CfP: Female Leadership in Academia

Elisabeth Krimmer Announcement
Location
United States
Subject Fields
Women's & Gender History / Studies

CfP: Female Leadership in Academia, Women in German Conference, October 26-27, 2017

Organizers: Elisabeth Krimmer, University of California, Davis, and Melissa Sheedy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thursday Night Panel: Coalitional Feminism in Action

Female Leadership in Academia

            Leadership takes many forms – from peer mentors to department chairs to deans – and these roles foster the development and exchange of transferrable ideas, skills, and perspectives. At different career levels and at different types of institutions, the number of women in academic leadership positions has increased over the years, but they still continue to be underrepresented. We aim to address this gap and promote female leadership in academia, but we also wish to emphasize specifically feminist leadership as a means to address feminist issues in academia, such as social justice, inclusivity, diversity, and intersectionality. Inspired by the most recent Coalitional Feminism in Action panel from the 2016 Women in German annual meeting, which focused on the WiG Herstory project, our panel endeavors to continue and initiate conversations about the value of institutional memory and the continuities fostered through sustained dialogue in order to improve leadership practices of current and future academic leaders.

            For this interactive and collaborative panel, we invite short contributions of approximately 8-10 minutes that address different kinds of leadership in academia, from mentoring of and by graduate students and junior and mid-career level faculty, to more formally-recognized leadership positions at higher levels. Papers can address the following questions: “5 Pieces of Advice for Female Department Chairs and Other Academic Leaders,” “Goals of Feminist Leadership,” or “Feminist Leadership in German Studies: Challenges and Opportunities. An ideal body of contributions would offer perspectives from different career points and institutions as well as a range of personal stories and histories of female and feminist leadership in academia. After these brief talks, we will follow a round table format in which each presenter facilitates closer, collaborative discussions among smaller groups. Interested contributors should send abstracts of 200 words or fewer along with a short CV to Elisabeth Krimmer and Melissa Sheedy by March 1st, 2017. We look forward to reading your submissions and continuing the dialogue!

 

 

Contact Information

Elisabeth Krimmer                   (emkrimmer@ucdavis.edu)

Melissa Sheedy                         (melissa.sheedy@wisc.edu

Contact Email
emkrimmer@ucdavis.edu