Vision, Memory, Spectacle

Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association
International Conference

The University of Western Australia
Perth, Australia

9-11 July 2008

Call For Papers

Feminism’s reputation for excess and spectacle perseveres in media images and popular memory, but how do we remember the vision(aries) of earlier feminisms? How is feminism screened? Is there agency in spectacle? How do current shifts in visual culture affect gender relations (does feminism have a SecondLife)? And does it matter, if women are still spectacularly poor in the global corporation?

Papers are invited on the visual, memory and/or spectacle in their diverse forms, as well as any topics that further understandings of gender and sexuality, race and class, historically and in contemporary everyday life.

Send an abstract for a 20 min paper with your name, a 100 word bio, and contact details, to Dr Alison Bartlett at bartlett@arts.uwa.edu.au by Jan 26, 2008.

This conference welcomes everyone interested in contemporary work in women’s studies, feminist activism and gender research.

Conference updates available at: http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/activities