We would like to invite your graduate students to submit their proposals for the upcoming “Femme Bodies in Academia: Politics, Productivity, and Period Justice” symposium to be held on March 21, 2025 (tentative date) at the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art at Concordia University.

This one-day symposium explores the embodied presence and experience of femme academics in the arts and humanities, focusing on their lived physical and material realities within academia, with a special emphasis on the politics and impacts of menstruation. We are inviting scholars and students to explore critical topics at the intersection of femme embodied experiences, menstruation justice, and academic labour. Papers could be scholarly, creative, or anything in between. We especially encourage queer, racialized, and minoritized graduate students to submit their proposals.

All graduate students in the Arts and Humanities are welcome to submit their proposals for a presentation of 15 to 20 minutes. To participate as a panelist in the “Femme Bodies in Academia” symposium, please submit a proposal of maximum 350 words to periodpanels2025@gmail.com by February 21, 2025. This proposal should include the student’s name, pronouns, email address, affiliation and graduate level, abstract, and a short biography.

For more information please refer to the attached pdf document below, or reach out to periodpanels2025@gmail.com.