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+++++ Final Call for Papers - please circulate widely ++++++<br>
<br>
ABSTRACTS DUE 31 JULY<br>
<o:p></o:p><br>
<b>Not another hijab row: New conversations on gender, race,
religion and communities </b>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">A
national conference sponsored by Trans/forming Cultures: Key Centre for
Communication and Culture, UTS </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sunday, 10 December 2006<br>
University of Technology, Sydney <br>
<br>
Despite a decade of ‘race debates’ in Australia, analyses of the
intersections
between gender, race and religion remain all but absent in the public
sphere.
In recent years Muslim women in particular have been subjected to
intense
public scrutiny, yet these controversies have largely been limited to
provocative comments on the hijab and sharia law. Such narrow debates
have
served to silence the experiences and the concerns of Muslim women and
of
scholars and community workers who engage the intersections of gender,
race and
religion. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">This
conference seeks to establish a space for constructive dialogue around
the
perspectives which are marginalised in public discussions, focusing on
how
gender, race and religion shape notions of belonging and exclusion in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Ideas around gender, race and religion have long been deployed in the
construction of Australian national identity, and are particularly
evident in
current representations of ‘aggressive’ and ‘misogynistic’ Islam as the
ultimate alien other in ‘tolerant’ Judeo-Christian Australia. In
minority
communities, questions over community leadership, representation, and
responses
to racism have often revolved around constructions of culture, faith
and gender
roles. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The organisers seek papers and presentations from
all
disciplinary perspectives in order to build a conversation across
spectra of
belief, scholarship and community. Rather than another ‘hijab debate’,
the
conference will explore the intersections of gender, race and religion
in
regards to: <br>
<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>public space and public safety<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>health, housing and education<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>security and belonging<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>employment and unemployment<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>social inclusion and exclusion<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>media and public debate<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>the dynamics of community<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>the politics of representation<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>advocacy and activism<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>feminisms<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>nationalism and national identity<br>
-<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>‘law and order’ and representations of crime <br>
<br>
Full papers may be submitted following the conference for inclusion in
a
refereed publication. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Deadline
for abstracts: Monday 31 July. Please send 200 word abstracts and a
brief
biographical note to <a href="mailto:tanja.dreher@uts.edu.au">tanja.dreher@uts.edu.au</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, contact </p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Dr Tanja Dreher: <a
href="mailto:tanja.dreher@uts.edu.au">tanja.dreher@uts.edu.au</a>,
02-9514-2757 or</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Dr Christina Ho: <a
href="mailto:christina.ho@uts.edu.au">christina.ho@uts.edu.au</a>,
02-9514-1946</li>
</ul>
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
<br>
Publication support for Postgraduates and Early Career
Researchers writing on intersections of gender, race, religion and
community.</b> <br>
<o:p> </o:p><br>
Due to generous support from the PG/ECR Node of the ARC
Cultural Research Network, we are pleased to announce a program to
support
Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers in developing publication
outcomes
from their participation in the ‘Not another hijab row’ conference. <o:p></o:p><br>
<br>
The ECR/PG program includes:
<p class="MsoNormal">- a publications workshop in conjunction with the
conference
<br>
- a partnering system to put ECRs and PGs in contact with others in
their area
of research. <br>
- mentoring from senior researchers</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The workshop and mentoring are designed to support
participants in developing their papers for publication in a special
edition of
the refereed ejournal Trans/forming Cultures.<o:p></o:p><br>
</p>
Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers interested in
taking part in the publication support program should contact <a
href="mailto:tanja.dreher@uts.edu.au">tanja.dreher@uts.edu.au</a>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
Following ‘Not another hijab row’:
<p class="MsoNormal">ACRAWSA conference BORDER POLITICS OF WHITENESS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">11 – 13 December, 2006</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://www.ccs.mq.edu.au/borderpolitics/index.html">http://www.ccs.mq.edu.au/borderpolitics/index.html</a></p>
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