Geographies of Gender in the Arab Revolution

From Bahrain and Syria to Yemen and Morocco, the Arab revolutions have produced, changed, or reinvigorated contestations around space, embodiment, expression, marginalization, militarization, religion, and belonging/inclusion/citizenship. These struggles have produced newly dynamic political fields marked by significant fragmentation. This book project is especially concerned with the gendered spatialized, materialized, and discursive realms and registers of these revolutions. We are seeking original papers from scholars based in the region and elsewhere for an edited volume titled "Geographies of Gender in the Arab Revolutions¿ to be released in 2014. These papers may come from any discipline or interdiscipline, but must be informed by transnational feminist and critical geography scholarship, and grounded in knowledge of history and context. The deadline for a short paper proposal is 31 March 2013. The most promising papers will be part of a two-day workshop hosted by Duke University on December 13 and 14, 2013. Travel, housing, and food expenses will be covered for all invited authors, although no honorarium will be paid. Papers included in the September workshop will likely be included in the edited volume, "Geographies of Gender in the Arab Revolutions."