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Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education
AdministrationThe Summer Institute for Women n Higher Education Administration
The Summer Institute, sponsored by Bryn Mawr College and HERS, Mid-America,
is currently accepting applications for this summer's institute.
The Institute is one of the premiere training, networking, and professional
development opportunities for women administrators. It is particularly
appropriate and informative for women pursuing increased administrative
responsibilities. Many of the participants are deans, department chairs,
assistant vice presidents, directors, or assistants to the president.
The Institute is a residential program that will run from June 26
through July 22, and will be housed on the Bryn Mawr campus. The program
focuses on the academic environment, the institutional environment,
the external environment, and professional development. Though the
cost of the institute is $6500 (including tuition, room, and board)
plus a $75 non-refundable application fee, all of last year's
participants were funded wholly or partially by their home institutions
or other organizations. Applications must be submitted by March 15,
2005. For more information, contact Cynthia Secor at 303.871.6866
or csecor@du.edu or visit the Institute's website at www.brynmawr.edu/summerinstitute.
Multicultural Perspectives on Science and
Technology: Why Race, Class, and Gender Matter
The New Jersey Project on Inclusive Scholars, Curriculum, and
Teaching is hosting its Spring Conference on Multicultural Perspectives
on Science and Technology: Why Race, Class, and Gender Matter. This
conference will be held in the Student Center at the New Jersey Institute
of Technology in Newark, NJ on Friday, April 8, 2005. Sue V. Rosser,
the Dean of the Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology,
will give the keynote address. Other speakers and workshops include
Mary Monroe Atwater, Multiculturalizing Science Courses in Authentic
Ways; Angela Ginorio, Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science
and Engineering: Physics and Women's Studies Working Together;
Catherine Middlecamp, What Do Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Have to
Do with Thermodynamics?; Sue V. Rosser, Using an NSF ADVANCE Project
for Institutional Transformation That Includes Multicultural Perspectives;
Banu Subramaniam, Teaching "Naturecultures;" and David
Targan, Why Race, Class, and Gender Matter: Institutional Transformation
Throughout the Sciences.
The conference registration fee is $30.00 until March 30; after March
30, it's $35. A special offer includes conference registration
plus a 1-year subscription to Transformations: The Journal of
Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy for $40 ($45 after March 30).
The registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and conference
materials. To receive a registration form or for more information,
call 973.720.2296.
Power Matters: Reshaping Agendas through
Women's Leadership Conference
The National Council for Research
on Women, in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Women and
Society at the City University of New York Graduate Center, is sponsoring
a conference on women's leadership. It will be held June 6-7,
2005 at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Conference topics include
"Leading for Change across Sectors and Nations," "Gender,
Authority, and the Media," "Strategies for Women's
Political Leadership and Engagement," "What's New
(and Old) about Women and Men in Science," "Incarcerated
Women: Rethinking Prisoner's Needs and Rights," and "Reproductive
Justice: Expanding the Debate," to name a few. Among those scheduled
to speak are Mimi Abramowitz (Hunter College School of Social Work),
Irasema Garza (Women's Rights Department, AFSCME), Kalpana Krishnamurthy
(Third Wave Foundation), and Beverly Guy Sheftall (Spelman College).
Register by May 1 toreceive a discount. Registration for the full
conference is $160 for the first registrant from a member center/$120
for all additional registrants from a member center, $160 for non-members,
and $50 for students. It is also possible to register for individual
days at various rates. To register or to learn more about the conference,
visit www.ncrw.org. You may also contact
Nellie Sung at nsung@ncrw.org or 212.785.7335
for more information.
Women for Women International: Call for
Papers
Women for Women International, a non-profit, humanitarian organization,
is seeking submissions for its bi-annual academic journal, Critical
Half, about economic, social, and political issues as they relate
to women in international development and post-conflict societies.
Critical Half is a venue for debate among professionals and
practitioners, addressing issues from various viewpoints. It targets
the international development and post-conflict reconstruction community,
including but not limited to government policymakers, the United Nations,
international and overseas NGOs, U.S. foundations, and philanthropists.
The upcoming issue of Critical Half will focus on the institutionalization
of gender equality in post-war constitutions. The transition from
conflict to stability offers a unique window of opportunity to build
a foundation of gender equality that sets a precedent for the status
of gender relations throughout a society. Critical Half will
examine this process, including lessons learned from the experience
of various countries, and analyze the structural and situational factors
that can challenge the translation of constitutional language into
effecting change on the ground, such as socio-cultural resistance
and lack of resources and/or political will.
Articles should present a theoretical framework as well as the practical
implications resulting from its implementation. In addition, they
should be written in a style that is accessible to Women for Women
International's 35,000 grassroots supporters, in order to educate
them about the issues that must be addressed so that women are included
in, and best served by, the programs intended to rebuild their communities.
Articles should be 2,000-2,500 words long and are due February 1,
2005. For more information about the call for papers or to read past
issues of Critical Half, visit www.womenforwomen.org.
Investing in Women in Development (IWID)
Fellowships
IWID Fellowships offer qualified, mid-career applicants the opportunity
to pursue a hands-on development experience in an international setting
for twelve months. The principal purpose of the IWID Fellows Program
is to provide missions and USAID Office of Women in Development units
with experienced professionals who, in addition to gender analytical
skills, offer technical expertise and assistance in the areas of democracy,
governance and conflict prevention, economic growth, agriculture and
trade, girls' education, environment, energy, or information technology.
