Among the essays we hope to include in the volume, are pieces on individual Chicana feminists and their bodies of work (writing, art, activism, leadership, performance) perhaps framed as a biographies or political histories; pieces on Chicana archives and the politics of collection, the construction of histories through the archives, and the purpose and need for these recoveries; reflections by key individual Chicana feminists in excerpted memoir form, position papers about their work, critiques of the existing narratives, or new accounts of their work; accounts of Chicana feminist formations and collectivities that have not previously been studied or written about in depth in places such as San Diego, the Bay Area, Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Tucson, Albuquerque, and understudied regional locations such as the Midwest, the South, the East Coast and the Northwest,  as well as work on national organizational efforts such as Comision Femenil; explorations of various media and the use of film, theatre, or other formats for re-­‐ presenting Chicana feminist histories; the role of spirituality in the development of Chicana feminist discourse, and, more particularly, the organizing and theoretical work elaborated by Chicanas within institutional religious organizations.

We welcome contributions in various forms; from more traditional scholarly articles, to memoir and personal essays, to document curation and analysis.

If you would like to be part of this project, please submit an abstract proposal (max. 500 words) stating the tentative title of your article, its main arguments, and an overview of organizations, key figures, and data you will be drawing from.

 Proposals may be sent via email to moc.liamgobfsctd-2b08c1@doohnamoweznorb  Deadline: June 15, 2013

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Word Images: A Norma Elia Cantú Critical Reader

Editor: Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Seattle University, author/editor of:

Communal Feminisms: Chicanas, Chilenas and Cultural Exile (Lexington Books, 2007).

Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia (Utah State University Press, 2012).

Rebozos de Palabras: An Helena María Viramontes Critical Reader (University of Arizona Press, 2013).

Although ethnography is defined many times as “the study of the Other,” in Norma E. Cantú it becomes the study of the subjective self and the others who relationally define the self.

Author Norma E. Cantú’s writing describes a border culture not only because it speaks Spanish, is bilingual and bicultural, and is mostly located in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, the U.S. and México, but also because it depicts a bicognitive reality. Sara García has pointed out that Cantú writes about “the border from within the border,” what Mary Louise Pratt calls “the contact zone.” In her work, Norma E. Cantú depicts the internal, moral, and linguistic borders that Chican@s cross continually throughout their lives in various and diverse manners.

With its mixture of writing and orality, past and present, all mediated by memory, Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, Cantú’s first groundbreaking novel, could also be read as testimonial literature if defined by Margaret Randall as “the possibility to reconstruct the truth.”

We invite submissions on Norma E. Cantú’s oeuvre and vision, including but not limited to her criticism, folklore, theory, and literature, as well as her newspaper articles. We welcome academic papers about Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera and all other works authored by Norma Elia Cantú, including poetry, short stories, opinion pieces, etcetera.

Please send submissions via email by June 1^st, 2013 to: moc.oohayobfsctd-6d8cff@gnietsac, especially if it is a heavy document, or a lighter document to: ude.uelttaesobfsctd-32cb28@greitug

The manuscript should follow MLA style and be no more than 6, 000 words (about 25 pages excluding bibliography and notes).

As part of your submission, include a brief (75 words) biographical note that includes: name, institutional affiliation and areas of expertise.

 ACCEPTANCES WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY MONDAY,  July 18^TH, 2O13

The Association for Jotería Arts, Activism and Scholarship (AJAAS)
Invites proposals for our 1st National Conference:

“We Speak for Ourselves: Decolonizing Nuestr@s Conciencias, Cuerpos, La Tierra y El Alma”

October 19-21, 2012
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Submissions: Early Bird: August 15, 2012
Last call: September 1, 2012 to: moc.liamgobfsctd-47666b@liamairetoj

Objective
On October 14 and 15, 2011, we took steps toward building an organization that brought together Jotería arts, activism and scholarship. After years of community dialogues and three Jotería conferences, which took place at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2007), California State University, Los Angeles (2008) and the University of Oregon (2010), the need for institutional spaces that support, affirm and manifest Jotería consciousness surfaced. The Association for Jotería Arts, Activism and Scholarship (AJAAS) is intended to build on the ways of being and knowing of our communities by creating a space where Jotería consciousness thrives. This organization will embody the interwoven nature of the arts, activism and scholarship. Recognizing the ways in which we move within and across multiple mediums, practices and disciplines, we are forging an organization capable of supporting its members in multiple formats and contexts.

Our first conference will bring together various queer artists, activists, students, scholars, and members of the community to create a shared space where we continue to wield agency and celebrate and honor the legacy of survival, resilience, and resistance among queer communities. We seek to map how sacred spaces allow dialogue on the evolution and revolution of queer activism, performance and art, and scholarship. In doing so, we continue to imagine and (re)create a queer homeland.

We welcome participation from all queer communities creating spaces of equality, equity, safety, inclusiveness, and empowerment regardless of ethnic background, gender orientation, or nationality.

Full info here

From Rusty Barcelo:

Transforming Our Institutions: Advancing Inclusive Excellence Among Faculty in Higher Education

Keeping Our Faculty of Color VI
April 14-16, 2013

The University of Minnesota is pleased to announce the sixth biennial Keeping Our Faculty of Color Symposium. We invite you to join us as we gather to engage cross-disciplinary theories, rigorous scholarship, and innovative practices to advance conceptual, empirical, and practical work to develop, recruit, and retain faculty of color.

Submit a proposal online now. The deadline for submission is November 16, 2012.
View a PDF copy of the Call for Proposals. [Read more…] about CFP: Keeping our Faculty of Color Symposium

Although ethnography is defined many times as “the study of the Other,” in Norma E. Cantú it becomes the study of the subjective self and the others who relationally define the self.

Author Norma E. Cantú’s writing describes a border culture not only because it speaks Spanish, is bilingual and bicultural, and is mostly located in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, the U.S. and México, but also because it depicts a bicognitive reality. Sara García has pointed out that Cantú writes about “the border from within the border,” what Mary Louise Pratt calls “the contact zone.” In her work, Norma E. Cantú depicts the internal, moral, and linguistic borders that Chican@s cross continually throughout their lives in various and diverse manners.

With its mixture of writing and orality, past and present, all mediated by memory, Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, Cantú’s first groundbreaking novel, could also be read as testimonial literature if defined by Margaret Randall as “the possibility to reconstruct the truth.”  We invite submissions on Norma E. Cantú’s oeuvre and vision, including but not limited to her criticism, folklore, theory, and literature, as well as her newspaper articles. We welcome academic papers about Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera and all other works authored by Norma Elia Cantú, including poetry, short stories, opinion pieces, etcetera. [Read more…] about CFP: Word Images: A Norma Elia Cantú Critical Reader

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social calls for participation in the Writing Workshop at the 2012 MALCS Summer Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara, July 18-21, 2012.

DEADLINE: Postmark June 13, 2012

WHAT: Feminist collaboration for publication!
The Writing Workshop is one of the Journal’s formal methods of creating a feminist editorial process. Following the spirit and mission of MALCS, the journal’s editors offer the workshop in order to energize through collaboration, programmatically link scholarship and leadership, and institutionalize mentorship. Participants bring their work-in-progress and depart with clearrecommendations for meeting internal criteria of Chicana/Latina Studies, specific direction about revision, andfirst-hand knowledge about our feminist editorial production process.

To create an intellectual community, prior to the workshop, participants read and commented on the material of the other writers. Attending both two-hour sessions (the first on Weds. July 18, and the second on Friday July 20) is required.

One Writing Workshop will be offered this summer: [Read more…] about CFP: MALCS Writing Workshop – How to Write The Academic Article