Newsletter No 36 November 2003
2005 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women
Call for Papers
The 13th Berkshire Conference
on the History of Women, "Sin Fronteras: Women's Histories, Global Conversations,"
will be held June 2-5, 2005 at Scripps College, Claremont, California, USA. The Program Committee welcomes proposals
that cross geographical, cultural, and disciplinary borders, and especially those which address the plurality of
histories of transnational encounters and empires. What does it mean to engage
in women's and gender history without borders? What purchase does the nation-state
have for women's and gender history, and what are the stakes -- for research
and teaching -- of interrogating the nation? How do asymmetries between
Euro-American ideas about the global and non-western or indigenous knowledges
influence the writing of feminist histories? Whose voices count and who decides?
We are interested in the ways in which women have been agents in the
creation of global communities, identities, and political movements.
What impact has the circulation of populations, goods, and ideas had on personal
lives as well as state formations? How has transnationalism affected
the meanings of sexuality? We particularly encourage submissions in earlier
periods and those that address sources and methodology. Funding may be available
for some international panelists.
We prefer complete panels, normally
three papers, a comment, and a chair; one person should not assume
the task of chair and comment. The Committee also seeks workshops, roundtables,
teaching sessions (both college and K-12), and presentations that depart from
the traditional conference format. Individual
papers will also be considered. The Committee may rearrange submissions to
shape the program; submission of a proposal will indicate agreement with this
proviso. No one may appear on the program more than once in any capacity.
Please submit three
(3) copies of your proposal, postmarked by December
15, 2003 to
one of the addresses listed below. Each paper must include a cover
sheet, downloadable from our website, listing panel title or roundtable theme
and full contact information (address, phone, fax, and e-mail) for panel organizer
and all participants. It must also include a title, and one-page abstract
for each paper or presentation; a one-page curriculum vitae/résumé
for each participant (including chair and comment); and a self-addressed,
stamped postcard. Mark packet: “ATTN:
Berkshire Conference.”
Send
proposals on African, Latin American, Asian, Pacific, and all comparative
topics to Donna Guy, Department of History, Ohio State University,
210 Dulles Hall, 230 W. 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; European
topics to Antoinette Burton, Department of History, University
of Illinois, 309 Gregory Hall 810 S. Wright Street Urbana, IL 61801, USA;
Canadian and United States topics to Eileen Boris, Women's Studies
Program, University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106,
USA. For more information, please visit our website at www.berksconference.org
