Newsletter No 36   November 2003

Newsletter Editor’s Note

It was wonderful seeing so many of you in Belfast last August!  The meeting for me began even before the conference: while waiting in Heathrow for the flight to Belfast, I met a number of delegates from India, Sweden, United States, Finland, and elsewhere. It was so exciting to see the talent and energy of women historians from around the globe. And it was a special treat to connect faces with names. Even in this age of the internet, networking in person can’t be replaced.

In this issue we have our usual reports and calls for papers.  As a co-chair of the program committee for the Berkshire Conference on Women's History, I invite you to submit proposals. The theme, "Sin Fronter as: Women's Histories, Global Conversations," reflects the growing internationalization of standpoints. So too does the theme of our next meeting at Sydney: “Women’s History Revisited: Historiographical Reflections on Women and Gender in a Global Context.” The new knowledges produced through such global perspectives remind us how there are many globalisations, and not only the one dominated by corporate capital or imperial power that has generated world protests over the last five years. I also call attention to the call later on for submissions to the panel I am organizing for the World Congress on Body Politics. I truly am looking for diverse submissions from multiple countries. Spring deadline: May 1, 2004

I would like to thank UCSB history graduate student Lizzie Lamoree for her assistance in putting this newsletter together.

In peace, Eileen Boris