CFP: MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT: LIFE, WORK, AND LEGACY

MARCH 8 (International Women’s Day) 2017
CALL FOR PAPERS : EXTENDED DEADLINE

As part of the celebrations for Hull as UK City of Culture 2017 the University of Hull is hosting an interdisciplinary celebration of the life, work and legacy of Mary Wollstonecraft, (who spent her formative years in the nearby town of Beverley).

Papers are welcome on any aspect of Wollstonecraft’s life, work and legacy from Gender Studies, Philosophy, Politics, History, Literature, Education or any other relevant discipline.

A prize of £100 will be awarded for the best paper, which will also be published in the Journal of Gender Studies Special issue on Mary Wollstonecraft which will follow the conference.

Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to K.Lennon@hull.ac.uk by January 20 2017

Topics can include, but are not limited to:
Wollstonecraft’s Life and Legacy
Philosophy and Feminism
Women and Revolutionary Times
Wollstonecraft and her Circle
Mothers and Daughters
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Travel Writing
Women and Politics
Reason and Passion: A life of Contradictions
Memorialising our Feminist Past

Invited Speakers include:
Professor Michelle le Doeuff : one of the most important contemporary feminist philosophers. Her works include The Philosophical Imaginary, Hipparchias Choice and The Sex of Knowing,
Professor Janet Todd: distinguished biographer of Wollstonecraft ,whose books include: Mary Wollstonecraft : A Revolutionary Life, and The Complete Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft..
Caroline Criado Perez: prominent campaigner for the memorialisation of women
Dr. Sandrine Berges, Wollstonecraft expert and lecturer in philosophy at Bilkent University, whose publications include The Routledge Guidebook to Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman , 2013
Roberta Wedge, spokesperson for the high profile Mary on the Green campaign for the memorialisation of Mary Wollstonecraft.
Access
VENUE: THE GUILDHALL HULL , WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
WHEEL CHAIR AND MOBILITY SCOOTERS AVAILABLE FOR LOAN ON THE DAY
Detailed access information, which is event specific, will be provided prior to registration.
Suitable quiet space will be made available for breast feeding if required.
Please contact K.Lennon@hull.ac.uk if you have access or childcare queries

Sponsors:
Hull University City of Culture
Annette Fitzsimons Memorial Fund
Centre for Gender Studies University of Hull
Journal of Gender Studies
Philosophy (School of History Languages and Cultures), University of Hull
Royal Institute of Philosophy
Centre for 19th Century Studies, University of Hull
Waterstone’s bookshop University of Hull