Nederlands Genootschap Vrouwenstudies

Nederlands Genootschap Vrouwenstudies

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REDACTIONEEL Met de feestdagen voor de deur en het nieuwe jaar in aantocht, zijn de meeste van ons bezig met het plannen van een welverdiende vakantie. Maar, ook 2011 is boordevol gender activiteiten en deze NGV nieuwsbrief informeert u alvast over de vele geplande gebeurtenissen. Zoals u van ons gewend bent, vindt u volop informatie over vacatures, call’s for papers en ander interessant nieuws op het gebied van genderstudies. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan de conferentie over ‘Sexual Nationalisms’ in Amsterdam, of the ‘National PhD Research Day’ in Utrecht. Naast de gebruikelijke rubrieken over genderstudies in de wetenschap, vindt u in deze nieuwsbrief ook een aantal terugblikken op de afgelopen periode. Zo waren een aantal bestuursleden van het NGV volop in het nieuws vanwege een reeks seksistische voorlichtingsfilmpjes van de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen en organiseerden we een zeer geslaagde workshop over ‘gender in practice’. Mocht u deze workshop gemist hebben, heeft u in het nieuwe jaar hoogstwaarschijnlijk nog een kans! Verder willen we onze leden vragen om mee te denken over een nieuwe slogan voor het Huygens talentenprogramma. Uit onderzoek blijkt namelijk dat deze slogan wellicht debet is aan de teruglopende aanvragen. Tot slot vertelt deze nieuwsbrief u ook nog over de vele NWO vidi beurzen die zijn binnen gehaald door vrouwen aan de verschillende Nederlandse universiteiten. Veel leesplezier en alvast fijne feestdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar toegewenst!

NGV NIEUWS Workshop gender in Practice een succes Op 5 november jl. vond de workshop Gender in Practice plaats. Deze workshop organiseerde het NGV ter ere van het 25 – jarige jubileum van het Institute for Genderstudies en vond plaats op de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. De workshop werd gehouden onder leiding van Bibi Straatman, coach en docent filosofie, cultuurstudies en semiotiek, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht. Er werd aandacht besteed aan de praktijk van gender in het dagelijkse (werkzame) leven. Het was een geslaagde, leerzame en gezellige middag. Omdat er veel belangstelling is voor een vervolg zal het NGV naar alle waarschijnlijkheid een tweede workshop plannen in het najaar van 2011. Mediahype rondom commentaar op voorlichtingsfilmpjes Labrad NGV – voorzitter Liedeke Plate en coördinator van het IGS Claudia Krops hebben begin november hun verontwaardiging uitgesproken over de voorlichtingsfilmpjes van de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. In deze wervingsfilmpjes - ingezet door de afdeling communicatie om nieuwe studenten te prikkelen - speelt model/ playmate Ancilla Tillia de hoofdrol en worden flauwe, seksistische grappen gemaakt aan de hand van recent wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Claudia en Liedeke hebben zich in de media kritisch uitgelaten over de seksistische, heteronormatieve en racistische aard van de filmpjes. Het gevolg was een ware mediahype. Het nieuws heeft vrijwel alle Nederlandse dagbladen gehaald alsook enkele week- en maandbladen. Ook radio en TV en zelfs de Belgische krant De Morgen hebben over dit nieuws gerapporteerd. Vooral op blogs en discussiefora – Geenstijl, Sp!ts, maar ook kranten zoals De Gelderlander – ging het er grof aan toe en werden Claudia en Liedeke aangesproken en persoonlijk aangevallen op hun commentaar. De filmpjes zijn inmiddels van de scholierensite van de universiteit verwijderd.

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Nieuw boek van NGV bestuursvoorzitter Liedeke Plate: Transforming Memories in Contemporary Women’s Rewriting Transforming Memories in Contemporary Women’s Rewriting explores the role of rewriting within feminist literature from the 1970s onwards in relation to the theme of cultural memory. It discusses a broad range of European and North American texts and contexts to tease out the internal contradictions of women’s rewriting in the transmission of culture. Contemporary women’s rewriting emerged in a moment of history particularly obsessed with memory. A literary genre in which narratives of the past are retold from the perspective of a female character in the original story, women’s rewriting literally re-calls the old stories differently. Transforming Memories in Contemporary Women’s Rewriting is a detailed and representative study of how feminist fiction uses rewriting to engage questions of cultural remembrance and forgetting in relation to gendered identity, generating incisive interpretations of works by such authors as Angela Carter, J.M. Coetzee, Maryse Condé, Ursula Le Guin, Sena Jeter Naslund, Pia Pera, Michèle Roberts, Jeanette Winterson and Christa Wolf. Liedeke Plate. Transforming Memories in Contemporary Women’s Rewriting. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Meer info: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=365397 Oproep slogan Huygens talentenprogramma Uit onderzoek van NGV- voorzitter Liedeke Plate en NGV – bestuurslid Niels Spierings blijkt dat de slogan van het Huygens –talentenprogramma afschrikt. Het aantal Nederlandse vrouwelijke studenten dat een aanvraag indient voor het Huygens Scholarship Programme neemt sinds 2007 af, constateren Liedeke Plate en Niels Spierings. Volgens de twee Nijmeegse wetenschappers zou de slogan "Ben jij slim genoeg?" daaraan debet kunnen zijn.. Meer informatie over het onderzoek is te lezen op de site: http://www.transfermagazine.nl/opinie/de-kwestie/slogan-talentenprogramma-schriktvrouwen-af Het NGV vraagt haar leden om mee te denken voor een nieuwe slogan. Weet jij een betere slogan? Laat het ons dan weten en stuur een mailtje naar [email protected].

GENDERSTUDIES NIEUWS NL 75- jarig jubileumfeest Aletta Aletta, instituut voor vrouwengeschiedenis, bestaat dit jaar 75 jaar. De stichtingsakte van Aletta’s voorganger, Internationaal Archief voor de Vrouwenbeweging, werd getekend op 3 december 1935. Het 75-jarig bestaan werd op 2 december uitgebreid gevierd met een jubileum feest. Gedurende 75 werkdagen voorafgaand aan deze dag, verscheen een bijzonder item uit hun collectie op de site. Het totaal van 75 jubileumstukken vormt nu een digitale tentoonstelling van 75 jaar vrouwengeschiedenis verzamelen. Voor meer informatie: www.aletta.nu

