Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institutes 2007: Leadership and Management Development for Women in Higher Education

HERS Institutes offer intensive residential professional development experiences for women in mid- and senior level positions in higher education administration. The curriculum prepares participants for institutional leadership roles with knowledge, skills and perspectives for achieving institutional priorities and maximizing institutional resources. In addition, HERS Institute participants work with HERS Faculty and HERS Alumnae to develop the professional skills and networks needed for advancing as leaders in higher education administration.

1. HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute.  Bryn Mawr College.  June 23-July 18, 2007.  Tuition, Meals, Housing: $6950.  Application Deadline: March 1, 2007.
2. HERS Management Institute—Denver.  University of Denver.  2007: August 5-10; September 14-15; October 12-13; November 9-10.  Tuition, Meals, Housing: $4600.  Application Deadline: May 1, 2007.
3. HERS Management Institute—Wellesley.  Wellesley College.  2007: October 18-20; November 16-17; 2008: January 25-26; March 13-15; April 25-26.  Tuition & Meals only: $3400 (housing additional).  Application deadline: August 1, 2007.

To learn more, visit www.hersnet.org.

Two Calls for Submissions--International Museum of Women

1. Image & Identity: Culture Behind Clothes:
Appearances aren’t everything, or are they? Join us in exploring the world of self-expression. Some people express themselves through the style of clothes they wear. Clothes can express a part of who we are or the culture we represent. A lot of young women today are also becoming increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability. Are green, recycled, or eco-chic clothes a part of your wardrobe? In a time when going to the plastic surgeon is as easy as booking an appointment at the dentist, what kind of body image do young women have today? Send us your answers to these questions and your work. We are looking for original clothing designs, photographs, film, essays and more. These months are all about exploring the different ways we shape our identity (express ourselves), whether it be through our culture, the music we listen to, or the clothes we wear. How do you express yourself? Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2007

2. Film Festival:
A cinematic experience online. Take part in this unique experience--a two month film festival--online! This is an amazing chance for up and coming women filmmakers to have their work viewed by a worldwide audience. We are looking for all types of films--documentaries, short films, animation, music videos, basically any kind of film you can think of, they just have to be made by a female director. Dealine for submissions: July 1, 2007

To learn more, visit: /imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/CallForSubmissions.aspx

Call for Submissions--Genre: International Journal of Literature and the Arts

Call for submissions for Genre, an International Journal of Literature and the Arts at California State University, Long Beach, for an issue on Women, Sexuality and Early Modern Studies. We welcome submissions of papers on a full range of topics addressing writings by and about women and the feminine in the medieval and renaissance periods, including interchanges between East and West. Papers can be devoted (but not limited) to: medieval and early modern female authors and/or figures, depictions of the feminine in medieval and renaissance European and/or Arabic literature, contemporary invocations of medieval femininity, women and hagiography, religious education and women, women and the arts, women in courtly poetry, in sufi literature, or in medieval Islam; feminist women in the Thousand and One Nights, mothers, daughters, and matriarchy. Papers with comparative topics and methodologies are especially welcome. All papers should follow the MLA Modern Language Association of America style with parenthetical sources and a works cited but without footnotes or end notes and be no longer than 5000 words. Deadline of receipt of papers is 1 May 2007.

Send papers (or inquiries) to:

F. Elizabeth Dahab, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Department of Comparative World Literature and Classics
California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA 90840
Tel.: 562 985 9320 (Office) Fax: 562 985 4863 (Dept office)
Email: genrejournal@gmail.com