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Call for Chapters - Academic Housework: feminist narratives from art academia

Proposal Deadline: Tuesday 1st April 2025
Editors: Gillian Dyson and Joanna Leah

We invite you to submit a chapter proposal for the forthcoming publication with Intellect Books: Academic Housework: feminist narratives from art academia.

How and why women identify as both or either artist and or academic has never been more contested than in this current period of decline in resourcing and political value of the arts and arts education. This book aims to gather new and original content on the issues, practices, theories and perceptions of what it is to operate as a woman in contemporary UK arts schools, conservatoires and arts universities; and to offer something of a ‘how to’ survival guide for other women through a demonstration of the Wise Women Project.

We are interested to hear from women about their experiences as artist-academics. We want to share knowledge on the history of women in art schools and the practical ways in which women artists operate in the Higher Education context today.

You might want to write about your creativity, pedagogy, management, or research. You might discuss support in pregnancy, motherhood or menopause. You might share collective practices which challenge the normalcy of HE or describe aspects of physical resourcing – studio design for example, which are especially conducive to women’s working.

Please see full details attached here.