Call for papers on the topic of Feminism and Postmodernism for an issue of Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy. Deadline: June 1, 1991. All submissions must be limited to ten manuscript pages. Essays should be submitted (in triplicate with the author's name on the title page only) to Nancy Tuana, Arts and Humanities, JO 31, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083–0688.
Call for papers on pornography and obscenity as they are viewed in contemporary feminist legal theory for a joint issue of Newsletter on Philosophy and Law and Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy. Deadline: August 1, 1991. Submissions are limited to ten manuscript pages. Essays should be submitted (in triplicate with the author's name on the title page only) to Leslie Francis, Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.
Call for papers on feminist perspectives on different fields in the natural sciences, with regard to discipline, subdiscipline, methodology, ideological focus, problematics, and standpoint, for a forthcoming volume of essays Making a Difference in the Natural Sciences: Eliminating Gender and Related Biases in the Content and Practice of Science. Deadline: July 15, 1991. For further information contact Bonnie Spanier, Chair, Women's Studies Department, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222 (518–465–5350).
Call for papers by graduate students theorizing and defining their relationship to feminist theory and praxis and responding to the connections/disparities between lived lives and academic feminism, theory and literary history. Accepted essays will become part of an anthology designed to reflect and respond to our particular institutional status as feminist graduate students and to record the problems and possibilities of feminist self-fashioning. Both experimental and traditional essays are welcome. Deadlines: May 30, 1991, for abstracts, August 30, 1991, for papers. Send submissions to Tracy E. Brown, 6B Abrams, Escondido Village, Stanford, CA 94305.
Call for papers on women who have left their (non-infant) children. Particular focus could be on the motivating forces, pressures, and emotions experienced in the wake of such a “choice” and/or reactions of people when custody status is discovered or revealed. Any known published or unpublished research or other works of writing could be invaluable in facilitating women “breaking silence,” and would be appreciated, as well. Send inquiries or manuscripts of twenty pages or less along with a self addressed stamped envelope to Diane S. Lebeuf, P.O. Box 9203, Mills College, Oakland, CA 94613.
Call for papers on the topic of “horizontal hostility” for Hag Rag Intergalactic Lesbian Feminist Newspaper. Deadline: June 1, 1991. Submissions should include a 50 to 100 word biographical sketch and any graphics or photos you would like to see printed with your article. Send submissions to Hag Rag, P. O. Box 1171, Madison, WI 53701.
Call for papers for the next conference of the Society for the Study of Women Philosophers to be held in conjunction with the meeting of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in New York City, December 27–30, 1991. Papers are welcome on the following topics: 1) any aspect of the thought of a woman philosopher (where “philosophy” is traditionally defined); 2) other women thinkers (e.g. poets, novelists, diarists, mystics); 3) the nature of philosophy specifically in light of women's contribution to the history of thought. Papers should be no longer than fifteen pages, double-spaced. Since they will be anonymously reviewed, please put your name on a cover sheet only. Deadline: June 1, 1991. Send six copies of the paper to Helen J. Johns, Philosophy Department, Trinity College, Washington D.C. 20017.
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.
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.
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.
Society for Women in Philosophy—Eastern Division will hold its Spring 1991 meeting at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, ME on Saturday, April 13, 1991. Contact person: Cecile Tougas, 53 George St., Portland, ME 04103. (207) 761–6653.
