CONFERENCES: OCTOBER - DECEMBER

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Journals and Publications CFP's

LIST REFLECTS SUBMISSION DEADLINE : CONFERENCE DATE

OCTOBER (jump)

1. Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering (July 1st, 2010 : October 21st, 2010)

2. Association for Political Theory (February 20th, 2010 : October 21st, 2010)

NOVEMBER (jump)

1. Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies (January 15th, 2010 : November 19th, 2010)

DECEMBER (jump)

1. Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering

Organizers: Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
Location: McLaughlin College, York University, Toronto

Conference Date(s): October 21st, 2010 - October 24th, 2010
CFP Deadline: July 1st, 2010

Conference URL: http://www.yorku.ca/arm/conference.html

Keynotes/Speakers:
Dr. Martha Albertson Fineman Ann Crittenden Dr. Eva Feder Kittay Dr. Nancy Folbre Dr. Marilyn Waring

Theme:
This is the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)'s 37th conference on the topic of Mothers and the Economy and the Economics of Mothering. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, and workers, artists, mothers and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We encourage a variety of types of submissions including academic papers from all disciplines, workshops, creative submissions, performances, storytelling, visual arts and other alternative formats. Please email your 250 word abstract and 50 word bio to arm@yorku.ca by July 1, 2010.

Suggested Topics:
the economics of maintaining sustainable family systems; mothering, appropriate technology and economics; mothering and microcredit; mothering and economic activism; social and economic supports for mothering; mothering within the neoliberal context; motherwork and valuation of motherwork, mothering and the economics of unpaid labour; mothers-as-providers, mother-led cooperatives; the effects of privatization/commodification on women; mothering and the economics of raising children with disabilities; the “selling” of mothering and the economics of consumerism; consumption and the marketing of mothering; the economics of reproductive technologies and surrogacy; the financial implications for mothers of family law reforms and welfare state developments; quantifications of mothering/caregiving/parenting as a part of the base structure of the economic productivity of society; the actual value of domestic/unpaid labour; motherhood and the gender pay gap, mothering and the feminization of poverty; the impacts of economic globalization on mothering and kinship networks; the economics of caregiving/parenting in nontraditional households and more.

CFP Address:
Association for Research on Mothering
726 Atkinson, York University, 4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3

CFP Email Address: arm@yorku.ca

Contact: Renée Knapp

E-Mail: arm@yorku.ca

Alternate E-Mail: aoreilly@yorku.ca

Telephone: Renée Knapp, The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) 416-736-2100 ext 60366. Email correspondence preferred.

2. Association for Political Theory

Organizers: The Association for Political Theory Program Committee
Location: Reed College, Portland Oregon

Conference Date(s): October 21st, 2010 - October 23rd, 2010
CFP Deadline: February 20th, 2010

Conference URL: http://apt.coloradocollege.edu

Keynotes/Speakers:

Theme:
We welcome paper proposals, panel proposals and roundtable discussions from all approaches and on all topics in political theory, political philosophy, and the history of political thought.

Suggested Topics:

CFP Address:
APT Conferences at http://apt.coloradocollege.edu/

CFP Email Address: apt@coloradocollege.edu

Contact: Keally McBride kdmcbride@usfca.edu Dustin Howes dhowes1@lsu.edu

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1. Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies

Organizers: Sarah Brophy, Associate Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University Janice Hladki, Associate Professor, School of the Arts, McMaster University
Location: McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Conference Date(s): November 19th, 2010 - November 20th, 2010
CFP Deadline: January 15th, 2010

Conference URL:

Keynotes/Speakers:
*Rebecca Belmore,* internationally recognized Anishinabekwe artist, Vancouver; *Lisa Cartwright,* Professor of Communication and Science Studies and Affiliated Faculty in Gender Studies, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego; *Robert McRuer,* Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of English, George Washington University, Washington, DC; *Ato Quayson,* Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto

Theme:
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore how visual cultural practices image and imagine unruly bodies and, in so doing, respond to Patricia Zimmermann's call for “radical media democracies that animate contentious public spheres” (2000, p. xx). Our aim is to explore how health, disability, and the body are theorized, materialized, and politicized in forms of visual culture including photography, video art, graphic memoir, film, body art and performance, and digital media. Accordingly, we invite proposals for individual papers and roundtables that consider how contemporary visual culture makes bodies political in ways that matter for the future of democracy. Proposals may draw on fields such as: visual culture, critical theory, disability studies, health studies, science studies, autobiography studies, indigenous studies, feminisms, queer studies, and globalization/ transnationalism.

Suggested Topics:
POSSIBLE THEMATICS INCLUDE: technologies, cultural production, disability, and affect.

We kindly invite submissions from scholars, artists, health professionals, community members, and activists in all areas and disciplines.
Concurrent sessions will be 90 minutes in length. Proposals for the following formats will be considered:
1) Individual papers: 15 minutes in length
2) Roundtables: 4-5 participants, including a designated moderator and a plan for facilitated discussion of ideas
All submissions will be peer-reviewed.

Individual paper submissions should include:
1) affiliation and contact information
2) a biographical note of up to 200 words
3) paper title and a 300-500 word abstract; the description of the paper’s content should be as specific as possible and indicate relevance to one or more of the conference thematics.
4) details of audiovisual needs (e.g. DVD, LCD projection, and/or VHS). Note that participants will need to bring their own laptops.

Roundtable submissions should include:
1) affiliation and contact information for each participant
2) a biographical note of up to 200 words for each participant
3) roundtable title and a 500 word proposal. The proposal should both indicate the relevance of the roundtable to one or more of the conference thematics and outline the organization of the proposed discussion.
4) details of audiovisual needs (e.g. DVD, LCD projection, and/or VHS). Note that participants will need to bring their own laptops. ACCESSIBILITY:
Presenters are encouraged to explore ways to make physical, sensory, and intellectual access a fundamental part of their presentation. Suggestions include: large print (18 point font) copies of handouts, large-print copies of paper or panel outlines, and/or audio descriptions of any film or video clips and images. Presenters are also encouraged to consider open or closed captioning of films and video clips.

POST-CONFERENCE PUBLICATION PLANS:
Papers from the conference will be considered for a special issue of /The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies/.

CFP Address:
If electronic submission is not possible, please mail or fax proposals to arrive by January 15, 2010.
Address: Sarah Brophy & Janice Hladki: Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture Conference
c/o Department of English & Cultural Studies
Chester New Hall

CFP Email Address: viscult@mcmaster.ca

Contact: Sarah Brophy and Janice Hladki

E-Mail: viscult@mcmaster.ca

Alternate E-Mail: brophys@mcmaster.ca

Telephone: Sarah Brophy 905-525-9140 ext. 22243