Society for Women in Philosophy. For information on SWIP membership, which includes receiving program announcements, the national SWIP newsletter, and a discount subscription to Hypatia, contact the SWIP chapter in your area:

Eastern SWIP: Executive Secretary: Wendy Lee-Lampshire, Department of Philosophy, 219 Bakeless Center for the Humanities, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. (E-mail: [email protected]). Treasurer: Nancy Stanlick, Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, University of North Florida, 4567 St. John's Bluff Road, South, Jacksonville, FL 32224. (E-mail: [email protected]).

Midwest SWIP: Executive Secretary: Jacqueline Anderson, Dept. of Humanities, City College of Chicago, Olive-Harvey College, Chicago, IL 60628. Treasurer: Lorraine Ironplow, P.O. Box 251, Elmira, OR 97437. (E-mail: [email protected]).

Pacific SWIP: Executive Secretary: Wanda Teays, Mt. St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Treasurer: Renee Lewis, Philosophy Department, California State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032–8114.

Frontline Feminisms Conference. The Center for Women in Coalition at the University of California, Riverside is organizing a conference, “Frontline Feminisms: Women, War, and Resistance” to take place on campus January 16–18, 1997. Participants will discuss the forging of new feminisms in the context of militarized situations around the world. The conference aims to link feminist activist and grass roots organizers engaged in innovative feminist praxes with a gathering of scholars and policy-makers engaged in theorizing conflict and promoting cooperation. Featured participants will include women from the Balkans, the Middle East, Central America, South Asia, the Philippines, Africa, and the United States.

Workshop and paper proposals are due August 1, after which planning will become more inclusively collaborative. All scholars and activists interested in attending are invited to send their mailing and/or e-mail addresses to the organizers for inclusion on the mailing list. For more information, write, fax, or e-mail: Piya Chatterjee and Marguerite Waller, Department of Women's Studies, University of California Riverside, Riverside CA, 92521; fax (909) 787–6386. (E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]).

Marquette University Women's Studies Program, Third Annual Conference, will be held March 13–15, 1997. The theme for the conference will be “Women and Citizenship in the Twenty-first Century”. Suitable approaches for the twenty-minute presentations include a multitude of disciplinary perspectives (e.g. history, literature, philosophy, theology, fine arts, sociology, political science, communication, law, education). A one-page summary of the paper should be sent by November 15, 1996, to: Diane Long Hoeveler, Women's Studies Coordinator, Marquette University, Department of English, Milwaukee WI 53201–1881; (414) 288–3466. (E-mail: [email protected]).

Forms of Desire: The Seventh Annual Queer Graduate Studies Conference will be held on April 3–6, 1997, by the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center. Organized by and for graduate studies and co-sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, “Forms of Desire” is intended to spark interest in diverse forms of sexuality—in history, philosophy & literature, in art, music, theater, film & performance, in architecture & public space, in psychology and identities, in nations, politics & public policy, in classrooms & communities, in theory & practice—and invite multiple and varied scholarly methods and ideas. “Forms of Desire” will feature keynote speakers, social activities at art and performance spaces throughout the city, workshops on research and the job market, roundtable discussions, and more than sixty student panels.

The deadline for 8–10 page papers, abstracts, or panel proposals is December 20, 1996. “Forms of Desire” Planning Committee, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, 33 West 42nd Street, Room 404N, New York, NY 10036. (E-mail: [email protected]); (http://members.aol.com/fodquny).

Call for papers. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society seeks submissions for a special issue on “Feminisms and Youth Cultures” slated for publication in spring of 1998. The lack of attention given to challenges facing youth cultures and the virtual invisibility of the voices and concerns of youth in academic and popular debates is the impetus for this special issue. For the purposes of this special issue, youth indicates persons ages thirteen to thirty, in contemporary or historical cultures. The editors welcome submissions that are (1) based on independent or collaborative research conducted by, about, and/or within youth communities and (2) textual ethnic, religious, and national origins. This special issue might include articles that address such relevant youth-culture topics as the incorporation/reinscription/ resistance of/to dominant ideologies and institutions; varying meanings and functions of feminisms; expressions of health/health care; issues of violence; and sexual autonomy and sexuality. The special issue editors will include Professor France Winddance Twine (Department of Women's Studies at the University of Washington and Signs Board of Associate Editors) and others currently being selected. Please submit articles (five copies) no later than January 31, 1997, to Signs, “Feminisms and Youth Cultures,” Box 354345, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195–4345. Please observe the guidelines in the “Notice to Contributors” printed in the most recent issue of the journal.

Call for Papers: Rereading the Canon: Feminist Interpretations of Jean-Paul Sartre. Papers reflecting a range of feminist styles and approaches to Sartre's philosophy are sought for a volume to be published in the Penn State Press series, Rereading the Canon, edited by Nancy Tuana. I am interested in critical feminist discussions of any major aspect of Sartre's philosophy from his early existential writings and notebooks on ethics, to his Critique, biographies, novels, and plays. Papers that address the significance of Sartre's work for feminist theories of social transformation are particularly welcomed. Deadline for submission of completed manuscripts is June 30, 1997. Send inquiries, proposals, and two copies of manuscripts to: Professor Julien Murphy, Department of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 04103.

