Desire: Crossings of Gender, Race and Sexuality

CSSC / CRG Dissertation Workshop Retreat

Retreat
Thursday, December 4, 2008 to Sunday, December 7, 2008
Westerbeke Ranch

The Center for the Study of Sexual Culture (CSSC) and Center for Race and Gender (CRG) invite applications from UC Berkeley doctoral students in the arts, humanities, social sciences, interdisciplinary fields, and professional schools to participate in an interdisciplinary Dissertation Workshop retreat. Applicants should be advanced to candidacy. 

CSSC / CRG dissertation workshops are designed to encourage dialogue among doctoral students whose dissertation projects deal with the the topic chosen. We welcome applicants from the arts, humanities, social sciences, interdisciplinary fields, and the professional schools who have preparation in the area of race-gender-sexuality studies. Projects may be set in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world. Historical and comparative projects as well as projects that focus on particular representational practices (e.g., a genre or an author) are welcome. Projects from the arts are also welcome.

The Retreat is intended to encourage and assist doctoral students who are just beginning work on their dissertations, as well as those who are farther along. It will involve intensive discussion of the individual projects and the larger theoretical and methodological issues that they raise. Possibilities for continuing networks among interested students and faculty will be explored. 

Workshops are held over three days at the Westerbeke Guest Ranch, just outside of Sonoma, California beginning with dinner and running through lunch on Sunday. Approximately twelve students will be chosen and joined by several faculty members from a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. The costs of the workshop, including meals and accommodations will be covered by the sponsoring Centers. Participants are responsible for their transportation to the workshop; funds are not available to bring students to the Bay Area from other locations. Applicants are encouraged to consult with the graduate advisor in their departments about sources of travel subsidies.

To apply, please submit the following to DESIRE,
Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, 632 Barrows Hall,
University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-2050

� 3 copies of current curriculum vitae
� 3 copies of dissertation proposal
(or if the work is well underway, a statement of no more than 10 double-spaced pages of the
specific issues being addressed, the intellectual approach, and the materials being studied)
Applications due Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.
For more information:
email cssc@berkeley.edu

Sponsored by: Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, Center for Race and Gender