[Athena] Symposium "Women and Gender studies - Where do we stand?" de 14 au 17 septembre 2011 à l'ENS - call for papers

[Anne-Sophie Godfroy <anne-sophie.godfroy AT u-pec.fr>]

Chers collègues,

Je vous adresse un appel à contribution pour le symposium "Women and Gender 
studies - Where do we stand?" organisé par la commission "femmes et sciences" 
de la DHST/IUHPS en septembre 2011 à Paris. La date limite pour l'envoi des 
contributions est le 15 mai 2011.

Le texte de l'appel est reproduit ci-dessous et en document attaché.

Très cordialement,

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Anne-Sophie Godfroy
Maître de conférences 
Université Paris Est - Créteil
anne-sophie.godfroy AT u-pec.fr
http://www.stef.ens-cachan.fr/annur/genin.htm


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Commission on "Women in Science, Technology, and Medicine?"
Division of History of Science and Technology
of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (DHST/IUHPS)

International Symposium
Women and Gender Studies - Where Do We Stand?

September 14-17 2011

Call for Papers

First circular

Venue:
Ecole Normale Supérieure
45 rue d?Ulm, 75005 Paris, France


Introduction

Research on women in science has long been viewed as interchangeable with  
studies on gender and science, while covering a wide range of disciplinary 
fields such as natural, medical, and engineering sciences, as well as social 
and human sciences. The aim of this biennial Symposium is to compare the 
different methodological, historiographical, as well as sociopolitical 
perspectives that have been developed so far; to unravel creative tensions 
among the different perspectives; and to suggest innovative ways for better 
understanding science, technology, and medicine through the gender 
perspective.

During the symposium we expect that historians of science, technology, and 
medicine on the one hand, and scholars of gender in science and technology 
studies scholars will exchange ideas on key issues related to gender and 
women in science and technology. In addition, a special session will be 
dedicated to the legacy of Mme Curie for women in science per the declaration 
of 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry (IYC-2011) in honor of the 
100th  anniversary of Mme Curie?s 2nd Nobel Prize in chemistry (1911).

More specifically we wish to focus on the following topics:

Theme 1 ?Methodological, epistemological and historiographical issues in 
women and gender science studies (including micro-history, cultural history, 
and social history)

The focus here is on the different methods and historiographical approaches 
that have been used in research on ?women in science? versus research on 
?gender and science?. For example, what makes gender issues and women issues 
different in history of science? What methodologies could be transferred from 
history of science to gender studies? What methodologies could be transferred 
from gender studies to history of science? For example, this issue was raised 
as an emerging and divisive dichotomy by  Women, Gender, and Science, (Osiris 
12, 1997), while Creative Couples in the Sciences (Rutgers University Press, 
1996) addressed such issues as methodologically complementary, rather than 
signaling an emerging divide between historians and other practitioners of 
science studies. We now seek  to reassess where we stand now and how recent 
works, often collective, (e.g. Gender and Genres: Lives of Women, 1700-2000, 
Bologna, 2011) have advanced this argument.  To sum up, we wish to reassess 
what science studies on women and gender have contributed to the history of 
science and what new issues have emerged in the last decade or so. Have women 
and gender science studies transformed the history of science?  Does the 
history of science infuse gender studies with much needed lessons from the 
past? How do we best incorporate the development of a new understanding of 
science and technology with newer visions of gender as closely interrelated 
areas of activity?

Theme 2 - The changing concept of gender in science and technology studies

We also wish  to explore new nuances and new applications of the concept of 
gender in studies of science, technology, and medicine as in Never Mind the 
Gap! Gendering Science in Transgressive Encounters (Uppsala, 2010) or 
Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering (Stanford 2008). In France, 
the topic has been explored in Sexe et genre. De la hiérarchie entre les 
sexes (1991, reed. 2002) or Le sexe des sciences. Les Femmes en plus (1993). 
How do we understand, construct and/or reconstruct femininity and masculinity 
through our studies of science and technology? We thus welcome papers that 
reconceptualize the concept of gender, taking into account our recent 
knowledge from studies on the fe/male body in culture and medicine, as well 
as studies of gender in/of technology. (e.g. Special Issue of the Journal of 
Technology Management & Innovation on ?The Gender Dimension in Technology?, 
vol. 5 (1)  2010)

Theme 3 ? The role of new sources

As scholars of women in science have demonstrated, traditional histories of 
science with their focus on sources such as university archives, laboratory 
records, and professional accounts of science made women invisible in the 
history of the sciences. Here we wish to emphasize the importance of new, 
previously under-utilized or innovative sources in making  women visible.. 
Such sources may include both public records such as archives of women?s 
organizations and colleges, and private ones, such as diaries, oral 
histories, and auto/biographies.

Theme 4 - Interdisciplinary approaches on women scientists and gender studies 
respectively.
We also wish to encourage research on women and gender in science using an 
interdisciplinary approach. The Symposium will provide opportunities to 
exchange different experiences and contemplate diverse forms of collaborative 
work.

Theme 5 ? The legacy of Mme Curie at the Centennial of her (2nd) Nobel Prize: 
Women?s contributions to radiochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and cancer 
therapy.

This theme is part of ICY-2011, the International year of Chemistry declared 
in honor of the Centennial of Mme Curie?s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Call for papers

The Programme Committee welcomes proposals for individual papers or sessions 
from historians, science and technology studies scholars, women?s and gender 
studies researchers. We encourage especially the submission of papers by 
graduate students and independent scholars. Each participant is allowed to 
submit only one paper. The committee will consider the submitted proposals 
and respond by the end of May.

