3rd issue of ENQUIRE, Winter 2009. Theme: Narrating Women's Experiences

In this 3rd issue of ENQUIRE we ask authors to explore the various ways that women engage in narrative practices. Feminist discourse recognizes the importance of narrative in the shaping of women's lives- we use narrative to understand our life worlds and to make sense of the everyday. The way we talk about and recount our experiences impacts on how we see ourselves and how we negotiate our identities in society. We ask authors to engage with the concept of narrative and how this relates to women's experiences.
Deadline 21 November 2008
Full CFP

Mum’s the Word: The maternal in contemporary literature

School of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck, University of London and the Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University, Friday, 9 January, 2009

This day-long workshop aims to provide an interdisciplinary space to map, debate and discuss configurations of maternal in contemporary literature.
Deadline 1 December 2008
Full CFP

4th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference

London at the British Film Institute (24-25 September, 2009).
Panels and papers are invited on a wide range of subjects, including adaptation and feminism, postmodernism, the new technologies, music, costume, stars, ethnicity, and genre.
Deadline for panels is 8 December, 2008, and for papers, 1 May, 2009.
Please send proposals to Deborah Cartmell,
Deborah Cartmell.

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Call for Papers

Special edition on Health Surveillance, The Body and Schooling
Guest Editors: Dr Emma Rich and Lisa Perhamus
Regional Editor: Dr Deborah Youdell
Deadline 31 December 2008
Full CFP

Feminist Transitions: 22nd Feminist and Women’s Studies Association Conference

Hosted by Edge Hill University at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK
June 19-21, 2009

Feminist perspectives have moved across and beyond a number of established boundaries to expand the scope of the movement. Now more than ever, there is a need for an inclusive feminism that sees diversity as strength and engages productively with the complexities and contradictions of the twenty-first century.
Deadline 30 January 2009
Full CFP

The Shadow of Thatcher: Women, Feminism, Politics and Culture 30 Years On

Department of Culture, Media and Drama, UWE
Gender and Culture Research Group
Conference May 8th – 9th 2009
In association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas
The first British woman Prime Minister. A resolute anti-feminist. Political icon. Scourge of the left. What is the legacy for feminists and cultural scholars of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership?
Deadline 31 January 2009
Full CFP