Society for Women in Philosophy. For information on SWIP membership, which includes receiving program announcements, the national SWIP newsletter, and a discount subscription to Hypatia contact the SWIP chapter in your area:
Eastern SWIP: Linda Damico, Department of Philosophy, Kennesaw State College, Marietta, GA 30061.
Midwest SWIP: Lorraine Ironplow, P.O. Box 251, Elmira, OR 97437.
New York City SWIP: Nanette Funk, Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210.
Pacific SWIP: Dianne Romain, Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.
Midwest SWIP's Fall, 1994 meeting will be held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH October 21-23. A pre-meeting institute to study a number of texts in depth will be held October 19-21. For information contact Barbara Krasner, Department of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (216) 368-2633.
7th Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers. The IAPh is holding its next Symposium on September 21-24, 1995 at the University of Vienna, Austria. The overall theme for the conference is: War, marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Conference Address: Institute for Science and Art, “IAPh Symposium,” Berggasse 17, A-1090 Vienna Austria. Tel/Fax: (+43-1-) 34 43 42.
Conference: “Beyond Convent Walls: Women Religious in Historical Context” sponsored by the Conference on the History of Women Religious will be held at Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 18-21, 1995. Four copies of one page proposals with c.v. are due October 15, 1994. Proposals and requests for information to Florence Deacon, OSF, Department of History, Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, WI 52317-3985.
Call for Papers for the 1996 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. The 10th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, “Complicating Categories: Women, Gender, and Difference,” will be held on June 7-9, 1996 at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. The Program Committee welcomes proposals that address questions of identity and representation, regional and international perspectives on social difference and power, historical and historiographical authority, and changing disciplinary trends. The Conference encourages international participation.
We prefer submissions of proposals for complete panels (to include a maximum of two papers, one commentator, and a moderator) or roundtables. Individual papers will also be considered. The Program Committee may rearrange panels; submission of a proposal will be taken as agreement with this proviso. No one may appear more than once on the program in any capacity. Please submit proposals in triplicate postmarked by February 1, 1995. Each proposal should include: panel title; title and one page abstract of each paper (or roundtable theme); and one-page vita for each participant, including current address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if available). Please include all materials relevant to the panel in a single packet, and enclose a stamped self-addressed postcard for return on receipt of the packet. Send proposals on U.S. and Canadian topics to Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Afro-American Studies Department, Harvard University, 1430 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; on other than North American topics to Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Center for Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201; comparative U.S./non U.S. topics may be sent to either Program Committee Co-chair. Please direct all correspondence to “ATTN: Berkshire Conference.”
Call for Papers: APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy—Generations of Feminisms. As the first generation of Second Wave feminists nears retirement, we find shifts in the meaning of feminism, as well as changes in feminist theory and practice and increasing emphasis upon the diversity of feminisms. We invite reflections upon the succession of feminist approaches to philosophy. Possible papers might include, but are not limited to, the following issues:
1) Examination of the views of particular feminist philosophers and theorists from different generations, including both analysis and criticism. (Selections need not be confined to professions philosophers nor to self-proclaimed feminists.)
2) Analyses of shifting patterns of feminist theorizing, e.g., under the influence of interdisciplinary association, reflective of developments within the field of philosophy, responsive to changes in the women's movement, in consequence of practical, political, and professional events.
3) Discussion of actual and/or potential inter-fertilizations of feminist theory and mainstream philosophy (or the absence thereof.) Does contemporary (feminist or non-feminist) philosophy bear signs of feminist history?
4) Considerations of the effect of academic experience on the development of feminist philosophy (e.g., increasing numbers of women in tenure-track positions, the growth of women's studies programs, availability of literature and opportunity for publication.)
5) Explorations of relations between generations of women and feminists in publishing, teaching, and the development of feminist theory and philosophical treatments of women.
6) Examinations of particular philosophical areas (e.g., epistemology, ethics, philosophy of science) as developed by successive feminist theorizing.
Essays should be no longer than ten pages, double spaced and prepared according to APA guidelines. Four copies should be submitted with the author's name on the title page only. The deadline for submission is June 1, 1995. Send papers to: Hilde Hein, Department of Philosophy, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA 01610.
Call for Papers: Feminist Economics, journal of the International Association for Feminist Economics. Feminist Economics is a new and innovative journal dedicated to developing an interdisciplinary discourse on feminist perspectives on economics and the economy. The journal solicits high quality contributions from a broad spectrum of intellectual traditions in economics. The journal also welcomes contributions which treat economic issues from cross-disciplinary perspectives, including work in anthropology, cultural studies, critical race theory, gender studies, geography, history, law, literature, philosophy, politics, post-colonial studies, public health, psychology, science, technology and society studies, and sociology. Authors should submit five (5) typewritten double-spaced copies of their manuscripts (in English) and an abstract of no more than 200 words. Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In the interests of double-blind reviewing, the author's information should be given on a separate accompanying page and should not be included in the text. Articles should be written as clearly and as concisely as possible, with the goal of broad accessibility to an audience of economists, scholars in related fields, and feminists concerned with economic issues. All manuscripts should be sent to: Diana Strassmann, Editor, Feminist Economics - MS 9, Rice University, 6100 South Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1892; (713) 527-4660; [email protected]
