*CFP* "WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: LAWS, PRACTICES AND REPRESENTATIONS (19TH-21ST CENTURIES)", CONFERENCE

Women’s Suffrage in the United States: Laws, Practices and Representations (19th-21st centuries)

Université du Mans (3L.AM) / Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès (CAS)

February 3-4, 2022

 

American women were long excluded from the electoral process because societal constructions kept them confined within the domestic realm. Actual enfranchisement was obtained after long struggles to achieve not only equal access to voting, but above all representation. While the adoption of the 19th Amendment in 1920 prohibited all gender-based restrictions on access to suffrage, it did not mark the end of the long struggle for women’s right to vote. It was not until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 that African American women were able to register to vote in the Southern states, where exclusion from the electoral process had been in place since the end of the Reconstruction era. Although the political heritage and principles of equality of the Six Nations inspired first-wave activists, Native women were marginalized not only by their fellow citizens but also by local and federal institutions. Even today, some women still do not have access to suffrage because of their social and/or ethno-racial affiliation. Activists continue to denounce and fight gerrymandering as well as voting restrictions (Sunday voting, early voting, mail-in voting).

*CFP* CALL FOR ARTICLES, NEXT ISSUE, INTERAÇÕES JOURNAL

Submissions for the new issue of the Interações Journal published by Instituto Superior Miguel are now open. The journal welcomes original articles that present research results and/or theoretical reflection in the different fields of Social and Human Sciences.

From an interdisciplinary editorial perspective, Interações' primary objective is to foster the reflection and diffusion of knowledge in the areas of Social and Human Sciences. The journal accepts articles of scientific investigation, reviews and critical essays, in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Interações is ruled by the double-blind review standard, ensuring the anonymity of reviewers and authors throughout the review process.

 

Deadline for submission of articles: October 10

*CFP* “MEDIA INTERACTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTS”, MECCSA 2020, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON

Media Interactions and Environments

MeCCSA 2020

8-10 January 2020

University of Brighton, UK

Interactions with media are increasingly pervasive, woven into the textures and cultural politics of everyday lives. And when the spaces of our homes, shops, schools, offices and cities are so intensively mediatised, media becomes our /environment/, brought to life through our mundane, personal, professional, creative, commercial and ideological interactions. But what are the social, political and material implications of these media and cultural experiences and encounters? Whose voices and perspectives are included or excluded, and how is power and agency reconfigured, realigned or reproduced in this complex media landscape? The theme Media Interactions and Environments is designedto address this critical moment in contemporary media culture, and appeal to a broad range of media, communication and cultural studies interests and approaches.

*CFP* “MOTHERS AND MOTHERHOOD: NEGOTIATING THE INTERNATIONAL AUDIO-VISUAL INDUSTRY.”, BOOK CHAPTERS

We are looking for abstracts for an edited collection, provisionally entitled Mothers and Motherhood: Negotiating the international audio- visual industry. This question of how women reconcile care-work with formal work and qualitative insights into mothers’ experiences in the audio -visual industry, is under-researched in international production studies literature; something that this collection seeks to address. Chapters will explore the gendered challenges facing mothers and the attempts they make to address those challenges in order to sustain their working lives.

Areas of inquiry could include, but are not limited to: