CFP: Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Assoc. Conference

Seventeenth Annual

Pacific Southwest Women's Studies Association Conference Students, Teachers, and Activists Working Together
Friday, April 13, 2007
California State University, Los Angeles

Call For Proposals
Proposals should be submitted via email as Word attachments to Ester Hernandez at:
eherna17@calstatela.edu

Proposal Deadline: February 19, 2007

For More Information contact Deborah Mindry dmindry@oxy.edu or Ester Hernandez eherna17@calstatela.edu

Conference Registration is Required for Attendance and Presentation

The theme of this conference is motivated by current domestic and international political crises: the ongoing war in Iraq, the push for homeland security, the tightening of immigration policies, and the increased policing and criminalization of the "other," among other dehumanizing projects and actions. These affect all communities and families, locally and globally, shaping our everyday lives and the spaces in which we live, discouraging human relationship, promoting the unjust distribution of wealth and allocation of resources, and increasing the militarization of society. As feminists seeking to end the subordination of women and all oppressed people, we must challenge our complacency and sense of futility in the face of these multiple "battles" and seek ways to create solidarity across borders and boundaries to work towards change.

This conference invites feminist work that examines the constructions of borders, battlegrounds, and boundaries (with particular attention to gender, sexuality, race, class, and nation), their connections with local and global power structures, and alternative visions and avenues to change.

The PSWSA solicits proposals from students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty, community activists, and independent scholars for papers, panels, workshops, or artistic and multimedia presentations, performances, and practical applications from all disciplines and interdisciplinary areas of the arts, social sciences, humanities, science, and education.

Possible topics and areas include, but are not limited to: criminal justice and the prison industrial complex; individual and institutional violence; stereotyping; home, gentrification, and homelessness; religious fundamentalism; immigration and refugees; free trade agreements; attacks on civil liberties; health; education; the politics of fear. We encourage proposals for presentations on the conference theme, however proposals dealing with all areas of feminist research are welcomed.

Proposals must include: Title; abstract (100 word maximum); contact person's name, address, e-mail, and phone number; presenter name(s) with academic and/or community affiliation; format (e.g., workshop, panel, roundtable
discussion, artistic presentation, or performance), and audio/visual equipment requirements. (Equipment requests must be included with original proposal.)