CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
The University of Baltimore School of Law's Center on
Applied Feminism seeks submissions for its Third Annual Feminist Legal Theory
Conference. This year's theme is:
Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities.
This conference seeks to explore the following
questions: What do we mean by
"marginalized communities" and what purposes does that designation
serve? How has feminist legal theory
created or contributed to the understanding of who is or is not
marginalized? How has feminist legal
theory rendered women universal and marginal simultaneously?[1] <http://mail2.ubalt.edu/exchange/majohnson/Drafts/RE:%20[CDVLAW]%20Job%20Announcement:%20Pro%20Bono%20Program%20Coordinator.EML/1_text.htm#_ftn1> How has feminist legal theory contributed to
the erasing, shifting and/or merging of boundaries and how does that affect how
we think about marginalized communities?
How does feminist legal theory intersect with other critical theories
regarding marginalization? How can
feminist legal theory work towards alleviating poverty and other barriers faced
by marginalized communities? How has
feminist legal theory addressed marginalization relating to such issues as
housing, welfare, domestic violence, family composition, human rights,
immigration, and religious freedom? And
finally, how has feminist legal theory made (or not made) a difference for
those who are portrayed as marginalized or see themselves as marginalized?
This conference will attempt to address these questions
from the perspectives of activists, practitioners and academics. The conference will provide an opportunity
for participants and audience members to exchange ideas about the current state
of feminist legal theories and how those theories are being actualized to help
women in marginalized communities. From the conference, we hope that a new
discourse about applied feminist legal theory and marginalized communities will
begin and that this discourse will shape policy and practice. In addition, the conference is designed to
provide presenters with the opportunity to gain extensive feedback on their
papers.
The conference will begin the evening of Thursday, March
4, 2010, with a workshop for conference participants. Building from last year's workshop, which
addressed making space for feminist writing, this workshop will continue the
tradition of involving all attendees to be participants in the interactive
discussion and reflection. The workshop
will be approximately one to two hours in length.
On Friday, March 5, 2010, the conference will continue
with a day of presentations by legal academics, practitioners and activists
regarding current scholarship and/or legal work that explores the application
of feminist legal theory and marginalized communities. The conference will be open to the public and
will feature a keynote speaker Friday evening.
Past keynote speakers have included Dr. Maya Angelou and Gloria Steinem.
The requirements for paper and workshop proposals are
detailed below. To be considered for the
workshop presentation, please submit a workshop proposal by 5 p.m. on October
16, 2009 to Professor Margaret E. Johnson ([email protected]).
The proposed workshop need not focus exclusively on the theme of this year's
feminist legal theory conference, but should focus on the general area of
feminist legal theory and other critical theories. A workshop proposal should detail the topic
of the workshop, your approach for conducting the workshop, and the activities
or other methods that you will employ to make the session interactive. The proposal should also identify how long
the workshop will last and any technology or other materials required. Due to the limited time available during the
conference, we will only be able to select one of the proposals for the
Thursday, March 4, 2010, evening workshop.
We will notify the selectee by November 13, 2009. Please make sure to include your contact
information with your submission.
To submit a paper proposal, please submit an abstract by
5 p.m. on October 16, 2009 to Professor Margaret E. Johnson ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ). Abstracts should be no longer than one
page. Practitioners' and activists'
papers need not follow a strictly academic format but all paper proposals
should address the conference theme. We
will notify presenters of selected papers by November 13, 2009. Please make sure to include your contact
information with your submission. We
anticipate being able to have twelve paper presenters during the conference on
Friday, March 5, 2010. Working drafts of
papers, which can include works-in-progress, completed drafts, and papers
already scheduled for publication elsewhere, are due no later than February 12,
2010. All abstracts and working drafts
will be posted on the Center on Applied Feminism's conference website to be
shared with other participants and attendees.
Finally, please note that a limited amount of money may be available to
presenters for travel expenses.
________________________________
[1] <http://mail2.ubalt.edu/exchange/majohnson/Drafts/RE:%20[CDVLAW]%20Job%20Announcement:%20Pro%20Bono%20Program%20Coordinator.EML/1_text.htm#_ftnref1> This idea is loosely based on one presented
by Professor Patricia J. Williams in The Alchemy of Race and Rights: Diary of a
Law Professor 7 (1991).
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