Symposium on Gender Research - CfP

[Susanne Oelkers]

Dear Flingsters,

The conference announcement that follows is not directly related to
gender and language/communication issues.  Nevertheless, it might be
interesting for some of you or your colleagues and friends.  We would be
very pleased about abstracts dealing e.g., with the language of
scientific descriptions.

Best,
Susanne Oelkers

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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"THE NATURE OF GENDER - THE GENDER OF NATURE"
5TH SYMPOSIUM ON GENDER RESEARCH
AT CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS UNIVERSITY AT KIEL, GERMANY
NOVEMBER, 10-12, 2000

We are planning to explore gender as a category within the natural
sciences and technology in four sessions with both, a plenary lecture by
a keynote speaker and an open panel session in a less formal setting.
Contributions for the panel sessions will be solicited through an
international "Call for Papers."  The sessions will encompass topics
like the following:

"Gender between nature and culture"
- sex vs. gender?
- gendering natural and cultural sciences
- body politics
- cyberspace and cybersociety

"Natural sciences and technology as "male" projects?"
- historical and contemporary presence of women in the natural sciences
and technology
- the critique of science and de-gendered visions
- concepts for the advancement of women

"Gender-typed treatment of resources: Environment - agriculture -
nutrition"
- sustainability
- perspectives for developing countries
- Agenda 21
- environmental education

"Gender and technology"
e.g., in information technology, computer science, genetic engineering
and reproductive medicine, ...

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:
* Prof. Dr. ANNE FAUSTO-STERLING
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
Brown University at Providence, RI, USA
* Prof. Dr. LYDIA P. MAKHUBU
President of TWOWS - Third World Organization for Women in Science
University of Swaziland at Kwaluseni
* Prof. Dr. NELLY E. J. OUDSHOORN
Department of Science and Technology Dynamics
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* Prof. Dr. JUDY WAJCMAN
Research School of Social Sciences
Australian National University at Canberra

CALL FOR PAPERS
Proposals for presentations related to the topics of the four main
sessions or to the overarching theme of the symposium are invited
worldwide from researchers of all academic disciplines.  Proposals may
be either for oral presentations in concurrent sessions (30 minutes
alloted, 10 minutes discussion time included) or for poster
presentation. For both presentation formats an abstract is required
which should be written in English (preferable) or German and be no
longer than one typewritten page.  Electronic submissions (rtf format or
regular email message) will also be accepted.

CONFERENCE VOLUME
ZiF has its own publication series, in which selected contributions from
the symposium will be published.

CONFERENCE FEES
- registration prior to October 1st, 2000: DM 150  /DM 50
(students/unemployed)
- registration after October 1st, 2000: DM 175  /DM 60
(studensts/unemployed)
(We have limited funds for financial support in special cases!!)

KEY DATES
Deadline for submission of proposed abstracts: April 1, 2000
Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2000
Symposium: November, 10-12, 2000

The symposium will be sponsored by the Ministery of Education and
Science of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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For further information please contact
Susanne Oelkers
ZiF-Zentrum fuer interdisziplinaere Frauenforschung
Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel
Olshausenstr. 40
D-24098 Kiel
phone (German code) (0)431/5 79 49-51, FAX -50
home  http://www.uni-kiel.de/zif/
e-mail  <oelkers at zif.uni-kiel.de>