Dolores' List of CFPs

I invite abstracts for the Spring 2008 joint ACA/PCA conference to
be held in San Francisco March 19th to the 22nd. Additional information about the
the associations are available at www.popularculture.org
And more specific conference information will be available soon at
http://www.pcaaca.org

Please send abstracts to me by 11-1-07 via e-mail.

PCA and ACA are interdisciplinary organizations that give us a great opportunity to work against the usual academic borders and have fun in the process.

Linda S. Coleman
Professor of English and Women’s Studies
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, Illinois 61920
lscoleman@eiu.edu
217-581-5015

Call for Papers
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Dayton will sponsor
the 33rd Richard R. Baker Colloquium in Philosophy
March 6-8, 2008 on Building Coalitions Across Difference.

Invited Guest Speakers are Sally Haslanger [Professor of Philosophy,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Author of: Adoption Matters: Philosophical and Feminist Essays (with
Charlotte Witt), Theorizing Feminisms (with Elizabeth Hackett,) and
Persistence (with Roxanne Marie Kurtz)] and Tommie Shelby [John L. Loeb
Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and African American Studies,
Harvard University. Author of: We Who Are Dark, and Hip Hop and
Philosophy: Rhyme 2 Reason (with Derrick Darby)]

The focus of the colloquium is on the intersection of race and gender in
contemporary philosophical reflection. Papers that approach the topic
from a wide range of philosophical perspectives are welcome.

Papers might address questions such as: Is solidarity based on group
membership still a valuable practice or concept? What aspects of race
theory and feminist theory are supportive of, or prevent, coalition
building? How can we learn from the past, making use of what is
valuable, without being tainted by what is harmful? How should we think
about ideology and how ideologies function in the construction of race
and gender? What would count as an ethics of the oppressed? How should
oppressed groups respond to each other? How should they respond to
oppressors?

Papers should be no more than 3,000 words, double-spaced, with a maximum
reading time of 25 minutes. Include an abstract of no more than 250
words. Submission deadline is October 30, 2007.

Papers should be submitted to: Patricia A. Johnson, Professor of
Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
45469-1546. Electronic submissions in MS-Word are welcome. Send these
to patricia.johnson@notes.udayton.edu

Perspectives on Gender and Technology: An interdisciplinary conference
sponsored by The University of Texas Center for Women's and Gender Studies

April 11, 2008

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The University of Texas at Austin

Purpose: To look at the interaction of gender and technology in the
contemporary world from three perspectives: ways of knowing, ways of doing,
and ways of changing.

* Ways of knowing - These papers will consider how technology
mediates/facilitates/responds to cultural and social realities, especially
those related to gender.

* Ways of doing - These papers will explore gendered constructs of "doing"
technology. (E.g., norms related to technological expertise, the impact of
gender on growth/advancement/entrance into technologically-oriented careers,
etc.)

* Ways of changing - These papers will consider the intersection of women
and technology in the developing world, especially the use of technology as
a tool for positive social change.

Who is invited: Because some of the most fruitful studies of gender and
technology are interdisciplinary, all methodologies and approaches are
welcome, from ethnographic studies to feminist theorizing to quantitative
empirical studies (and all points in between). We hope to attract a broad
representation of scholars and practitioners.

How to submit a proposal: PROPOSALS (500 WORDS) ARE DUE DEC 1, 2007.

Email proposals to Hillary Hart: hart@mail.utexas.edu. Please use MSWord
2003 (or earlier) or PDF for file formats, or embed the proposal in the
e-mail message.

Accepted proposals will be notified by DEC. 15, 2007; full manuscripts will
be due MARCH 15. Papers presented at the conference will be published in the
conference proceedings. NOTE: Editors of the following journals have
expressed specific interest in considering appropriate papers from this
conference for publication: Journal of Strategic Information Systems,
Science Communication, Journal of Technology in Human Services.

