Call For Papers

THIRD ANNUAL AUSTIN COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE IN THE HUMANITIES:

Gender and the Humanities

April 21-23, 2006

Austin College invites submission of essays related to gender, especially
in the humanities.

Topics include but are not limited to:

* (Acceptance of) Transgendered people
* Alternative families
* Challenge of traditional gender categories
* Construction and gendering of bodies
* Feminist theory and criticism
* Gay and lesbian marriage
* Gender in popular culture and media
* Gender and queer theory
* Gender in art/literature or films/theater
* Gender in history
* Homophobia
* Masculinity studies
* Power relationships and gender
* Race and gender

Priority deadline is February 28th, 2006.

Abstracts should be 100-300 words

Questions and abstracts can be submitted by email to
mpierce_at_austincollege.edu
or through mail to:

Martha Pierce
Student Coordinator Suite #61267
Conference on Gender and the Humanities
Austin College
900 N. Grand Ave.
Sherman, TX 75090

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