Summer School Gender Studies Program The Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) Florence, Italy "Women and Gender Relations in Europe: The Southern and Eastern Boundaries." Date June 18-22, 2001 Directed by Professor Eleni Varikas, Political Science, Paris VIII The Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies announces the first Summer School organised by the Gender Studies Program, directed by Luisa Passerini. Application deadline February 24, 2001 (postage date) Late applications will not be considered. The successful applicants will be notified by the end of April. Contact Isabela Corduneanu at victoria.corduneanu@iue.it Description The Summer School will focus on gender relations in the widest sense, i.e. relations between women and men, between women and women and between men and men. Gender issues (e.g. segregation and differential access in the labor market, family patterns, violence against women, power relations, moving notions of masculinity and femininity and their inscription in cultural norms etc) shall be addressed in a comparative and multi-disciplinary perspective including legal, sociological, historical, philosophical, literary and political science approaches. The various ways in which such gender relations shape and are shaped by the process of European integration and the building of new forms of European identity are to be examined in the light of the questions related to the Southern and Eastern boundaries of Europe. Important for their own sake, these questions provide at the same time privileged insights not only into the problematic aspects and the potentialities of the ongoing process of the European integration but also into the gender dynamics informing this process. The Southern and Eastern boundaries of Europe shall be explored in both their external and internal dimension in their differential political/institutional and symbolic effects upon the different populations concerned. This perspective implies comparative approaches: a) Northern and southern parts of the E.U. How do transformations undergone by gender relations across Europe affect the countries of Southern Europe? To what extent, for instance, the relative liberalization of the legislation concerning family and sexuality undermines "traditional" gender hierarchies in the South? To what extent policies of gender equality strengthened women citizenship, autonomy and social rights? b) European and non European populations within the E.U. What are the implications of the symbolic and institutional internal boundaries of East and South on the mapping of gender within the E.U.? How does the new configuration of the " stranger " and the hierarchies it stems from (non-nationals/non E.U. citizen, legal/illegal, workers/asylum seekers) affect the relations between men and women of the migrant populations, and between EU non EU and non European women? Between European and non-European gay or lesbian couples? What forms of new subjectivities do they engender? c) Relations between the EU and non-European or non-E.U peoples and populations. Gender has been a central issue in the (economic, political, cultural) relations of the EU with the peoples and countries beyond its South and Eastern boundaries. It has been and still is the core of culturalist and nationalist stereotypes of Mediterranean cultures - stereotypes contributing to a definition of Europeanness which suppresses the historical and present plurality of religious, cultural and intellectual traditions of Europe (see for instance the "question " of the veil). It is often a crucial dimension of illegal yet growing sector of " informal " economy (sexual tourism, prostitution, domestic service) in Europe. Gender is also a central issue of the recent re-shaping of the national boundaries in the East : not only in the visible forms of the emergence of new aggressive patterns of masculinity and open violence against women as experienced, for instance, in the recent wars and ethnic purification practices in ex-Yugoslavia, but also in the more invisible and less systematically documented processes of the emergence of new nationalisms and the ethnicisation of politics. The specificities of gender relations in the South and the East shall thus be approached both in their relations to pre-existing cultural patterns and power relations and as (by) products of new economic and geo-political aspects of the process of European integration itself. In adopting this double approach and a multi-disciplinary perspective, we hope to illuminate some "the sore points" of defining new forms of present and future European identity and, therefore, contribute to the development of an understanding of Europe as a pluralist cultural and political space and as an open process of democratic integration. Information about the summer school The school will run from 18 to 22 of June (the arrival/departure dates are anticipated as 17/23). The lectures will be delivered by scholars from different disciplines: sociology, political science, philosophy, history, literary criticism, anthropology, law. The format of the School will be to work as a single group, and will comprise both lectures (mornings) and seminar discussion (afternoons). The final session will comprise a round table discussion of all professorial participants. The final program will be confirmed at the end of April. The working languages of the summer school are English and French. Therefore, the participants are asked to have a good knowledge of one of them and a passive knowledge of the other one. Participants The prospective number of external participants is around 20. We welcome applications from PhD students, or recent receivers of PhD, both women and men, working in fields relevant for the topic of the summer school. Applications Interested applicants should send: -an application form that can be found at the end of this notice; -a letter of recommendation from a scholar familiar with applicant's research; -a CV; -a short statement of purpose/motivation in which the applicant will explain how the summer school is relevant to his/her research topic; Electronic applications are accepted. A paper copy of the application should also be sent, through registered mail, to the address below. The letter of recommendation should be sent in original. Address Gender Studies Summer School European University Institute Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies Convento Via delle Fontanelle 19 I-50016 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) Italy E-mail: victoria.corduneanu@iue.it Financial support Accommodation and meals (breakfast and lunch) are supported for the duration of summer school. Travel expenses: we are not able to refund travel expenses except in extraordinary cases. Therefore, applicants are strongly encouraged to check with their home university/institutions any possibilities of funding. Application Form Application form Demande d'admission *The complete application is made up of: this application form, a letter of recommendation, a CV, and a short statement of purpose/motivation in which the applicant will explain how the summer school is relevant to his/her research topic L'application complète se compose de : cette demande d'admission une appréciation confidentielle un CV Une motivation pour la candidature à l'école d 'été dans laquelle les étudiant(e)s pourraient spécifier l'intérêt qu'aurait pour leur travail de recherche la Summer school. Surname /Nom Name/ Prénom Sex/ Sexe Nationality Nationalité Date of birth Date de naissance Place of birth /Lieu de naissance Home address/Adresse personnelle Contact address/Adresse pour la correspondance Street/no Rue no Postal code/town/country Code postale /ville/pays E-mail: Fax: Current field of research/topic of PhD Domaine de recherche/ thème de thèse de doctorat Current employment /university/institution. Université /Institution Reference/ Référence Name /Nom Title, affiliation and telephone number/Titre, institutions d'appartenance et numero de telephone Is there any financial funding available for travel expenses(check as appropriate)? Il y a aucune ressource pour financer les frais de voyage ? Yes No Oui Non The deadline for applications : 28th of February 2000. Date limite de candidature: 28 Février 2000 Listed with AZER.com: 02/01/2001 AI Home | Magazine Choice | Topics | Store | Contact us From Azerbaijan International © Azerbaijan International 2000. All rights reserved.