[KS] call for papers and invitation

[djk47 at columbia.edu]

Invitation and Call for Papers:

The 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women (WW05), 
will be held at Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul, Korea, from 20 
June to 24 June 2005. The Congress will feature the 
theme, “Embracing the Earth: East-West/North-South”. With this 
theme we hope to provoke discussion on how women’s lives are 
interwoven, as well as kept separate, by the increasing economic 
disparity between the North and the South and the contesting 
values of the East and the West.

Furthermore, as the first meeting ever to be held in Asia, WW05 
will look at the contrasts between East-West perspectives, and 
perhaps more importantly, will try to give participants from 
around the world, a better look at the cultural backdrop, social 
movements, identity and policy-making efforts that are specific to 
the Asian context.

There are 20 sub-themes:
Globalization, Gender Identity, Families and Everyday Life, 
Sexuality, Gender and Religion, NGO and Activism, Environment and 
Agriculture, Gender Science and Technology, Gender and ICT, 
Culture and Creativity, Media, Peace War and Conflict, Economy 
Work and Welfare, Human Rights and Law, Politics and Good 
Governance, Woman’s Studies, Health and Sports, New Paradigms for 
Alternative World, East/West and North/South, Global Agenda in Asia

We welcome cross-cultural and interdisciplinary proposals from all 
fields, and it is our intention to have a combination of scholarly 
papers, as well as popular synopses of diverse works by activists, 
advocates, and developmental practitioners in the field of women 
gender. NGOs and activists, UN agencies, the media and other 
foundations are invited to join in a dialogue with women’s studies 
scholars in the humanities, the natural and social sciences, the 
creative and performing arts, health, law, social work, education, 
community development and other interdisciplinary studies.

For Detailed information on Submission Policy and Panels:
www.ww05.org

Deadline is August 31st, 2004 for submissions.

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David J. Kim
Dept. of Anthropology
Columbia University
New York, NY