The Korean Association for Feminist Studies in English Literature (KAFSEL, fsel.org) will host a one-day international conference on “Asian Feminisms and Contemporary Cultural Production” on May 10, 2025. The bi-lingual (Korean and English) conference will be held at Seoul National University. We hope to promote a wide-ranging and inclusive discussion on contemporary women writers and artists in and around Asia, the varieties of feminist and queer interventions in Asian contexts, and new challenges in contemporary feminist theory. We welcome proposals for 15-20 minute papers related to the topics above. Graduate students are also welcome to submit proposals. Keynote speakers TBA shortly.

Papers may address, but need not be limited to:

-       Feminist storytelling and narrative in Asian literatures

-       Feminist engagement with gender politics in contemporary cultural production in Asia

-       Reception and translation of Asian women writers in global contexts

-       Intersections of gender, race and class in Asian women’s writing

-       Asian women in the publishing and new media industries

-       Ecofeminism and environmental justice in Asian contexts

-       Gender and sexuality studies in Asia

-       Representations of gendered violence and resistance in Asian cultures

-       Politics of reproduction, intimacy, and care in Asia

-       Feminist digital activism in Asian contexts

-       Asian feminism in relation to Western feminism

-       Queer feminist narratives in Asian pop cultural production

-       Technology, affect, and gender in Asian contexts

-       Beyond Asian femininity

-       Feminist film theory in Asia

-       Feminism in the Age of AI

Deadline for submission: March 10, 2025. Please send a 250-word abstract with a short bio (including contact info) to fselconference@gmail.com. Proposals will be accepted in both Korean and English. Accepted papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of our journal Feminist Studies in English Literature.