“Taking Pregnancy Seriously in Ethics and Epistemology Workshop II”, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, 13th April 2015. SPEAKERS Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown) Sally Fischer (Warren-Wilson) Lindsey Porter (Sheffield) Fiona Woollard (Southampton) DESCRIPTION In applied ethics, much has been written in relation to pregnancy – based either on a conception of pregnancy as the ‘hosting of a…
Read MorePROJECT AFTERBIRTH International Open Call for Artist Parents On Monday 6th April 2015, Project AfterBirth launches an international open call inviting professional contemporary artists of any gender working in any visual, performing, text, film or digital art discipline to submit work they created in response to their own or their partner’s pregnancy, birth and/or…
Read Moreon a (m)other’s watch Saturday 11th April 11:00 to 18:00 Goldsmith’s Library (Study room next to the Special Collections area) Goldsmiths University of London Lewisham Way SE14 6NW London United Kingdom ‘on a (m)other’s watch’ Symposium – Tickets FREE but please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-a-mothers-watch-tickets-16075987712 Please note that children are welcome at this event….
Read MoreWe have added three new artists to the MaMSIE online Art Collection. Check out the work of Ana Casas Broda, Fred Huening and Erika Robertson in our art collection section.
Read MoreWednesday 4 February, 4-6 pm, room 243, Senate House, University of London IMLR Director’s Seminar: Natalie Edwards (Adelaide and CCWW/IMLR Visiting Fellow): ‘Voicing voluntary childlessness: narratives of non-mothering in contemporary France’ http://events.sas.ac.uk/imlr/events/view/16443/Voicing+Voluntary+Childlessness%3A+Narratives+of+Non-Mothering+in+Contemporary+France All welcome ———- The Spring term meeting of the Contemporary Women’s Writing in French seminar will be held on Saturday 21 February 2015,…
Read MoreBiomedical Sciences and the Maternal Body One day free symposium organised by the Postgraduate Contemporary Women’s Writing Network (PGCWWN) University of Southampton, 21st February 2015. This one day FREE symposium seeks to examine the relationship between biomedical science and the maternal body as represented in the works of contemporary women writers. The pregnant body has…
Read MoreThe Kristeva Circle Third Annual Meeting, September 10-12, 2015 University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Keynote SpeakersKelly Oliver (Vanderbilt University) Ewa Ziarek (SUNY Buffalo) Please submit abstracts (500-750 words) on any topic related to the work of Julia Kristeva, to kristevacircle@gmail.com. We welcome submissions from across all disciplines. Abstracts should be suitable for peer review: include a separate document with…
Read MoreNew Year Newsletter I am happy to announce that I will be visiting BYU at the end of January for an artist’s lecture and opening reception of two videos and a sculpture in Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art: e.g. Courtney Kessel: You and Me. I am so honored and excited to have been a part…
Read MoreDemeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection entitled: Mothers and Daughters Editors: Dannabang Kuwabong, Janet MacLennan, and Dorsía Smith Silva Deadline for Abstracts: April 30, 2015 This anthology will explore the multifaceted connections between mothers and daughters. We welcome submissions that analyze new fields of inquiry in this area, examining discourses about mothers and…
Read MoreSubmissions now opened for the Bi-annual award of The Birth Rites Collection! The Birth Rites Collection is the first and only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth. The collection currently comprises of photography, sculpture, painting, wallpaper, drawing, new media, documentary and experimental film. It is housed between the Royal College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians in London…
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