Featured Keynote Speakers:

Lucy Suchman, Professor & Co-director, Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster
University. Suchman joined the faculty at Lancaster after twenty years as a
researcher at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. She researches the
relationship of ethnographies of everyday practice to new technology design.
Her 1987 book, Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine
Communication, is a watershed work in the field of human-computer
interaction. Among many other awards, in 2005, she won the Outstanding
Contribution to Research Award from the Communication and Information
Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association.

Rachael Muir, Founder and Executive Director of Girlstart. Girlstart is a
non-profit organization founded in Austin, Texas in 1997 to empower girls in
math, science, engineering and technology. Girlstart's programs have been
featured on the Today show, the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and in Glamour,
Texas Monthly, Fast Company, and CosmoGIRL magazines.

September 27, 2007

Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of the Conference Committee, I am pleased to announce a call for papers for a multidisciplinary conference, The Art of Gender in Everyday Life V, to take place at Idaho State University (ISU), March 6 & 7, 2008. In addition to sessions, the conference will include: a keynote, "No More Tears: On the Persistence of Melodrama in Representing Women's Lives," by Dr. Tania Modleski, Florence R. Scott Professor of English at the University of Southern California, on the evening of Thursday, March 6; a Friday, March 7, lunchtime talk, “Mind-Body Equality” by ISU faculty member, athlete and businesswoman, Dr. Lori Head; and a screening of LUNAFEST on Friday evening.

The Conference Committee invites abstracts from university faculty and staff as well as from graduate and advanced undergraduate students. ALL submissions related to the art of living gendered lives will be considered. This year, given our speakers, we are especially interested in submissions that address gender and the arts (including the presentation of gendered performances, films, etc., as well as academic papers) gender and popular culture, and gender and the body. Abstracts must be postmarked by November 5, 2007.

This conference is an occasion to showcase current work being done in the area of gender studies. Participants from past years have consistently commented on the friendly atmosphere at The Art of Gender in Everyday Life conferences, and it is our principal mission to continue our tradition of creating a collegial, supportive and nurturing environment for the discussion of gender issues across the disciplines.

The Art of Gender in Everyday Life V is a special opportunity to network with colleagues in the relaxed setting of Pocatello, Idaho, nestled in the picturesque Bannock Range of the Rocky Mountains. We are pleased to announce that this year, for the first time in the history of the conference, participants will have the opportunity to register for a day trip to near-by Lava Hot Springs. Those taking part in the trip will experience a day of relaxation in the naturally-occurring mineral hot springs, the temperatures of which range from 102-112 degrees. More information about Lava Hot Springs is available at
.

Getting to Pocatello is easy! Delta flies to the Pocatello Regional Airport, and ground shuttles are available from the Salt Lake City International Airport to Pocatello through Salt Lake Express .

Please find attached a formal call for papers, an announcement of our student paper competition, and a registration form. Should you prefer not to open an attachment, these documents can also be found on our website at <http://www.isu.edu/andersoncenter>. On behalf of the entire Conference Committee, I invite you to join us for this important event.

Kind regards,

Rebecca Morrow, Ph.D.
Director
Anderson Gender Resource Center

To learn more, visit our website:
www.isu.edu/andersoncenter

Fellowships Now Available

The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science is recruiting a select group of doctoral students interested in pursuing the study of information in society, including policy, economic, and historical dimensions. Your interests may lie in any part of the emerging field of information studies, such as practices of information organization, library history, the political economy of information, or community information systems; your academic background may be in library and information science, history, law, communications or other fields—as long as you share our commitment to engaging deeply with the processes that structure information in society. Fellowship recipients should be seeking to prepare for careers as faculty members in schools of library and information science.
Apply by January 1, 2008 to begin study in Fall 2008

Contact: Professor and Associate Dean Linda C. Smith:
(217) 333-7742 |
Email: lcsmith@uiuc.edu

Visit the website at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/phd/

April 11 - 13 2008

Keynote Speaker:
Dr Marsha Hanen
former President of the University of Winnipeg, and pioneer in the development of interdisciplinary studies in Canada.

