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<DIV><FONT size=2>could you circulate this "Call for Papers" to the KS members?
thanks. eunsu</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Call for Papers and Proposals</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Gender and Religion</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Place: Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea<BR>Date: June
19-24, 2005</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Background: Women’s Worlds 2005 <BR>The Women’s Worlds
Congress is an international interdisciplinary congress on women held every
three years. The 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women (WW05),
with the main theme, “Embracing the Earth: East-West/North-South,” is the first
meeting ever to be held in Asia. For detailed information, please refer to the
official website of WW05 (<A
href="http://www.ww05.org">http://www.ww05.org</A>). There are 20 sub-themes
including “Gender & Religion,” for which we are looking for papers and
proposals as following.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>General Description of the Sub-Theme “Gender & Religion”
<BR>This conference sub-theme addresses gender and power issues in the diverse
traditions of religions and religious movements of the world. Scholars of gender
studies and religion can make an important contribution to this debate by
scrutinizing the role of gender ideology in religion, and the role of religions
in the making of a gender-equal society. This theme concerns text-based
religions as well as living and practiced religions. Historical, philosophical,
theological, sociological, anthropological, psychological, textual analysis, and
performance-based approaches will all help to provide relevant contributions to
this theme. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Suggested Topics <BR>We are soliciting papers and proposals on
the topics suggested below. These topics include a number of pre-arranged
panels, however, the topics can be expanded and varied according to the
contributors’ own interests. <BR>1. Theoretical: Religion and Feminist Studies,
Gender and Sexuality in the History of Religion, Spirituality and Eco-feminism,
Gender and Buddhism, Feminism and Confucianism, Religious Feminism and
Psychoanalysis. <BR>2. Cultural/Cross-cultural: Religion and Family, Gender
Experience in Confucian Cultures, Gender and New Religious Movements in Asia,
Comparative Mythology of Women in Asia, Buddhist Women across Local Traditions,
Marian Cult and Women’s Devotional Practice, Dressing and Dancing Spirits in
Asian Shamanic Religion.<BR>3. Inter-religious: Women Mediators of the Divine,
Women as Wisdom in the Christian and Confucian Sacred Texts, Divine Women and
Human-Goddesses, Women’s Power and Eroticism in Religious Literature. <BR>4.
Social and Political: Religion and Women’s Rights, Feminization of Churches and
Religious Movements, Women’s War Experience and Memorial Rites in Asia,
Theravāda Buddhism and Sexism Reconsidered</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Proposals may be submitted for individual papers, panels,
workshops, round tables, short lectures, posters, and presentations of creative
works of art, film and writings. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Funding Program: The Solidarity Fund is available to cover
registration fees for scholars, students and activists from the global South.
Please contact <A
href="mailto:WW05@ewha.ac.kr">WW05@ewha.ac.kr</A>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Guideline for Contributors<BR>The official language of the
Congress will be English. Abstracts for individual presentations should be no
more than 300 words or less than 500 words depending on the session type. When
you pre-arrange panels, workshops, and roundtables, you are strongly encouraged
to include presenters from different countries. Please submit your papers and
proposals to me, the coordinator of the “Gender & Religion” session, by Dec
31, 2004. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Please contact me for any questions and
suggestions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Seong-nae Kim, Dr.<BR>Professor<BR>Department of Religious
Studies<BR>Sogang University<BR>Seoul, Korea<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:snkim@sogang.ac.kr">snkim@sogang.ac.kr</A><BR>Phone: 82-2-705-8360,
Fax: 82-2-712-8234<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>-------------------------------------------- <BR>PLEASE NOTE
MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Eunsu Cho <BR>Associate Professor of Buddhist Philosophy
<BR>Seoul National University <BR>Department of Philosophy <BR>Gwanak-gu,
Sillim-dong <BR>Seoul, S. Korea 151-742 <BR>02-880-6209 (tel) <BR>02-874-0126
(fax) <BR><A
href="mailto:escho@snu.ac.kr">escho@snu.ac.kr</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>