FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emanuela Bianchi) >>**PHILOSOPHY AND 'THE FEMININE': >>A CONFERENCE ON FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY** >>_____________________________________ >> >>Vanderbilt University, 29-31 January 1999 >> >>Featured Speakers: Drucilla Cornell, Naomi Scheman, Iris Marion Young >> >> >>Philosophy in all its forms has long regarded its work as gender >>neutral. More recently, feminist philosophers have challenged this >>conception. Can we assume neutrality if thinking beings are also >>embodied, gendered beings? But if bodies are what matter, does the fact >>that philosophy is largely practiced by men make philosophy a masculine >>discipline? Or is 'masculine' merely a term of privilege loosely grouped >>with rationality and argument, agon and the polis, and 'feminine' a term >>of occlusion similarly grouped with intuition and persuasion, eros and >>the oikos (or chora)? Why should nature, or truth, or fortune be a woman? >>Our conference will be a forum for all those interested in continuing to >>explore such questions as they arise in any philosophical field at any >>point in its history. >> >>We intend this conference to be an expression of the plurality of >>women's voices in philosophy, and we hope to create a setting that >>encourages dialogue across, as well as within, various traditions. Our >>goal is to provide a distinctly feminist voice, whereby we might explore >>the ways in which the boundaries that continue to exist among those >>engaged in feminist pursuits are themselves artifacts of the way >>traditional philosophy has closed out the kinds of concerns feminists >>are now bringing forward. >> >> >>** CALL FOR PAPERS ** >> >>We welcome papers or detailed panel proposals on all related topics. >>Individual papers should have a reading time of no more than 20 minutes; >>proposals for panels should include a list of panel participants, >>statement of theme, and abstracts from each of the participants. The >>author's or participants' name(s) and e-mail address(es) should appear >>on the title page only, to allow for anonymous reviewing. Please >>indicate also on the title page whether you are willing to participate >>in any of the following ways: speaking at a round table discussion, >>chairing a session, commenting on another paper. >> >>Please send two copies of submissions to: >> >>Susanne Goethals and Jennifer Holt >>Department of Philosophy, 111 Furman Hall >>Vanderbilt University >>Nashville, TN, 37240. >> >>NEW DEADLINE for submissions is October 30, 1998. >> >>For further information, contact: >>-- Susanne Goethals, (615) 228-2488, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>-- Jennifer Holt, (615) 383-4329, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Susanne C. Goethals Office Ph: (615) 322-2637 >>Department of Philosophy Fax: (615) 343-7259 >>111 Furman Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Vanderbilt University >>Nashville, TN 37240 >> > > > > ********************************************* Linda Lopez McAlister, Editor, HYPATIA; Listowner SWIP-L; Chair Dept. of Women's Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa. Tel. 813-974-0982/FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker Division of Environmental Management & Design Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