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Laamia Elyounoussi & Yesim Candan zijn de ‘Aletta's van Nu’ 2010 Aletta, instituut voor vrouwengeschiedenis, reikte donderdag 2 december voor het eerst de ‘Aletta van Nu’ prijs uit. Laamia Elyounoussi en Yesim Candan wonnen samen de prijs, bedoeld voor jonge vrouwen die door hun lef en charisma een rolmodel zijn voor hun omgeving. “In beide vrouwen herkennen we een kant van de inspiratiebron Aletta Jacobs”, aldus het juryrapport. De uitreiking vond plaats ter ere van het 75-jarig jubileum van Aletta, instituut voor vrouwengeschiedenis. De jury van de ‘Aletta van Nu’ prijs 2010 bestond uit DJ Isis van der Wel, Aicha Marghadi, Nieuwslezeres van AT5 en sinds kort ook van het NOS Sportjournaal, Dylan van Rijsbergen, journalist en schrijver van het boek Het Onbehagen van de Man en ambassadeur van tijdschrift Lover, Petra de Ree, Vrouwencoach en sponsor van de prijs, en directeur Aletta, Saskia Wieringa. De jury had uit 60 inzendingen zes genomineerden gekozen. Twee vrouwen sprongen er in het bijzonder uit: Laamia Elyounoussi, eigenaresse van schoonmaakbedrijf De Schone Zaak! en Yesim Candan, oprichtster van Partij Eén. De jury koos voor deze twee winnaressen omdat zij samen de sterke kanten van Aletta Jacobs belichamen: haar inzet voor de kansarmen èn haar politieke inzet. Uit het juryrapport: “In de vele aanmeldingen komt Laamia naar voren als een vrouw met lef, scherp zakelijk inzicht en gedrevenheid (op jonge leeftijd had ze al een succesvol bedrijf opgezet). Het raakt de jury dat zij haar betrokkenheid, voor maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen en de toekomst van haar medewerkers, in actie weet om te zetten en zo problemen bij de wortel aanpakt. Net als Aletta Jacobs zet zij zich in voor mensen die minder kansen hebben.” Over Yesim Candan zei de jury: “Yesim heeft uitgesproken ideeën over hoe de wereld er uit zou moeten zien. En zij stopt niet voordat heel Nederland dat weet. Ze had ‘de ballen’ om een eigen partij op te richten, in een tijd dat mensen niet meer geloven in politiek. Zij ziet de mogelijkheden van de democratie en pakt deze. Net als Aletta Jacobs.” De winnaressen delen de prijs, een coachingstraject van De Vrouwencoach, Petra de Ree (www.vrouwencoach.nl) Aletta wil met de ‘Aletta van Nu’ prijs jonge vrouwen bekrachtigen in wat ze willen bereiken en jonge rolmodellen genereren. De ‘Aletta van Nu’ prijs is vernoemd naar Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929), de eerste vrouw in Nederland die de universiteit afrondde en arts werd. Zij zette zich in voor de verbetering van de rechten van vrouwen. De prijs wordt vanaf 2010 elke twee jaar uitgereikt.

GENDERSTUDIES NIEUWS EU Summer School Black Europe: Exploring Dimensions of Citizenship, Race and Ethnic Relations. June 12th-30th 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands The Summer School on Black Europe emerged out of dialogue and concern of various scholars working in the field of race and ethnic relations in Europe. The program is now in its fourth year and is currently located at the National Institute for the study of Dutch slavery and its legacy (NiNsee). Course Description This course will examine the multiple constructions of the term Black Europe and the social, economic and political implications within. Students will be able to earn 3 US (6 ECTS) credits for their participation. If you are

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interested in hearing more about the course, please send a request for additional information via email to [email protected] Or visit the website, http://www.ninsee.nl/Summerschool-1 Feminist Critical Analysis: (Re)Mapping the Everyday through Visual Culture, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 17th- 21st, 2010 The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the Belgrade Women’s Studies and Gender Research Center and the Department of Gender Studies of the Central European University in Budapest are pleased to announce the 11th annual postgraduate course in “Feminist Critical Analysis: (Re)Mapping the Everyday through Visual Culture.” The course will be held at the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik (www.hr/iuc) on May 17th-21st, 2010. The course will be co-directed by Dasa Duhacek of the Women´s Studies, Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Allaine Cerwonka of the Gender Studies Department, Central European University, and Ethel Brooks of the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Rutgers University. Application Procedure: A short narrative explaining your interest in the topic and your C.V. with your current contact information should be submitted by e-mail by February 20, 2010 for first priority consideration. Applications will be accepted until the seminar is full however. Submissions will be reviewed by the Feminist Critical Analysis Selection Committee. Admission notification will be sent to applicants in early March. Please submit applications to Judit Zotter [email protected] with Dubrovnik 2010 in the subject heading. For more information: http://www.caleidoscop.org/Members/janina/news10/feminist-criticalanalysis-re-mapping-the-everyday-through-visual-culture-dubrovnik-croatia-may-17th-21st2010

GENDERSTUDIES NIEUWS WERELDWIJD Online Course on Introduction to Feminist Research Methodology There are two courses: Spanish and English. Here you will find all the information of the English course. Calendar: 15th January 2011 - 15th May 2011 Structure: The course is online and organized through 5 subjects that last about 20 days each(approx.). Each module will begin with the viewing of a video conference and will be taught by an expert teacher. Language: The main language will be English. The videos are also available in English, but the supporting literature could include texts in other languages. Assessment: It is obiligatory to participate, through the virtual classroom, in at least 4 of the 5 subjects. It is also necessary to write a paper; the students must use the knowledge learned in one of the subjects in a specific way and the knowledge learned in the other subjects in a general way. The way of working will be flexible, so the students can connect their papers to

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their thesis, investigation projects, etc. Each student will have a course tutor (the tutor allocation will be made at the beginning of the course) who will assess the paper. Material: All materials required for the development of the course will be freely accessible from the virtual platform. Fee: 120 € Length: 60 hours aprox. Enroll online from November 16th to December the 21st . For all details, go to: http://simref.net/en/node/97

VROUWEN IN DE WETENSCHAP Vidi's naar vrouwelijke wetenschappers In de vorige nieuwsbrief berichtten we al over de NWO VENI beurzen die de vrouwen van verschillende universiteiten ontvingen. Bij deze willen kunnen we ook meedelen dat een groot aantal vrouwen een NWO VIDI beurs kreeg. In november zijn de Vidi beurzen weer toegekend. De Nederlandse Organisatievoor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) heeft landelijk aan 88 onderzoekers een Vidi-subsidie toegekend, waarvan ook een groot aantal naar vrouwen is gegaan. Elke wetenschapper krijgt een bedrag van maximaal 800.000 euro om een eigen onderzoekslijn te ontwikkelen en een eigen onderzoeksgroep op te bouwen. Alles bij elkaar verdeelt NWO ruim 70 miljoen euro onder de Vidi-laureaten. Voor meer informatie en een lijst met gehonoreerde onderzoekers: http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_8BCCY3 CALLS Call for papers: Netherlands Research School of Women’s Studies Doing Gender in the Netherlands: Discovering the Global in the Local Friday February 18, 2011 - Utrecht University To celebrate the recognition of the Netherlands Research School of Women’s Studies (NOV) as the national platform for gender research within the new plan for the ‘Duurzame Geesteswetenschappen’ (‘Sustainable Humanities’), we would like to invite you for a National Research Day dedicated to the cutting edge work of junior researchers in the field of Gender, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Diversity. Deadline for abstracts: Abstracts for papers (300 words maximum) can be sent to [email protected] before Tuesday December 14, 2010. Please mention the following details: your name, university, work address, and supervisor(s). Accepted papers are due Tuesday February 1, 2011 and should be submitted to [email protected]. The final paper has 4500-6000 words (excluding footnotes and references).

