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19th Annual SCSU Women's Studies Conference
"Women & Girls of Color:
History, Heritage, Heterogeneity"

April 16 & 17, 2010

Both inside and outside of academe, women of color have actively participated in theoretical, artistic, and cultural production, influencing the ways we perceive and think about issues pertinent to women and girls. Situated by both gender and race, yet often at the margins, women of color have been instrumental in challenging scholars to critically re-conceptualize the discourses on race, gender, class, sexuality, and nationality.  The scholarly work by women of color and on women of color is simultaneously multicultural, heterogeneous, interdisciplinary, and, in most instances, global and transnational. This body of literature, which has spawned a whole new area of study at universities and colleges, is among the most exciting and vibrant in feminist scholarship and publications. As a site of innovative knowledge production, women of color writing does not simply travel throughout academic disciplines in the U.S., but it also travels globally, generating significant connections with women's writing especially globally.  In the 19th annual SCSU Women's Studies conference, we will take a close look at women and girls of color, looking back at their achievements throughout history but also pushing our thinking forward into the 21st century.  Who are women and girls of color and what issues are important to them?  How have women of color contributed artistically, culturally, and politically, inside universities as well as out in our communities?  What challenges do woman and girls of color across races, classes, religions, and cultures face in an increasingly globalized world?  How can the discourse surrounding women and girls of color challenge our ideas about race, gender, class, nationality, and sexuality?    

We invite individuals, groups, scholars, activists, artists, girls and all, to submit proposals for panel presentations, roundtable discussions, or artistic performances that address topics including the following:

Women of Color as a Social Construct             Women & Girls of Color in Pop Culture   
Women of Color & Women's Movements            Histories of Women & Girls of Color
Women of Color Consciousness                Literature by & about Women/Girls of Color
Politics of Women of Color                Girls of Color & Leadership
Women's Studies & Girls' Studies                Girls Globally & Child Labor
Race & Class in Girls' Studies                Women of Color Performance
Women of Color  & Sexuality                "Ethnography" & Women & Girls of Color
Representations of Women & Girls of Color        Women of Color & Children's Literature
Orientalism and Women of Color                Women & Girls of Color Zines
This Bridge & Women of Color                Inter & Intra-Community Challenges
Indigenous Women and Girls                Human Rights of Women & Girls of Color
Diasporic Women & Girls                    Globalization and Women & Girls of Color
Women & Girls of Color and Resistance            Public Policies & Women of Color
Media and Gendered/Racialized Identities                 Transnational Adoption & Girls of Color
Violence against Girls & Women of Color            Womanism and/or 21st Century Feminism
Education and Mentoring of Girls                Women of Color & "Third World" Women
Comparative Women of Color Studies            Women of Color and Grassroots Activism
Growing up Incarcerated                    Women & Girls of Color across/between Worlds

We also invite your ideas and suggestions.  Conference sessions will juxtapose cultural, generational, and geopolitical perspectives in order to re-examine narratives on women and girls of color, their histories, and their representations.  Expect serious fun through meals, performance, and poetry slam, with women and girls of color and their allies speaking of their struggles and power.

Send submissions electronically by December 1, 2009, to womenstudies@southernct.edu.  Please include name, affiliation, E-mail, standard mailing address, and phone number. Proposals should be no longer than one page, with a second page for identification information.
 

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