Proposals for individual papers must include:

- A one-page summary (maximum 250 words) outlining both the content and the 
argument of the proposed paper;
- A short CV, including current postal and e-mail addresses.

All proposals should be sent via the email to paris.symposium2011 AT gmail.com 
until May 15, 2011. All information is also available on the website: 
http://dhst-women.ntua.gr.

Travel grants

The Commission on "Women in science" of the IUHPS/DHST could support some 
participants with a travel grant of up to 250 ? each to PhD students or early 
career researchers (who will be within three years of completing their PhD?s 
at the date of the conference) who are attending and presenting papers. Those 
who wish to apply for a travel grant should send to Annette Vogt,  President 
of the Commission (vogt AT mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de) :
- A one-page summary (maximum 250 words) of the proposed paper;
- a brief  CV;
- a short letter of recommendation.
The closing date for applications will be May 15, 2011.

Programme Committee

Pnina Abir-Am (Brandeis University, USA)
Dominique Fougeyrollas (CNRS-IRISSO, Université Paris Dauphine)
Anne-Sophie Godfroy (University of Paris-Est-Créteil and Ecole Normale 
Supérieure de Cachan)
Annette Lykknes (Trondheim Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Maria Rentetzi (National Technical University of Athens)
Annette Vogt (Max Planck Institute, Berlin)

The Place

The Ecole Normale Supérieure is located in the Latin Quarter in Paris. The 
ENS is at once a grande école, due to its selective recruitment process, and 
a research university. As a central actor in the training of French elites 
for more than two centuries, it has nourished the majority of the great 
intellectual movements of the 20th century and has considerably widened the 
scope of French scientific influence. The impressive achievements made 
possible through the training it dispenses, distinguish the École normale 
supérieure from all other French establishments of higher learning. Former 
students include all eight French winners of the Fields Medal, twelve Nobel 
Prize winners and half of the recipients the CNRS Gold Medal. The success of 
ENS alumni results from the quality of its research-based training, which 
includes individual tutorials and personalized attention for the full four 
years of study. This ?training-by-research? model is the hallmark of the 
École normale supérieure. It is the best preparation for innovation and 
creativity. (More on the ENS website www.ens.fr)

The Venue

The Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris hosts the conference. There is one 
seminar room. Beamers and computers will be available.
The building is located 45 rue d?Ulm, 75005 Paris; Métro/RER station: 
Luxembourg, Bus station ?Feuillantines? (bus n°21 and 27).

Dates: 14-17 september 2011

Invited papers
Information on the invited papers will be given in the next circular.

Language
English will be the language of the symposium. No interpretation will be 
provided.

Fee for the International symposium
No fees.

Meals
The costs of the meals are not included. Participants can use the Ecole 
Normale cafeteria (in the venue) and choose their meal themselves (prices 
range from 5 to 10?) or have lunch and dinner in small restaurants around the 
venue (many restaurants are located in the nearby Rue Mouffetard ? Price 
range from 10 to 20?).

Accommodation
Paris offers a number of hotels at different price categories. It is possible 
to find single rooms for less than 100 ?. Actual prices range from 59? to 
200? depending on the number of stars and level of comfort. It is advisable 
to book as soon as possible as moderate-price hotels are often overbooked and 
Paris is a very touristic place.

Hotels:

Hotel des Grandes Ecoles (***)
75, rue du Cardinal Lemoine, 75005 Paris ? Tel: +33 1 43 26 79 23
http://www.hotel-grandes-ecoles.com
Close to the Ecole Normale (5 minutes), metro Cardinal-Lemoine. Very nice 
garden, book very early to get a chance to have a room.

Hotel des 3 Colleges (***)
16 Rue Cujas, 75005 Paris (Place de la Sorbonne is round the corner).
Tel: +33 1 43 54 67 30
resa AT hotel3colleges.fr, www.hotel3colleges.fr
Very close to RER Luxembourg, direct train to the Airports and to the Gare du 
Nord, 5-10 min by foot to the venue. Direct public buses n°21 and n°27 to the 
venue.

Solar Hotel (**)
22 rue Boulard, 75014 Paris. Tel: +33 1 43 21 08 20
contact AT solarhotel.fr, www.solarhotel.fr
Modern low-cost ecological hotel close to the Rue Daguerre and 
Denfert-Rochereau station. Very cheap for Paris, the small  garden is very 
pleasant. 5-10 minutes from Luxembourg Station, then 5 minutes by foot to the 
venue, other option, 5 minutes by bike as free bicycles are provided for 
guests. Direct train to the Airports and to the Gare du Nord. 59? for double 
and single rooms including breakfast and wi-fi connection.

Hotel André Latin (***)
50 rue Gay-Lussac, 75005 Paris. Tel: +33 1 43 54 76 60
reservation AT hotel-andrelatin.com, www.andre-latin-paris-hotel.com
Very close to the venue, rates are usually expansive, but there are sometimes 
good bargains on the website with online booking.

Deadlines

Scholars who want to present a 20 minutes paper at the conference are invited 
to submit by email a one-page abstract plus one-page CV before May 15, 2011.
The members of the International Programme Committee will referee all the 
abstracts, and authors will be informed about acceptance or rejection before 
June 15, 2011.

Deadline for registration: July 31, 2011

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