Call for papers: Women and the Arts: Dialogues in Female Creativity in the US and Beyond (15-17 June 2011, Lisbon)

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The American Studies Group of the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies is organizing the international conference "Women and the Arts: Dialogues in Female Creativity in the U.S. and Beyond" (15-17 June 2011). The three-day gathering will promote a reflection on women's artistic production, contrasting the U.S. context with other cultures. The conference will cover multiple areas, including writing, the visual arts, music, and the performance arts. We will debate women's aesthetic expression in the U.S. and elsewhere in these diversified fields, from modernity to the contemporary age, and reflect on the specific conditions of production, circulation, and reception of their works. We aim to engage scholars from a wide range of areas, as well as artists, critics, and curators in order to foster interdisciplinary debate. Among our invited participants are Prof. Sandra M. Gilbert, groundbreaking critic, theorist, and poet, who will give a plenary lecture, and renowned storyteller Laura Simms, who will be mentoring a workshop. The list of suggested topics for research and discussion includes: * The U.S. and Beyond - Comparative Approaches: * The influence of American gender theory and politics * Women's Art and American Regionalism * Criteria for the definition of a specifically feminine cultural and artistic production * Critical revisions towards representative literary and art histories * Canonical dynamics and the transatlantic debate * Women artists' perspectives on traditions, categories, and the politics of art institutions * GLBT subjectivities and the arts * The outlook for women's art at the onset of the 21st century

250-word abstracts and 250-word bios should be sent *in the body of the message* to [email protected], before 31 January 2011 For further conference details, visit http://womenandthearts.blogspot.com/

Call for papers: Genealogies: Graduate Symposium on the History of Women & Gender The Executive Committee of the Twelfth Annual Graduate Symposium on Women’s and Gender History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce a call for papers. The Symposium, which is the capstone event of the History Department’s Women’s History month celebration, is scheduled for March 3-5, 2011. To celebrate and encourage further work in the field of women’s and gender history, we invite submissions from graduate students from any institution and discipline. The Symposium organizers welcome individual papers on any topic in the field of women’s and gender history. Papers submitted as a panel will be judged individually. Preference will be given to scholars who did not present at last year’s Symposium. This year’s theme, “Genealogies,” references two trends in the field—the emergence of kinship and the family as tools for interpreting the past, on the one hand, and the continuing importance of the method Foucault called “genealogy,” on the other—and seeks to ask a question about the connections (and contentions) that might unite them. How might a history of the family be affected by Foucault’s insistence on refusing origin stories, and how might

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the new scholarship on intimacy-kinship influence an understanding of the instability and discontinuity of history? Is it possible, in other words, to construct a genealogy of genealogy? Papers need not take up these questions directly, but they should enthusiastically and intriguingly address some aspect of these concerns. In gathering together what we hope will be a geographically, temporally, and disciplinarily diverse body of papers, the conference will create opportunities for dialogue and discussion across these different fields. To that end, successful proposals could focus on, but would not be limited to, studies of whether and to what extent kinship relationships and claims of belonging might be said to have a history. Of related interest would be proposals that engage the idea of intimacy, particularly in relation to familial or social networks and their surrounding histories. When thinking of the idea of ‘family’, we challenge potential paper authors to critically examine the concept of ‘family’ and how the term is defined, utilized and deployed in a variety of contexts. Additionally, we encourage panellists to focus on the kinship-related facets of the concept, including but not limited to: personal family histories, borderlands histories, architectural manifestations of gendered space, changing conceptions of the ‘traditional’ family, and family as viewed through the lens of modernity . In keeping with this year's focus on gender, genealogy and kinship, we also hope to assemble a specifically historiographic panel addressing the state of the field. We are, then, particularly interested in paper proposals that problematize the history of genealogies—or the genealogies of history–or suggest new historiographic avenues of inquiry. To submit a paper or panel by email (preferred method): please send only one attachment in Word or PDF format containing a 250-word abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae for each paper presenter, commentator, or panel chair to [email protected] submit a paper or panel in a hard copy format, please send five (5) copies of all abstracts and curriculum vitae to: Programming Committee, Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History 309 Gregory Hall, MC 466, 810 S. Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801. For more information, please contact [email protected] Call for essays: Julia Briggs Memorial Prize 2011 by The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain (VWSGB) is holding an essay competition in memory of acclaimed Virginia Woolf scholar and VWSGB Executive Council member Julia Briggs, who died in August 2007. Competition Rules The essay, on the topic ‘Why is reading Virginia Woolf still so crucial today?’, but with a title of the entrant’s choosing, should be between 2,000 and 2,500 words in length. It should be the original work of the named entrant, and previously unpublished in print or any other medium. Student coursework is acceptable. Entrants should supply THREE typed copies of the essay on A4 paper, printed on one side only, double-spaced (or 1.5) and in a font size no smaller than 10-point. The VWSGB regrets that no emailed entries will be accepted, because of printing costs. The competition will be judged by acclaimed Woolf scholars Lyndall Gordon and Maggie Humm, and VWSGB Vice-Chair and Woolf biographer Ruth Webb. The decision of the judges is final. The VWSGB reserves the right not to award the prize if, in the judges’

