Announcement - Call for Papers for an interdisciplinary graduate student conference on Lesbian and Gay Studies, “Making It Perfectly Queer” to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 2–4, 1992. Please submit one-page proposals for papers by January 15, 1992 to: Natasha Levinson Department of Education Policy Studies, 360 Education, S. Sixth St., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61801.
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 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 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.
The Continuum Publishing Company announces The 1992 Continuum Women's Studies Award to encourage and reward outstanding scholarship and other writing in Women's Studies. The award is $5,000 advance and publication in the fall of 1992. Any book in Women's Studies, widely defined, to be published under the Continuum or Frederick Ungar imprint as a scholarly monograph or a general trade book for serious readers will be considered eligible. To apply please send completed manuscripts before March 31, 1992 to: Continuum Women's Studies Award, 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017.
“Women and the History of Philosophy: Genre, Cannon, Audience” is the title of the annual conference of the British Society for the History of Philosophy, to be held at Girton College, Cambridge on Monday and Tuesday, April 13–14, 1992. Speakers include Dorothy Atkins, Gillian Beer, Stuart Brown, Michéle le Doeuff, Eileen O'Neill, and Letizia Panizza. Enquiries to Sarah Hutton, school of Humanities and Education, Hatfield Polytechnic, Wall Hall Campus, Aldenham, Herts., WD2 8AT, England.
The Sixth Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh) will be held April 22–25, 1992 at the Free University in Amsterdam. For information on the conference contact: Symposium IAPh, Congress Service, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For information about IAPh and membership contact: Ulrika Ramming, BÜrknerstr. 24., D-1000 Berlin 44, Germany.
The Chicago Area Women's History Conference is working on a two to four year project aimed at generating a comprehensive bibliography, archival collection, biographical dictionary, curriculum of papers, and a book documenting women's lives, work, organizations, and other contributions to Chicago history. Women of every ethnicity, every job—professional, white, blue, or pink collar—or those who do not get paid for their work are of special interest. Submissions in the form of oral histories, diaries, eye witness accounts, family histories, writings about memorable women, women and religion, original writings, video, film, and audio tape are welcome. All materials will be acknowledged and included in one form or another in the project. Send inquiries to Rima Schultz, 320 North Ridgeland Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302.
The University of Costa Rica will host the Fifth International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women during the first week of February, 1993. The oldest and largest institution of higher education in the country, the University of Costa Rica is located in the Central Valley east of San Jose. For further information, contact Mirta Gonzales-Suarez, School of Psychology/PRIEG, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica.
The Society for Analytical Feminism will sponsor a session at the Central Division APA Meeting in Louisville, KY, April 23–26.
Papers presented will examine feminist issues by methods broadly construed as analytic, or that discuss the use of analytic methods as applied to feminist issues. For more information on the session and about membership in the Society, contact Virginia Klenk, Department of Philosophy, West Virginia University, 252 Stansbury Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506.
Alice in Wonderland—The First International Conference on Girls and Girlhood: Transitions and Dilemmas will be held June 16–19, 1992 at the Free University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Noting the social and ideological construction of “girls, girlhood, and girlishness,” the conference announcement states that its dual purpose is to “institute as well as to problematize girls as a distinct category of academic research.” There will be presentations organized into sections on: Eros, Sexuality, and the Body; Policy-Making and the State: Imagination and Representation; Education and Upbringing; Youth Culture and Life World; Employment and Schooling; and Theory and Epistemology. For further information, contact the Conference Service, Vrije Universiteit, De Boeleelaan 1105, 1081 IIV Amsterdam, The Netherlands (31)20 548456 or fax: (31)20 472425.
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.
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. The Spring, 1991 meeting of Midwest SWIP will be held at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville on March 6–8, 1992. Contact person: Margaret Simons.
Position Announcement: Director of Women's Studies. The University of Kentucky seeks applications and nominations of candidates for a new position, Director of the Women's Studies Program. The Women's Studies Program is a multi-disciplinary program offering a minor in W.S.; the Director reports to the Dean of Arts and Sciences. Appointment will be half-time in Women's Studies and half-time in the candidate's disciplinary department, with all disciplines considered. Tenure will be in the disciplinary department. Appointment level is open, salary competitive. Candidates must demonstrate scholarly achievement in women's studies and excellence in teaching; administrative experience highly desirable. Dossier should include cover letter, curriculum vitae, a representative scholarly paper, and three letters of reference. Review will begin December 2, 1991 and will continue until the position is filled. Send materials to: Chair, Search Committee for Director of Women's Studies, Women's Studies Office, University of Kentucky, 241 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40506–0027.
Request for Syllabi and Materials. The Women's Studies Initiative, working to establish a Center for Women's Studies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is seeking sample syllabi for interdisciplinary courses in Women's Studies. They would also welcome literature, books, periodicals and recent information in the field of Women's Studies. Send materials to: Women's Studies Initiative, c/o Dasa Duhacek, 14 decembra 49, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
Announcing SWIP-L, a new electronic mail 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 (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU (Internet): Subscribe SWIP-L <Your full name>. For example: Subscribe SWIP-L Jane Doe. To post messages to the list send them in an e-mail note to SWIP-L@CFRVM (Bitnet) or SWIP-L@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU (Internet). The idea of the list is to have a place to share information about SWIP meetings and other feminist philosophy meetings, calls for papers in feminist philosophy, job announcements for feminist philosophers, as well as to engage in more substantive discussions of issues of interest to feminist philosophers. To communicate with a human being instead of a listserv machine concerning SWIP-L send an e-mail message to the “listowner”: Linda Lopez McAlister <DLLAFAA@CFRVM or DLLAFAA@CFRVM.CFR.USF.EDU>. Reinventing Socialism: The View from Cuba. 4th Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers will be held May 29-June 12, 1992 at the University of Havana. Papers are invited which fit into the following categories: Democracy in Socialism and in Capitalism, Socialist Construction, Socialist Pedagogy, U.S.-Cuban Relations, Socialism and the Capitalist World System, Health, Environment and Technology, Critique of Actually Existing Capitalism, and Class, Race and Gender. Under the Class, Race, and Gender category some of the topics suggested by the organizers as particularly apropos are: Methodologies philosophers can use to relate the academic study of women to women's social reality, recent developments in Marxist/Socialist feminism in the U.S., applicability of recent developments in socialist feminist theory to the Cuban context, invisibility as oppression: gays and lesbians in Cuba, prospects for cross-cultural, trans-national theorizing and action between North American and Cuban women. For more information on how to become a member of the North American delegation to this conference, contact Cliff DuRand, Radical Philosophy Assn., 1443 Gorsuch Ave., Baltimore, MD 21218. Telephone (410) 243–3118.
For a report on the 1991 conference see “Feminism in Cuba: A Report on the 3rd Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers,”Hypatia 6(3):227–232.
