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MEMBER NEWS
JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women
Studies is an award-winning peer-reviewed journal
which focuses on social, political, economic, and
cultural concepts and categories that shape the
lives of women in different African societies. It
examines the strategies women have utilized to
grapple with global, regional and local economic
constraints; and how they have negotiated global
boundaries in the context of work, trade,
immigration, identity formation as they sought a
better life for their family. JENdA initiates and
responds to debates on and about women in social,
cultural, political, and economic systems. In 2011,
JENdA inaugurated "Issues of Our Time" a new section
of the journal devoted to prompt and timely analysis
of pressing issues of national or international
concerns by scholars, activists, and intellectuals.
The first "Issues of Our Time" appeared in October
2011 and focused on the film The Help, based on
Kathryn Stockett's book. The thirty contributions to
this issue included short critical essays, video,
poem, and historical narratives. JENdA's archives
and a list of forthcoming issues are available
online via the Africa Knowledge Project, at
http://www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jenda/issue/archive
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The
Women’s and Gender Historians of the
Midwest (WGHOM) and the Great
Lakes History Conference invite proposals
for:
“Born in
Revolution”: History, Gender, and the
Power of Conflict
October
12-13, 2012
Grand
Valley State University
Grand
Rapids, Michigan
In her
autobiography, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
aptly described the lives of many other
individuals and nations over the course of
history: “I was born in revolution.”
As the world events of spring 2011
unfolded in such diverse locations as the
statehouse of Wisconsin and the streets of
Egypt, historians tried to make sense of
21st century political, economic, social
and religious upheaval in the context of
the revolutionary changes of the
past. In particular, one question
that has arisen and that forms the focus
of this conference is the ways in which
gender informs, undermines, or bolsters
revolutionary struggles. Perhaps she
was born in revolution, but Mother Jones
also made revolution her lifelong goal
through teaching, labor organizing and
activism.
This
conference will bring together academics,
teachers, activists, archivists, students
and the public to explore the idea of
revolutionary change in history,
especially as it concerns the question of
gender. Honoring our conference location
in Michigan, our 2012 theme highlights
through one of our keynotes the role of
revolutionaries in Michigan’s history with
a screening of a new biographical film
about Grace Lee Boggs, Detroit activist
and feminist
[http://americanrevolutionaryfilm.com/].
We encourage not the presentation of
research by academics, graduate students
and undergraduates, but also papers,
roundtables and panels from teachers,
librarionly ans, archivists, activists,
and public historians that speak to the
question of gender history and its
revolutionary potential. Possible
themes might include:
--Revolutions broadly defined (social,
political, cultural, economic)
--Female revolutionaries
--Documentary projects, oral histories or
new available resources relating to
revolutions
--Revolution and Gender
--Revolution from below – local activism
and gender dynamics
--Specific revolutionary moments, e.g.
Arab Spring 2011
The deadline for submission of proposals,
consisting of an abstract (500 words or
less) and one-page resumé/c.v., is
May 1, 2012. For full panels or
roundtables, please have one contact
person submit the materials for the group.
Send proposals via email to the program
committee in care of Tammy M. Proctor
(tproctor@wittenberg.edu).
WGHOM website: www.wghom.org
Grand Valley State University website:
http://www.gvsu.edu/history/
Great Lakes History Conference:
http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/3DB97EEA-E9F8-06DF-AB7ACC39C480E893/wghom2012cfpfinal_3.pdf
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