Submissions from all disciplines are strongly encouraged. Proposals for individual papers and completed panels may include, though are not limited to, the following themes:

• gender in transborder communities and within transnational contexts
• the relationships between class, gender, race, and ethnicity as categories of analysis
• the constitution of gender within the dialectic of struggle, be that social, political, familial, religious or otherwise
• constructions and meanings of femininity, masculinity, and sexuality across distinct periods and regions
• gender as a component of nationalism, institution-building, and state-formation
• analysis of the state of the field, which may include the following: consideration of the relationship between gender and women’s history; the production of scholarly knowledge in different contexts (national, academic versus non-academic); and, interdisciplinary approaches to the study of women and gender in modern Mexico

Papers on all topics regarding the history of post-independence Mexico are invited. Junior colleagues are especially encouraged to participate. Abstract (350 words maximum – should state how the work contributes to the field and a brief note on primary sources) and one-page curriculum vitae should be forwarded by December 1, 2004. Electronic submissions are preferred.

All accepted papers will be notified by February 1, 2005