GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES '17 / II. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender and Women's Studies

GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES '17 / II. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Gender and Women's Studies in Social Sciences and Art will be held at Nippon Meeting Halls in Istanbul. The conference is coordinated by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) and will be organized by BILSAS (Science, Art, Sport Productions).

The event will be held on the same days with Minority Studies '17 and Childhood and Children '17 Conference. Participants will be able to attend any of the sessions of these conferences.

All abstracts are going to be selected according to double blind reviews and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings E-Book with an ISBN number that will be given to you in a DVD box during conference registration.

We invite you to join us at the event in Istanbul and would like to emphasize that proposals from different parts of the world are welcomed.

THEMES

SOCIETY AND GENDER 

Gender equality

Poverty

Working Conditions

Career and Job opportunities for Women

Public and Pritave Life

Reproduction of the Woman Image in Popular Culture

Capitalism and Gender

Politics, History and Gender

Women in the history

Queer studies

LGBTI studies

Gender and Education

HUMANITIES, GENDER AND FEMINISM

Gender Roles in Literature and Film

Description of Woman in Literature and Arts

Woman as an Artist

Architecture, Cities and Gender

Feminist Film Criticism

Feminist Literature 

Feminist Philosophy 

Perspectives in Humanities

Social Sciences and Women

Sociological Case Studies and Gender

Feminist Ethics

Feminist Pedagogy and Gender in education

Girls’ Toys and Fairtales 

WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND HISTORY

Law and Social Reforms

Justice and Crime

Violence against Women

Marriage and Status of Partnership

Feminism and Democracy

Women’s rights and activisim

SEX CRIMES

Acquaintance Rape

Child Prostitution

Incest

Male Rape

Pedophilia

Prostitution

Rape; Rape in art

Rape Victims

Sex Tourism

Sexual Assault and the Law

Statutory Rape

BODY AND GENDER

Sexuality

Sex and erotism

Pornography

Prostitution and the Global Economy

Fashion, make-up and plastic surgery 

Concept of Beauty

HEALTH ISSUES

Abortion

AIDS/HIV and Women

Anorexia

Artificial Insemination

Birth Control History

Breast Cancer

Breast Implants

Childbirth

Female Midlife Crisis

Maternal Mortality

Menopause

Postpartum Depression

Pregnancy

Surrogate Motherhood

Women and Depression

Women and Madness

Race, Gender and Ethnicity

PEOPLE AND SCHOLARS

among many others

Addams, Jane

Anthony, Susan B.

Berksoy, Semiha

Bloomer, Amelia Jenks

Boran, Behice

Catt, Carrie Chapman

Curie, Marie

Earhart, Amelia

Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth

Gage, Matilda Joslyn

Grimke Sisters

Mott, Lucretia

Rosie the Riveter

Shaw, Anna Howard

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Stone, Lucy

Hooks, Bell

Irigaray, Luce

Kristeva, Julia

Anzaldua, Gloria

Beauvoir, Simone de

Butler, Judith

Cixous, Helene

Dworkin, Andrea

Tristan, Flora

Wittig, Monique

Wollstonecraft, Mary

DRAFT PROGRAM

DAY 1
9:00 Registration
9:30 Opening Session

9:45 Keynote Lecture 1
10:15 Coffee Break

10:30 Keynote Lecture 2
11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Session 1 & 2 & 3
12:15 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

 

13:30 Session 4 & 5 & 6
14:30 Discussion 
14:45 Coffee Break

15:00 Session 7 & 8 & 9
16:00 Discussion
16:15 Coffee Break

16:30 Session 10 & 11 & 12
17:30 Discussion
16:15 Coffee Break

17:45 Closing Remarks

DAY 2
Historical City Tour & Social Events

All papers will be published in proceedings e-book as DVD (with an ISBN number) and then in DAKAM's online library. A selection will be made in the relevant DAKAM journal that will be reviewed by Thomson&Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index