Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007
From: "Dmitry Gorenburg" <gorenburg@gmail.com>
Subject: AAASS call for proposals
Could you post the following announcement from the incoming AAASS president on JRL? It's a Call for proposals for our next convention.
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Dear colleagues,
I write to let you know that the theme of next year's AAASS (the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies) convention (to be held in Philadelphia, November 20-23, 2008) is "The Gender Question." The deadline for panel/roundtable proposals is January 11, 2008. A description of this theme is cut and pasted in below.
AAASS just launched the policy of themed panels/roundtables at this year's convention. Of course panel and roundtable proposals on any topic in our various fields and regions of specialization are also welcome.
For more information about next year's convention and instructions for submitting panel/roundtable proposals, check out this link:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/convention/cfp.html
Thanks for your attention,
Beth Holmgren
Duke University
The theme of the 2008 convention is "The Gender Question."
The theme of "The Gender Question" for the 2008 AAASS convention invites participants to reflect on and assess past and current practices in incorporating gender in our scholarship and teaching. All panel and roundtable topics engaging this project are welcome; the following questions are offered as guidelines for designing relevant topics.
* How and how effectively has gender been integrated into scholarship and teaching in your specific discipline in Slavic and Eurasian studies? Is analysis of women's roles and achievements incorporated into mainstream scholarly and teaching surveys in your discipline, or do these topics figure as addenda to surveys or the subject of special topics courses?
* What is the currency of relatively new studies of masculinity and femininity in your discipline?
* How has gender theory based on the analysis of other national societies and cultures been useful or problematic for your work in Slavic and Eurasian studies?
* How have in-country specialists in Slavic and Eurasian studies responded to the gender theory adapted and/or developed in the work of American Slavists/Eurasianists and vice versa? Have we been engaged in a productive dialogue on gender topics?
* What has been the experience - the specific challenges, the extent of their outreach - of centers and universities teaching gender and gender theory in Slavic and Eurasian countries?
* What connections have been/are being made between gender studies scholarship, social legislation, and everyday practice in Slavic and Eurasian countries?
We encourage panels and roundtables that discuss this theme. Please select "themed panel/roundtable" from the list of categories and enter this on your panel/roundtable proposal.
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