The host of this conference, the Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies, was endowed by well-known Toronto-based feminist and philanthropist Nancy Ruth, to raise awareness of women's issues by bringing to campus distinguished scholars in women's studies and activists who have contributed to the advancement of women.

Mount Saint Vincent University, the home of the Nancy's Chair, has a proud history as a leader in innovative and creative learning approaches with an emphasis on women, academic excellence, distinctive programs, and a personal approach to education.

Women's studies and feminist theory are boldly, creatively interdisciplinary in establishing strong connections between scholarly inquiry and women's lives. They are reconfiguring disciplinary boundaries and academic structures while honouring scholarly integrity and activist commitments in universities and other post-secondary institutions, and in the world outside the academy. Feminist scholars and activists have developed innovative ways of navigating within traditional academic disciplines and institutional structures, and drawing on the resources of multiple, often diverse, disciplines, practices, and ways of knowing.

Breaking Boundaries, Forging Connections will explore the promise and the challenges of interdisciplinarity in feminist and women's studies, and in the activism it informs and is informed by at the beginning of the twenty-first century, in Canada and internationally. We welcome contributions that present interdisciplinarity at work in diverse formats and modes of address, critical reflections on interdisciplinarity as such, performance, video and narrative presentations, workshops, roundtables and panels, and contributions that attest to the prospects and productive collaborations interdisciplinary commitments can animate.

Proposals might:

* celebrate some of the successes - the triumphs - of interdisciplinary work, showing by example how it can be greater than the sum of its parts

* show by example how the very idea of interdisciplinarity reconfigures fixed conceptions of "expertise"

* illustrate how new forms of interdisciplinarity have succeeded in bringing together the "two cultures": the sciences and the humanities

* present possibilities for combining insights and issues derived from several disciplines

* contrast interdisciplinarity that derives from group connections and interdisciplinary work engaged individually

* consider how interdisciplinary inquiry helps to cross an (imaginary) divide between the university or college and the community

* present research that has developed out of inquiry that crosses two or more disciplines

In short, we welcome contributions that demonstrate the creative potential of interdisciplinary work, that show how interdisciplinarity counteracts the narrowness that can result from over-specialization in the academy and in professional schools, and/or that explore interdisciplinarity in public responses to research and practice. And we welcome proposals that expand on, challenge, or depart from the possibilities outlined here. Given the nature of this theme, we particularly welcome panel presentations or poster sessions that pose questions for discussion, mini-workshops, and mixed-media presentations.
Single papers will be allocated a maximum of 25 minutes' reading time.
Panels may be allocated a longer presentation time.

Conference presentations may be considered for publication in
Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal.

Submission deadline: Friday, January 04, 2008

Submission format: Please submit either a complete paper (not to exceed 3000 words), a long abstract (1000 words), or a 1000-word detailed description of a panel or workshop, listing participants and indicating any special presentation requirements.

Submit paper copies only to:

Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies
ISW 4, Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 2J6

Please direct all inquiries to Dr. Lorraine Code at :lorraine.code@msvu.ca

This conference will be preceded by a one-day conference, Epistemic
Bridges: Interdisciplinarity in the Academy, at Dalhousie University, on April 10, 2008, organized by the Interdisciplinary PhD Students' Society. Inquiries about this one-day conference should be directed to Nancy Salmon at nsalmon@dal.ca

CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS:

ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (AKCSN) BOOK SERIES
http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman
PUBLISHER: IGI Global < http://www.igi-global.com >

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:

The AKCSN is an international book series that publishes high-quality original research about knowledge communities and social networks. This book series calls for a knowledge based perspective adopting concepts belonging to advancement on information science, knowledge communication and knowledge management pertaining to multi-disciplinary aspects. This series will cover, but not limited to knowledge management, knowledge communications, knowledge economy, information society, information dynamics, information processing, information retrieval, digital divide, grass-roots communities, developing countries, mobile computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society and e-applications.

