Since its founding, CSWS has regularly published a newsletter
that has facilitated communication among its members and
helps circulate information about the latest developments
in the field of women’s studies and related fields.
New Board Agenda for 2008-2009
The Project of translating Bao Xiaolan's book (More than Half of the Sky) into Chinese. This project is under Professor Ma Yuanxi’s supervision and is expected to come out in late 2008.
The International Conference on Gender Studies in China, June 26-29, 2009 (dates tentative). Click here for information to submit a paper or panel proposal. This conference is going to be jointly hosted by University of Michigan and Fudan University. Wang Zheng has been working on this conference in the past few years. The goal of the conference is to provide a forum for a younger generation of feminist scholars in China to present their new scholarship on women and gender in China and to provide an opportunity for scholars in and outside China to discuss issues concerning them in a rapidly changing world of global capitalism and global feminisms. Fundamentally, it is designed to further promote the emerging academic field of gender studies in China and to enable the circulation of feminist knowledge to a large feminist community, including feminists (and feminist knowledge produced) in and outside China, and in and outside academic institutions.
Since 2009 will be the 20th anniversary of the CSWS, we plan to use the opportunity of this international conference to celebrate the occasion as well as to recruit new CSWS members. We have already secured part of the funding for the conference and are working on obtaining more funding for it. According to our previous experiences of hosting such international conferences in China, the hosting unit will cover room and board but will not cover the international airfare for overseas participants. We hope the CSWS members will have the resources to attend the conference to be held at Fudan University in Shanghai in late June 2009. A call-for-paper for this conference will soon be issued.
Publication of a collected volume of recent publications by CSWS members. In conjunction with the 20th anniversary celebration, we propose the publication of a volume in Chinese by the CSWS members by the time of the 2009 conference in Shanghai. Interested CSWS members may each select one scholarly article of her own to be included in the volume. A publication of this nature will also serve as a strong statement of our society's continuing commitment to the development of feminist scholarship in China. We welcome your input on the format and theme of this collective volume.
Major Achievements of the Society:
Published a special issue of the Chinese Historians
in 1990 focusing on Chinese women’s studies
Published a book of essays introducing Western Feminism
to Chinese readers
Organized many panels at the annual meetings of the
Chinese Historians in the United States, the Association
for Asian Studies, and the National Women’s Studies Association
Collaborated with Tianjin Normal University for an
innovative teaching project "Engendering
China in China" in Tianjin, China in June 1993.
Compiled a Chinese-English Lexicon of feminist and legal
terms for 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing
Organized a panel on Women
Studies in China and in the West at the
NGO Forum, the 4th World Conference on Women
Collaborated with the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences
organized the 2nd Conference on Women and Development
in China in 1997
Published a book in Chinese entitled "Gender Research",
including translated English feminist works
Members of the Society have presented individual papers
and participated in panels on gender issues at major conferences
of various disciplines in America. Notably, In February
1992, Society members participated in the conference entitled
"Engendering China: Women, Culture and the State," sponsored
by Harvard University and Wellesley College.
Collaborated with Sichuan Women's Federation,
Chengdu and Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences Institute of Rural Development in Beijing
for workshops on "Gender, Poverty, and Development in China" in Chengdu,
China, from March 1998 to December 1999.
Organized a CSWS repositioning conference with
Tufts University and the Fairbank Center of Harvard University
for CSWS 10th Anniversary in Boston in March 1999
Collaborated with Tianjin Normal University for Women's History Seminar
in Tianjin, China in Summer 1999
Collaborated with the Yunan GAD Group for a pilot
joint training project in Kunming, China in December, 2000
On-going Projects
Collaborating with Guizhou Academy of Social Sciences, Southwest
Minority Women's Studies Group, and Zigen Foundation of China for projects in "Gender, Ethnicity, and Community Development in China" from
January 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002
Collaborating with Guangxi Women's Federation for
"Pilot Participatory Training Project on Project
Evaluation and Field Research in Guangxi Province, China"
from April 1, 2001 to February 28, 2002