Administered by the Institute of International Education in partnership
with USAID, IWID Fellows receive a stipend, housing supplement, international
and in-country travel for work, insurance, and settle-in and settle-out
costs. IWID Fellows work with mentors during their assignments who
help fellows craft work plans and objectives. Positions are available
in ninety participating countries in Africa, Asia and Pacific Islands,
Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South and Central America, and the
Caribbean. For more information about IWID Fellowships, visit www.iie.org/Template.cfm?Section=Scholars&template=/Activity/ActivityDisplay.cfm&ActivityID=304.
Women and the Environment: Globalizing
and Mobilizing
The National Women's Studies Association will hold its 26th annual
conference in Orlando, FL, on "Women and the Environment: Globalizing
and Mobilizing" on June 9-12, 2005. The conference will focus on a
strand of feminism that emerged in the 1980's and has been variously
described as ecofeminism, envirofeminism, ecological feminist, and
feminist ecology. The discourse has embraced an increasingly diverse
body of scholarship and activism addressing the complex relationships
and theoretical orientations women have with their external physical
and social environments and their internal physiological and psychological
environments. Keynote speaker Vandana Shiva holds a PhD in particle
physics and quantum theory and is the founder of Navdanya, a national
movement dedicated to protecting diversity and the integrity of living
resources from destructive globalization and biotechnology practices
and policies. Plenary speakers include Winona LaDuke, Jill Schneiderman,
and Karen J. Warren (Women and the Environment); Belinda Boyd and
Ntozake Shange (Theatrical Presentation and Commentary); and Marilyn
Hughes Gaston, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, and Kathleen Woodward
(Aging and Ageism). Other presentations will address a broad range
of topics on women and the environment, including environmental justice,
environmental racism, agromedicine, women's health, reproductive technologies,
animal rights, social ecology, bioregionalism, indigenous rights,
biopolitics, genetic and bio-engineering, biodiversity, sustainability,
women-in-development, spiritualism, history, and economics, as well
as topics in other areas of Women's Studies work. Visit www.nwsaconference.org
for more information about the conference and registration.
"Women, Tenure, and Promotion:" Call for
Papers
The National Women's Studies Association Journal is producing
a special issue on "Women, Tenure, and Promotion," co-edited by Dr.
Ines Shaw, Dr. Sharon Leder, and Dr. Betty Harris. After more than
three decades of women's studies in the academy and a steady increase
of women faculty in higher education across the disciplines, it is
appropriate to take stock of what we have learned and what still needs
to be accomplished. Contributors may consider the status of women
and changing the structures; mentoring; student evaluations and faculty
ratings; court trends; and tenure and promotion struggles and denials.
Authors should submit two copies of a 150-word abstract along with
a completed essay of twenty-thirty pages (including abstract, notes,
and references) by May 1, 2005. The full call for papers is available
at www.nwsa.org/conferences.html.
For NWSA Journal style and submission guidelines, please
visit www.nwsaj.engl.iastate.edu/.
The McGill Centre for Research and Teaching
on Women Visiting Scholars Program
Scholars are invited to apply for visiting scholar positions at the
McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women (MCRTW) in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. MCRTW promotes research and teaching in the field
of women's studies. The Centre organizes workshops, conferences, seminars,
lectures, and other special events; offers graduate research scholarships,
faculty seed grants, internships, and visiting scholar positions;
and coordinates the undergraduate major and minor women's studies
programs. Through the visiting scholar program, the Centre provides
office space and support, ongoing seminar and workshop programs, and
contact with other women's studies scholars at McGill and surrounding
universities for scholars seeking to conduct research about women.
Visiting scholars may spend one or two academic terms at MCRTW. Limited
research funding of $1,000 per term is available, though scholars
are encouraged to seek external grants as well. Candidates who need
advance notice of a position are invited to apply one year in advance.
For more information about the program or application details, visit
www.mcgill.ca/mcrtw/funding/visiting/.
Plan Ahead: Joint Conferences on Women,
Policy, Politics, and Economics
Three organizations--the International Association for Feminist Economics,
the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and the Research Network
on Gender Politics, and the State--will be hosting joint conferences
in June 2005 in Washington, DC.
The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) will
host the 14th Annual Conference on Feminist Economics on June 17-19.
The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is a
non-profit organization that seeks to advance feminist inquiry of
economic issues and to educate economists and others on feminist points
of view on economic issues. For more information about IAFFE and the
conference, visit www.iaffe.org/iaffe/Default.asp.
Immediately following the IAFFE conference, The Institute for Women's
Policy Research (IWPR) will host the Eighth International Women's
Policy Research Conference on June 19-21. The conference theme, "When
Women Gain, So Does the World," centers on the reality that investing
in women's status globally is important not only for women themselves
but also for the economic and social well-being of entire communities,
institutions, and nations. Conference topics include: Labor, Trade,
Business, and the Economy; Health, Human Security, and Women's Rights;
Poverty and Income Security; Women's Leadership, Civic Engagement,
and Social Change; and Family, Culture, and Population. For more details
about the conference program, please visit www.iwpr.org.
The Research Network on Gender Politics will host a mini-conference
during the IWPR conference. RNGP is a network of researchers collaborating
on a long-term research project studying late-twentieth-century women's
movements and the way governments have responded to these movements.
The RNGP mini-conference, "Government Allies for Gender Equity: A
Transatlantic Dialog," will present the network's findings to policy
practitioners from several countries studied in the project. Visit
libarts.wsu.edu/polisci/rngs/conference.html
for more information.
Individuals who register for both the IAFFE and IWPR conferences
will receive a discount of $25 off the registration fee.
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