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18th Annual International Symposium on Women and Education
Conference venue: Oxford
Period: March 20 – March 23, 2016
Deadline for submitting abstracts: December 15, 2015
Description of the Event
You are invited and encouraged to make a presentation and to provide a paper on a relevant aspect of the topic, however your participation as a member of the Round Table is not contingent upon presenting and you can serve on a panel or as a discussion leader. Papers presented at the Round Table may be subsequently submitted for publication in the Forum on Public Policy. Papers considered for publication in the Forum are evaluated by peer reviewers as to technical and substantive quality and for potential to make a significant contribution to new knowledge in the field.
Should you accept this invitation you will be joined on the programme by Dr. Isobel Hurst who holds a BA, Classics and English, M Phil in English Studies and a D Phil in English from the University of Oxford. Her popular book, Victorian Women Writers and the Classics was published by Oxford University Press in 2006. She has taught at the Universities of Bristol, Warwick, and Oxford, United Kingdom. Dr. Hurst is currently a Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Members of the Round Table have access to an array of academic, cultural and social resources, including the Oxford Union Debating Society, colleges and halls of Oxford dating back to 1204, museums, theatres, bookstores, college chapels, river boating, literary pubs, political clubs and may, on recommendation, become official readers of the venerable Bodleian Library of the University, founded by Duke Humphrey circa 1440 and refounded by Sir Thomas Bodley 1602. Some locations for independent travel would include London (one hour south of Oxford), Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Cambridge or many of the other cultural sights in England.
Eligible topics for the conference
Topics of discussion will include but are not limited to:
Women and the University
- Manifestation of Gender Discrimination Gender and Hierarchy of the University
- Factors Affecting Compensation Tenure and Promotion
- Culture of the Institution and Gender Inequality
- Women’s Career Investments and the Returns
- Equal Pay
- Effects and Limitations of Legislation
- Sexual harassment and Consequences
Women and Careers
- Career Traps for Women
- Women’s Career Investments and Returns
- Implicit Discrimination in the Workplace
- Promotion and Pay
- Barriers to Progress in the Cultural Religious Context
- Overcoming the Obstacles on the Professional Ladder
- Women in Power in a Man’s World
Women’s Writing
- The Idea of Education in Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing
- Education, Gender Reform, and African- American Women's Writing
- Women's Writing as Experiential Education
- England and the United States in Nineteenth Century Women's Writing
- Jane Eyre and the Power of Education
Women in Literature
- African-American Women Writers
- Victorian Age
- 19th Century Novels
- Survey of British Literature
- Feminist Literature
- Gay and Lesbian Literature
- Feminist Theory
Women in History
Women in Government
Women and Nation Building
Against All Odds
African American Women in History
Women in Early America
Looking Back Looking Forward
Women on the International Stage
Women in Developing Countries
Women and Social Justice
- Invisible Ceilings and Barriers
- Cultural Expectations
- Politics of Gender
- Citizenship
- Political Activism
- Families and Nations
- The Stateless: Displaced People
Women and Religion
- Women’s Health and Choice
- Contraception Rights of Women
- Women and the Roman Catholic Church
- Fundamentalist Protestant Constraints
- Women and Islam
- Contraception and Student Health Services
- Employment Discrimination and Clerical Universities
- Social and Cultural Restraints on Women
- Clerical Rationalization of Disparities
Women and Sports
- Techniques in Coaching Women’s Sports
- Women in Sports Administration and Leadership Roles
- Sports Management
- Rise of Women’s Sports
- Sport and Health for Girls and Women
- Women and the Olympic Movement
- History of Women in Sports
The conference will run from Sunday night through Wednesday morning. We will have reception and dinners in the Olde Dining Hall on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. The Olde Dining Hall is where Oxford professors and students dine when the university is in session. Lunches are provided on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday along with tea/coffee/biscuit breaks during the meeting. You can also reserve a room in the Oxford University dormitory at Harris Manchester College where students stay during term time. More detailed information can be found on our web site.
Guidelines for submission
In order to ensure that you are registered in a timely and accurate manner, we recommend that you register on our website at www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk before November 30, 2015. Should you be unable to attend, we would welcome your nomination of a colleague to attend in your place. We look forward to hearing from you.
Costs associated with the program can be found on the web site.
EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 30th!
Information & contacts
Joss Gordon
Assistant Coordinator - Oxford Round Table
tel.: +44-1865-521505
fax: +44-1865-595590
e-mail: coordinator@oxfordroundtable.com
WebSite: www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk
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