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Hypatia , Volume 13 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Border Crossings: Multiculturalism and Postcolonial Challenges, Part 2 , Fall 1998 , pp. 124 - 125
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Copyright © 1998 by Hypatia, Inc.

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. (). Treasurer: Nancy Stanlick, 1940 19th St. NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881. ()

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. ().

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.

Call for Papers: Autobiography and Changing Identities conference to be held July 27-30, 2000. This conference at UBC will focus on autobiographies that involve a significant displacement or reconstruction of “self” and identity on the part of the autobiographical subject, including, but not limited to: Autobiographies of trauma; Autobiographies around themes of multiculturalism, diaspora, and migration; Autobiographies of nation (i.e. self/subject and community, self/subject and “nation,” including First Nations); Autobiographies around themes of gender and sexuality; Autobiographies of social class.

We are particularly interested in papers that explore non-literary as well as literary uses of the autobiographical in relation to these topics, addressing autobiographical representation in: Popular culture, Visual art, Oral histories, Performance art, Anthropological literature, Film, Dance.

The conference language will be English. Proposals (500-750 words) should outline clearly the scope of the paper and its aims. Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation. Please submit a short biographical note with your proposal and send it to: Eileen Oertwig, Secretary to the Dean of Arts, The University of British Columbia, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1. Proposals may also be sent by e-mail to . All proposals should be received no later than March 1, 1999. Conference Organizers: Susanna Egan, Associate Prof. of English, U. of British Columbia; Gabriele Helms, Postdoctoral Fellow, English, U. of British Columbia; Shirley Neuman, Prof. of English, Dean of Arts, U. of British Columbia.

Call for Papers: Women in Philosophy: Socio-Political Aspects of their Contribution to Dialogue. Papers may cover a broad range of ideas on the subject of women in philosophy. Therefore, we encourage philosophical discourse in the fields of ethics, politics, metaphysics, pragmatism, etc., on such women as Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia, and Julia Kristeva. Papers are to be approximately 10-15 pg., double-spaced, with end-notes sequentially numbered and gathered at the end of the paper. Authors should refer to The Chicago Manual of Style for parenthetical citations, etc. Submissions should include two copies of the manuscript to be reviewed, and a 3.5” IBM/PC formatted diskette with a copy of the manuscript in Word or Wordperfect 6.0 (or an older version). The deadline for submission is Aug. 15, 1999. Graduate students only, please. Send papers to: Kinesis, the Graduate Journal in Philosophy at SIU-C, Carbondale, IL 62901.

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 <YOUR NAME> to (Bitnet) or to (Internet). When you want to post messages on the list send them to or to . 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 ().