Fundraising Strategies to Support Women on Campus
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An Open Letter to Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty
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Dear Colleagues,
I’m eager to share news of changes underway at the National Women’s Studies Association, where I am serving as President until June 2010, and to invite you to join NWSA and submit papers for the conference in Atlanta, GA from November 12-15, 2009. The conference theme is “Difficult Dialogues.”
NWSA Commitment to Scholarship
NWSA adopted a strategic plan in June 2007 that made central the organization’s commitment to providing support and resources for women’s and gender studies scholars. It established a Research Scholars’ Advisory Board, which I chaired, in order to bring women’s studies scholars into the planning process. NWSA also adopted key suggestions proposed by that group, from moving the annual conference to November to enhancing the role of the NWSA President to serve as an intellectual leader of the organization, especially via conference program planning . .
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NWSA CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2009!!
The NWSA 2009 Annual Conference CFP is now available.
Visit the CFP Forum to find other panelists or to join a panel.
The theme: Difficult Dialogues: NWSA 2009 will examine how feminist intellectual, political, and institutional practices cannot be adequately practiced if the politics of gender are conceptualized (overtly or implicitly) as superseding or transcending the politics of race, sexuality, social class, nation,
NWSA invites all of those interested to submit proposals for panels, papers, workshops, and performances that represent the wide rage of intersectional and transnational scholarship in the US and beyond.
To see the full CFP and to download it, please visit the NWSA Conference site.
Submission Deadline: February 15, 2009
Conference Speaker: Angela Y. Davis
Angela Y. Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. Over the years she has been active as a student, teacher, writer, scholar, and activist/organizer. She is a living witness to the historical struggles of the contemporary era.
Prof. Davis' long-standing commitment to prisoners' rights dates back to her involvement in the campaign to free the Soledad Brothers, which led to her own arrest and imprisonment. Today, she remains an advocate of prison abolition and has developed a powerful critique of racism in the criminal justice system.
Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of five books, including Angela Davis: An Autobiography; Women, Race & Class; and the recently published Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. The Angela Y. Davis Reader, a collection of Prof. Davis' writings that spans nearly three decades, was published in 1998.
Women of Color: Theory, Scholarship, and Activism
June 15-17, 2009 • Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
About the Junior Faculty Institute
Hosted by Spelman College’s Women’s Research and Resource Center in conjunction with the National Women’s Studies Association, the Institute is designed to explore issues of power and privilege and examine intersectional analyses of race, class, nation, sexuality, gender, and globalization which have become central to scholarship and teaching in the field of women’s studies as well as feminist activism. The Institute is funded with generous support from The Ford Foundation.
The three-day Institute will be led by established women of color scholars in women’s studies and will combine readings, lectures, discussion, and media. The Institute will also take advantage of its location in Atlanta. A major site for the Civil Rights Movement, Atlanta today is characterized by strong racial/ethnic diversity and a tradition of African-American leadership in the public sector. It also serves one of the largest gay and lesbian populations in the United States.
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Practicum in Advocacy at the United Nations
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) and the Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University (CWHHR) are offering the opportunity for college students to attend the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings at the United Nations in New York from February 28th - March 7th, 2009. Click here for details and how to apply.
Graduate Guide to work in Women's and Gender Studies: Online Searchable database.
This
valuable tool offers prospective students detailed information about
programs’ faculty, courses, and specializations. Click here to search the database.
Grad Guide- not too late to be included!
It is
the most comprehensive listing of graduate Women’s and Gender Studies programs
available in a convenient format.
Click here for more information on how you can be included in the Graduate Guide
2008 NWSA Speakers Bureau
Our successful speakers bureau, now in its third year, is now offering speakers for 2008. These speakers address a wide range of topics of critical importance to Women's Studies and Gender Studies would make a valuable contribution to your institution's programming.
The speakers have volunteered to give at least one lecture in the 2008-2009 academic year on behalf of NWSA, pending their availability.Speakers donate their time to NWSA, and host institutions pay a $1,000 speaker's fee directly to the National Women's Studies Association, in addition to the speaker's travel and lodging expenses. Speakers' fees will support new and existing projects at NWSA.
If you would like to arrange a lecture or need further information, please click here to see the speakers offered and to fill out a request form.
Mapping Women’s and Gender Studies Data Collection
The National Women's Studies Association established its Mapping Women’s and Gender Studies project to collect data that could provide a comprehensive portrait of these programs and how they manifest themselves in different U.S. institutions of higher education.
With generous support from The Ford Foundation, NWSA partnered with the National Opinion Research Center to conduct its national survey.
Click here to see some key results from the data and to download the report
