>>>>CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT<<<<
"Ecofeminism: A Practical Environmental Philosophy
for the 21st Century."
April 2-5, 1998
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT
The University of Montana MA Program in Environmental Philosophy, and
Women's Voices for the Earth (a Missoula based Ecofeminist activist group),
in conjunction with the Environmental Studies Program and the Center for
Practical Ethics at the University of Montana, announces an international
conference on the future of Ecofeminism. Featured speakers include
Francoise d'Eaubonne, who coined the term Ecofeminism in her 1974 work "Le
feminisme ou la mort," Val Plumwood (Philosophy, University of Sydney and
University of Montana), author of Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, and
Joni Seager (Geography and Women's Studies, University of Vermont), author
of _Earth Follies: Coming to Feminist Terms with the Global Environmental
Crisis_. Other participants include: Albert Borgmann, Chris Cuomo,
Victoria Davion, Irene Diamond, Greta Gaard, Lori Gruen, Marti Kheel,
Andrew Light, Catriona Sandilands, Deborah Slicer, Noel Sturgeon, and Karen
Warren.
Attendance at the conference is open to members of the public and is free,
but donations may be made to Women's Voices for the Earth. No advanced
registration is required.
The Conference begins Thursday, April 2 at 6:30 pm, with opening plenary
presentations by d'Eaubonne, Plumwood, and Slicer in the Gallager Business
Building Room 122, on the University of Montana campus. The Conference
ends on Saturday, April 4, at 7:00 pm, with a closing plenary featuring
Joni Seager at the Front Street Theater in Downtown Missoula. All other
presentations will be given from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on the UM campus in
Jeannette Rankin Hall, Room 202. There will be a Reception and Ecofeminist
Art Opening, "Encompassing Visions: Expanding the Language of
Ecofeminism," at the University Center Gallery April 3, at 5:15 pm. A full
conference schedule, including titles of papers and times of presentation
is available via e-mail, by request.
Inquiries may be addressed to Professor Andrew Light, conference
organizer, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