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opinion, none of the entries attains the required standard. Otherwise the winner will be contacted in mid-March. The winner will receive a cheque for £250, presented at the VWSGB’s AGM in central London on 2 April 2011, and the winning essay will be published in the Virginia Woolf Bulletin. If the winner is unable to attend the AGM, the prize will be sent by secure mail. The competition is open to members and non-members (except for the Executive Council and Editorial Committee of the VWSGB, the judges, and families of the above). Entries should be sent to Ruth Webb, 15 Southcote Road, London SE25 4RG, to arrive by 10 January 2011. The competition rules and entry form are provided below. Entrants should read these carefully and return the signed form with the entry. If you have any queries or would like another entry form, please email Sarah M. Hall on [email protected]. Please note that student membership of the VWSGB costs only £10 for those at UK addresses and £15 for those at overseas addresses, per calendar year. Call for papers: Teaching and researching on feminist, women and gender studies in South Europe Aim of the proposal: to gather and give more visibility to South European approaches to experiences of teaching and researching on gender issues in contexts. In doing this proposal, we intend to offer an overview of South European main achieves in the field and make a contribution to a wider representation of the different European experiences within ATGENDER. APEM (as member of ATGENDER) will be able to present the following texts (in coherence with the main field of research of the authors) and we are looking for articles which will talk about similar topics in different national but the same regional context: 1. Gender and education in Portugal (Maria Fernanda Henriques, PhD – University of Évora, member of the board of APEM; Teresa Toldy, PhD –Fernando Pessoa University, VicePresident of APEM: ATGENDER contact person in APEM; Teresa Alvarez, Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, member of the board of APEM).The text will present an overview of experiences in the field of coeducation at the different levels of education in Portugal, underlying the strategies, main curricula and already studied and worked textbook contents in order to fulfill the need for a critical approach both to practices of education and to the stereotypes still transmitted by them. 2. A case study: Teaching with Gender. European Women’s Studies in International and Interdisciplinary Classrooms (Prof. Maria Irene Ramalho – University of Coimbra - & Adriana Bebiano, PhD - ATGENDER contact person at the University of Coimbra, Portugal) In 2007, a Feminist Studies post-graduate degree was created at the University of Coimbra. In a country without a strong Feminist tradition, questions were raised, both from hostile forces as well as from those who have been doing work in the field for decades. The name itself is problematic: why “Feminist Studies” when “Gender Studies” is now the acceptable – and theoretically more challenging – concept? This essay aims at exploring the controversy, difficulties and successes of the ongoing project. 3. Social Psychological encounters with gender and feminism: cartography of the Portuguese landscape (Conceição Nogueira, PhD – Member of APEM’s board & João Manuel Oliveira, PhD – both from the University of Minho – Portugal. Social Psychology was one of the first disciplines that started developing research on gender and feminism in Portugal. This research tradition was already initiated in the 1980’s and still keeps growing in terms of research. A cartography of these studies is provided, showing the influence of feminist empiricism,

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standpoint epistemologies, poststructuralist feminism and queer theory on the research that was produced in the discipline. 4. Gendering employment in Portugal – the state of the art (Virginia Ferreira, PhD – University of Coimbra & President of APEM’s General Assembly). In the last thirty years, Portuguese systems of employment and education have gone through remarkable changes, specially the massive entry of women in both. This paper will try to review the major contributions brought by the perspective of some social sciences, mainly, sociology, economics and social psychology. An approach to these contributions will provide a better understanding of how employment policies have been effective in the promotion of equality between men and women. The first part of the text will briefly outline policy developments with regard to gender equality and provide some contextualization. The second part will try to review the different analyses of the ways in which to be a man or a woman creates vulnerabilities and threats or up to capabilities and opportunities in the Portuguese employment system. 5. Women & Sport. Women and Sport and Gender Studies in sport are relatively recent in Portugal (Paula Botelho Gomes, PhD – Oporto University) The history of Physical Education and Sports among us, as in other countries from south Europe, shows us a male history with male standards. The development of women’s sports did not happen smoothly or suddenly. Despite the (slow) feminization of sport, in which the Olympic Games are a good example, Sports and PE are still places of hegemonic masculinity where feminities have to struggle in order to overcome barriers and ‘norms’, claiming for equity. It must be said that gender issues are not compulsory in teacher education or in the training of other sports monitors. Research in sports sciences has not yet given due importance to the structuring character of gender in sports and physical education. However, there are theoretical and empirical studies, which combine gender and sport that allow us to summarize the state of art in Portugal. Please note that the articles' authors must be ATGENDER individual members. We are looking for contributions (6000 words max.) of scholars from other South European countries, in order to enable a coherent presentation and development of the main objective of this proposal: to give visibility to South European approaches to experiences of teaching and researching on gender issues by giving an overview of their main achievements. Contact email to receive articles: [email protected] Deadline: 1st January

Call for film research on memory-history-oral testimony We are looking for films made by women dealing with the theme of history and oral testimony related to postwar conflicts, trauma and repressed memory processes. Also based on subjective or collective narratives beyond the official politics of memory. We would be grateful if anyone could send information, references or a preview dvd copy. Deadline: January 15th 2011. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for further details. Montse Romaní & Virginia Villaplana / Researchers and Cultural Producers (Spain) [email protected]

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[email protected] www.workingimages.org Our film research will be shown within the frame of the 2011 Barcelona International Women’s Film Festival (http://mostra.dracmagic.cat/) Call for papers: LOVA’s International Conference 2011- Ethnographies of Gender and Conflict, 6-8 July, Amsterdam After our successful international conference Ethnographies of Gender and Globalization in 2008, LOVA presents another opportunity for researchers to come together in the city of Amsterdam. From 6-8 July, our 2nd international conference: Ethnographies of Gender and Conflict will take place. This conference intends to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars with the aim of deepening our theoretical knowledge about gender and conflict. Through the presentation of case-studies and ethnographic research questions will be discussed such as: how are the concepts of gender and conflict related and how does gender intersect with race, sexuality and class in conflicts? How do gender notions construct, confirm and alter conflicts and how in turn do conflicts inform the intersectionality of gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality and class? How do women and men, girls and boys initiate, perceive, deal and solve conflicts and do they do so in different ways? And, last but not least, what can ethnography offer to the field of conflict and conflict studies? Participation and registration: LOVA invites scholars to participate in this international conference by presenting their research in a panel or as an individual paper. We encourage participants to submit audio-visuals and other alternative ways of presenting their research too. We also encourage student (under-graduate and graduate) to present their research. Participants may register by sending panel proposals and individual paper abstracts to [email protected] before February 1st, 2011. Panel proposals include a short panel abstract (about 200 words), several paper abstracts, and names of organizers/chairs, presenters and a possible discussant. Please also mention the affiliation, address, email-address and discipline of each participant.

Individual paper proposals should not exceed 200 words. Please also mention affiliation, address, email-address and discipline. Deadline: april 11st, 2011 Contact: www.lovanetwork.nl

Call for papers: Images of Whiteness - Exploring Critical Issues Tuesday 12th – Thursday 14th July 2011, Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Since the publication of Richard Dyer’s seminal study White in 1997, academics have increasingly turned critical attention to the subject of racial whiteness. Publications include historical accounts detailing the emergence of whiteness as a racial category, cultural studies exploring the representation and construction of white identities in popular culture, film and television scholars examining narratives about white people, reflecting white themes, white obsessions, and white anxieties. Consistent with the shift in critical studies from minority identity formations to consider 'central' identities – masculinity, heterosexuality – the study of whiteness is increasingly understood as central to understanding the operation of 'race' as a

