Red River Women's Studies Conference at UND
"Feminist Visions for the Future"
We seek to bring together voices across academic fields to build a common framework for envisioning feminist futures – local, national, and global – rooted in equality, equity, diversity, and inclusivity. Using feminist tools to analyze connections between past, present, and future, we hope to begin building pathways and alliances.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
UND Memorial Union
2901 University Avenue
Grand Forks ND 58202
Conference Theme: Feminist Visions for the Future
Registration Opens Soon
Call for Proposals
Participants may interpret “future” however they wish (historical futures, near futures, personal futures, distant futures, etc.). In addition, all WGS-related paper and panel proposals are welcome and will be considered regardless of their connection to the conference theme. We invite proposals for individual papers, full sessions, panel discussions, poster presentations, and creative projects; submissions from graduate and undergraduate students, professors, researchers, and community members are welcome.
All proposals should be approximately 200-300 words and include short bios for all participants. Please email proposals to UND.RRWSC@UND.edu by February 23, 2024.
Questions to Consider
- What are past or current conditions around the world that demonstrate the need for a feminist future?
- How do current global, national, and local political and cultural climates threaten feminism today and in the future?
- How do individuals and institutions transcend systems of oppression (sexism, classism, racism, ableism, heterosexism, etc.) to advance a feminist future?
- How do we jumpstart the stalled feminist revolution(s)?
- Are there places in the world where the feminist future is already present?
- What role will intersectionality play in future feminist movements?
- What kind of stories will carry the movement into the future?
- What kind of feminist leaders are needed today and what will feminist leadership look like in the future?
- What are feminist models across social institutions and how can they be expanded?
- How did feminists in the past envision their feminist futures?
- What role will gender play in a feminist future?
- How do we move toward a future of radical inclusivity?
- How will your discipline look in a feminist future?
- How does pop culture past and present imagine a feminist future?
- How do the critical tools of feminism/feminist theory help us create pathways and alliances?
- What strategies are needed to bring diverse visions of a feminist future together?
- Where are the points of connection between feminism and other pressing global issues that threaten our collective future?
Contact
RRWSC is hosted this year by UND and is supported by NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia College’s Women and Gender Studies Programs.