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Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Subject: FW: call for proposals/conference
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>| Call for Proposals: Nov. 6, 1999, Women's Studies Conference at SUNY
New
>| Paltz
>|
>| GIRLS AND WOMEN CLAIMING AN EDUCATION: AGENDAS, BARRIERS AND CHANGES
>(working
>| title)
>|
>| Deadline: July 9, 1999
>|
>| In 1790 the North American feminist writer Judith Sargent Murray, in
>| describing the life experiences of a hypothetical brother and sister,
>observed
>| that "the one is taught to aspire and the other is early confined and
>limited.
>| As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated,
while the
>| brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science.
>| Subsequent generations of women have challenged this inequity and
have
>| expanded women's horizons significantly. As in all aspects of women's
>struggle
>| for equality, however, new layers of discrimination have appeared and
full
>| educational equality for women has yet to achieved.
>| This conference will treat education broadly (including various
forms
>of
>| socialization) and we invite proposals that address the experience of
girls
>| and women at all educational levels and in extracurricular
activities. We
>| would like to examine what has and has not changed in women's
educational
>| experience over time and throughout the world. We welcome proposals
that
>focus
>| on both the obstacles that confront women as learners and teachers
and the
>| strategies we have used to improve education.
>| Some of the themes we would like to explore are:
>|
>| * How do race, class and sexual orientation affect women's
experience
>of
>| education?
>| * What is the effect of sexual harassment on the educational
>| environment?
>| * What impact have the media, religious institutions and the
family
>had
>| on women's educational aspirations?
>| * How do women inadvertently perpetuate a sexist culture in
>educational
>| institutions?
>| * What are the factors that contribute to girls' loss of
>self-confidence
>| as they progress through elementary school?
>| * How does male dominance in the culture of public schools affect
>girls'
>| experience?
>| * What progress has been made in opening traditionally male
fields to
>| women teachers and learners?
>| * To what extent do women educators continue to confront a glass
>ceiling
>| in educational institutions?
>|
>| We would like to examine the various strategies girls and women
have
>| pursued to challenge the invisibility of women in the curriculum and
to
>widen
>| educational opportunities for women and girls.
>|
>| * What have been the successes and challenges experienced by
women's
>| studies programs and efforts to integrate women's experience into the
>| curriculum?
>| * How have girls and women challenged barriers to equal
education?
>| * What kinds of programs have been developed to serve the needs
of
>women
>| returning to school?
>| * What strategies have been successful for challenging sexual
>| harassment?
>| * How can we respond effectively to the backlash against women's
>studies
>| and multicultural education?
>| * What are the relative merits and disadvantages of coeducation
and
>| same-sex schools and classes?
>| * How can feminists influence educational policy?
>|
>| THIS LIST IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
FOR.
>WE
>| ARE NOT LIMITED TO WORKSHOPS ON THESE TOPICS.
>|
>| Our conferences attract students, faculty and community members
from a
>| wide variety of backgrounds. Sessions are one and a half hours long.
We
>| strongly encourage presenters to design workshops that leave ample
time for
>| discussion. While we will accept proposals for individual
presentations we
>| prefer proposals for complete sessions.
>| Proposals should include:
>| (1) One-page description of the workshop including how it relates
to
>the
>| theme and what topics and activities it will include;
>| (2) The name of each presenter with a short description of the
>| experience and/or qualificaitons relevant to the workshop;
>| (3) Name, phone number and e-mail address for the contact person.
>|
>| MAIL TO: Program Committee, Women's Studies Program, SUNY New Paltz,
New
>| Paltz, NY 12561, or
>| FAX TO: (914) 257-2798.
>|
>| For more information call Pat Clarke at (914) 257-2975 or send an
e-mail at
>| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lanette Fisher-Hertz
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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
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