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form of social categorisation. Inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives are sought from those engaged in any field relevant to the study of whiteness including media and film studies, performance and creative writing, cultural theory, sociology, psychology and medical approaches including cosmetic surgery, and other cognate areas. Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to any of the following themes: * Appropriation of racial ‘otherness’ within white culture * Images of whiteness in serial television * Histories of white representation in film and television * Aesthetics of racial whiteness * Whiteness and multiculturalism * Performances of/performing ‘whiteness’ * Writing whiteness in fiction/non-fiction * Whiteness and digital culture including video games * Fetishisation of whiteness in non-white cultures * Racial whiteness, fashion and cosmetics industries * Whiteness and absence, emptiness and death * The invisibility of whiteness * Technologies of white representation * Whiteness, gender and sexuality * Images of whiteness in non-white cultures * Theories of whiteness and the concept of white supremacy * Feminism, queer theory and discourses of whiteness * Ethnicity, whiteness and consumer culture * Music and music videos and whiteness Papers will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 14th January 2011. For further details about the project please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/whiteness/ For further details about the conference please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/whiteness/call-for-papers/ Enquiries: [email protected] Web address: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/whiteness/call-for-papers/ Sponsored by: Inter-Disciplinary.Net

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Call for Contributors: ‘Women Make Noise’ edited by Julia Downes For the Women and Arts series on a new imprint SUPERNOVA BOOKS General overview We are seeking contributors for a new book on music. Women Make Noise will critically explore the past and present participations of women and girls with popular music. Particular attention will be paid to ‘all-girl’ bands. Whilst the media celebrates the spectacles of the girl singer and female-fronted band, ‘all-girl’ bands tend to be marginalised, trivialised and even ignored by dominant journalistic and historical accounts of popular music cultures. Commentary of ‘all-girl’ bands can include doubts over women’s musicianship, anxiety and fear of lesbian/assertive female sexualities, an overemphasis on bitching and bickering amongst band members, and a ‘novelty’ status that constantly marks ‘all-girl’ bands as different from authentic (male) bands. This leaves ‘all-girl’ bands to exist in a contradictory position of opportunity and devaluation in society and culture. Women Make Noise will critique these mainstream representations of the ‘all-girl’ band to explore alternative accounts of ‘all-girl’ bands; to explore the complexities of creativity, identity, performance, aesthetics, politics, conflict and community at work in women and girls collective music-making. The book will focus on the ways in which music can be used as a radical medium by women and girls in order to contest wider struggles – for instance, of nation, ethnicity, class, sexuality, gender, age and feminisms. Thereby highlighting how ‘allgirl’ bands offer the potential to question and transform society, culture, history and politics. The book will feature informed yet accessible contributions from a variety of writers. 500 word (approx) chapter proposals and 100 word (approx) author biographies are sought from writers on women and girls’ music participations within, but not limited to, the following broadly-defined genres: · Rap and hip hop · Metal · Post-punk · No wave · Punk · Hardcore · Rock · Pop · riot grrrl · Disco · Electro · Girl groups · Noise Chapters (6,000 words max) should focus on the contributions of ‘all-girl’ groups who write/wrote their own material and play/played their own instruments, though discussion of groups with some male members and of solo artists can be included where relevant. Proposals should (i) outline the musical moment, music-makers and individuals that contributors wish to focus on, (ii) highlight the contributor’s personal connection to the music cultures and communities under discussion and, (iii) outline how the contributor will directly engage with the thoughts, ideas and perspectives of the music-makers and cultural producers to be discussed. Proposals should also highlight how the chapter will meet the overall ethos of the book and also demonstrate the author’s ability to write for a popular and specialist audience.

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Deadline: Proposals and biographies should be submitted by December 31st 2010 to [email protected] although we welcome submissions in advance of this date. The publishing date for this book is October 2011 and we would require completed chapters from contributors by March 2011 (though the Aurora Metro team can of course help with research and offer feedback prior to this date). We are also looking for images to be included within the book to be sent to [email protected]

Call for papers: IASSCs 2011 conference We are very pleased to announce the eighth biennial meeting of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS), entitled “Naming and Framing: The Making of Sexual (In)Equality”. This conference is co-organized by the Social Anthropology Department of Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. The 2011 Conference theme focuses on the multiple ways that equality and inequality are articulated through sexuality. The meeting will explore diverse situations and issues of (in)equality with regard to sexuality in the global arena, bringing together researchers, advocates, policymakers and practitioners to critically share their strategies and challenges that inform and inspire new forms of action and thinking about sexuality. The theme of the meeting invites dialogue and analyses of the interplay of sexuality, sexual identity, gender, class, race, ethnicity, age, citizenship and inequality. As well, the conference theme invites analyses placed within the context of the state’s willingness (or resistance) to discuss and incorporate practices, discourses, laws and public policies that acknowledge sexual rights for all men and women and promote gender equality, and recognition of sexual diversity. The official language of the conference is English. However, for the first time, we will have one afternoon of sessions in the language of the host country, namely Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation. Due to the limited space and time for presentations in Spanish, only a limited number of abstracts will be accepted in that language. In line with the IASSCS’ mission, the conference seeks to promote links between researchers, academics, advocates and activists by addressing the process of taking theory into practice, conceptualizing the meaning and significance of advocacy at the national and community level, and supporting and advancing the implementation of sexual rights. We can receive submissions in various formats: verbal presentations, posters, exhibits and workshop presentations. Deadline: January 10th, 2011 For more information regarding the main themes of the Conference, details on the types and guidelines for submission, please visit our website: www.iasscs.org/2011conference

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Call for papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities: "Queer in the Clinic" Guest Editors: Lance Wahlert and Autumn Fiester We invite the submission of abstracts for a special issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities, which will consider queer perspectives on and queer experiences in the clinic. While all professionals and patients face dilemmas within the medical sphere, for LGBTQ individuals the stakes are especially pronounced and complicated. According to critical theorists like Michel Foucault and others, the clinic is an intensely problematic space for queers because many of their identities and categories were born there. While debatable, such a historical and scholastic legacy hangs heavy over our readings and renderings of gay and trans persons in the medical realm. Stated succinctly: Historically having been born out of medical pathology, how do queer persons understand and even reconcile their relationships to the clinic today? This special issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities will be concerned with the voices and perspectives of LGBTQ persons in the medical sphere – the dilemmas they face in the clinic, the influences that sexuality and gender identity have on a person’s patient-hood, and the factors that create distinctively queer perspectives on medicine. Some over-arching questions that inform this special issue include: - What does the experience of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex in a medical encounter look like – as either patient or health-care provider? - How do queer sexualities and gender identities factor into clinical relationships, the experience of being ill, and the negotiations for treatment and care? - Does a pervading heteronormativity impinge upon queer patients, their partners, families, caregivers, or health care providers? - What does homophilic or queer-affirming clinical care look like? - How do homosexuality and gender-nonconformity affect/effect some of the most vulnerable patient populations: children, adolescents, the elderly, and the disabled? Submissions are welcome in a wide range of scholastic and methodological forms for this special issue on "Queer in the Clinic," including: - Literary analyses - Historical and historiographical studies - Philosophical interventions - Visual and cinema studies projects - Photojournalistic pieces - Autobiographical memoirs - Anthropological and sociological studies - Bioethical commentaries - Religious studies perspectives - And artistic representations of queerness Abstract submissions should be 1,000-1,500 words in length and are due by February 15, 2011. Abstracts should be submitted to: [email protected]. It is anticipated that this special issue will be published in Spring/Summer 2012.

