Sorry for cross-posting. > Hello, > Below is a CFP for the 2009 Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) conference. > The conference will be hosted by the Women Scholars in the History of > Rhetoric and Composition and Michigan State University’s Graduate > Program in Rhetoric and Writing at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing, > MI from October 7-9, 2009. We welcome proposals from various > disciplines. Non-traditional presentations (such as discussions, > dialogues, and performances) are also welcome. Please circulate widely. > Best, > Jessica Rivait > > > The 2009 Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference > “Enabling Complexities: Communities/Writing/Rhetorics” > Michigan State University / East Lansing, Michigan / October 7–9, 2009 > The 2009 Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) conference will be sponsored by > the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & > Composition and hosted by the Rhetoric & Writing program at Michigan > State University. We invite proposals that: > *reflect the complexity and diversity of who “we” are as a scholarly > community; > *make manifest the deep structure of the connections, intersections, > and overlaps that actually make us a community; > *help articulate who “we” are as a deliberate community of scholars, > and what that means about our > responsibilities and relationships to one another across scholarly > areas and institutional positions; > *highlight scholarly and teacherly activities that deliberately create > space for more complex notions > of scholarship and teaching within the discipline of Rhet/Comp; > *include and significantly engage communities outside of the academy; > *focus on antiracist pedagogies and scholarship; present > interdisciplinary scholarship in Afrafeminist > Rhetorics; American Indian Rhetorics, Chicana Rhetorics, Asian > American Rhetorics, post/neo- > colonial rhetorics; > *highlight the intellectual traditions of women’s communities, > especially communities constellated > around specific identity markers such as race, ethnicity, class, > sexual orientation issues, geographic > origins; > *explore the relationships between written, oral, and material > discursive production; > *and other topics that address the connections in the conference theme. > We also welcome proposals on relevant topics not directly addressed > above, that significantly engage disciplines other than Rhet/Comp, and > that have consequences for communities located outside of the academy. > Although traditional presentations are acceptable, we encourage > participants to create formats that go beyond the read-aloud academic > paper. Interactive sessions that include discussions, dialogues, and > performances are especially welcome. Proposals should be uploaded to > the FemRhet 2009 web site (www.femrhet.cwshrc.org), and can be for: > *20-minute individual presentations (250-word proposals) > *90-minute 3–4 member panels (500-word proposals) > *90-minute workshops or roundtables (500-word proposals) > Please plan to submit a title, a proposal the length indicated above, > and a program-ready, booklet-friendly 50-word blurb for the presentation. > Proposal System: December 15, 2008 > Open Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2009 > Acceptances Distributed: April 30, 2009 > > > For more information: Contact Malea Powell ([log in to unmask]), Nancy > DeJoy ([log in to unmask]), or Rhea Lathan ([log in to unmask]). > > Jessica Rivait, M.A. > Doctoral Student in Rhetoric and Writing > 283 Bessey Hall > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48824 > "...In the end our most valuable asset is not the doctrines we hold > dear, but our ability to think without them." > ~John Wittman > "Her work, I really think her work > is finding what her real work is > and doing it, > her work, her own work, > her being human, > her being in the world." > ~U.K. Le Guin -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-