Conferences & Funding

Now in its fifth year, the theme for Queertopia! this May 25-27 at Northwestern University is Sexing the Law: Love as/at the Limit. Abstracts of 250 words are due FEBRUARY 28th to nuqpgsa@gmail.com , along with a 100 word presentation summary & 75 word bio (to go in the conference booklet). This year's theme invites scholars, artists, and activists from all disciplines to sex the law; that is, to explore the violent / erotic tension between sexuality and "law" in the broadest sense possible. As always, Queertopia! is an interdisciplinary affair as we invite proposals from all areas of research! Additionally, Queergasm! An Interdisciplinary Performance Event will be part of the academic festival, this year hosted at Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, and as always we'll close out the conference with a celebratory party. Queertopia! is sponsored by Northwestern University's Queer Pride Graduate Student Association and The Graduate School. We want you t...

The deadline to submit your work to the 23rd Annual Elizabeth Cady Stanton Student Research Conference is coming up on February 27th! Every spring, the Gender and Women's Studies program organizes the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Conference to highlight and celebrate the incisive work produced by students from all across campus during the previous year. It features a number of panels where both undergraduate and graduate students present their work, as well as a keynote address from an invited scholar. This year's keynote speaker is Cynthia Enloe, Professor in the Departments of International Development, Community, and Enviroment and Women's Studies at Clark University. Click here  for more information on the Gender and Women's Studies website, or  Click here to view their Call for Papers poster.

The University of Delaware would like to extend an invitation to Villanova University's English department for the symposium "Celebrating Mr. Dickens." The Saturday symposium will take place on February 18, 2012 at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE The Symposium is in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of novelist Charles Dickens. The "Celebrating Mr. Dickens" program includes talks on Dickens and his world by faculty members, a tour of two exhibitions in the University of Delaware Library, and a performance of the author's most celebrated public reading, "Sikes and Nancy." Speakers include:  Margaret D. Stetz, Professor of Humanities, who will speak on "He wanted a wife and a family: Charles Dickens and Women." Thomas Leitch, Professor of English and Director of the Film Studies Program, who will speak on "Dickens, Dickens, and Adaptation." Heidi Kaufman, Associate Professor of English and Jewish Studies, wh...