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Newsletter of the AFS Women's Section
Announcements and Calls for Papers
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Eli Köngas-Maranda Prize
The Women's Section of the AFS requests submissions for the EKM Prizes. The Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize is awarded annually for two outstanding works on women's traditional, vernacular, or local culture and/or for work on feminist theory and folklore. The content of the nominations must focus on some aspect of women's folklore. The award goes to the producer/author of an exemplary product (publication, film, video, exhibit, exhibit catalogue, recording, etc.) that can inspire further work in the field of women's folklore.
There are two prize categories for this award, a Student Prize ($100) and a Non-student/Professional Prize ($250).
The Student Prize The student nomination must have been presented at the 2000 or 2001 AFS annual meeting and must be the paper as it was delivered, rather than an edited version after the presentation. If you attended the 2001 AFS meeting and heard a great student presentation, please encourage that person to submit the paper for consideration. Students should submit three copies of their delivered presentation to the prize committee chair (Elisabeth Nixon) no later than 10 a.m. on Thursday of the AFS meeting. Earlier submissions are strongly encouraged, even electronic submissions as attachments, to the address below.
Non-student/Professional Prize The non-student prize nomination must have been published/produced after January 1, 2000. Please send three copies of the nomination/submission to the committee chair for distribution to the committee members. Nominations for this category must be received by the committee chair by AUGUST 15, 2002. Those submitting exhibits for consideration should include a complete script, along with installation and object photographs. Those submitting video must also submit three copies,
please label each copy.
The person submitting the nomination is responsible for indicating which category the nomination is to be considered. Both prizes will be presented at the 2002 AFS annual business meeting and at the Women's Section meeting. You do not have to be a member of AFS to win.
Please send entries to:
Elisabeth Nixon
Center for Folklore Studies
226 East Royal Forest Blvd
Columbus OH 43214-2128
email: nixon.45@osu.edu
posted 7/22/2002
MAKING AN APPEARANCE: Fashion, Dress and Consumption [November 30, 2002]
International Conference
July 10-13 2003 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
http://www.fashion2003.net
Making an Appearance: An International Conference on Fashion, Dress, and Consumption, will be hosted by The Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland, in association with the Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, in Brisbane, Australia from July 10-13, 2003. Details are now available on the website, and the Committee are now calling for paper submissions.
Please send a two hundred word abstract by November 30th 2002. Abstract submission will be available online at http://www.fashion2003.net or via email to cccs@uq.edu.au. Please circulate this email to your colleagues and others who may be interested in attending this conference.
Fashion and dress are key ways in which any culture puts on an appearance - both for the benefit of its own members and for those beyond its boundaries. 'Making an Appearance' is a conference that opens up, for the first time in an Australian university setting, the subject of fashion for public debate and discussion. The event has three main purposes. Firstly to bring together academics in the fields of fashion, dress and consumption studies, as well as cultural theorists, historians and sociologists, to examine and critique its many meanings and implications, and to discuss the current state of the
discipline. Secondly, Australia's fashion industry is at an interesting point in respect of its growth and place within global markets. This has important implications for the study of dress. So the further expectation is that academics have the special opportunity to meet with industry practitioners and fashion professionals, thereby finding areas of common interest and points of intersection. The third purpose is to place a focus on fashion today. This means we wish to place some emphasis on the ways in which the cultures of youth, product branding, sport, the new technologies, customisation and subcultural style now drive fashion and its changes.
We welcome papers that address issues outlined above. But we are especially interested in attracting as wide a range of topics, dealing with fashion and dress, as possible. This will allow us to spread out debate across all facets and aspects of contemporary fashion, dress and consumption. We are also happy to consider offers to organise panels of papers around a single topic. We hope to place some emphasis on:- Fashion, gender and urban life
- Youth, branding and fashion
- Body adornment, hairstyles and cosmetics
- Cinema and stage dress
- Dress and religion
- Fashion and the culture industry
- Fashion and sport
- Cutting edge fashion and new technologies
- Fashion and aesthetics
- The fashion industry - representation and journalism
All papers to be submitted via electronic format: Either online at http://www.fashion2003.net or via email to cccs@uq.edu.au
All abstracts to be 200 words or less - in Times Roman 12 Font single spacing.If sending by email, please insert abstract text in body of email and also send attachment saved as a rich text file. Attachments should be named FASH-Yourlastnameinitial-date(ddmmyy).rtf eg:FASH-SmithJ-200502.rtf
Contact Details (about your paper):
Dr Margaret Maynard
School of English, Media Studies and Art History
The University of Queensland
St Lucia Q 4072
Australia
Phone 07 - 33652960 Fax 07 - 33652799 email:
M.Maynard@uq.edu.au
For all other conference queries please contact:
Ms Andrea Mitchell
Project Officer, Centre for Critical & Cultural Studies
7th Floor Duhig Tower,
Social Sciences and Humanities Library,
University of Queensland,
St. Lucia, QLD 4072 Australia
Phone: 61 7 3365 7182 Fax: 61 7 3365 7184
Email: a.mitchell@uq.edu.au
posted 7/12/2002
Call for Contributors: Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife
Bored with your summer? Too much free time on your hands? Itching to do some writing?
