Eighth Women in Asia Conference, 2005 , Australia

The Faculty of Transforming Cultures at UTS has been offered and accepted the position of hosting the eighth biannual Women in Asia Conference, to be held from the 26th to 28th September 2005. The Conference Directors are, Dr Devleena Ghosh, Senior Lecturer within the Humanities Department at UTS and Dr Barbara Leigh, Senior Lecturer within the Insititute for International Studies, UTS . The Women in Asia Conferences have been held every two years since 1981 and are organized by the Women's Caucus of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. These are international conferences, with attendees from the Asia-Pacific region, the UK, Europe, the Americas, Indian Ocean, the Middle East and the Levant as well as Australia.

Call for Papers: Contributions are invited from a broad range of participants from various disciplines on a large number of themes concerning the lives of women in Asia. Participants may submit proposals for panels if they wish.

Participants include academics and students; representatives of non-government organizations and other organizations involved in aid and development; artists and performers; and interested members of the general public. It is a very relaxed and democratic conference which allows a lot of opportunities for 'networking' and getting to know others.

The Theme of this years Conference is “Shadow Lines”, which has to do with movement across lineal borders (both geographical and of the
mind) *borders that are actually very shadowy; that post-colonialism embodies shadows of selves in all those who participate in hierarchical practice; that the making of gendered selves involves ongoing transformation where lines can become shadows and vice versa. The guest speakers invited to participate and give seminars might be country focused, or centered around issues such as work, new technologies, media, creative work, visual culture, migration, health, domestic violence or social movements.

Our provisional Guest speakers include Dr Valentine Moghadam from the University of illinois, Dr Ananya Jahanara Kabir from the UK, Dr Ruri Ito from Japan, Dr Ann Stoler from Columbia University and Dr Stephanie Donald from ANU. This list will continue to grow during the run up to the conference.

For information on registration and also on the call for papers please consult our website


www.hss.uts.edu.au/wia

Or contact WiA’s Administrative Assistant, Catherine Walczak on:
Tel: 9514-2213 (Tuesdays only)
Email: catherine.walczak@uts.edu.au.