CFP: Speaking to Power: Feminist Theories and Praxes

Submission deadline: March 7, 2020

Conference date(s):
April 24, 2020 - April 25, 2020

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Conference Venue:

Women and Gender Studies Institute Graduate Student Union, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

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In “speaking to power” we proclaim ourselves as being here, present, and human. Gender theories have always engaged with different types, forms, and sources of power, interrogating their various nuances and articulations through negotiations and resistance, subversion and accommodation. As such, we ask: How do we resist the intersectionalities of power - sexism, racism, classism, colonialism, capitalism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.?

In this conference we celebrate the past, present, and future of the women and gender studies program, cognizant of its significant contribution in social transformation and human development. The conference aims to bring together graduate students, faculty, and researchers who are willing to speak with eachother, participating and claiming a stake in our world. Accordingly, we invite youto think about the questions posed above and participate in this conference

Abstracts for presentation could be on any area of gender and women studiesincluding (but not limited to):

  • Postcolonial/Decolonial Feminism 
  • Transnational and the Global
  • Feminist Theory
  • Indigenous Feminism
  • Intersectionality
  • Race and Racialization
  • Queer Theory 
  • Affect
  • Feminist Archive and Genealogy

Abstracts: Between 200-250 words 

Please identify the topical stream you would like your paper to be clustered and include 3-5 keywords below the abstract. Submissions should be sent as a word doc or PDF to [email protected]

Please include the title of your abstract, your name and institutional affiliation.

Questions? Email: [email protected]

Conference Website: https:/speakingtopowerconference2020.blogspot.com/

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