"Gender, Culture, and Power: Chinese and Western Women Interact in Late Imperial and Early Modern China"

CALL FOR PAPERS

"Gender, Culture, and Power: Chinese and Western Women Interact in Late Imperial and Early Modern China"

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Hosted by the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History
University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim

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The Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim is pleased to announce "Gender, Culture, and Power: Chinese and Western Women Interact in Late Imperial and Early Modern China," a one day seminar to be held at the University of San Francisco on April 5, 2006. The Ricci Institute welcomes proposals for individual papers from faculty, independent scholars, and Ph.D. candidates from the disciplines of history, women's studies, art history, and literature. The seminar will be an interdisciplinary examination of the interaction between Chinese women and Western women in China during the Qing and Republican periods, highlighting issues of gender, culture, and power. The aim of the seminar is to provide a forum for the examination of themes concerning the interaction between Chinese women and Western women in China such as: social and cultural roles, social reform, education, cultural exchange, encounters with Christianity, relations of power, gender roles, and issues of race. Panels will be organized thematically and will encourage discussion among participants and the audience. Depending upon the number and quality of the presented papers, the Ricci Institute is interested in publishing a selection of the seminar proceedings in an edited volume.

Deadline: Monday, November 14, 2005
Paper Proposal Guidelines:
Please submit a 250 word (maximum) abstract to:
Melissa Dale, Ph.D.
Asst. Director for Research
The Ricci Institute
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, LM 280
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Fax: (415) 422-2591
e-mail: mdhuang@usfca.edu

The Ricci Institute at the USF Center for the Pacific Rim is an interdisciplinary research center that promotes the study of historical cross-cultural encounters and dialogues between China and the West. The Institute facilitates and engages in research on the history of Chinese-Western cultural exchange and the history of Christianity in China through scholarly research, programs, publications, and conferences, and public events.

For more information on the Ricci Institute, please visit our website at: www.usfca.edu/ricci