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UCLA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN announces:
THINKING GENDER 2012
22nd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference

Call for papers

Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student
research on women, gender and/or sexuality across all disciplines and
historical periods. We invite submissions for individual papers or
pre-constituted panels on any topic pertaining to women, gender, and/or
sexuality. This year, we especially welcome feminist research on: gender
roles in relation to marriage, parenting, or being single; critiques of
biosciences and biotechnology as they pertain to fertility, sanitation,
and/or medical experimentation at a local, national or global level;
mobility as duress or success--for example, in relation to migration,
immigration, or upward or downward economic mobility; life stage issues,
such as aging and girls’ studies; and feminist storytelling or research in
modes such as oral histories, graphic novels, theater, comedy or other
inventive expressions.

CSW accepts submissions for both individual papers and pre-constituted
panels from all active graduate students. In order to give everyone an
opportunity to present, we do not accept submissions from people who
presented at Thinking Gender in the previous year. Also no previously
published material is eligible.

Students proposing individual papers are to submit a cover page (provided
on our website), an abstract (250 words), a CV (2 pages maximum), and a
brief bibliography (3-5 sources), for consideration. All components are to
be delivered in one document and labeled according to the submission
guidelines found on the CSW website. For panels, a 250-word description of
the panel topic is required, in addition to the materials that must be
provided for individual paper submissions. For a more detailed description
of submission guidelines, please visit:
http://www.csw.ucla.edu/conferences/thinking-gender/thinking-gender-2012.

Send submissions to: thinkinggender@women.ucla.edu
Deadline for Submissions: Thursday, October 17th, 2011 at 12 noon

Conference to be held on
Friday, February 3, 2012
UCLA Faculty Center

Event is free and open to the public, but please be aware that there will
be a $30 registration fee for presenters, to cover the cost of conference
materials and lunch at the Faculty Center.

UCLA Center for the Study of Women
1500 Public Affairs Building
Box 957222
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7222
310-825-0590
http://www.women.ucla.edu/csw/
Email: thinkinggender@women.ucla.edu