[CivilSoc] International Women's Conference in Bulgaria, April, Bulgaria

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CALL FOR PAPERS: International Women's Conference in Bulgaria
"Eastern Europe in Transition: The Role of Working Women", April 4-6,2003,
Bulgaria
Eastern Europe is moving through a time of extensive, even spectacular,
transition. Contemporary processes of change touch all areas of personal and
collective life, shaping fresh possibilities even as they write new
boundaries across a constantly shifting professional landscape. This
situation poses a unique challenge to understanding the praxis of women at
work in this variable setting. As Eastern European women reposition
themselves in relation to these movements, from militarization to
globalisation, between the making of policy and the disruption of economies,
from hybridity and diaspora to transnational identities, and between
migration and exile, the question arises, what insights might they offer, to
help chart their reality? Where the term "Eastern" has heteroglot,
politicised meanings, women in this region experience some communal
concerns, and a certain collective ambivalence about the reality of the
changes.
This conference aims to explore the impact of this transitional
sociopolitical climate on these women's working lives, and offers an
opportunity for scholars and students to share research and discuss the
changing roles and opportunities for women in a wide variety of settings in
Eastern Europe.
The American University in Bulgaria welcomes submissions for conference
papers and panel discussions from scholars and students studying the
professional lives of women in Eastern Europe. Significant attention will be
paid to research on and discussions about women working in the areas of
business, health, media, education, government, the military, and religion.
Papers are also sought from intersecting areas, including but not limited to
theorizations, practical applications, contributions from area studies such
as gender, ethnicity and women's studies, papers exploring lived experiences
or work lives, or of women's work as it is affected by discourses such as
nationalism, colonialism and hegemony.
The official languages of the conference are English and Bulgarian, with
simultaneous translation provided.
Please send an Intent to Submit by January 31, 2003. Information about
abstracts and submissions will be forwarded upon receipt of Intent.
(Abstracts and proposals are due by February 5, 2003, with full papers due
immediately after the conference for inclusion in Proceedings.)
Materials should be sent to:
Dr. Lucia Miree and Dr. Christina DeCoursey, Coordinators
American University in Bulgaria
1 Georgi Izmirliev Square, Blagoevgrad 2700, Bulgaria
Telephones: 359-73-88451 (Miree)  or 359-73-88404 (DeCoursey)
fax: 359-73-80828
lmiree at aubg.bg or cdecoursey at aubg.bg