To improvise the effects of information revolution and reach out to the general community, this book series will try to establish innovative model of approaches in understanding the dynamics of knowledge communication, drawing upon knowledge gains from the various branches of information science and the cognitive arena. The book series will try to provide an analytical approach to the holistic situation of the newly emerged knowledge perspectives featuring innovative models of technology transfer focusing upon the concepts of knowledge communication processes. When knowledge is a good to exchange through technological communication, then understanding of the dynamics influencing knowledge intelligibly become the premier issue to initiate high-end researches. In this context, the book series will aim to investigate which functions the knowledge-intensive services will form a major research area within the process of knowledge communication. It will also promote a systemic focus on the communication process underlying knowledge transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy.

By becoming a contributor to the Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity that a few have ever gained. Your work will be showcased in a collection that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indexes, and a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it. As major audience of books under this book series will be comprised of academics, scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it is highly likely that your edited book will be used as guide in the national and regional development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge implementations. I welcome you to consider submitting your research to this series in hopes of providing the field of E-Government with collections of pivotal applications, methods and technologies.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:

Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series

Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, ICMS, Bangladesh

Associate Editors:
Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India
Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK


International Editorial Advisory Board:
Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai
Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey
Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA
Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA
Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy
Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia
Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK
Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia
Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 2008

MISSION OF AKCSN:
The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is a multi-disciplinary international book series that aims to publish high-quality, original research about knowledge management. The AKCSN will provide an analytical approach to the holistic situation of the newly emerging knowledge dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge acquisition, knowledge communication and knowledge management focusing upon the concepts of the knowledge communities and social networks.

COVERAGE of AKCSN:
The coverage of AKCSN Book Series is international and focused on original research in knowledge communications, applications, management, policies and implications. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

· Knowledge Management and Business Improvement
· Knowledge as Capacity for Action
· Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development
· Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool
· Agent-mediated Knowledge Management
· The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge
· Knowledge as a Competitive Force
· Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments
· Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets
· Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge
· Current State and Future Development of the Institutional Knowledge Management
· Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives
· Challenges of Knowledge Management
· Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management
· Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management
· Organizational Knowledge Communication and Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management
· Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences
· Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and Middleware
· Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis
· Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC
· Organizational Knowledge Communication
· Communication of Knowledge in Organizations
· Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social Networks
· General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities
· Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation
· Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks
· Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions
· Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge Intensive Collaborative Processes
· Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g., semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.)
· Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks
· Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems
· Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments
· Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks
· Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool
· Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks – Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions
· Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication
· Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures
· Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks
· Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks
· Epistemology of Knowledge Society
· Citizens’ eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes
· eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level
· Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions
· Local eGovernment Interoperability and security
· Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments
· Introduction to Mobile Computing
· Business Process Modeling
· Information and Data Management
· Communication and Agent Technology
· Best Practices for Mobile Computing
· Information Policy Overview
· Communications and the Internet
· Knowledge Chains
· Community Practices
· Learning Utilities
· Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communities


SUBMITTING TO AKCSN:
Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews and assessment of the publisher, IGI Global. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to email@hakik.org by ****** NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 15, 2008 ******

PROSPECTUS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Your 5-10 page (not including your CV) book prospectus should contain the following information:

1. 3-5 SUGGESTED TITLES for your proposed publication
2. A SYNOPSIS of your proposed publication, including a concise DEFINITION of the subject area
3. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AREA
4. 5-10 INDEXING KEYWORDS for your proposed subject area
5. Overall OBJECTIVES AND MISSION of your proposed publication
6. SCHOLARLY VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION to information science, technology and management literature
7. PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT on your field of research
8. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS of your proposed publication
9. PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE for such a publication
10. POTENTIAL BENEFITS readers will gain from your proposed publication
11. EXISTING COMPETING PUBLICATIONS and their advantages and disadvantages in comparison to your proposed publication
12. TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
13. PROJECTED TOTAL PAGE/WORD COUNT for proposed publication
14. TENTATIVE TIMETABLE for the entire project
15. POTENTIAL CHANNELS OF CALL DISTRIBUTION for the procurement of submissions and contacts (List-Servs, Universities, etc.)
16. COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS, phone, fax and e-mail information FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR
17. A COPY OF YOUR VITAE, listing education and publication records FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
The Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series is published by IGI Global, publisher of the “IGI Publishing,” “Information Science Publishing,” “IRM Press,” “CyberTech Publishing” and “Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of:

