*CALL FOR PAPERS
/Speaking Her Mind: Canadian Women and Public Presence/
20-22 October 2016
University of Calgary
http://speakinghermind.ca/*
How are women engaging with public discussion and debate in Canada?
/*Speaking Her Mind: Canadian Women and Public Presence*/ is the
follow-up conference to /Discourse and Dynamics: Canadian Women as
Public Intellectuals/, which took place at Mount Allison University in
October 2014 (see http://discoursedynamics.ca/).
As /Discourse and Dynamics/ made clear, “public intellectual” remains
an unsatisfactory term for many women who have contributed to and
continue to engage in public discussion and debate in Canada. Speaking
Her Mind aims to take that investigation to the next level.
Proposals are invited for presentations that explore Canadian women’s
public presence on questions of concern related to social, political,
cultural, economic, literary, artistic, linguistic, diplomatic, and
environmental issues. A wide range of participation is invited, from
individual papers to panels, performances, or other forms of discussion.
The following are suggestions but all proposals for individual or
collaborative presentations are welcome.
• Women’s right to speak
• Public presences that have made a difference
• When the body speaks
• Speaking about violence, poverty, racism, health
• Politics and its Discontents
• Entering/leaving the public sphere
• Opinions and their backlash
• Forms of speaking: literature, art, music, dance, photography
Proposals should include:
1. title (up to 150 characters)
2. abstract (100-150 words)
3. description (300 words)
& on a separate page a short biographical note and full contact information
Proposals may be submitted electronically by September 28, 2015 to speakinghermind@ucalgary.ca
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*ORGANIZERS:*
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*Aritha van Herk
*Professor, Department of English
2500 University Dr. N.W.
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4 *
Christl Verduyn
*Director, Centre for Canadian Studies
Professor, Department of English
Mount Allison University
Sackville, New Brunswick
E4L 1G9*
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