Transnational Lives: Feminist Perspectives on
Citizenship, Home and Belonging
November 23-26, 2007
Symposium of the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography
CALL FOR PAPERS
Objectives
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: nora@ntu.edu.tw
Tovi Fenster at: 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
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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.
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