Call for Papers: Rereading the Canon: Feminist Interpretations of Augustine. There is hardly a figure in western thought whose ideas about women generate more controversy than Augustine of Hippo—a thinker who has exerted an enormous and enduring influence on western culture since the fifth century. Feminist Interpretations of Augustine will be part of the Re-Reading the Canon under the general editorship of Nancy Tuana, published by Penn State Press. This collection will reflect the breadth of Augustine's thinking and will include essays from a wide range of feminist approaches—those already underway as well as those newly conceived. Analyses and critiques from many feminist perspectives and intersecting disciplines are welcomed. Topics may include but are not limited to Augustine's views on women, the body, human sexuality, marriage and the family; the contested notion of “imago Dei”; women in the church and society; his views on concupiscence, love, friendship; and his notions of politics, the state, coercion and violence, especially as these relate to women. Deadline for submission of completed manuscripts is September 15, 1997. Send inquiries, proposals, and two copies of papers to Dr. Judith C. Stark, Philosophy Department, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey 07079. (E-mail: [email protected]).

Call for Papers: Rereading the Canon: Feminist Interpretations of Machiavelli. This collection will be part of the Re-Reading the Canon under the general editorship of Nancy Tuana, published by Penn State Press. Anyone wishing to contribute an article should contact Maria Falco at 4817 Belle Drive, Metairie, LA 70006. (E-mail: [email protected]).

Call for Papers. Current Anthropology seeks submissions for a Special Issue on Urban Anthropology and Archaeology (to appear in Volume 39: 1998). In recent years urban anthropology and archaeology have been overwhelmed by a wave of transactional and globalization studies in cultural anthropology and postprocessual analyses in archeology. Cities, nevertheless, remain important concentrations of social relations and cultural meanings, whether they be locally or globally generated. They remain important sites for anthropological and archaeological investigation and theory, as well. The editor invites papers in urbanism, urbanization, and urban culture (broadly construed) for this issue. Papers that address the cultural anthropology of cities in a world undergoing globalization or examine the application of postprocessual approaches to urban archaeological issues are especially welcome. Please send papers and proposals to: Richard G. Fox, editor, Current Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Campus Box 1186, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130–4899; Phone: (314)935–9016; FAX: (314)935–9017. (E-mail: [email protected]).

Call for Papers. Current Anthropology seeks submissions for a Special Issue on Contact, Migration, and Diffusion (to appear in Volume 40: 1999). The contact of peoples and the diffusion of cultural forms (including language) are long standing interests in all the subdisciplines of anthropology. They also appear in very recent concerns with immigration and globalization. The editor invites papers that deal with issues of migration and diffusion, in terms of current patterns as they pertain to the past. Especially welcome are papers that suggest or test new theoretical or methodological approaches to the cultural or physical consequences of migration, immigration, and contact. Please send papers and proposals to: Richard G. Fox, editor, Current Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Campus Box 1186, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130–4899; Phone: (314)935–9016; FAX: (314)935–9017. (E-mail: [email protected]).

Call for Papers. International Conference on Gender and Development in Asia. Jointly organized by Gender Research Programme, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and the Department of Government & Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. November 27–29, 1997, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. This conference aims at bringing together scholars working on gender and Asian development, a vast and exciting intellectual field where interdisciplinary dialogues are most fruitful and needed. We welcome papers that explore the political, economic, social, psychological and cultural dimensions of gender and development studies in the Asian context. Conference will include keynote speeches, paper presentations, open discussions and panel discussions. The language medium will be English. Major areas:

1. I. Gender and Political Development:

   democratization, political culture, public policies, state theories, political participation, public bureaucracy, new social movements

2. II. Gender and Social Change:

   economic reforms in China, culture, work, education, (d-e)industrialization and economic development.

3. III. Gender, Sex and Violence:

   trafficking of women, sexual harassment, rape, spouse abuse, sex tourism and prostitution

Please send abstract (no more than 300 words) with name, affiliation, address, telephone, fax and e-mail (if available) to:

Call for Manuscripts: Javelina Press is seeking manuscripts by women writers on a range of topics, including feminist and lesbian fiction, spirituality, politics, sexuality and culture. Inquiries to: Javelina Press, P.O. Box 42131, Tuscon, AZ 85733.

SWIP-L, an electronic mail list for feminist philosophers is the e-mail information and discussion list for members of the Society for Women in Philosophy and others who are interested in feminist philosophy. To subscribe to this list send the following one-line message: SUBSCRIBE SWIP-L to LISTSERV@CFRVM (Bitnet) or to [email protected] (Internet). When you want to post messages on the list send them to SWIP-L@CFRVM or to [email protected]. The purpose of the list is to provide a place to share information about SWIP and other feminist philosophy meetings, calls for papers, jobs for feminist philosophers, etc., as well as to engage in more substantive discussions related to feminist philosophy. While the list is open to both SWIP members and non-members, it is meant for feminist philosophers and theorists. It is free of charge. The SWIP-L's “owner” is Linda Lopez McAlister. If you have questions please e-mail her at [email protected].