The email address for sending submissions has been corrected below. Please send your submissions to [log in to unmask] Best regards, Fulden On 2015/09/01 20:32, Fulden Ibrahimhakkioglu wrote: > Trans* Experience in Philosophy Conference- Call For Papers > May 13-15, 2016, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR > > Submission Deadline: December 1, 2015 > > This conference aims to explore the intersections between transgender > studies and philosophy by bringing philosophical reflections to bear > on trans* experience, representation, identity, and politics. We > welcome papers that engage a variety of issues or topics, including > but not limited to trans* embodiment, ethical concerns specific to > trans* persons, the relationship between transgender studies and > feminist philosophy, and how classical philosophical frameworks might > elucidate aspects of trans* experience. Through these reflections, we > also hope to interrogate our understanding and practice of inclusivity > in academia. Considering the attention given to the status of women in > philosophy in more recent years, we are particularly interested in > addressing the practices, content, and implicit biases of philosophy > with regard to non-conforming genders and non-cisgender bodies. > > Papers engaging with trans* experience and perspectives broadly > construed from all philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives > and approaches are welcome. Priority will be given to submissions with > an intersectional emphasis and, when relevant, of those directly > affected by or self-reflectively allied with the trans* persons. > > Keynote Speakers: Dr. Talia Mae Bettcher > > Featured Panel: Trans* Lives in Academia (Facilitator: TBA) > > Critical Conversation Workshop: Feminist Inclusivity and Transfeminisms > This workshop seeks to problematize and ponder ways to remedy the > exclusion of transwomen that continue to prevail implicitly or > explicitly in certain strands of feminist thought and politics. It > aims to grapple with issues of inclusion within feminist philosophy in > particular and explore new definitions of transfeminisms. This will be > a participant led workshop. > > Topics to consider may include, but are not limited to: > -Trans* experience at the intersection of race, class, sexuality, > (dis)ability, nationality, coloniality, etc. > -Methodological, political, and philosophical debates between feminist > philosophy and transgender studies > -Transfeminism/Queer feminism > -Trans* exclusion/inclusion in feminism > -Pedagogical and professional barriers for trans* persons > -Ambiguity, alterity, and/or fluidity of gender in western and > non-western contexts > -Non-binary identities and/or experiences of gender in postcolonial > contexts > -The coloniality of gender, trans* experience, and the possibility of > decolonial transfeminism > -Discursive practices of pathologization and normalization in law, > medicine, education, etc. > -Cis exclusivity, normativity, and privilege in philosophy as a > discipline > -Trans* embodiment > -Trans* issues in applied ethics > -Trans perspectives as methodology > -Gender diversity, globalization, and capitalism > -Trans* issues at the intersection of imperialism and gender > -Transnationalism and transgender > > Please send your submission to, in one Word document to > [log in to unmask] by December 1, 2015 the body of the email > message, please include: your paper or panel title, name, > institutional affiliation, e- mail address, surface mail address, and > phone number. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed. > > Individual Papers > Please submit a completed paper of no more than 3000 words (exclusive > of footnotes and bibliography), along with an abstract of 100-250 > words, for anonymous review. The word count (max. 3000) should appear > on the top of the first page of your paper. A separate title page with > identifying information of the author(s), including electronic > address, paper title, abstract, and word count should also be > submitted. > > Panels > Please clearly mark your submission as a panel submission both in the > body of the e-mail and on the submission itself. Your submission > should include the panel title, an abstract of the panel (100-250 > words), abstracts for individual papers (100-250 words per paper), and > papers in one document, prepared for anonymous for review. Individual > papers should be no more than 3000 words (exclusive of footnotes and > bibliography). A separate title page with identifying information of > the author(s), including electronic address, paper title, abstract, > and word count should also be submitted. > > If you have any questions about the conference email the conference > committee at [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1