>CALL FOR PAPERS
>>
>> Lesbian Lives, XI: Lesbian Lives, Studies, and
>> Activism since 'The Lesbian Postmodern'
>>
>> A 3-Day, International, Interdisciplinary Conference
>> to be held in the Women's Education, Research &
>> Resource Centre (WERRC), University College Dublin,
>> Ireland
>>
>> Friday 13-Sunday 15 February 2004
>>
>> Plenary Speakers:
>>
>> * LAURA DOAN
>> Director of Women's & Gender Studies Centre,
>> Manchester University & editor of 'The Lesbian
>> Postmodern'
>>
>> * AILBHE SMYTH
>> Director of WERRC, University College Dublin & editor
>> of 'The Irish Women's Studies Reader'
>>
>> * SARAH WATERS
>> Author of 'Tipping the Velvet', 'Affinity', &
>> 'Fingersmith'
>>
>> Papers will be considered for publication in a special
>> issue of 'The Journal of Lesbian Studies' (Haworth
>> Press).
>>
>> Confirmed Speakers Include:
>>
>> * Terry Castle
>> Stanford University & editor of 'The Literature of
>> Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to
>> Stonewall'
>>
>> * Caroline Gonda
>> St Catharine's College, Cambridge & author of 'Reading
>> Daughters' Fictions 1709-1834: Novels and Society from
>> Manley to Edgeworth'
>>
>> * Linda Garber
>> Santa Clara University & author of 'Identity Poetics
>> Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer
>> Theory'
>>
>> * Paulina Palmer
>> University of Warwick & author of 'Lesbian Gothic:
>> Transgressive Fictions'
>>
>> * Sasha Roseneil
>> University of Leeds & author of Common Women, Uncommon
>> Practices: The Queer Feminism of Greenham
>>
>> * Tamsin Wilton
>> University of the West of England at Bristol & author
>> of Lesbian Studies: Setting an Agenda
>>
>> This conference provides an opportunity to consider
>> the many fruitful intersections and unresolved
>> tensions between lesbian lives, studies, and activism
>> in the ten years since 'The Lesbian Postmodern' was
>> published in 1994. Papers may attend (though are by no
>> means limited) to discussing the conference theme and
>> how it relates to queer identities, theory, and
>> activism; feminism and women's studies; lesbian and
>> gay studies; and lesbians and popular culture.
>>
>> The conference organisers welcome proposals for (A)
>> individual papers, (B) sessions, (C) round table
>> discussions, and (D) workshops.
>>
>> (A) INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Individual papers should last
>> 20 minutes (c. 2,400 words). Individuals should
>> submit: (1) paper title, (2) abstract (c. 100 words),
>> (3) biography (c. 100-150 words), (4) institutional
>> affiliation and address, (5) audio-visual
>> requirements.
>>
>> (B) SESSIONS: Panels of academic papers should include
>> 3 speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper should last for
>> 20 minutes (c. 2,400 words), with a further 30 minutes
>> for questions and discussion. Proposers should submit
>> (1) session title, (2) paper titles, (3) abstracts for
>> each paper (c. 100 words), (3) biography for each
>> participant (c. 100-150 words), (4) institutional
>> affiliation and address for each participant (5)
>> audio-visual requirements.
>>
>> (C) ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS: Round table discussions
>> should include 6 speakers and 1 moderator. Each paper
>> should last for 10 minutes (c. 1,200 words), with a
>> further 30 minutes for questions and discussion.
>> Proposers should submit (1) round table title, (2)
>> rationale for round table (c. 100 words), (3)
>> biography for each participant (c. 100-150 words), (4)
>> institutional affiliation and address for each
>> participant (5) audio-visual requirements.
>>
>> (D) WORKSHOPS: Workshops last 90 minutes. Proposers
>> should submit (1) workshop title, (2) rationale for
>> workshop (c. 100 words), (3) biography (c. 100-150
>> words), (4) institutional affiliation and address (if
>> relevant), (5) audio-visual requirements.
>>
>> E-mail proposals to werrc@ucd.ie or post them to
>> Lesbian Lives, XI: Lesbian Lives, Studies, and
>> Activism since 'The Lesbian Postmodern', Women's
>> Education, Research and Resource Centre (WERRC), Arts
>> Annexe Building, University College Dublin, Belfield,
>> Dublin 4, Ireland.
>>
>> For further information, contact Noreen Giffney
>> (stheno_gorgon@yahoo.co.uk) or Dr Katherine O'Donnell
>> (katherine.odonnell@ucd.ie). Visit www.ucd.ie/~werrc
>> for conference updates.
>>
>> The closing date for the submission of proposals is
>> Friday 5 December 2003
>>
>> Chris Taylor
>> info@lgbtstlearning.org
>> www.lgbtstlearning.org
>>
>>
>> There is no such thing as a single issue struggle
>> because we do not live single issue lives
>> Audre Lorde
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