Transnational Lives: Feminist Perspectives on Citizenship, Home and Belonging
Taiwan, November 23-26, 2007 e-mail: CRIT-GEOG-FORUM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
FOR CALL
Objectives
PAPERS
Over the past two decades,, feminist geographers from all over the world have gathered regularly in different parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America to take part in IGU sponsored
Symposiums on gender and geography. We have benefited from the fruitful discussions and learned much from each other's experiences during these meetings. We are happy to announce that the
Symposium on Transnational Lives: Feminist Perspectives on Citizenship, Home and Belonging will be held at the Department of Geography, National Taiwan University during 23-26
November, 2007.
A transnational framework encourages a broad spectrum of research topics and embraces a wide range of perspectives, however, it is on >>> the level of peoples' lived experience that much recent, innovative and provocative research is being carried out. The time has come to establish a new paradigm within which various aspects of >>> transmigration can fit together, resulting in a broader, more holistic view of transnational lives. This symposium tries to push for a
>>> theoretical and comprehensive approach to explore the many facets > associated with transmigration in the global era. >>> We hope to address the extent to which social identities are disrupted and recast or reinforced over national boundaries and further bring to light issues regarding belonging and citizenship.
With this in mind, the main themes of the symposium will focus on citizenship, home and belonging, but are not limited to these three. The symposium will provide a platform to rethink existing notions of transnational space from the perspectives of women and gender that is contextualized in a wide range of societies.
Suggested Thematic topics:
Gender and Mobility
Gender and identity formation
Gendered transnational space
Gender roles in the transnational family
Abstract Submission
Please submit your abstract(s) in less than 500 words each in WORD or PDF format using the following template, before June 31st, 2007. You will be notified if your proposed paper will be accepted shortly.
Please send your abstract(s) to:
Nora Chiang at: < mailto:nora@ntu.edu.tw>nora@ntu.edu.tw
Tovi Fenster at: < mailto:tobiws@post.tau.ac.il>tobiws@post.tau.ac.il
Provisional Program
Nov. 23: 7:00 p.m. Welcoming reception by the Geography Department, NTU
Nov. 24 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
4:00 p.m. - Visit to Fembooks (Women's bookstore) and a women's pub
Nov. 25 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
4:00 p.m. - Visit to Homemakers' Union.
Nov. 26 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Free Fieldtrip to the Chung Shan

Conference Hall designed by a Chinese female architect; followed by lunch and Chinese tea, and visit the rustic landscape in Yangmingshan National Park. Participants can experience a relaxing open air hot spring bath in the local area.
Organizing Committee
Nora Chiang, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University
Sue-Ching Jou, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University
Michelle Huang, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University
Tovi Fenster, Department of Geography, Tel-Aviv University
Sabina Sun, Graduate Institute of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts
Submission of Abstracts
TITLE: The title should accurately, clearly, and concisely reflect the emphasis and content of the presentation.
AUTHOR NAMES: Use first names, initials, and surnames. Do not use only initials with surnames
(e.g., M. R. Jackson). Do not include professional or official titles or academic degrees. At least one author must be designated with an asterisk as the presented author.
AUTHOR ADDRESS: The affiliation should be the institution where the work was conducted.
KEYWORDS: Give three to five keywords of the presentation.
ABSTRACT: The abstract should briefly state the problem or purpose of the presentation, summarize the principal findings, and point out major conclusions.