Continuities and Change – Women’s Liberation Movement @ 40 conference – call for papers and workshop suggestions

Posted on January 18, 2010
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In 1970, 500 women came together at the first UK Women’s Liberation Conference organized at Ruskin College Oxford. The conference built on existing feminist and women’s activism and formulated the first four demands of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Were you at the original conference? Want to share your story with delegates for the 40th Anniversary conference?

In 2010, 40 years on, the Women’s Liberation Movement @ 40 Conference will celebrate and explore the intervening period, feminist work and changes within society. The conference aims to bring together feminist and women’s activists across borders (spatial, generational, political and demographic and others) to engage in debate and discussion around contemporary issues.

Keynote addresses by Shelia Rowbotham, Beatrix Campbell and others on the changing contexts of feminist and women’s activism.

* Creative workshops
* Panel sessions on key moments and tactics
* Skills workshops on organizing
* Publishers and organization

More links at http://www.wlm40conference.org.uk/index.html or email the Conference Team for more information llivesey@ruskin.ac.uk.

Call For Papers

Are you doing feminist work? Research, activism, support services, teaching or something else? If so, do you want to submit a paper to the conference? We’re looking for papers, panels and workshop sessions as well as creative sessions for two days.

Papers – research, practice or theory based (or any combination) of not more than 20 minutes (plus time for questions). All papers are welcome. Please submit an abstract of no more than 450 words and include relevant biographical information.

Panels – want to put together a panel of speakers on a pressing issue? Panel Sessions available (max three speakers is suggested). Please submit a list of speakers and key questions to be addressed (not a definitive list but some sort of guide).

Workshops – want to disseminate the results of something you’re involved in or provide training on new areas of work/practice? Please submit an abstract of no more than 450 words and include relevant organisational information.

Creative Sessions – the creative arts have always played an important role in feminism, if you want to offer a creative session this is your chance whether it’s introduction to knitting or radical cheerleading…. Please submit a brief outline of what will be on offer and what space requirements you will need. Materials must be provided by the session co-ordinators.

There is a more detailed hard copy of the call for papers here http://www.wlm40conference.org.uk/call%20for%20papers.doc – please print copies and display in your organisation/institution.

All applications to be sent to llivesey@ruskin.ac.uk by 5th February 2010. Confirmation of inclusion will be sent out on or before 12th February 2010.

In the meantime we hope you will want to attend the conference anyway and encourage you to book your place now

Waged

Unwaged/student

Whole Conference:

£75 (£77.82)

£40 (£41.50)

Friday 12th March only

£40 (£41.50)

£25 (£25.94)

Saturday 13th March only

£40 (£41.50)

£25 (£25.94)

Go to http://wlm40conference.org.uk/booking.html

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