THINKING GENDER 2015
The
25th edition of CSW’s Annual Graduate Research Conference will take
place over two days, April 23&24, and will feature a keynote
address, reception, networking luncheon, workshops, and a poster
session.
THINKING GENDER 2015, CSW’s 25th Annual Graduate Student
Research Conference, promises to strengthen scholarly networks and
inspire lively conversation. To help make this landmark anniversary a
memorable success, we have expanded the conference to a two-day schedule
at UCLA’s Covel Commons and added a keynote address, poster exhibition,
awards for papers and posters, student travel grants, workshops, and
more.
We will open the conference with a keynote address, “Body
Modifications: Violence, Labor, and the Subject of Feminism,” by Rebecca
M. Herzig, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary
Studies and Chair of the Program in Women and Gender Studies at Bates
College (http://
www.bates.edu/gender/faculty/rebecca-m-herzig/),
from 2 to 3:15 pm. The keynote address is cosponsored by the UCLA
Colloquium in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. On this
first day, we will also introduce Professor Herzig’s new book, Plucked: A History of Hair Removal, will available for purchase. In Plucked,
Professor Herzig describes the surprising histories of race, science,
industry, and medicine behind hair-removal practices and norms.
This
year, scholars from near and far will present exciting and innovative
work on the tangled relationships between knowledge and the gendered
body. Presentations, including 12 illustrated posters and 43 research
papers in 12 fascinating panels, will cover a wide array of topics,
including issues of biomedical body and knowledge production, sexuality
in Asian media, feminist inquiry and practices, queer body and sexuality
in performance, gendered militarism and social protests, and of
gendered roles and professionalism. Also featured are discussions on
exploring identity and culture of movement, contesting anthropocentrism,
claiming public visibility and power, challenging stereotype of body in
the arts, locating agency in politics of the body, and contesting
marginality.
These presentations span the topics that are
interdisciplinary, transnational, cross-regional, and both contemporary
and historical. Representing 33 colleges and universities from around
the world, our presenters come from disciplines in humanities and
sciences at UCLA, from other UC campuses and other states, and from
Australia, Poland, Canada, France, Germany, and China. We envision that
the conference will interest a
broad audience, from north and south
campus of UCLA, as well as from local academic and lay communities. The
poster exhibition will take place on the first day, following the
keynote address. After the poster exhibition, we will award the student
travel grant, best posters, and best papers. These awardees will receive
certificates and financial awards. All awardees have an opportunity to
publish in a special Spring 2015 issue of InterActions or Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience.
The
panel presentations are scheduled for the second day, Friday, April 24,
from 9 am to 12:15 pm, and from 2:45 to 6 pm. For a complete schedule,
please visit CSW website (http://www.csw.ucla.edu/conferences-1/thinking-gender).
Also on Friday will be a networking lunch and two workshops, “Fight
Like a Woman” with Marcus Kowal and “Acupressure: Massaging Your Way to
Optimal Health” with Dr. Felicia Yu.
Fight Like a Woman
will discuss the practicality and thinking behind Krav Maga and the
mental game when in a situation where self-defense is necessary. Marcus
Kowal, the lead instructor and owner of System Training Center, is a
profesional kickboxer and MMA fighter and 2nd degree Krav Maga Black
Belt. This workshop is cosponsored by Marcus Kowal and Systems Training
Center (http://systemstrainingcenter.com).
In Massaging Your Way to Optimal Health,
Dr. Felicia Yu will show participants how to stimulate their own
acupressure points to alleviate such symptoms as pain, headache, nausea,
menstrual cramps, abdominal pain, and insomnia. Dr. Yu is an East-West
Primary Care Fellow at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine.
Thinking
Gender 2015 welcomes you to join us for two days of inspiring
scholarship, energetic conversation, and lively networking.
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Thinking
Gender is open to the public and all are welcome. Attendance at
conference panels and the keynote address is free. A registration fee of
$35 provides access to the conference workshops, networking lunch, and
keynote cocktail reception; you’ll also get a Thinking Gender tote
bag and CSW ceramic mug. Select PRIME when you visit the registration
website: https://uclacsw.submittable.com
Location of Covel Commons on the campus of UCLA: http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/?locid=329
For more information on the program, visit http://www.csw.ucla.edu/conferences-1/thinking-gender/