SEWSA '09

Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference
at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Thursday - Saturday, April 2-4, 2009

WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENTS:
The Ecology of Feminism and the Feminism of Ecology

INFO & LINKS:

 

Topics might include:

  • Environmental racism
  • Development
  • Environmental policies
  • Frankenfoods
  • Naturalists
  • Localvores
  • CSAs
  • The Slow Food Movement
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Ecofeminism
  • Eco-tourism
  • Women in pollution and waste management
  • The environment and women's health
  • Women's environmental activism
  • Gender and food history
  • Environmental toxins
  • The politics of space and place
  • Darwinism
  • Farm Workers
  • Women in environmental history
  • The female in nature
  • Women and animals
  • Green businesses
  • Ecological communities
  • Ecofeminist literary criticism
  • Feminist literary ecology
  • Women healers
  • Women naturalists and conservationists
  • Science, technology, and the environment
  • Post-humanism
  • Feminist vegetarianism and feminist hunting
  • Situated knowledges
  • Is feminism green?
  • Are women green?

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

  • PROPOSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN. 15, 2009!: Send to womens_st@appstate.edu with all contact information.

  • Feb. 1, 2009: All those with accepted proposals will be notified by this date.

  • Feb 15, 2009: Deadline for "earlybird" registration.

  • March 12, 2009: Deadline to reserve a hotel room for the SEWSA block discount rate.

 

Although the 2009 conference will center on this theme, submissions of non-thematic papers are also encouraged.  

Click here to go to the SEWSA organizational website.
Click here to go back to the Appalachian Women's Studies Program homepage.
E-mail womens_st@appstate.edu with questions.