I know most of you have heard of this already, but I am still soliciting contributors for the Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife. With the aid of several illustrious members of the Women's Section Listserv (and others), we've had a headword list for a while. Now we just need all you scholars out there to contribute! There are still plenty of entries left, just waiting for your wisdom and writing skills.
Please contact me if you would like to receive more information, including a copy of available headwords.
Theresa A. Vaughan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities and Philosophy
University of Central Oklahoma
100 North University Drive
Edmond, OK 73034
(405) 974-3434
fax (405) 974-3823
theresa@artlore.net OR tvaughan@ucok.edu
posted 7/12/2002
CFP: Eli Köngas-Maranda Prize
The Women's Section of the AFS requests submissions for the EKM Prizes. The Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize is awarded annually for two outstanding works on women's traditional, vernacular, or local culture and/or for work on feminist theory and folklore. The content of the nominations must focus on some aspect of women's folklore. The award goes to the producer/author of an exemplary product (publication, film, video, exhibit, exhibit catalogue, recording, etc.) that can inspire further work in the field of women's folklore.
There are two prize categories for this award, a Student Prize ($100) and a Non-student/Professional Prize ($250).
The student nomination must have been presented at the 2000 or 2001 AFS annual meeting and must be the paper as it was delivered, rather than an edited version after the presentation. If you attended the 2001 AFS meeting and heard a great student presentation, please encourage that person to submit the paper for consideration. Students should submit three copies of their delivered presentation to the prize committee chair (Elisabeth Nixon) no later than 10 a.m. on Thursday of the AFS meeting. Earlier submissions are strongly encouraged, even electronic submissions as attachments, to the address below.
The non-student prize nomination must have been published/produced after January 1, 2000. Please send three copies of the nomination/submission to the committee chair for distribution to the committee members. Nominations for this category must be received by the committee chair by July 15, 2002.
Those submitting exhibits for consideration should include a complete script, along with installation and object photographs. Those submitting video must also submit three copies, please label each copy.
The person submitting the nomination is responsible for indicating which category the nomination is to be considered. Both prizes will be presented at the 2002 AFS annual business meeting and at the Women's Section meeting. You do not have to be a member of AFS to win.
Please send entries to:
Elisabeth Nixon
Center for Folklore Studies
226 East Royal Forest Blvd
Columbus OH 43214-2128
email: nixon.45@osu.edu
posted 7/05/2002
CFP: Special Issue, Journal of Homosexuality: "The Contested Terrain of Queer Theory and GLBT Studies" [October 1, 2002]
Submissions are invited for a special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality. The theme for the issue is the relationships between Queer Theory and LGBT Studies. Both fields seek to liberate sexual and gender minorities/outlaws from oppressive heterosexism and sexual and gender prejudice that have been, and continue to be, harmful to those who do not fit gender and sexual norms. Though LGBT Studies and Queer Theory are in many ways similar and often overlap conceptually, methodologically, and in terms of scholars and practitioners, there are also areas of significant difference, sometimes leading to tension between advocates of both approaches.
The anticipated publication date for this special issue is Winter 2003/2004.
Extended abstracts (750 - 1000 words) or drafts of articles are invited. Relevant topic areas include:
- Explorations of the evolution of LGBT and Queer studies, including contested areas of their parallel and divergent histories
- Detailed articulations of their fundamental assumptions, for example, how terms such as sex, gender, and sexual identity are conceptualized
- Considerations of praxis, including past effectiveness and potentials for political activism, pedagogy, and other interventions
- Critiques of the record to date and explications of fruitful future directions in addressing intersections of sexuality with race, class, disability/ability, religion
- Case studies, particularly in relation to the above topic areas
Individuals with questions about this special issue are encouraged to contact the Guest Editor. The deadline for submissions is October 1st, 2002. Please send four copies of the extended abstracts with a self-addressed and stamped envelope to: Dr. Karen E. Lovaas Guest Editor, Journal of
Homosexuality San Francisco State University Department of Speech and Communication Studies 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132
Voicemail: 415-338-1713 Email: klovaas@igc.org
posted 7/05/2002
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