Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
Eastern Illinois University
Call for Submissions
Deadline: March 2, 2012
Festival: March 27, 2012
We are looking for films of high artistic quality that satisfy at least two of the following criteria:
1. Films created with an emphasis on gender and/or social justice issues
2. Films that link local and global issues
3. Films created by people underrepresented in the media field (women, people of color,
queer/transgendered people, people with disabilities)
4. Films made by people from the Central Illinois area
How to submit:
Send a DVD or videotape of your film and a cover letter to:
Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
Women’s Studies Program
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
Attn: Robin Murray
Guidelines:
1. Films should be short: under 60 minutes in length.
2. Film DVD or videotape should be labeled with a) your name, address, and email address and
b) the title of your film.
3. You should email us an acknowledgement at rlmurray@eiu.edu
4. In your cover letter, explain how you and your film fit our criteria and include a two-three
sentence synopsis.
Note: There is no submission fee for this film festival.
This film festival promotes the mission of our Women’s Studies Program: to promote an understanding of how issues related to gender, age, race, economic status, sexual identity, and nationality affect women’s lives and the communities in which they live. In order to promote an equitable and sensitive environment for all persons, Women’s Studies also responds to issues affecting women on campus and in the community.
Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association
Annual Conference Call for Papers:
Performing Sex, Gender, & Sexuality: A Multidisciplinary Symposium
The Women’s Studies Graduate Student Conference seeks to highlight graduate
student research on women, gender and/or sexuality across all disciplines
and historical periods. We invite submissions for individual papers or
pre-constituted panels on any topic pertaining to women, gender, and/or
sexuality.
Papers relating to the conference’s theme are encouraged but not required.
Students proposing individual papers are to submit an abstract (250 words).
For panels, a 250-word description of the panel topic is required.
Please email all submissions to WSGSA.FAU@gmail.com*
The WSGSA conference will be held on March 30, 2012 at Florida Atlantic
University.
*The deadline to submit is Friday, February 15th.*
Acceptance letters will be issued at the end of February.
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Yeyo Arts Collective, Call for Artists “Featured Artist Window Display”
Yeyo Arts Collective will be hosting a “Featured Artist” Display for February 2012 and March 2012. Artist will have the opportunity to create a window installation, for view by the public, at Gya Community Art Gallery located at 2700 Locust.
The work will be on display for a one month period. We would like to focus our themes on Black History Month during February. Artists are able to express this topic in any form they so choose including identity, content, artist philosophy, etc. All are welcome to apply.
During the month of March Yeyo Arts Collective would like to focus on the efforts of women. Artists are able to express this topic in any form they so choose including identity, content, artist philosophy, etc. All are welcome to apply.
Our storefront space is 8 ft. by 4ft. The work must include the entirety of the space. To apply send a short proposal and bio of one page. Please include 2-3 sample images of previous work pertaining to the proposal. All proposals are due by January 29th.
Yeyo Arts Collective members will jury proposals, in a group centered process. Artists will be notified of acceptance by Jan 31st. Organizations, groups and collectives are encouraged to apply. Accepted artists must arrange time for installation. Artists will install and de-install work. Please send proposals to yeyoarts@gmail.com ATTN: Window
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Announcement: New WMST MA Program at Oregon State
Oregon State University is excited to announce that our MA in Women Studies has been approved and will begin Spring term 2012. Application forms will be available online soon for students interested in enrolling in the fall. The deadline to be considered for a graduate teaching assistantship is April 1. We will also have more information about the degree on our website very soon: www.oregonstate.edu/cla/women_studies<http://www.oregonstate.edu/cla/women_studies>.
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Born in Revolution: History, Gender, and the Power of Conflict – 38th Annual Great Lakes History Conference
The Women’sand Gender Historians of the Midwest (WGHOM) and the History Department at Grand Valley State University invite proposals for The Great Lakes History Conference: “Born in Revolution”: History, Gender, and the Power of Conflict
October 12-13, 2012
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, Michigan
In her autobiography, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones aptly described the lives of many other individuals and nations over the course of history: “I was born in revolution.” As the world events of spring 2011 unfolded in such diverse locations as the statehouse of Wisconsin and the streets of Egypt, historians tried to make sense of 21st century political, economic, social and religious upheaval in the context of the revolutionary changes of the past. In particular, one question that has arisen and that forms the focus of this conference is the ways in which gender informs, undermines, or bolsters revolutionary struggles. Perhaps she was born in revolution, but Mother Jones also made revolution her lifelong goal through teaching, labor organizing and activism.
This conference will bring together academics, teachers, activists, archivists, students and the public to explore the idea of revolutionary change in history, especially as it concerns the question of gender. Honoring our conference location in Michigan, our 2012 theme highlights through one of our keynotes the role of revolutionaries in Michigan’s history with a screening of a new biographical film about Grace Lee Boggs, Detroit activist and feminist [http://americanrevolutionaryfilm.com/].
We encourage not only the presentation of research by academics, graduate students and undergraduates, but also papers, roundtables and panels from teachers, librarians, archivists, activists, and public historians that speak to the question of gender history and its revolutionary potential. Possible themes might include:
–Revolutions broadly defined (social, political, cultural, economic)
–Female revolutionaries
–Documentary projects, oral histories or new available resources relating to revolutions
–Revolution and Gender
–Revolution from below – local activism and gender dynamics
–Specific revolutionary moments, e.g. Arab Spring 2011
The deadline for submission of proposals, consisting of an abstract (500 words or less) and one-page resumé/c.v., is May 1, 2012. For full panels or roundtables, please have one contact person submit the materials for the group. Send proposals via email to the program committee in care of Tammy M. Proctor (tproctor@wittenberg.edu).
For further information about the conference, please visit www.gvsu.edu/history (under the Great Lakes History Conference link) or the Women’s and Gender Historians of the Midwest (WGHOM) at WGHOM.org.
