International Congress: Gender and Contemporary Arab Artistic Creation خaّlaqat

The first congress on Gender and Contemporary Arab Artistic Creation خaّlaqat, to be held at the University of Barcelona on November 14 and 15, 2024, invites academics to share current ideas, theories, and research addressing Arab artistic creation from a gender perspective. Participants are encouraged to explore different forms of artistic and creative expression, engaging with new and interdisciplinary methodologies. Proposals for artistic projects and artist presentations are highly valued.

Applications for participation, 250-word abstracts, and a 100-word brief biography should be sent to khalaqatconf@gmail.com by June 30, 2024. Panel proposals with a 200-word summary are accepted. Submissions can be in Arabic, Spanish, or English and should be titled "Request for Participation". Congress registration will be free.

Suggested topics to be discussed in the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Contemporary women filmmakers in the Arab and world scene
• The street as canvas and stage for women artists 
• Bodies, spaces and sexual dissidences 
• Memory, counternarratives and gender 
• Genealogies of feminism and sexual dissidences
• Networks, solidarities, and sisterhoods
• Writing, restoring and archiving in revolutionary contexts 
• Ecology and feminist thought 
• Gendered representations of the landscape and the body
• Aesthetics and ethics in the depiction of violence, trauma and repression
• Humor and political dissent 
• Tunes of the revolution: recordings, music and the Arab protest song
• Curating the Arab world: museums, biennials and other scenarios for public discourse
• Science fiction and foresight: imagining the future
• Craftwomen and designers: modeling the world