S P I R U H A R E T U N I V E R S I T Y , B U C H A R E S T

T h e F a c u l t y o f L e t t e r s

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Faculty of Letters ( ) in collaboration with S p i r u H a r e t U n i v e r s i t y

the Department of German Studies ( ), U n i v e r s i t y o f V i e n n a

and
the Contemporary Science Association (New York),
the Center of Research in Gender Studies affiliated to
the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (New York),
and Addleton Academic Publishers (New York)

invite proposals for the Conference:

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( C o n f e r e n c e v e n u e : S p i r u H a r e t U n i v e r s i t y , F a c u l t y o f L e t t e r s ,

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I n v i t e d s p e a k e r s :

(University of Vienna)
A n n a B a b k a

(Arizona State University)

I l e a n a O r l i c h

(California State University, Long Beach)

N a j i b R e d o u a n e
The rise of g e n d e r s t u d i e s at the end of the 1980s and all through the 1990s coincided
with the acceleration of the globalization process made possible mainly by the rise of
the new democracies and the new permeability of borders in a postcolonial and
postcommunist world, as well as by the unprecedented impact of the revolution in
communication and information technology, with the Internet and the world wide web
transforming the world into what McLuhan described as “the global village” (1962).
Using “gender studies” as an umbrella term, which has come to include women’s
studies, men and masculinity studies and queer studies, the aim of the Conference is to
examine from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives:
1) gendered aspects of the process of globalization, such as the gendered
experiences of the relation between the local/ the national and the global, transnational
processes and gendered borders;
2) various ways in which globalization has impacted the construction of gender
identities and sexualities, the intersection of gender with other categories of identity
such as race, sexuality, age, class and nationality, the construction and representation of
‘masculinity’ and ‘femininity’ as identity categories, gender relations as strategies and
counter-strategies of power, gender regimes, the relation of gender to social and
cultural institutions;
3) the performativity of gender, gender politics, and the representation of gender in
culture, literature, visual arts, film, popular culture, the media. The conference aims also
to discuss new developments in gender theories and new modes of gender knowledge
and critique under the impact of globalization.

We invite proposals from a wide range of areas including the humanities – literature,
law, history, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts (including music and
theatre), anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, and
linguistics, social sciences, behavioral sciences, science and technology, medicine and
public health, democracy studies.
 I n t e r n a t i o n a l A d v i s o r y B o a r d

Professor (University of Vienna)

n n a B a b k a

Professor (Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris XIII)

a r i a n n e B a u d i n

Professor (Dhar EL Mehraz Fès)

B o u c h r a B e n b e l l a

Associate Professor (Spiru Haret University)

i l i a B o n d r e a

E m

Associate Professor (Arizona State University)

F r é d é r i c C a n o v a s

Professor (University of Detroit)

C l a i r e C r a b t r e e

M .

Professor (Spiru Haret University/University of Vienna)

S o r i n G ă d e a n u

Associate Professor (University of Vienna)

S u s a n n e H o c h r e i t e r

Associate Professor (Karlovy University)

l e n k a J e n s t e r l e D o l e ž a l o v á

Dr. (University of Pennsylvania)

i h a e l a J o h n s o n

M M .

Professor (Université de Strasbourg)

H é l è n e L e n z

Professor (University of Michigan-Dearborn)

C a r o l y n W e l l s K r a u s

Associate Professor (DePaul University)

i h o a t s u g u

M M

Professor (University of Central Florida)

a e l a c C a u l e y B u s h

P m M

Professor (University of Bucharest)

o d i c a i h ă i l ă

R M

Dr. (University of Bucharest)

B a r b a r a N e l s o n

Professor (Arizona State University)

l e a n a O r l i c h

Associate Professor (Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV)

f s t r a t i a O k t a p o d a

Professor (University of Nova Gorice)

K a t j a i h u r k o o n i z

M P

Associate Professor (University of Bangor, UK)

a l u c a ă d u l e s c u

R R

Professor (California State University, Long Beach)

N a j i b e d o u a n e

Professor (Spiru Haret University)

D o n i c a Ş e r b a n

Associate Professor (Hokusei Gakuen University)

S h u k o S h i k a t a

Dr. (University of Chicago)

G e o r g e S i p o s

Associate Professor (Middle East University, Amman)

S a b b a r S u l t a n

Associate Professor (Spiru Haret University)

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Presentations should be in English or French, and will be allocated 20 minutes each, plus
10 minutes for discussion. Prospective participants are invited to submit abstracts of up
to 150 words (including 5 keywords) in Word format, with an indication of their
institutional affiliation, and a telephone number and e-mail address at which they can
be contacted.

Proposals for and (to be organized by the participants) will

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be also considered.

All accepted papers submitted in English or French will be published in a conference

proceedings book edited by Addleton Academic Publishers (New York) and indexed
and/or abstracted in the following and catalogs: i n t e r n a t i o n a l d a t a b a s e s

• Cabell’s Management Directory

• EBSCOhost
• EBSCO Discovery Service
• ProQuest
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
• Contemporary Science Association Databases
• Universe Digital Library
• Abilene Christian University. Brown Library
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Database
• Austin College. Abell Library Center
• Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online
• Biblioteka Uniwersytecka we Wrocławiu
• Bibliotheque uOttawa
• Bridgewater College. Alexander Mack Memorial Library
• Christopher Newport University. Paul and Rosemary Trible Library
• Chung Yuan Christian University Library
• Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education Library
• Howard Payne University
• Kun Shan University Library
• Lamar University Library
• Lee College Library
• Lyon College. Mabee-Simpson Library
• Macao Polytechnic Institute Library
• Oregon Health and Science University Library
• National Cheng Kung University Library
• Oklahoma Christian University
• Online Computer Library Center, Dublin-Ohio
• Ouachita Baptist University. Riley-Hickingbotham Library
• Our Lady of the Lake University-San Antonio Library
• Panola College Library
• Southern Virginia University. Von Canon Library
• University of California-Davis Library
• University of Maine. Raymond H. Fogler Library
• University of Michigan Library
• Wisconsin State Law Library
It is the responsibility of authors to ensure the originality, authorship, accuracy,
complete references, coherent organization and legible appearance of their work.
The submission formatting includes: no more than 10 pages in length, including
references, illustrations, and appendices; authors’ names, contacts and affiliations
appear on the paper; a short abstract of 100 words and 5 keywords contained on the
first page; single column format of single-spaced text in 10 point Times Roman for the
body of the text; no page numbers; no headers and footers; A4 MS-Word format.

Conference fee: 8 0 e u r o .

The fee is payable in cash on registration, and covers the conference materials, two
lunches, refreshments during the conference, the publication of the paper and the hard
copy version of the conference proceedings book.
Deadline for proposals: A p r i l 3 0 , 2 0 1 1 .

Please send proposals (and inquiries) to

g e n d e r s t u d i e s . c o n f e r e n c e @ g m a i l . c o m

A C C O M M O D A T I O N

Hotel reservations can be made by the organizers upon request.

Prices per night vary between 60 and 80 EUR. Accommodation details will be available
by the end of February 2011.

We look forward to welcoming you in Bucharest.

O r g a n i z i n g C o m m i t t e e

Dr. R a m o n a M i h ă i l ă (Spiru Haret University)

Dr. R a l u c a N i c o l a e (Spiru Haret University)
O n o r i n a B o t e z a t , Ph.D.c (Spiru Haret University)
, Ph.D.c (University of Vienna)
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M e r i D i s o s i

, Ph.D.c (Spiru Haret University)

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a b r i e l a I l i u ţ ă

, Ph.D.c (University of Vienna)

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e r e n a L e i t n e r