Building on Hmong Women's Assets: Past, Present, and Future

This conference, to be held September 16-17, 2005 in St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN, will focus primarily on the past, present, and future roles and contributions of Hmong women, a topic that has been routinely overlooked in the academic literature. The two-day conference seeks to counter the prevailing theme in the social science literature that characterizes Hmong refugees as "inassimilable into the American nation" because of their social and cultural practices. The organizers also aim to fill in the gaps in those histories that portray only the contributions made by Hmong men in the "Secret War of Laos," and focus instead on Hmong women's contributions to their community and beyond.

For more information on the conference, contact Chia Youyee Vang (vang0147@umn.edu), Krystal Vujongyia (Krystal.Vujongyia@state.mn.us), or Julie Keown-Bomar (jkbomar@umn.edu, 612.625.2385) about any questions or clarifications. Preliminary conference information can be found at www.hmongstudies.com/HmongWomensConference.html.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announces the opening of its 2006-2007 fellowship competition. The Center awards 20-25 academic year residential fellowships annually in an international competition to individuals with outstanding project proposals on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate issues of contemporary importance. Applicants must hold a doctorate or have equivalent professional experience. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Fellows are provided private offices, access to the Library of Congress, Windows-based personal computers, and research assistants. To request application materials please contact the Center at T 202-691-4170, F 202-691-4001 or email: fellowships@wwic.si.edu. Application forms may also be downloaded from the Center's website at www.wilsoncenter.org. Deadline: October 1, 2005

Call For Papers: Politics & Gender

Politics & Gender, a new journal devoted to exploring "gender and women across the major subfields of political science, including comparative politics, international relations, political theory, and U.S. politics." Articles that critically analyze and challenge standard categories and methodologies are encouraged, as are those that explore questions, concerns, and problems within political science through the lens of "gender difference." Possible areas of focus include (but are not limited to): intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, and ethnicity; feminist theory, masculinity and masculinism, and traditional subfields (i.e., globalization, political theory, comparative politics, elections, transnationalism, political movements, etc.).

Articles may be submitted electronically or by hard copy. For electronic submissions, send a PDF, Word, or WordPerfect document to: politicsandgender@cambridge.org. To submit a hard-copy manuscript, mail five copies to: Editors, Politics & Gender, Department of Political Science, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, USA. For detailed manuscript preparation instructions, visit www.cambridge.org/us/journals/journal_ifc.asp?mnemonic=PAG.