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Call for Papers: Gender and Religiosity in Multicultural Societies Editors: Chia Longman (Ghent University), Eva Midden (Utrecht University) Guest Editor: Anne Sofie Roald (Chr. Michelsen Institute) Religion and Gender: Online Journal for the Systematic Study of Religion and Gender in an Interdisciplinary Perspective For a forthcoming issue of the newly launched journal Religion and Gender we invite contributions, either theoretically or empirically oriented, and from various disciplinary perspectives that address the complex and dynamic relationship between religion and gender in contexts of increased cultural diversity that characterize contemporary societies throughout the world today. We wish to bring together articles offering insights from recent developments and new research at the intersection of gender, religion and ‘multiculturalism’ or ‘multiculturality’ of which the results are hereto often published quite independently due to disciplinary divides. Whereas the term ‘multiculturalism’ can denote many meanings, here it is envisaged in a general and descriptive sense for the empirical reality of ethnical, cultural and religious diversity of individual identities, groups and communities within and across locations and geographical and political boundaries such as urban/rural, nation-state, North-South/EastWest, etc. We wish to question what impact the fact of culturally diverse people either living together in close proximity or in interaction with each other through transnational mobility and virtual communication has on constructions, expressions and experiences of religion from a gendered perspective. Which are the tensions, yet also the forms of agency and creativity, that can be ascertained and imagined in the relationship between gender differences and (in)equalities and religious orthodoxies and their reinterpretation? And, can new modes of religiosity and spirituality arise from the meeting of people from different cultural backgrounds? Papers are welcome of 6-8000 words (excluding footnotes and references) and shorter papers of 3-4000 words in which the authors present their views on one specific issue. Enquiries: Eva Midden: [email protected] and Chia Longman: [email protected] Papers should be submitted by 1st February 2011 and emailed in Word attachment to: Nella van den Brandt: [email protected] and Eva Midden: [email protected] Call for papers: Multiculturalism and Gender in France, Britain, Canada and the U.S. Le Havre, France, May 26-27, 2011 Debates in France, Great Britain, Canada and the USA on the tensions between universalism and particularism have been centered on issues related to immigration, as well as ethno-racial, religious and gender diversity. At a time when the colonial matrix or “coloniality of power” (Anibal Quijano) is instrumental as far as race, gender and class relations are concerned, the forms of political, economic, social, religious, and cultural domination of France, Britain, Canada and the U.S. over their ethnic minorities, are more than ever sources of tensions. This has to be articulated with the oppression exercized by some ethnic minorities themselves on

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their most vulnerable members, especially on women and men who transgress the social, cultural, and religious norms of the group (Susan Moller Okin). The feminist critique of multiculturalism, notably important in the UK, Canada and the U.S., and to a lesser extent in France, offers one the most useful and richest frameworks for the analysis of these phenomena. What is more, the analysis of the concept of ethnic group from « the historical structure of the capitalist world-economy » (Immanuel Wallerstein), allows us to understand the feminisation of poverty among migrants, hence the interest of linking economic development and gender. « World-system and patriarchal order are just one » (Rada Ivekovic). In the same way, racial and ethnic divisions can be viewed as a consequence of « economic antagonisms » (Poutignat and Streiff-Fenart) because of inequalities of power that partly originate in colonial relationships, and which has a different impact on men and women of a minority ethnic community. Contributions will deal with one or several of these topics in any one of the four countries, or may constitute a comparative study. The main disciplinary fields will be sociology, political science, philosophy, anthropology, economy and law. The oral presentations will be limited to 20mn. A selection of papers will be submitted to a Peer Review Committee for publication. 1) Please send an English or French 400-word abstract and a resume before 2 January 2011. 2) The selection results will be sent on 30 January 2011. 3) Last date for sending a 6000-word paper : 25 April 2011. The abstracts and papers should be sent to : [email protected] and [email protected] Call for papers: Conference Precarious Spaces: (Dis-) Locating Gender, 18th Annual Gender and Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Rochester, USA, March 24-25. For detailed info: http://www.rochester.edu/College/WST/events/event_detail.php?recno=326 Abstract deadline: January 21, 2011.

AGENDA 27 & 28 January 2011: International Conference - University of Amsterdam: Sexual Nationalisms Gender, Sexuality and the Politics of Belonging in the New Europe An increasing number of scholars in the humanities and social sciences have begun to investigate the important shifts taking place in discourses of sexual freedom and gender equality across the continent. These shifts open up new arenas for ethnographic and other empirical research. What role do sex and gender play in various European nationalisms? In which cultural terms are sexual and gender boundaries articulated? What different trajectories can be discerned, and how can differences between countries be explained? What are the effects of these transformations at the level of the formation of community and subjectivity? How do these discursive shifts become tangible in everyday life? And how can sexual politics avoid the trap of exclusionary instrumentalization without renouncing its emancipatory

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promise? Confirmed senior participants and speakers include: Jon Binnie, Sarah Bracke, George Chauncey, Stefan Dudink, Lisa Duggan, Didier Eribon, Eric Fassin, Jasbir Puar, Joan Scott, Judith Surkis. Art exhibition: the conference will also include an exhibition displaying the work of artists who have been critically exploring those issues during the past decade. Organizing Committee: Laurens Buijs, Sébastien Chauvin, Robert Davidson, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Eric Fassin, Paul Mepschen, Rachel Spronk, Bregje Termeer, and Oscar Verkaaik. Contact: Robert Davidson :[email protected] February 11 and 12, 2011: 18th Annual Lesbian Lives Conference: Revolting: Bodies, Politics and Genders, Brighton, East Sussex, UK The theme for the conference is Revolting: Bodies, Politics & Genders Already confirmed speakers include Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Joan Nestle, Davina Cooper, Sarah Franklin, Reina Lewis, Caroline Gonda and Rose Collis. The Lesbian Lives Conference has been organised by the Women’s Studies Centre at University College Dublin for the past seventeen years and in 2011 it celebrates its 18th birthday in Brighton. The conference is a mix of academics, activists, performers, artists and writers and is open to all genders and any political and sexual orientations. There is an ethos of welcome and accessibility. The Lesbian Lives Conference is not just the world’s only annual academic conference in Lesbian Studies, it is now a large international event that draws speakers and participants from all continents and hosts the best-known as well as emerging scholars in the field. The conference gathers together academics, activists, performers and writers who do not otherwise have the opportunity to address such large audiences or to network across international and professional boundaries. It is also a forum for political organisation on the levels of both community activism and established international NGOs. Many books (academic and literary) and films (documentaries and dramas) are launched at this event and it is continually referenced in lesbian work and events internationally. The conference sets the parameters for debate in the manifold disciplines that now take ‘Lesbian' or ‘Lesbian Communities’ as the object of enquiry or as a category for analysis. Last, but not least, in the tradition of Lesbian Lives there will be a fantastic party on the Saturday night as well as some other not to be missed social events throughout the conference. To register see website: http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/application-form 18 february 2011: NOV National PhD Research Day ‘Doing Gender in the Netherlands: Discovering the Global in the Local’ (Utrecht University) To celebrate the recognition of the Netherlands Research School of Women’s Studies (NOV) as the national platform for gender research within the new plan for the ‘Duurzame Geesteswetenschappen’ (‘Sustainable Humanities’), this National Research PhD Day is dedicated to the cutting edge work of junior researchers in the field of Gender, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Diversity. Open to PhD’s and advanced research master students to present their work and open to everybody who would like to listen. More information: http://www.genderstudies.nl/ or [email protected] 18

