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Conference Announcement "Transnational Feminisms" International Conference University of Manchester Manchester (UK) 4-6 December 2009 __________________________________________________ Drawing on the impact of postcolonial feminism and its enactments, this conference will examine how women are affected by political systems in a global climate, how feminism translates and moves across borders, and how feminism can be utilised as a methodology for understanding the transnational context. Here the transnational is understood to be a complication of notions of the 'elsewhere', highlighting the challenges of fluidity, movement and instability whilst also paying close attention to locatedness. This is a feminism that is engaged with the woman-as-subject without making universalising claims regarding women's experience; it both considers how gender operates and critiques categorisation. The purpose of this conference is to explore the vitality of feminist interdisciplinarity as it pertains to the transnational, providing space for these debates to come together, creating an interrogation of transnational feminist theory and practice from academic, activist and artistic standpoints. The conference will also engage with ideas of transnational feminism through workshops, exhibitions and a history walk. Keynote Speakers: Doctor Anne-Marie Fortier (University of Lancaster) Professor Gabriele Griffin (University of York) Dr Amrit Wilson (Royal Holloway) Topics: Global markets of cultural production Religion and the nation state Belonging and home Feminism and neo-colonialism Diaspora and migration The international as the popular Historical moments of transnational feminism The struggle for, and violence of, borders Postcolonial/queer intersections Feminism and gender in a wider global political debate Sites and voices of privilege Historicisation and genealogies Alliances Cultural and textual translations Memorialisation Feminist anti-racism Contact: Humaira Saeed and Clare Tebbutt University of Manchester Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/sage/transnationalfeminisms/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
