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Future of Feminism
Since the final decade of the twentieth
century, discussions about and within feminism
have often focused on feminism’s place and
relevance in today’s Western societies and
on the conceptualisations of the relationships
between different strands and waves of the
movement. This conference seeks to redress
the focus on internal and generational divisions
by exploring potential feminist futures
and investigating new directions in feminist,
gender and women’s studies across activism,
theory and practice in a range of disciplines
and through a variety of social and cultural
phenomena.
As such, the event aims to address both
where feminism is going as well as where
it has not yet been, including areas of
enquiry which have been neglected or ignored
in past decades and approaches which conceptualise
or help to shape potential feminist futures.
We welcome paper and panel proposals from
a range of disciplines across the sciences,
arts and humanities. Topics may include,
but are by no means limited to: New directions
and developments in feminist, women’s, gender
and queer studies; Post and third-wave feminisms’
roles in the futures of feminism; The impacts
of new forms of (transnational) activism
and the ‘global’ Critical pedagogy and feminist
futures; Feminist historiography and its
influences on feminisms’ futures; Feminist
developments and futures in literature,
popular culture, the media and on screen.
Please email 250 word proposals for 20
minute presentations or 750 word panel proposals
to the conference organisers Dr. Jessica
Cox and Nadine Muller at
futures-of-feminism@fwsa.org.uk by 1st
April 2011, and feel free to send any queries
you may have regarding this event to the
same address.
For more information about the FWSA, including
current competitions, joining information
and contact details, please visit: www.fwsa.org.uk.
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