This year we are looking for papers by graduate and undergraduate students that address the theme of this year’s symposium: “Renewing Connections: How the Past Informs the Present.” The adage, “If we ignore the past, we are bound to repeat it,” defines many of the threats to human rights that are occurring all over the world. What are the implications? What can be done? What should we be doing to prevent further infringement of rights for people all over the world? The CGGSO wants to highlight your work and give you an opportunity to be a part of the conversation and to help generate ideas that answer these questions. We are looking for work that uses a Cultural Studies or Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies lens. We invite all perspectives, methodologies, and topics related to this year’s theme.
TOPICS MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Protests in Iran
- U.S. midterm elections implications and concerns
- Bodily autonomy
- Reproductive justice issues
- Femicide in Turkey
- LGBTQIA+ discourses
- Mental Health
- Devastation in Puerto Rico
- DeSantis’ stunt displacing asylum seekers
- Worldwide marches for women’s rights
- Climate change
- Female genital mutilation
- Child marriage
- Black Lives Matter
- Food shortages around the world
- Turkey withdrawing from the Istanbulconvention
- War in Ukraine
- The Manosphere and incels
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Please email a 350-word abstract to CGGSO@pitt.edu Please include your name (and any other authors’ names), a title for your work, graduate or undergraduate submission, and your institution in the email.
DEADLINE: Abstracts are due by November 6, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Decisions will be sent out by December 2, 2022. The symposium will be held in early February 16 & 17, 2023 on zoom and in person at University of Pittsburgh.
