International
Federation For Research in Women's History
Federation Internationale Pour La Recherche En Histoire Des Femmes
The
International Federation for Research in Women's History/Federation Internationale
pour le Recherche en Histoire des Femmes invites proposals for its conference,
to be held in Oslo, Norway, in conjunction with the International Committee
of Historical Sciences, August 6-13, 2000. The IFRWH/FIRHF will hold one and
a half days of sessions on the following theme:
CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN SITES OF CULTURAL CO-EXISTENCE: PERSPECTIVES FROM
WOMEN'S HISTORY
We seek papers that focus on gendered histories of conflict and cooperation
in sites where women, and men, of competing cultures share geographical or
geo-political space. The sessions will range widely across time and place,
any may include analyses of women's responses to and experiences of historical
situations like the following:
i)
conflict and/or cooperation between indigenous peoples and settlers in colonial
and post-colonial societies;
ii) conflict and/or cooperation between women of distinct national,
ethnic, or religious traditions in the same or neighboring countries, including
situations which were the outcome of war or imperial re-structuring and those
characterized by large refugee populations;
iii) conflict and/or cooperation in societies where social and political relations
have been shaped by differences of race, class, sex, ethnicity, region, or
sexual orientation.
The planning committee--Prof. Nancy Hewitt, Rutgers University, USA; Prof.
Mrinalini Sinha, Southern Illinois University, USA; and Prof. Ida Blom, University
of Bergen, Norway--will accept ONLY SINGLE PAPER PROPOSALS. Proposals should
consist of a one-page summary of the research to be presented and a short
(1-2 page) vita. The planning committee will organize sessions that reflect
work on similar topics from a range of national/ regional/cultural perspectives.
Suggestions regarding work that complements your own but which is focused
on a different area of the world will be welcomed by the committee.
Proposals should be sent IN TRIPLICATE to Prof. Nancy A. Hewitt, Dept of History,
Van Dyck Hall, 16 Seminary Place, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901,
USA. The final deadline for proposals is March 15, 1999. Questions regarding
the conference, BUT NOT PROPOSALS, may be sent by email to newitt@acpub.duke.edu
The IFRWH/FIRHF does NOT have funding available to defray costs of travel to or accommodations at the conference. Please appeal to funding sources available through your university or home country. Thank you.