LINGUIST List 21.2421 Tue Jun 01 2010 Calls: Disc Analysis/USA Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Kirsti Cole, 8th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference Message 1: 8th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference Date: 31-May-2010 From: Kirsti Cole <kirsti.colemnsu.edu> Subject: 8th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 8th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference Date: 12-Oct-2011 - 15-Oct-2011 Location: Mankato, MN, USA Contact Person: Kirsti Cole Meeting Email: kirsti.colemnsu.edu Web Site: http://femrhet.cwshrc.org Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis Call Deadline: 15-Apr-2011 Meeting Description: The theme of the 2011 Feminisms and Rhetorics conference is 'Feminist Challenges or Feminist Rhetorics?: Locations, Scholarship and Discourse.' The Feminisms and Rhetorics conference is sponsored by the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, and will be hosted by Minnesota State University, Mankato October 12-15, 2011. The conference committee is strongly interdisciplinary and therefore our theme seeks to recognize the spaces between disciplines and communities. The conference theme is meant to acknowledge the academic and socio- discursive spaces that feminisms, and rhetorics on or about feminisms, inhabit. Major political, religious and social leaders have recently discussed feminism, including the Dalai Lama, but the discussion seems to revolve around cultural or essentialized discourses of feminism. This spotlight on feminism is, of course, not new, and they ways feminism is engaged in public discourse is much different than that of academic discourse. However, in Rhetoric and Composition, we have seen many significant publications lately focusing on what it means to be a woman in the field, how to be a successful woman in the field, and the connections between feminist theory and feminist pedagogy. Call For Papers We seek proposals that speak to the challenges and diversities of feminist rhetoric and discourse, in public and private life, in the academy, and in the media. We welcome proposals on topics that significantly engage disciplines other than Rhetoric and Composition, and that have consequences for communities located outside of the academy. Questions to consider include: What are the discourses of feminism? Where are they located? What does feminist scholarship look like in the 21st century? What is the politic of feminist scholarship? How does feminist inquiry impact our understanding of scholarship? What are the challenges faced by feminists inside and outside of the academy? Where do we find feminist rhetorics? How do we understand the function of feminist rhetoric? How has interdisciplinarity impacted the feminist agenda? How do we understand the politics of inclusion in 21st century feminism? How might we add to Joanna Russ' invective: 'She wrote it, BUT??' In the past few years, women have made, yet again, publicly recognized strides in breaking through a variety of glass ceilings, however, current events in places like Arizona, illustrate the necessity of a renewed feminist politic. The recursive nature of feminism is not new, and is, in fact, embodied in the rhetorical struggle for place in dominant discourse. On the submission and registration page, you will find options for panel, roundtable, or individual submissions. If you have any questions, please email Kirsti Cole at kirsti [dot] cole [at] mnsu [dot] edu. Abstracts due: April 15th, 2011. Acceptance to the conference will be sent out no later than May 15, 2011. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Jun-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.