacements, of political or ethical discourses, strategies, etc., of gender and sexuality, of lesbian and gay films, humor, etc. Please submit approximately 8–10 pages, double-spaced, MLA Style with SASE to: Margaret Morrison, 3430 Sunset Ave., #121, Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804. Deadline: November 15, 1991.
Calls for papers for a special issue of Sinister Wisdom: A Journal for the Lesbian Imagination in the Arts and Politics on Lesbians of Color. Send 2 copies of work and a self-addressed stamped envelope to P.O. Box 3252, Berkeley, CA 94703. Deadline: February 1, 1992.
Call for papers for the 1993 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. The 9th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, “Transformations: Women, Gender, Power,” will be held on June 11–13, 1993 at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Submit proposals in triplicate by February 1, 1992. Send proposals on U.S. topics to Elaine Abelson, New School for Social Research, Eugene Lang College, 65 West 11th St., New York, N.Y. 10011. Send proposals on non-U.S. topics to Margaret Hunt, Amherst College, 2254, P.O. Box 5000, Amherst, MA 01002–5000. Send comparative U.S./non-U.S. proposals to either co-chair.
Call for works for an exhibit entitled De Conquistadoras y Conquistadas (About Conqueror and Conquered Women) to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October, 1992. We are inviting women of every country of the world to participate through “mail art.” That is, you can send any kind of creative work on the subject—drawings, paintings, photographs, texts—as long as they fit in an envelope and can be sent through the mail. Videotapes are accepted. Deadline: March, 1992. Send submissions to Monique Altschul, Urquiza 1835, (1602) Florida, Prov. de Bs.As., Argentina.
Call for Papers. Articles are invited for a proposed anthology of theoretical explorations in the area of feminism and animal rights. We are looking for new articles that extend our thinking about this complex issue. Possible areas for consideration include: history (such as the role of women in the antivivisection movement), critiques of science and medicine, anthropology, literary criticism and aesthetics, religion, ethical theory; philosophical questions such as “rights theory” and the interconnections among the social constructions of race, gender, class, and species; and issues related to ecofeminism, popular culture, the Third World, persons of color, lesbians, and the differently abled. Please send two copies of the article by June 30, 1992, to either Carol Adams, 814 Grinnell Drive, Richardson, TX 75081; Josephine Donovan, English Department, 304 Neville Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469; or Susanne Kappelier, Flat 13, 92/94 Upper St., Giles, Norwich, England NR2 1LT. We would be happy to answer inquiries.
Call for Papers on feminist perspectives of death, focussing on the experiences of an adult daughter when her mother dies, written from the vantage point of gender and with an eye to women's growth through testing of the mother/daughter connection, for a forthcoming multidisciplinary collection of essays, Connections and Disconnections: Mothers, Daughters, and Death. Fictional, experiential, experimental, and traditional essays and works are welcome. Deadline: postmark June 30, 1992. Send submissions to Editors, Disconnections, Philosophy Department, DePaul University, 802 @. Belden, Chicago, IL 60614. For information, call Mary Larrabee, (312) 362–8224.
Garland publishing is pleased to announce a new series, Issues in Reproductive Technology, edited by Helen Bequaert Holmes. The volumes in this ongoing series will consist of groups of original essays on timely topics along with selective bibliographies. The anthologies will be interdisciplinary and present diverse viewpoints; “reproductive technology” is defined broadly. Issues in Reproductive Technology I: An Anthology is expected to appear in late 1991. Inquiries are welcome, as are proposals for topics for future issues and suggestions for possible essayists. Please contact: Helen Bequaert Holmes, 24 Berkshire Terrace, Amherst, MA 01002; (413) 549–1226; FAX (413) 549–6401.
Announcing WMST-L: An Electronic Forum for Women's Studies. Its purpose is to facilitate discussion of Women's Studies issues, especially those concerned with research, teaching, and program administration, and to publicize relevant conferences, job announcements, calls for papers, publications, and the like. It is hoped that WMST-L will also serve as a central repository for course materials, curriculum proposals and projects, bibliographies, and other files related to Women's Studies. Anyone with computer access to Bitnet or the Internet can subscribe (at no cost) to WMST-L. To subscribe, send the following command via e-mail or interactive message to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or [email protected] (Internet): Subscribe WMST-L Your full name. For example: Subscribe WMST-L Jane Doe. If you have questions or would like more information about WMST-L, or if you have materials that you'd be willing to put on file, please contact Joan Korenman, Women's Studies Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21228–5398 USA. Phone: (301) 455–2040. E-mail: KORENMAN@UMBC or [email protected] (Internet).
