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Gender and Education Association 7th International Conference
Theme: Gender: Regulation and Resistance in Education
25-27 March 2009, Institute of Education, University of London

Keynote speakers

Deborah Britzman Raewyn Connell Gloria Ladson-Billings

Plenary Panel 1: Intersectionality, Black, British Feminism and resistance
in educational research
Suki Ali Heidi Mirza Ann Phoenix

Plenary Panel 2: Regulation, resistance and activism: troubling margin and
centre
Bagele Chilisa Sylvia Grinberg Grace Livingston
. How do education and gender regulate?
. How do we theorize, research, talk about and enact resistances to
regulatory practices and gendered power relations in education?

These questions and the conference theme, Gender: Regulation and Resistance
in Education, invite engagement with gender and feminism at every level of
educational practice, including politics, theorizing, policy creation,
research methodologies, pedagogical engagement and grass-roots activism. The
conference draws together an exceptional range of international speakers
working at the cutting edge of feminist and gender theory and research, and
political and educational activism, including those who are resisting
current contexts of neo-liberal economic reform and increasing global
disparities. Our goal is to create a space for dialogue about gender and
education that spans disciplinary, theoretical, political and national
boundaries.

Proposals
We invite proposals for contributions that critically explore questions
relating to issues of gender regulation and resistance in education. These
may include the following:

. Power/Governance
. Politics/Policy
. Neo-liberalism/Neo-Conservativism
. Standards agendas in education
. Histories, genealogies of gender
. Religion, nationality, citizenship
. Globalization /Marketization
. Community /Activism/Struggle
. Agency/ Structure/Subjectivity
. Pedagogy and curriculum
. Primary, secondary schooling
. Higher, further education
. Intersectionalities, race, class, gender, age . Psychosocial approaches .
Gender, disability, inclusion . Sexuality and queer theory

The papers might engage with these themes from a variety of fields and areas
of study:

. Feminist Studies
. Women's Studies
. Queer/Sexuality Studies
. Sociology
. Health
. History
. Literature
. Philosophy
. Cultural Studies
. Media Studies
. Postcolonial Studies
. Development Studies
. Social/Educational Policy Studies

Session Formats
We are interested in a diverse range of formats and welcome proposals
for:

. Papers
. Symposiums
. Interactive Sessions
. Performance pieces
. Roundtables or Posters
. Workshops


We are also interested in hearing from anyone who wishes to organise a
stream/theme that runs through the conference.

Teachers
We are keen to include teachers and education practitioners in the
conference as presenters and participants. We will be pleased to receive
proposals from education practitioners for standard conference format
sessions (such as papers and symposium) or for more innovative/interactive
sessions such as roundtable discussions and workshops. We are also looking
for proposals for sessions that will be of interest to education
practitioners.

Students
We will be holding a student networking session, for student teachers,
undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, postdocs and researchers. The
session will address concerns around doing gender research and finding
career paths in gender and education. This session will have a
question/answer component with leaders in the Gender and Education field in
collaboration with the student and postdoctoral reps at GEA.

Submitting proposals
Proposals should offer a summary of the presentation/session being proposed,
including a short rational for the focus and indicting any conceptual
framing and empirical material to be covered or activities to be undertaken.
Proposals for single papers, posters, roundtables, etc should be no more
that one side of A4 (approx 300 words).
Proposals for larger sessions, such as symposium or workshops may be up to 2
sides of A4 (approx 600 words). We anticipate a standard allocation of 20
minutes per presentation and 80 minutes per session, however, we are open to
proposals that suggest alternative uses of time - please state this clearly
in your submission. Please include:
title; author name(s); institutional affiliation/country; technical
requirements.

Closing date for abstracts: 30 September 2008 Send submissions to:
genderandeducation09@ioe.ac.uk Further details are available at:
www.ioe.ac.uk/fps/genderconference09