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Newsletter 35 Summer 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