Fwd: FW: Conference announcement to post and share with colleagues and listservs

[Jen Tang]

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Jen Tang
Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Psychology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
youthgovernance.org

@youthgovern

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Call for Participation
Gendered Rights to the City:
Intersections of Identity & Power
April 19-20, 2015
Feminist Geography Conference
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
http://uwm.edu/igu-gender2015/
 
You are invited to submit proposals for papers, panels, and other types of presentations to this feminist geography conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  This two-day pre-conference to the Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting in Chicago will host scholars, activists, students and faculty from around the world to share their research, pedagogy, activism, and other topics in an informal and stimulating environment. The conference themes include explorations of gender, difference, and power relations in contemporary and historical landscapes. 
 
The conference is located in a racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse city with a rich immigrant and industrial history shaped by labor activism and socialist politics.  Significant deindustrialization and suburbanization in Milwaukee have contributed to urban inequality and racial segregation that have in turn shaped gender identities and women’s activism in the city.
 
Deadline for submission of proposals: January 5, 2015
Possible themes for papers and panels:
                                       

·         Community research and activism                                                            * Gender, power, and difference
·         Intersectionality                                                                                               * Gendered health and the city
·         Unbounding the city: rural-urban connections                                    * Gender and social justice
·         Professional development & mentoring                                                * Feminist pedagogies


Tentative schedule:                                                                      
Sunday, April 19 – Registration, Paper sessions and keynote panel
Monday, April 20 – Papers, panel sessions, and fieldtrip
Tuesday, April 21 - Depart for AAG in Chicago
                                                                                                                See conference website for details on registration
and paper submissions: http://uwm.edu/igu-gender2015/
 
Organized and Hosted by
IGU Commission on Gender and Geography, Geographic Perspectives on Women AAG Specialty Group, and the Department of Geography at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee