International Gender Congress

Call For Papers FAS 2013 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONGRESS "GENDER" Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Maltepe University, İstanbul, TURKEY April 25-26, 2013     The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Students’ Local Organizing Committee  at Maltepe University is pleased to announce the call for papers for the undergraduate students’ conference on ‘Gender'  to be held at Maltepe University on 25-26 April 2013.
     We welcome submission for individual papers and panel proposals that should be addressing, but not limited to  

• Gender, Population and Development
• Gender and Media
• Gender and Language
• Gender and Globalization
• Diverse Social Perceptions of Gender and Their Consequences
• Gender, Body and Health
• Gender, Science and Technology
• Gender and Sexuality
• Gender and Religion
• Gender, Space and Place
• Gender and Discrimination
• Gender and Legal Regulations
• Gender, Labour and the Working Life
• Gender and Power Relations
• Construcions and Transformations of Femininity and Masculinity
• New Perspectives in Gender and Sexuality

     Abstracts can be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] by 30 December 2012 and contain a clear outline of theoretical framework,  methodology and  results. 

The text of the abstracts should be submitted in English ONLY, in a separate Word document in the following format: max. 300-400 words, 1.5 line spaced Arial (Plain) 11-point font (except for title which should be 14-point font), A4 size page formatting, with the page margins of 2.5 cm from the left, top and bottom and 2 cm from the right.     

The panels should not exceed four people and four different abstracts (200 words long), and should be prepared by each member of that specific panel.     

We encourage lecturers, teachers and professors to circulate this call widely across your undergraduate students.  This will be a unique occasion to visit the legendary city of Istanbul, where you can enjoy the harmony of cultures, harmony of people & the rhythm of diversities.  Istanbul is the only city in the world where you can enjoy our meal with the landscape of another continent. (http://english.istanbul.com/)

There will be plenty of opportunities for socialization and organized trips.      

Please circulate this call widely across undergraduate students not only in gender studies programs in particular but also in relevant social sciences and humanities areas, such as anthropology, archaeology, architecture, arts, economics, geography, history, law, linguistics, literature, philosophy, psychology, religious studies, social work and sociology. This will be a unique occasion to visit the city of Istanbul.

Participating students will be joining fellow students from Turkey and across the world to debate the raising issues in the area of gender in a conference organized by students for students, with the support of staff at Maltepe University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The papers presented at the congress will be published in a volume of proceedings.
 

IMPORTANT DATES  

30 December 2012  Deadline for submission of abstracts
7   January 2013      Announcement of accepted papers
4   February 2013    Deadline for submission of full papers
25-26 April 2013      FAS 2013 Gender Congress  

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or visit our website at fas.maltepe.edu.tr  

PS.:  There is NO Registration Fee! Participants attending the conference will be hosted by Maltepe University at our 5-star Marma Congress Centre (www.marmakongremerkezi.com).  Participants will only have to pay their travel expenses which will be at a discounted rate with the courtesy of Turkish Airlines, the best airline in Europe in 2012 .  All other expenses will be provided by Maltepe University.  

FAS 2013 Organization Committee    

Öykü Kayaalp Congress Executive Committee (President) [email protected]   

Sultan Yaş Congress Executive Committee (Vice- President)

Meryem Yılmaz Congress Executive Committee (Vice- President)   

You may also contact us via Facebook   facebook.com/gender2013   and Twitter https://twitter.com/GENDER2013  

With our best regards.