Conference 2024

Join us at the 2024 OSCLG conference, which will convene at the Elms Hotel and Spa, just north of Kansas City, MO. The conference will feature interdisciplinary scholarship, performances, and activism around the theme of The Feminist Frontier: Reimagining and Reenergizing for the Future. As we pivot from Failure, we are faced with a feminist frontier that allows us to choose our next path towards the future for our scholarship and careers. This location is perfect for determining which path to take to reimagine the future of our scholarship, careers, and even with OSCLG while reenergizing our minds and bodies.

For the 2024 OSCLG conference, we invite submissions that explore reimagining and reenergizing and all the opportunities of the Feminist Frontier through various scholarly lenses. Topics may include but are not limited to reimagining and reenergizing discussions of gender, race, sexuality, ability, and the effects of pivoting from failure to exploring the future. Pivoting to the frontier ahead, topics emerge about how we can reemerge from the ashes of failure with opportunities to reflect on what does or does not still succeed in the ever-evolving landscape of feminist scholarship, feminist teachers, and feminists in life. We invite you to reimagine and reenergize with us in Excelsior Springs, as we are faced with the choice of which path we will take into the new Feminist Frontier.

Submissions are invited for presentations in multiple formats including papers, extended abstracts, posters, panels, and performances that address all aspects of communication, language, and gender. Sessions are scheduled for 75 minutes. Presentation time will be planned to allow for discussion at each session. Please note that AV equipment will not be available because of cost restrictions.

Participants may have more than one submission, but no participant will be scheduled as a presenter for more than two sessions.

Paper proposals: Paper panels will be programmed for the conference. Paper proposals can be in the draft stages, we encourage all paper proposals to reflect projects in advanced stages of development that will be finished by the conference. Papers can pertain to the theme, or they can also be of general interest to organization members. These proposals must be submitted as a Word document (.docx) that includes the proposed paper’s title, author name(s) and institution(s), a 250-500 word abstract, and 4-6 key words. The conference organizers will arrange these papers into thematic panels to be presented at the conference.

Panel proposals: We also welcome panel proposals, especially those that embrace the conference theme. Although traditional panel formats such as a themed series of papers or discussion about teaching ideas are certainly welcome, we also encourage unique and activist-oriented panels that will offer opportunities not typically available or expected at an academic conference. Panel proposals may be submitted as a Word document (.docx) that includes the panel title, participant name(s) and institution(s), a 250-word description for the conference program, and a brief explanation of each participant’s role.

Art or performance proposals: Performances are often a highlight at the annual conference, and this year’s theme lends itself well to provocative and/or non-traditional performances. We also welcome visual art, including documentary or fictive narrative film; exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculpture, or other visual art; vocal or instrumental song performance; multimedia or digital artwork; or other artistic endeavors. Art or performance proposals may be submitted as a Word document (.docx) that includes a title for the program, artist name(s) and institution(s), a 250-word description for the conference program, and a brief explanation for what the presentation entails. Those who submit in this category should be prepared for follow-up inquiries from the planners about how to accommodate the work at the conference

All submissions are due Friday, June 21, 2024, with decisions about acceptance expected by July 15.

Please send any questions to osclgsubmissions@gmail.com.

OSCLG 2024 final CFP