23 februari: Kitchen Table Seminar Renée Römkens Wetenschappers op het gebied van vrouwen- en genderstudies geven een kijkje in hun wetenschappelijke keuken. Op 23 februari van 16:00 uur tot 17:30 uur spreekt Prof.dr. Renée Römkens. Zij is hoogleraar ‘Interpersoonlijk geweld, in het bijzonder geweld in de privésfeer’ aan de Universiteit van Tilburg. Haar onderzoek speelt zich onder andere af op het snijvlak van seksualiteit en geweld. Het onderzoeksprogramma wordt onder andere gefinancierd door Aletta. Renée Römkens zit tevens in de wetenschapsadviesraad van Aletta. Het Kitchen Table Seminar is voor iedereen toegankelijk. Het seminar vindt plaats bij Aletta, Obiplein 4 in Amsterdam.Als u de bijeenkomst wilt bijwonen kunt u contact opnemen met Altetta: [email protected]

INTERESSANT Johanna Naber –scriptieprijs De inzending voor de Johanna Naberscriptie is geopend. De prijs is bedoeld voor Nederlandse afstudeerscripties op het gebied van vrouwen- en/of gendergeschiedenis. Aletta, instituut voor vrouwengeschiedenis, en Vereniging voor Vrouwengeschiedenis stellen 500 euro beschikbaar voor de winnaar. Je hoeft geen historicus te zijn om mee te kunnen doen. Iedereen die een afstudeerscriptie schrijft op het gebied van vrouwen- of gendergeschiedenis (op doctoraal of master niveau), komt in aanmerking voor deze prijs. Studenten van Nederlandse en Vlaamse universiteiten kunnen meedingen. De uiterlijke inzenddatum is 1 januari 2011. Inzendingen maken kans op 500 euro. De uitreiking vindt plaats lente 2011 bij Aletta in Amsterdam. Meer info over de geschiedenis van de prijs en voorgaande winnaars: www.vrouwengeschiedenis.nl. Contact: Lidwien Jansen ([email protected]) of Sigrid van der Ploeg ([email protected]) op 020-5611 287. www.aletta.nu Four Rosalind Franklin Fellowships (Groningen University) The fellowships will be awarded to outstanding women scholars from any country and from any of the disciplines of the Faculty of Arts. Submission guidelines: Successful candidates will set up their own research project(s) in the area of their choice, including funds to support a PhD project, and will be expected to attract external funding. They will also contribute to the (international) teaching programmes within the Faculty. The fellowship, of at most five years, comprises a salary in the range of a university lecturer, and a holiday allowance of 8%, as well as an end of year allowance. The salary and the duration of the fellowship depend on experience and qualifications. Following a favorable evaluation after at most five years, the fellow will be awarded tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor. After a further four to seven years another evaluation will take place and if this proves favorable, a full professorship will be awarded. The period after which tenure and full professorship will be awarded is at most five and seven years, but may be influenced by academic results of the fellow before and during the fellowship. Applications only by email: [email protected] 19

Deadline for applications: Friday January 7, 2011 More information: http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/rff/index

Online Course on Introduction to Feminist ResearchMethodology The SIMReF (www.simref.org) announces The First Online Introduction Course on Feminist Research Methodology (in english) The course is organized into 5 subjects that last about 20 days each (approx.). Each module will begin with the viewing of a videoconference and is coordinated by an expert teacher. All materials required for the development of the course will be freely accessible from the virtual platform. Programme and teachers

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1. From the debates of science's object/subject to the definition of feminists methodologies by Barbara Biglia (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) 2. Feminist biology by Lynda Birke (University of Canterbury & University of Chester) 3. Etnomethodology by Nirmal Puwar (Goldsmiths College, University of London) 4. Deconstructing immigration: discourse analysis on intersections between gender, class and racism by Ilana Mountain (Universidade Estadual Paulista) 5. Feminist Research and Activism: Possibilities and Challenges by Alexandra Zavos (Panteion University) To register go at http://www.simref.net/en/node/97 before 21st December New book by Willemijn Ruberg and Kristine Steenbergh: Sexed Sentiments. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender and Emotion ‘Sexed Sentiments’ provides a gender perspective on the recent turn to affect in criticism. It presents new work by scholars from different disciplines working on gender and emotion, a field par excellence where an interdisciplinary focus is fruitful. This collection presents essays from disciplines like history, literary studies, psychology, sociology and queer studies, varying from masculinity in the cult of sensibility to the role of empathy in forging feminist solidarities. The volume illuminates how new theoretical approaches to both gender and emotion may be productively applied to a variety of fields. Sexed Sentiments: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender and Emotion. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2011.

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PERSONALIA Ien van den Heuvel (PvdA) op 13 oktober jl overleden Ien van den Heuvel 7 augustus 1927 - 13 oktober 2010 Een monument uit de PvdA-geschiedenis is overleden: Ien van den heuvel. Ze stierf woensdag, 83 jaar oud. Dat heeft de partij donderdag laten weten. Ien van den Heuvel-De Blank was in de jaren zeventig en tachtig een bekend gezicht voor velen. Ze was onder meer voorzitter van de PvdA Rooie Vrouwen, vice-voorzitter en voorzitter van de partij, lid van de Eerste Kamerfractie en lid van het Europees Parlement. De PvdA denkt met veel respect aan haar terug, zo liet een woordvoerder weten.