Please forward proposals and submission inquiries to:
Hakikur Rahman
Editor-in-Chief
Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series
http://www.igi-global.com/bookseries
Direct link:
www.igi-global.com/akcsn
Email: email@hakik.org

The Women's Studies Section will hold its first annual Research Poster Session during our General Membership Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, Saturday, June 28, 2008, 4:00-5:30 p.m. The forum seeks to provide beginning and established researchers and librarians an opportunity to present research or work in progress, and receive collaborative feedback and recommendations for future publishing and/or new initiatives.

The potential scope of the topics includes, but is not limited to, teaching methods, instruction, information technology, collection development, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration with academic faculty. For research ideas, see the Women’s Studies Research Agenda.(http://www.libr.org/wss/committees/research/resagenda.html)

Attendees at the forum will find an arena for discussion and networking with their colleagues interested in related issues and trends in the profession.

The committee will use a blind review process.

Selection criteria:

1. Significance of the topic. Priority will be given to Women’s Studies Section members and/or women’s studies topics.

2. Originality of the project.

Proposal submission instructions:

1. Proposals should include:
Title of the proposal
Proposal narrative (no more than 2 pages, double spaced, 12 pt. font)
Name of applicant(s)
Affiliation
Applicant address(es), Phone number(s), Email address(es), Fax number(s)

Are you a member of Women’s Studies Section? ___Yes ___ No
If you would like to become a member, go to: http://www.libr.org/wss/join.html

2. Submission deadline: March 15, 2008

3. Proposals should be emailed to: Cindy Ingold. Chair, Research Committee
(cingold@uiuc.edu)

4. The chair will notify the applicants by April 15, 2008.

I have been asked to serve as General Editor for the first ever encyclopedia on
motherhood (700 entries/3 volumes) to be published by Sage Press in 2010.

I am currently looking for topics/authors for the encyclopedia.

If you are interested in writing on a topic PLEASE SEND TOPIC SUGGESTION, YOUR
NAME, EMAIL, BRIEF BIO IN ONE ATTACHMENT TO aoreilly@yorku.ca

Also, if you have ideas for topics please send in email text to
aoreilly@yorku.ca

thanks

Andrea

Dr. Andrea O'Reilly,
Associate Professor,
School of Women's Studies,
Director: Association for Research on Mothering,
Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, Demeter Press,
York University,
Toronto, Ont.,
M3J 1P3
416 736 2100;60366
aoreilly@yorku.ca
www.yorku.ca/arm

I am currently compiling a co-edited volume for the University Press of Kentucky examining voices of political dissent in popular culture. UPK is a peer reviewed, university press, and we have received initial acceptance for submitting detailed abstracts for this publication. My co-editor is Joseph Foy (editor of the forthcoming Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture, University of Kentucky Press). Ideally, we are looking for a paper related to gender and popular culture that would fit into the broad theme of the book whose working title is The Revolution is Being Televised: Voices of Dissent in Popular Culture. The core argument that unifies the text is that there is a transformative power in elements of popular culture that enables voices of dissent to be expressed, become organized, and affect mainstream political discussion -- transforming peripheral voices to voices of currency. We are broadly targeting the content of the book, predicting that the text will appeal to both academic and mainstream audiences. Your help is appreciated!"

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Dr. Tim Dale
Department of Political Science
University of South Carolina, Upstate
Library, Room 241
800 University Way
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Phone: 864-503-5261

Please respond to him at tdale@uscupstate.edu