Conference Notice

Twenty-First Century Feminisms

Australian Women's Studies Association National and International Conference
9-12 July 2006
Melbourne, Australia

The Australian Women’s Studies Association (AWSA) will be holding its next conference in July 2006 in Melbourne. The conference is organized through the Centre for Women’s Studies & Gender Research at Monash University and co-sponsored by the Research Centre for Women, Gender, Culture and Social Change at the University of Queensland. The AWSA is the peak professional organization for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies in Australia. The conference venue, the YWCA, is located centrally in Melbourne city.

Plenary speakers include:

Lisa Adkins, Manchester University
Carolyn Allport, President, National Tertiary Education Union
Rosemary Calder, Former Head, Office of the Status of Women
Anna-Marie Jagose, Auckland University
Maria Jaschok, Gender Institute, Oxford University

Conference website: www.arts.monash.edu.au/ws/awsa/index.html

For enquiries
Email: maryanne.dever@arts.monash.edu.au
Tel. Intl + 61 3 9905 3259
Fax: Intl + 61 3 9905 2410
www.arts.monash.edu.au/ws

ABOUT THE AWSA
The Australian Women's Studies Association is the peak professional organization for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies in Australia. Membership of the AWSA is open to all who agree with its objectives:
• To promote and coordinate the teaching, study, and research in women's studies in Australia.
• To be a national voice on women's issues.
• To promote links with other international studies, organisations and associations.