VACATURES EN BEURZEN ALETTA ZOEKT 2 STAGIARS Aletta zoekt een stagiair als versterking van de afdeling PR & Communicatie vanaf januari 2011. Je wordt betrokken bij alle activiteiten die Aletta onderneemt. Wie is Aletta? Aletta, instituut voor vrouwengeschiedenis, (voorheen het IIAV) is een makelaar in kennis. Als archief, bibliotheek en informatiecentrum bewaart Aletta de geschiedenis van vrouwen en vrouwenemancipatie. Door deze kennis te delen met iedereen wil Aletta bijdragen aan de emancipatie van vrouwen. Aletta’s activiteiten Aletta ontwikkelt projecten en organiseert het hele jaar door activiteiten op het gebied van vrouwen en emancipatie, erfgoed of wetenschap. Concrete activiteit die zal plaatsvinden is o.a. de afsluiting van het project Back in a Bite in maart 2011 en communicatie rondom onze verhuizing in september 2011. Aletta werkt steeds meer digitaal en maakt daarbij gebruik van social media. Als stagiair word je actief bij al deze ontwikkelingen betrokken. Aletta biedt jou ervaring in: • • • • • •

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Zelfwerkzaam Teamplayer Beschikbaar voor min. 3 maanden, min. 3 dagen per week

Is deze stage echt iets voor jou? Of heb je nog vragen? Neem dan contact op met Lidwien Jansen of Sigrid van der Ploeg van de afdeling PR & Communicatie . Contact Aletta zoekt een stagiair als versterking van de afdeling Informatiediensten. Je draait mee in alle taken van een informatiespecialist. Ook krijg je de kans actief mee te denken over de mogelijkheden van digitalisering, internet en social media voor Aletta. Digitale collectie Voor de bibliotheek- en archiefwereld is digitalisering de toekomst. Ook Aletta zet belangrijke stappen in het digitaliseren van haar collecties. Er is al een online archief met video-interviews en een ‘full-text online’ beschikbare collectie (historische) boeken en tijdschriften. Bovendien ontwikkelt Aletta websites, databases en digitale dossiers waar informatie over specifieke onderwerpen te vinden is. Sinds een jaar zijn alle databases en collecties via de integrale zoekfunctie op de website eenvoudig doorzoekbaar. Kenniscentrum Aletta wil met de verzamelde kennis en informatie zoveel mogelijk mensen van dienst zijn. Daarom richt de afdeling Informatiediensten zich nu meer op interactieve dienstverlening en communicatie met haar online klanten. Een webshop maakt het bijv. mogelijk online bestellingen te plaatsen en op de website staan dossiers over actuele onderwerpen. Aletta is ook actief via Twitter, Facebook en verschillende blogs. Aletta biedt jou (ervaring in): •

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Opleiding: 3e of 4e jaar Informatie Dienstverlening en -management, Communicatiesystemen of Digitale communicatie Affiniteit met emancipatie, diversiteit en/of geschiedenis Kennis in en ervaring met social media Leergierig Zelfwerkzaam en een teamplayer Beschikbaar voor min. 3 maanden, min. 3 dagen per week

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Studies, each for two-year appointments beginning in 2011-12. Fellowships will reside in any of the following three areas/departments: Anthropology, Religion or Women’s Studies. Thus, we invite applications from recent PhDs who can teach Islamic Studies courses in Cultural Anthropology or in Religion, and/or within our Women’s Studies program. The two-year non-renewable postdoctoral fellowships are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and provide the opportunity to teach in a liberal arts college setting. Fellows will have the opportunity to craft and teach courses in their areas of specialty. The teaching load is 2 courses in the first year and 3 courses in the second. Each fellow will be mentored by a scholar within their field (i.e. Anthropology, Religion or Women’s Studies) and will also be provided with a mentor outside of their field. To apply, please send a c.v. and a cover letter which describes your areas of specialty and a statement about your interest in teaching in a liberal arts environment. Please also send material on your teaching history, which includes sample syllabi and course evaluations. Applications will be accepted until both positions are filled, but preliminary interviews will be conducted at the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). Thus, review of applications will begin in November 2010. Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Evelyn Staudinger, Provost’s Office, 508-286-3580 or 508-286-8212. Please send applications to: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Provost’s Office, Wheaton College, 26 East Main Street, Norton, MA 02766. Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Evelyn Staudinger, Provost’s Office, 508-286-3580 or 508286-8212. Please send TWO copies of application materials. The first should be sent ELECTRONICALLY to Serene Khader at [email protected]. The second copy should be sent in HARD COPY to: Evelyn Staudinger, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Provost’s Office, Wheaton College, 26 East Main Street, Norton, MA 02766. Though we will be considering applications until December, we hope to interview as many candidates as possible at NWSA, so please submit materials as soon as possible for fullest consideration. ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: Justice & Social Inquiry The faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University-Tempe invites applications for two full-time, tenure-track assistant professor positions. http://justice.clas.asu.edu/ in the School of Social Transformation http://sst.clas.asu.edu/. Justice & Social Inquiry is an innovative, interdisciplinary academic program that places social justice at the center of its scholarship and teaching. Our 17 tenure track faculty hold degrees from a range of social science and humanities disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs. We offer a robust undergraduate program with both B.S. and BA degrees in Justice Studies, a minor in Justice Studies, and three undergraduate certificate programs in Economic Justice, Human Rights, and Socio-legal Studies. We also offer an M.S. and PhD in Justice Studies as well as a graduate certificate in Socio-Economic Justice and a PhD/JD option. Our areas of research specialization include: Citizenship, Migration and Human Rights; Globalization, Sustainability and Economic Justice; Law, Policy and Social Change; Media, Technology, and Culture; Social Identities and Communities.

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We seek applications from candidates with research interests in one or more of the following: economic justice/political economy, human rights, media studies, science and technology studies, sustainability. We invite applications from candidates trained in social science and humanities disciplines including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology, or interdisciplinary fields such as American studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, and justice studies. Qualified candidates must have a PhD in a relevant field completed by August 1, 2011. We seek candidates who have a strong research and teaching profile in one or more of the above areas and a commitment to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses from interdisciplinary justice perspectives. For one position, preference will be given to quantitative researchers interested in teaching graduate-level quantitative methods. To apply please send letter of application, writing sample (maximum 30 pages), curriculum vitae, and have three letters of reference sent to Dr. Nancy C. Jurik, Search committee chair. Email address [email protected]. Postal address is Dr. Nancy C. Jurik, c/o Jennifer Brown, Justice & Social Inquiry, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University, PO Box 874902, Tempe AZ 85287-4902. The review of applications will begin on November 29, 2010 and continue until the position is filled. Background check is required for employment and Arizona State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For more information please visit http://justice.clas.asu.edu or contact Dr. Nancy Jurik at [email protected].

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COLOFON Het Nederlands Genootschap Vrouwenstudies Bestuursleden Liedeke Plate (voorzitter) Niels Spierings (secretaris & penningmeester) Eva Midden Marta Zarzycka Linda van der Wal Jeannette van der Sanden Bureau Sanne Versteeg Bestuursadviseurs Mineke Bosch Margo Brouns Kathy Davis Rosemarie Buikema Saskia Keuzenkamp Trude Oorschot Kea Tijdens Mieke Verloo Kopij Aanleveren van kopij voor de Nieuwsbrief kan via e-mail: [email protected] of via de post. Postadres NGV P/a Institute for Gender Studies Postbus 9104 6500 HE Nijmegen Bezoekadres Thomas van Aquinostraat 4 Kamer 00.44 Nijmegen

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